Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-26
FEMALE MECHANIC.
A Young Woman Who is Able to Take
Care of Herself.

A Young Woman Who is Able to Take
Care of Herself.
HARTFORD Conn., February 25.h.-Nellie
Patterson, one of the prettiest girls in the
village of Mount Carmel, has Just COM
pleted four years apprenticeship to the
machinist trade. To-day she is working at
the lathe and vise in the factory OF the
Mount Carmel Bell Company, and there is
not q mechanic in the whole shop who can
do better job or IN less time than the fair
young workwoman. Four years ago, when
Miss Nellie began to think Of the means
whereby she must earn her daily bread she
looked over the whole field of womans 8
work. Among the trades or occupations
which pushing women Of this country have
made their own there was none which she
especially liked. She IVES a bright girl,
with great deal of Yankee clegerness and
considerable ingenuity and inyentiveness.
The remark was made by friend that as
she was so fond of inventions she ought TO
become machinist. The seed thus idly
sown took root. and she applied for place
as an apprentice. For the past four years
she has worked fsithfnlly. and few days
ago her time expired and she is now full
aedged machinist. She is able 10 block up
q piece of work on a planer or turn up an
arbor on lathe. She uses drill or
handles file as well as any man in the
shop. Her specially, however, is tool
making, and to this she proposes to devote
herself. She can also draw out plans, fig
ure out dimensions, and from working
drawings she can make anything. She is
Dct afraid of the grease and CRIME Of the
shop, and her beauty is not in the least
marred by long swipe OF Girt across her
dimpled cheek or spot of oil on her nose.
Her hands are not es white as those OF
some of her sisters. but they are by no
means large, though they are strong.
All For Love.
BUENA VISTA (Col.) February 25th.-A
messenger came to town from Browns
clnyon, q few miles below this place, who
gave the particulars of q suicide that &C.
Cured there yesterday. James Basbam, a
young man "a years of age. wss to have
been married to sister of his brother
wife. About the hour set for the marriage
ceremony, the young lady told him that
she had changed her mind, and would not
marry him, whereupon he left the house
and went to the home of Mr.. Erhardt, e
farmer for whom be had been working.
Stopping at the grsnary he took dose of
strychnihe from bottle which was kept
for the purpose of killing wolves. From
there he went to an old cabin close by, and
mounting table, tied piece of baling-
wire to beam over his head, and twisting
the other end around his neck jumped eff
His neck was broken and the flesh terribly
lacerated.
"A Russian Dynamiter.
PIERRE Is. d., February 25th.-A man
by the name of Piitzhkjof fell from a
scaffold al the electric light works and
broke both thighs. He was at work re-
pairing the smokestack when be came in
contact with the main circuit and was
stunned and fell a distance of 100 feet.
The man, thought he was about to die, and
made confession that he was an exile
from Russia. being implicated in the great
plot to blow up the Gar in Russia two
years ago, and gave the names of several
high and important officers who were also
concerned in the affair He has important
documents in his possession to substantiate
his assertions and has promised further
developments.
Statue TO Starr King.
New YORK, February 25th.-Daniel C.
French, the sculptor, hiss completed clay
model of his statue of Thomas Starr King,
and he is now preparing it for the plaster