The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01
HERolNES OF TO-DAY.
What Some Plucity Women Have Done
within Our Own borders.

Ntthin our Own borders.
When Thomas IIardys novel, "Far from
the Maddcuing Crowd was published,
Batnshoba was recognized as heroine Of
new and fascinating quality, says the New
York Grdl hie
Bathsaoba was beautiful, managed her
own estate went TO market, danced her
samples OF grain up aud down in her own
white hnnd, and OF course won the hearts Of
all the squires with whom she bought and
/ sold
According TO the Western papers, Bath
shobas are as common as silver mines IN
the Territories. From timid, half-scared
girls, they become cattle queens, landlords,
great farmers mighty hunters, enter pol.
tlcs; IN fact do whatsoever their fancy
peaseth them and without losing any of
those womsnly qualifications which make
them attractive 10 the men of that country.
These general assertions come backed up
by special instances. One such is West
ern girl who took upa homestead claim in
Montana, and extended II In time 20 the lin
tied GO acres, aud went 10 sheep -rnisrng.
THIS prospcred 10 such an extent that she
sent East FOR brother to be her overseer
Meanwhile other matters were progressing
On the next ranch was young bachelor
also shccp.raiscr. Ii seemed easier 10
these two TO use one brand than two, so
they joined ilocks and hands, and the sheep
now run IN happy harmony over a farm Of
| i.2sO acres
Then there is MISS Catherine Wilkins, OF
Idaho, whose father gave her colt when
she was a baby. KITTY is now of age, and
the start that colt gave her early IN life has
. fUuNn hRfs Tho II
head OF blooded horses, besides a large herd
Of cattle Miss Kitty now employs thirty
/ five herders and cowboys, besides keeping
general oversight Of her wealth herself
| Another woman, Mrs. Ira McI.anc, bid
| for number of Montana mail contracts
and got them These contracts run through
a populous, but rough country, but there
seems no doubt but that the pluclly Mrs.
McLanc is going to succeed.
Chicago sdleswoman ~ another of the
Montana hcroinos Going 10 Bozcman as a
| school.tcachcr she eventually announced
herself as a candidate for county superin-
| tendcnt, and was elected over her competi-
tor, man.
In fact, neither sex, race, nor previous
condition Of servitudc is any bar TO a woman
IN the West. The Garfield lode, which is
one Of the promising mining properties at
| Nago, Is owned by negress, Mile Ring
/ gold, who has a reputation as wise pros.
| pector in the mining districts. Millic Is one
/ OF the pionecrs-she washes, keeps hotel
and handles her pick and shovel like Il man.
| Her successful location and purchase of
mining properties, it is believed, will yet
make her mining queen.
! Life in the West brings out all the ster-
| ling qualities OF woman A woman be-
longing to one OF the best known families
IN town, gay and pretty, belle in her circle,
went with her husband as post trader to
far western fort. Leavingtho fort they boz
came ranchers. They had large family Of
children and generally no servant. She
cooked, sewod, taught her children and en-
tertaincd Hospitality. a blizzard descend
I ing at the lambing season. she rode twelve
miles By night with cowboy TO the herd
ing ground in blackboard, carrying blan.
kets and bottles, and worked with the herd.
ers TO save tho flock Tho united efforts
were unavailing Thousands Of dollars
worth of cattle were destroyed that night.
The family returned to this country and this
brave lady is again woman of fashion and
easy hospitality
The editor of the Amerieus. tGa.) Repubh.
can was shown whisky license of 1871 IL.
sued for 50 25. A license Eow costs sa7B. but
en- old citizen declares that the old whisky