Year: 1867

A young English woman emigrated


with her husband some years ago tt


South Australia, having been unfor.


tunate in neighboring colony. They


brought next to nothing with them


They were by trade market gardeners


and commenced in an extremely hum


BILE manner, selling few vegetables,


fruits, ETC., the man hiring a small


piece Of ground, and tilling it himself,


to procure their daily bread. Whilst


engaged in this occupation he was


suddenly taken ill, and had TO be re-


moved to the hospital. The wife, of


most energetic character, was then
left to fight her way as best she might.


She hired little stand, or very small


shop, in Adelaide, where she could


take the vegetables and fruit her hus-


band had grown, and which were now


ready for sale. She had to drive


many miles into town, and had two


small children.


This indefatigable woman, after


selling all day and visiting her hus-


band, would not be able to wend her
way home till long past the usual hour
for resigning work; then, during half
the night, she would mend, make and
wash for her children, prepare the
next days food, and rising at dawn,


she would again be at her
post as saleswoman. Having found
that there was an extraordina-
ry beautiful piece of garden
ground, she determined never to rest
till she had obtained this piece of
land for her husband. After working
almost night and day for some time,
she Saved enough to feel certain of
the first half-years rent She then
went to the owner, told her tale, and
was allowed to hire this garden, on
the right Of purchase if the rent was
kept up. By this time her husband
was discharged from the hospital
cured, but not strong, and this indie
fatigable woman never sickened in her
undertaking. Her husband was able
to plant vegetables, etc, with some
help in the digging. She continued
her visits to town by the earliest
dawn, and SO established her charac-
ter for honesty and first class produce
that her little shop was constantly
crowded, and she has told the author
that often she had hardly time or space
to serve all that came


By this unwearying industry and
great cleyerness, she not only saved
the next half years rent, but hundred
pounds towards the lands purchase,
in the course of year. A sue
cession of good years, high prices
and large custom followed. The
owner came one day and said: 81 am
in distress; l must raise money some
how. l did for you all | could when
you were in distress, and made things
as light as / could" "You did, SIR
said she. "What do you want of the
purchase money! 1.-TWO hundred
said he; "the other two
hundred, to be paid in another twelve
month" "Sir," said she, "there is
the two hundred pounds; and there is
a check for the other two hundred,
and then it is my own; and if keep !
the money may spend it.


This woman was showing the author
over their splendid fruit garden and I
the other day. "This," e
she said, 81 may honestly say is the
produce of the work of my own hand"
Yet she was the very reverse of any
hing masculine or rough, and had
been well brought up. She and her a
have had a capital house l
1uilt in a beautiful situation. They
Ire now seeing their children growing
around them credit and delight to
hem, and they are people worth
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