The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-04-29
Mary A. Livermors's New Book

"The story of Ny Life" or :hs Sun
shine and Shadow of Seventy Years, is
the title.
This new and superbly illustrated
book is the crowning life work of the ia
nous Mary A Livermore, and, as che
herself statee, it is the last that viii. ever
come from her pen. ttisa q thrilling mar.
rative Of her life from infancy to old age, /
portraying the sunshine and shadow Of
. most marvellous career, told in her own
words.
It seems almost increible that wom-
an now 90 famous made "mud pies" in
her childhood and was often sent supper
less to bed, and was frequently bounced
down into q kitchen chair with an EN-
phasis that made her ''see stare" When
a young girl struggling to support her.
self che took IN "slop work" made
shirts. and subsequently learned the
trsds Of dressmaker, at which she
worked for twenty-five cents day. At
\ eighteen she iran away from home like
boy" and spent three eventful years on
slave plantation-year full Of comedy
Il aud tragedy, and packed with thrilling
experiences.
She tells OF the evsntful Christmas
night when che wandered into the
church Of q strange young preacher.
, who soon afterward became her husband.
Their comical experience IN their frst
sttempt at house keeping the ignomini
Gus fate that her husband awarded to
, her iirst fish chowder he buried il sfter
4 dark in the garden j ard the many tri-
ale and tribulations that followed are
msrvelously interesting. They were
posr. She tried her hand at tailoring.
e and with the money saved By secretly
!. making her husband pair OF tronseri
t chs paid for 8 years subscription to 9
. weekly newspaper
Mrs. Livermore threw her whole hear
and eoul into measures for relief of sicl
q and wounded soldiers, and spent fou
It years az q nurse in the Union army. He
% Intellectual greatness and nobility Q
u character led her to rice from thes
thrilling experiences and become tn
best known woman OF America. an
:, opened the way to her pbenomins
platform career that has eoRtinued 70
more than thirty years. As her fee
millions Of people have rat and li.tene
with admiration and wonder. Tie .ie
and the poor. the high and the Low, th
learned and the unlearned have bee
1y alike thrilled and moved by her burn
ut ing worde. She has swayed bgiiiisr
or audiences OF fashion has spoken in star
en- prisons, jaiIs. and peniientiaries; to aud
re ences composed OF outeasts, and to aud
be ences numbering thousands Of children
no In this autobiography che gives man
i'll "reminiscences of her platform exper
be ences, with anecdotes and incidents ''to
funny for anything"
Many distinguished men ard wome
have long urged Mrs. Livermore 10 te
= the marvellous story oi her life. She hs
VI received letters from thousands OF me
and women, unknown 10 her, expreesin
Us The hope that such volume would |
n written.
' The work in wholly and entirely nes
It contains nothing that appeared in b.
:. "story Of the War;" uss7). OF whic
eh sixty thousand copies we're sold.
ne The book is splendidly illustrated b
en- beautiful and costly full page photo
nm gravure plates and portraits, and oy,
IRE one hundred fine text illustration
tb Many of them are intensity humorou
while others depict thrilling scenes 70
of pathos and tragic interest.
,st We do not know when 730 pages ha,
on given rs more genuine pleasure. II v
<. speak warmly Of ths book, 1t 10 beeaul
be it richly deserves II. It 10 sold only
On agents, and 10 meeting with large talt
a. Agents who introduce frst-class woE
tie like this ought tG be welcomed. We b
T. lie e that the best way to keep out pos
is books ie BY introducing good ones, an
ty q better one than this has never brougt
he to our n-iire. Put lt into your homes
o. Il will be read over and over again ,
ut old and young. with pleasure and lastin
,e profit, and may well be handed dow
f. from father TO con and mother to daugb
r. ter as a priceless legacy.
The book is sold only by agents, an
is published by the old and well know
irm Of A. D. Worthington & Co Har!
ford. Conn, whose imprint is sufficier