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come all the way from her Southern 

 home alone, and on her "own hook," 

 that is, she was not sent as a "delegate" 

 from any bee-association. Mrs. S. also 

 gave us a very pleasant call at our office 

 before the convention, and we had a 

 good opportunity to get acquainted with 

 our large and kind hearted sister, whose 

 name is not altogether unfamiliar to 

 many of our readers. 



We commend to you all the following 

 interesting life-story of Mrs. Sherman, 



MRS. SALLIE E. SHERMAN. 



written by Mrs. Kate A. Orgain, one of 

 her intimate friends, and kindly sent to 

 accompany the picture shown in con- 

 nection therewith. With an Orga(i)n 

 to sound her praises, and a life that 

 blends in delightful harmony, Mrs. Sher- 

 man couldn't well be anything else than 

 a happy, contented and independent 

 " bee-sister." But here is the sketch : 



The world is prone to look away oflf in 

 the distance for its heroes and heroines, 

 whilst right within elbow touch are per- 

 sons whose fortitude and self-sacrifice, 

 whose noble conquering of every ob- 

 stacle would make their lives seem 

 grand to us, if we but new the inner 

 working, the toil, the love, and the 



brave winning of success, under most 

 unfavorable circumstances. I think 

 how often the story of these every-day 

 home heroines and heroes might help 

 and strengthen some toiling, weary soul, 

 and I believe their biographies should 

 be repeated o'er and o'er, and that we 

 should honor the man or woman who 

 has won success through difficulty, em- 

 barrassment and affliction, more than 

 we generally do. 



In the beautiful village of Salado, 

 " way down South In Texas," is a lady 

 who for her practical sense, her indomit- 

 able courage and perseverance in over- 

 coming the " ills " a limited purse "is 

 heir to," and by her devotion and self- 

 sacrifice as a mother, gives her the well- 

 deserved name of Heroine. This lady, 

 Mrs. Sarah E. Sherman, whose maiden 

 name was Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, was 

 third daughter and fifth child of Rev. 

 Thos. E. and Abigail Johnson, and was 

 born on Jan. 15, 1843, in Decatur 

 county, Ga., where she lived with her 

 parents and family until she was 13 

 years of age, at which time her father 

 and mother moved to Texas with the 

 four youngest children. This was in 

 1856. Being in an almost destitute 

 condition, caused by fire, storm, and 

 sickness, the family tried various kinds 

 of work to earn an honest livelihood. 



Mrs. Sherman well remembers the 

 first money she ever earned. She made 

 an alum basket and filled it with wax 

 flowers of her own make. Her father 

 sold it for $7.00, and handed her the 

 money to spend as she pleased. From 

 that time she began to realize that she 

 was more than a figurehead in the home 

 life, and that there were many ways by 

 which she could aid in making a living. 



The family resided in Washington 

 county, near Brenham, for three years. 

 During one of these years her father 

 made 30 barrels of mustang wine with 

 the assistance of herself and two little 

 brothers in gathering the grapes and 

 making the wine. He also raised Havana 

 tobacco, and his wife and children 

 learned to make cigars. Sarah made as 

 many as a thousand a day, yet never 

 learned to use the hateful weed. 



Her father purchased 160 acres of 

 land in Burleson county, to which he re- 

 moved his family in the fall of 1859. 

 Here they endured the many privations 

 and hardships Incident to the settling of 

 a new place in a new country. 



In 1861 Miss Johnson formed the ac- 

 quaintance of Mr. S. G. Sherman, who 

 had also settled In Burleson, about three 

 miles distant from her father. They be- 

 came engaged to be married in April. 



