The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-01-17
BILL GERRITY'S WIFE.
she Strikes tho Iron and He Blows
the Bollows.
The Woman blacksmith of RoHbury
aIass. 90 How Sh. Assists Her Aged
uushand-Au Irish Girls De-
yo;Ion and Muscle.


yo,,on and Muscle.
Who ia there In Roxbury, asks tho
Hoston GIobe. who hasn't heard of old
"DiIl" Gorrlty. the blacksmith, who for
forty yenrs has worked tho bellows and
noundcd the anvil in his little shop on
Tromon. street, near tho Mission
church,
II Won haven't heard OF "Blll" you
surely bayo heard of his wife, who
stands at tho anvil all day and. with
sturdv strokes. swings the hammer and
fashions tho iron, supple under tho heat,
while her husband assists her.
"HM." as he is familiarly called, is
one of those old settlers whose face and
form have become. as IL were, one OF tho
old landmark, Of old Roxbury, SO rich in
its cotorie OF Oldest inhabitants, while
his little shop stands TODAY, as 1t did
forty wear, ago. undisinayed by tho
presence all around IL OF modern build.
ings. which make lis crude outlines
stand out more forcibly and shows Its
age l,y cotnparison.
IN Won usi, "Dup' hoy old he is ho viii
toll YOU, he IA sixty years. but II YOU ask
ono OF tho old scttlors he VIII toll YOU
that aecopling to his .'reckonin'" Em
mus, be nigh on 10 ninety years
II "Iul" WAS a plcturosaue character,
insomuch that his occuuatlon rs Village
blacksmith rendered IL proper TO so
/ characterize a man in time gone by, ho
was rendered more 80 when two years
aeo lie startled his friends by taking TO
/ tho altar a buxom lass OF tAlrty.lyo
summerA
II was only about a year previous tina,
/ death had taken from him his ilrs, wife,
who had lived TO tho rare old age OF
nIne,y.clght years.
"Hllr." new spouse was a stou, girl
named Hannah MciVcrS She is aboa,
ak feet tail. viii. a pi,y,Iouo that many
a strong man would envy. She was
born In County Lcitrrm. Ireland.
Whom "Elllsr nr,t wife died there
were many stories floating around
I among the regulation go.sIps conesru.
lnr tho wealth that she had loft bohind
her In nor little apartmcnt, over tho
blasl,smI,h shop. As,,,lInr 4, tho
s,srIs, sbe ,,., one Of ,,o,,, ,..,,,ic yybe
a-c Nh !, Jr,y ti.ms.,iy,, no utc.s.
mr., Of IND, AMI ho.r,i "a, In ,svs,rrIsu,
blllnr.plase, l,s..s Of y.ll,w geII. and
I'm no .,iIi bsurs ~ bi;it ind s.n.,i..
lion in t,ndIIny the sbinv ,I,srs.
som. believed ,h.,s stsrir.. Tor I, M,
we'll tp,vn that she ali bt.-ksnith
uorle,I .srlv and la,s AZ III, for.,. md
,t,.y, b,I Ia. II, mi, 4, a. N, ~.
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i, w.,. .iI ,ha. M. wit.- b.ytn.. ,,,s,,I
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,na,.,, husband ,A,,,tI n,J bi.r,.I.
sinr,' n,l "a, ,i,,,r,, ,.i,h ~, ,,.,f,It, ~
ba,,i ,..ri.. no vsuiI mai v.s,,t 10, Mon.
,,' ~. -, NO., q, la bf, b,,I d,
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.,,.,,,ii.,. a. ~, s,,,-I.., ,l,.. have IL.
,.,,,.,,, /. ,,i,,,,,e- Il, 40 cola s,tti,,,,,,
uis..,,,,,t,,i ifis,srv 81 gy.,,, f,,,,
r.,sa,,I E,a-.ir,i.,,.' IL, ~, Iic,i
,h.r, a, ,,r,a, .xsi,.s,.n, ON an.
..ItIii - sAs h.i lsf, rsi.,ix,-, ~ ,a,i.
.,,. ,.,.cy.tI,V, and i, Il Lid hat ,rx.
s,,i ,hsus.ni dollar. bayins. lsr.,, ,lis.
covered. /. .,.5st ppaar p..,,ls SHARED i,
,s.li.. Tho old bis,Asml,b' since th.n.
onip- :. ,hs effects ~ ,,,nps,it.nn.
.sulii- has not done ~, rast.tns bu.I.
mes Le ala f,rturriy. and then. TOO. no
i, 40, Ali. 10 ,s,FE a. had ~ t.afs-,,.
iiisprrs1at wife learned II si,is chaaro
of sf.ir. ssI yri.tst.s sssnlIns. ON s.rs,
,nsnY .a. urr, 10 him s-I volunteered
10 .ara At ,hs tsr-- aui aavr tho *.
p.n,a az his birfns a hptsrr ,,IIl-
.ni, isu-hsi al hrr. f,r. t.ssiis.s ia.ln.A
li,iir asgh,fai 81 h.rai,iiitv in shat limo,
he hal too much riit.irv - permit IL.
H., 80 ,.,sists-t tr t..- --5,esssi4.s q, -,
,.s,,.ittr,i \, tst0 iirr r,i.rg az his sl,.r,
s.d ., Ia, no rrir-,sntiy consented.
Tho btsrr, tsitts ai,.r, l. a ifgtir atgrv.
asIi.a.l,sif s.rursu-r gsf.,sfsr III. lie
Hedge, tnavn o. NtCarihv's ledge. on