Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-23

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Among the aspirants for legislative
honors whose name will come I'D at
the June primaries is Miss Nettie c..
Burleigh, who is on the Republican
ticket from the class towns of Wins
low and Eassalboro. This will not tc
the first experience of Miss Burleigh
as politician, because she is at TIE
present time the third selectman OF
her town-Nassalboro. This came
about in peculiar way, too. 1t SEEM;
that last spring Miss Burleigh had
been placed on the ticket for a men,
Der of the board of education. The
day of the town meeting arrived and,
there being some dissatisfaction with
one of the candidates for the board
OF selcctmen. the people got together
and put Miss Burleighs name in the
place Of the other candidate and she
came out with flying colors. She
says that she has had a very interest
ing and instructive year on the board
and enjoys her insight into the politi-
cal field.
Miss Burleigh has two prime quail
fcations for a scat in the Maine Leg
islature. She is college bred and she
Is a practical farmer. This gives her
strong appeal. To begin at the be-
ginning. Miss Burleigh was born in
Fairfield Center on May 8, 1874, but
the family moved to Vassalboro wncn
she was six years of age and she ha :
lived there ever since. She is the
daughter of Hall G. Burleigh. who was
himself representative to the State
Legislature for a term and member
OF the board of State assessors for 4
number of years. He also was asso-
Ciated with the late Governor Boil
we'll in the breeding of Holstein cat
tie. Her mothers was Miss Clara *.
Garland of Winslow. who was a Drum
mond on her mothers side, SO Miss
Burleigh is related to the leading fam
lilies of Vassalboro and Winslow.
Miss Burleigh was educated at Oak
Grove Seminary and then attended
Mount Holyokc College, from which
she was graduated In 1898. She taught
at Oak Grove and other places IN
Maine and spent her summers in She
Mount Holyoke College library. Final
ly her health failed and out of doors
work, and that meant real work. was
the prescription given her by the 1oc-
tors for restoration of her health.
So 10 years ago Miss Burlcigh bought
the 110-acre farm in Nassalboro next
the home place and started in to work.
She at first specialized in poultry,
raising exhibition stock in Buff Orp-
ingtons. During the war she too.1 up
the raising Of pigs. She began with
enc COW, which she MIXED herself. and
she has now developed a herd of -
cows of fine stock. Up to three years
ago Miss Burleigh took all the care
of her farm herself.
Further, she found that her land
was especially good for yellow corn,
so she entered Statewide competl-
ton and won, and low she sells seed
corn, from which she derives quite an
income. She still raises poultry. but
for breeding rather than for market
purposes.
Besides managing her own farm,
which would be quite enough for one
IIluI Icb, MloS lDulit i'eiS III
management of the GreenWay Farms
ut South Manchester, Conn. owned
by the Cheney SILK people. This came
about through her attendance at her
college commencement in South Had
ley last year where she met Miss
Margaret Hamlin, councillor for
women at the Massachusetts Agricul
tural college. Miss Burleigh was in
vited to speak on her experiences in
farming at the dedication Of the
womcn's building at the latter college
and as a result she was approached on
the question of taking charge of the
Agricultural training school in Am
herst.
The Cheney's have a fancy Guern-
sey farm, which they felt had been
mismanaged by the men in charge
and they thought they would try
women. Miss Burlcigh's name was
given them and after repeated letters
and kilograms, she consented 20 take
the position.
To 20 back TO politics. Miss Bur
leigh says 1T is no place for women
in politics. but l say we have got to
get into politics in defence of the
home. We've got to get back the old
fashioned idea We are living too
fast. We have come into this TWEEN
tieth century on electric wings md
we have been accelerating ever
since"
Miss Burleigh said that the Wom-
ems Republican club in NasSalboro is
fast getting hold of the women in
that town and educating them to look
at politics from different viewpoints
so that they can realize their duties.
Bet We must be careful not to 80
ahead 400 fast she said.
"As for this contest" said Miss
Burleish with Il twinkle in her eye.
in speaking of her candidacy for the
Legislature, II have been pushed into
it. But now that am in it. I'm go
ing to stay till the votes are count
ed" 1t is only fair to say that Miss
Burleigh's candidacy has met with
favor and reports from the towns in
her class are very encouraging. She
not only has influence because of
herself and her family connections.
but she Is a member of the Winslow
Grange. the Winslow Farm Bureau,
the Rebekah Lodge of Vassalboro
and of the New England branch of