The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-25
FROM A PRETTY NARRAeAxsErr MAID.

Here is the device of one Narragan-
Sett girl Wearing a pale blue muslin
gown embroidered about the bottom in
pink and gold tinsel. with pink and gold
scarf about her waist and aleghorn hat on
her head, from which droop garlands of pink
and yellow roses, she takes her seat at the
fashionable driving hour every afternoon
in what sort of vehicle do you SUPPOSE
What but hand cart or push cart, per-
maps you call it, Of the same sort as those
used by city costermOngers, but minus the
bells over the top, neatly finished in black
and gilt and sumptuously cushioned. With
blue gauZe parasol knotted with pink
ribbon t. shade her face and a tall foot
man IN knee breeches to propel her she looks
as well content as if she had chosen for her
pleaSuring any one of the dozen or more
dog carts or wagons at her command This
eccentric belle comes from Denver and tney
say she has money to throw away. She is
quite pretty and doesn't appear conscious
that she is doing anything strange"
FROM wELL-KNowN LITERARY WOMAN
WHO HAS BOUGHT VACATION HOUSE
FOR HER CHILDREN.
81 tried the stable for a while. but the
board money burned in my pocket, and be-
fore the first week was over | was the own
er of steed. He is, | admit, not a thing
of beauty, though ne apparently has been q
horse forever. He Is not fortunate in his
color, being dark shade of white notified
with kind of crushed strawberry spots
His gait is little unduatory, especially on
a down grade, where he finds it convenient
to favor one OF his off legs. He is not bur
dened with superfluous flesh and has served
as an object lesson III anatomy to our chill
dren, thus enabling US to combine instruc-
ton with pleasure as we jog along. Archi-
tecturaily considered, he would perhaps be
classified as a specimen of the pointed
gothic, would be called by arch8Ologists
antique, and by the ladies possibly a moire
antique The name by which he is known
among the people whose parents he has out
lived is 'Whalebone,' which gives some clew
to his character. The young members Of
the family wished him rechrlstened and to
please both of them we added the word
'Hatty' subsequently changed to Dick.
The young man Of the household, following
taste we fear vitiated by surreptitious
reading, added his mite to the horses name.
so that at present he is known in the fami-
ly which he adorns as 'Whalebone Ned; or,
the Phantom Of the Plains"
FROM WANDERERS DOWN IN MAINE.
1--WE came across three women farmers
the other day the story of whose doings
might interest you. Driven out Of the
woods somewhere above east Norridgewock,
for lack of provisions, we met a cookbook
| ing woman in wide-brimmed felt hat and
| thick boots driving an OK team. Inquiring
| of her where we could obtain q dinner, we
were directed to a long low farm house, a
weather beaten pink in color, standing 10
| der group of magnificent maple trees
| Here we found two other women, Intelligent
| looking like the first, one digging potatoes,
| the other canning berries in Spic and span
kitchen aud apparently on large scale. We
| had stumbled on partnership
the members to which are all feminine. 1t
| seems that two Of the women are sisters
| the Misses F., and that the farm belonged
to their father who left it to them il a
| somewhat run down and Improbable con-
| dition. Unable to sell except at sacrifice
they were puzzled as to their proper line OF
| action until Miss M, who had Inherited a
| little money and earned lit le moro in the
millinery business, tired of the confinement
| of indoor life, proposed to go in with them
| and test the question whether women could
make farm pay. They are not fine lady
| farmers by any means, overlooking things
in a Dresden china sort of way, but spend
much of their time at such work as is not
| too heavy for them in the open air They
| have about 200 acres, part of which is in
pasturage, and on the rest they grow pota-
| toes, turnips, carrots, onions, C ibb4ges and
| the crops of the general farmer. They have
an apple orchard in fine state of cultiva-
ton, and raise quantities of blackberries
and raspberries and some other small fruits
which they can for the Boston market
They do their own milking, make butter,
when the factory is not running, feed their
| own pigs, ride the moving machines and
| the reapsts and help III all the operations
OF sowing and harvesting. For the heavier
work they have two farm lab )rers, some
times in Q busy season three. They read
the Atlantic Monthly and are progressive
Yankee women with ideas about temper
ance and dress reform. They are all three
in excellent health, have forgotten the
meaning of headache and say they like their
work and are able to make a very fair liv-
ing. In the winter they frequently chop
wood with their men,