Roosevelt Standard | 1916-09-13 | Page 6 | This Old Woman Makes Hay

THIS OLD WOMAN MAKES HAY although EIghty Four years old mrs mr nellie france can mow and has a fine garden Coo cookeville keville tenn mrs nellie france aged eighty foar who lives near beaver hill mowed hay last week aunt nellie enjoys enjoy remarkably good health she has a 0 splendid garden which she lins has made ber herself self doing all of the hoeing while her hay was being mowed she went to the hay field and asked permission to drive the mower which was being pulled by two large mules her request being granted she made several rounds in the large hay field she did the work with steady nerve and insisted upon driving longer but the overseer fearing that the che would overexert herself prevailed upon her not to do so the day following however she ehe donned her sunbonnet and went back to the hay field and raked all day she frequently rials ala s horseback from her home to monterey a distance of eight miles