The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-29
NEW JERSEY STRONG ]
GIRL DOES WONDERS

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Ann Torpey was a toddling infant she
one, day seized her chunky 4-year-olt
brother Michael by the ears and coolls
tossed him out Of the front door. Mary
was such a; mite of thing that every
one wondered how she could do it. Lat.
er on when she SHE'D a couple Of fiVe:
pound tfiatironssat a playmate whose face
she didn't like, it was agreed that Mary
would some day be q woman. of mar,
velous strength. ss ts. i 81 H. !
The dream has come true. Mary Anr
Torpey,, still living in the.house in which
she was born, at Sixth and Grand
streets, Hoboken, today holds the prize
among New Jersey women not alone tol
muscular strength but for fat.
Miss Torpey's proves with lifting
weights disconnected the Jersey strong
men. Nothing short of 900 pounds
causes her the slightest concern. She
Eis52a, blond and pretty, stands exactly
six feet high and weighs 225 pounds all
the year round. 49,
Some time ago runaway horse dash.
edSpasts the !Torpey house and at the cor
ner below got all tangled up with a
couple of trolley cars, Al Hoboken po-
licerlail, almost as fat as Miss Torpey
tried to get the horse off the--track SC
traffic could be resumed, but the animal
stood its ground and kicked. r. 2ggf
Then Miss .Torpey hove upon the
scene Mounting the platform gof one
of the cars, she reached over. and clutch
ed at the horses name. One gentle tug
aud the. fractions ,Bucephalus was lifted
clear off the track. Then Miss Torpey
held the horse while it was lassoed. < \
/ Miss Torpey's brother is.a contractor
and owns a few horses One of them
which has been named Beat 'Im,. is SO
Wild that not man in E4oboken can
drive him. Miss ToTpey drives. the ami
nal every day and pulls on the lines
until the horse gasps. for breath. Il rs
Whenever any of her brothers stable
5h1an is tired Miss Torpey pitches in and
lifts bales of hay 1t is no trouble for
her to throw a 2oo-pound bale from the
ground up into the stable loft. She
says so herself. i4 II
a Recently thereeWas a coW-rnilking con-
test at a Hoboken party that Miss Tor
lpey attended. She beat every one in
sight and at a public hall several nights
later received a medal. 1s4, n
Water Comfns ssioiier John j. Winber-
rY who made the presentation speech,
is rotund and weighs something like 200
pounds. After she had pinned the prize
on Miss Torpey facetiously lifted the
fat commissioner off his feet and drop
ped him over her shoulder. T i
his feat tickled the Fl Hoboker crowd
So much that they decided to give Hiss
Torpey a dinner 1T will be held this
week and all the strong men and women
of New Jersey who think they can do
anything in the way Of lifting have been
invited. Miss Torpey will be handed a
laurel wreath. y.
Il II don't like to brag any, said Miss
ToTpey but 81 really think 4 can go
some at the lifting business. I've been
asked why + don't go with a circus.
Mercy, no. don't want to pose as. "a
freak suppose if I tried very hard /
could get to be famous, but i don't like
to 60 on the stage. OF course there
are SOME big women behind the foot
lights, like Marie Dsessler. but I never
had notions that way. {ss ssS
ss ss & AS exactly how much could lift
I'm not certain, but | think I could pick
Up a couple of bales of hay at once if
they had handles on en- T
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