The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-10
PRETTY GIRLS WHO SAW wooD
A Strange Craze Becoming Popular
In Maine
80 ! 0Fk Nnn.


The flower OF a large family I'M Saco,
Maine, is mighty girl with an oval
face and luxuriant growth OF Jet
black hair. She is OF slim figure, with
small hands and feet. n prominent
nose and liberal mouth and chin.
Her eYes are OF the blackest.
Atan early age this young woman
had q hankering for masculine pur-
suits. The toll that men kicked 81
she did as happy release from house
hold labor. When she was very tired
she used 10 rest herself by saving u lot
Of weed. and this way of passing her
time gained such hold upon her
finally that il wasn't safe for her
parents Ia leave anything lying around
that eoald be sawed The bigger the
log and the tougher the better she
liked il, and il is said thar her family
found IL necessary 10 keep fires going
the year round in order to consume
the weod she sawed. IL Is said. and
persons accustomed to telling the
Truth do not douhtit, that handsome
sWIn WAS realized by thrifty gentle
man, who sent the sawlast she made
10 Augusta Tor sale in the places of
public resort
There j. 40 record OF how much
wood this fair young mai1.en has saw
ed IN her HE. bat her f.smis spread and
other young maideaS, jealous az her.
dropped their girlish WAYS of enjoying
them selves ard became wnod-SawyerS
loo, The craze spread rapidly until
the spectacle OF yanng WOMEN bohling
! up and down over sawhncks became
a. common in Aaine as iIaiue butt
toas. Eyery town and city had =
champion sawyer in short time, and
esSli town aud city was willing ~ bet
that as young woman could knock
I the sawdust out of ala the ether cham
( piHns.
knowledge oi this oanJlition at
F things finally reached she ears of VIII
liam Austin, az a BOSTON show. AMI he
sent his manager. Charles T. Clemens
Ia Maine - see some OF the Young
( women and make a contract with
them. Mr.. Clemens hunted around
and early Que morning a fsW
weeks ago. he re appeared In Boston
with procession OF beautiful girls n
bis heels. Heading the procession uas
tho Saco champion, whom be intro.
/ ducea As Miss sAco. owing 20 her mod
esty ana the conditions af tise contEaei
/ tina; her real nzuae shoaid nos be
revealed The others be introduced
/ IN Miss old Town, Miss Augusta. Miss
Portland, Miss Bangor and Miss
Lewiston, after the places that have the
honor at giving them birth snd III
1 which they We're the champion weed
sAwyers. Ia say that they attracted az.
teaslos IN hssxsan would he putting Il
mildly indeed They Shos,k up sSp>s ~
( there verse taaa aa asia,sk 81 aels.
and tsea they caWae "a has cts
I Mhen a. nsAfe their hgsg appear.
anee tAey SAs aH hsg faaisornl be-
taesn szttsslsesa lAtsy aEd 3 Eaaa 81,
enc eisd ansi tEe giant skelefoa &na 8
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In sragss - cagh ~ fAesu essre 3 seS}
back ASA buCksaw. and on each @.
tae backs ~ ted el5cS Il r!ae @sssi
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I go tie aenssness IL EAa pAls.ze. these
1 soI8E watssea sAHsz{ pss<se oss shs
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SAea son zeyS@ ssnaes yaSssxsaag an.i
otay aost twses Miss E,asrxar aaF.
Saee asaS Miss Portland oYee. Ihs
iAsiy wsnEkFs the uaAsrA. @ils -sss4fxs
~ he eivse vt her ezsragslsssemf So.