Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1912 — WIFE IS LUMBERJACK [ARTICLE]

WIFE IS LUMBERJACK

Mrs, Gregory Is Best Man in Maine Camp. |Mere Female Chops, Splits and Piles More Wohd Than Most of Them, and as Much at Any of Them, According to Employer. Manchester, N. H.—Woodbury Bachelder of this city, engaged in the lumber business at Damariscotta, Me., has jin his employ a most remarkable woman ah regards -strength and endurance. She is Mary Gregory, wife of Frank Gregory. f Mrs. Gregory first entered -the employ of Mr. Bachelder to provide meala for the 14 men in the camp. This she jwas able to do and have half a day left, and she asked permission of Mr. Bachelder to take her place with the chopjpers. Mr. Bachelder gave his consent, and was astonished to see her perform. She wielded an ax as expertly as any man in the crew, and made a record one day of chopping, splitting and piling three cords of wood, a task that most men hardened to the service of the woods are incapable of equaling. “She is the strongest woman I ever saw," Bachelder says. "No sooner does she fell a tree than she is on top of it limbing it out, and in every line of work tire is the equal of the men in camp. She handles a crosscut saw with all the skill of a man, and not a laborer in the camp can surpass her in the amount of work accomplished " Mrs, Gregory is 35 years old, weighs about 175, stands 5 feet 8 inches, and Is as quick as a flash. She is fond of sport and expert aa s'wrestler. Mr. Bachelder says he has yet to see a man In camp who can match her at wrestling. She is not afraid to try conclusions with any of them. She has put every man who has been wilting t 6 wrestle her on his back and yet is modest in speech and manner, the

mother of seven children, a native of Nova Scotia, and prior to making her home in the Maine woods lived in Massachusetts. Her husband works in the woqds with her, but is far from being her equal in strength.