Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-04

gems to Il schoolmaster, and went to
settle down at Auchnithe, her hus-
band acting as schoolmaster there.
When the penny post first came into
force Mrs. Brown was appointed first
postmlstress at Auchmithe, post =
which she has held ever since. She
has had several of n family. but
neither those nor her husband are now
alive. A CHEEKY old body Mrs. Brown Is.
and the visitor 10 hor cottage may be
sure of the conventional cup of tea.
AS she herself says, "a talk a cup o
tea, and there II aye nne for stran-
gers" Mrs. Brown has a clear mem
DRY in spite of her remarkable age, and
can see without the aid of spectacles.
In the course of u chat with one OF
the News representatives she stated
that she recollected IN iS2G Uhc year OF
the short CORN earning CT for shear,
Ing corn. and as she pawl.ily remarks,
at was that short 1t had to be nearly
a pu'd. She also remembers the
coronation day OF her majesty the
queen as If 1t were yesterday. and stat
ed that at that time She stood at the
end of her house holding child In
her arms, she also having been able
to stand in the same place at the gol-
den jubilee and diamond Jubilee of the
queen. She also states that when she
was quite a young woman she. after a
heavy days washing, would tramp in
to Arbroath with her boots and stock
ings in her hands, ana return in time
to milk the kye. Tho times were quiet
nowadays MS compared with her early
years. She has also Il recollection OF
the battle of Waterloo being fought
she being In Friockhcm at the time
In Friociheim, when the peace was
declared after the important and de-
cisive battle. she states that the houses
were all lighted up. and she cried be-
cause her mother did not put more
lights in her windows.
When the railway first came to
Arbroath she said she was very fright
ened of 1t. but since then she has trav-
eled several times with IL. and her
fright has worn of. She also remeb-
ers well the time when a letter from
Dundee to Arbroath would cost a mat
ter Of eightpence or nine pence. \
treasured relic of Mrs. Browns is the
gown in which the late Rev. John Muir
preached before the present church at
Auchmithie was erected, and our rep
resentatlve was shown the gown by the
woman in attendance on Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. Browns careful injunction to the
women in charge was ITO TAX care and
put II back in the place you got it," At
the Diamond Jubilee Mrs. Brown enter
tanned the older women in Auchmithie
to tea in her house An ambition of
Mrs. Brown is to see the new lamps
which have recently been put up in
! Auchmithie church.
me SUBJECT OF our sketcn was uay
or two ago made the recipient of a
grant from the Royal bounty. She is
still hale and hearty. and notwithstand-
| ing her great age Is able to keep her
| house and attend to postofiice business.
In fact. so great is her love for the
| postoffice that she states her desire is
to have the postotlice as long as she
| lives. a desire which the postofiice au-
| thorities will no doubt crafty.
Mrs. Brown for the past few days has
been alling somewhat but the other
day she was able To go outside. when
she was photographed by gentleman
who takes great interest in her. She
was II good deal better yesterday when
our representative called.