The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-01-26

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7 Hutton, 'Jues lbe Inv compel him Y0l
! aud know Homa wives who have supported
! their families inclldng their loriiy hue
bandH-lor yuars Warren filled au0ibe
hufhper uf wine and drank il Oh aud So
the money they enrn II not their own, and
iA a. hll ltnes subject % The husbands rhpHr
Hy, There iH no end a. lle wrong done II,
men who fancy ItaI Old aud harbagus law
Riyr them rights that no human huthDr,t,
eau give, ! know a gentleman, 90 called
who married u charming woman; hhe had
fortune OF fpriy thousand dOllafsi be-, NOT d
penny, Ito wnA rather ~ good fellow, bu
idle, lilo lived on his Wifs's fortune, noyei
earned or acquired IA any way q shlling,and
when hq died lac bgquoaIbcd hia wllu'a prop
cry % beg whiio she remained unmarried
hut he made sono other disposition Of II if
shn married again THIS WIS strictly legal
/ Warren, n,-good old Norman law for IL, 40
douhr bHl call Il No impudnni Iiece of
/ projected robbery 40 ever was doue ou a
/ highway
Nonsense whom ho married, tis pEop-
er'y, if Il was personal, md pnsscd into his
hands, became his ofcOurso There may be- n
hard case now mud then, hut women don't
know how 10 take care ofpropouy, and no
best lhoy shouldn't have IT,
u dony that They take bellor care Of
property than mrt They tIo not eSeasa i
10 so many hazards They rnroly leopard
their ehildren's happlHess by u foolish seo-
ond marriage, ns men continually do. have
heard q man older and wiser than either you
or ], uny that lac hns never known woman
len widow who, if she Ind hut roof over
her head did not support hor children. No,
Warren, Il docs.not become us 10 talk about
yNonen- -nnL lginE IILlalcl viii uLuuGtlY hes
fIHN Napff LIH.tU t.L ,.t
IT, Al any rate It IL rather nu Irish way of
teaching them to deprive them 'oi' u, Aly
girls are all boys ns they shy, Warron,-
When they mnrry, iiihoir wives have prop
criy, II shall be secured 10 them, or III no
longer own them ~ sous of nine
But Hutton, would you have division
Of interest in n fhmily?-You must IL you
hive u division ofptopcrly.'
y know no division 80 bad as thar which
gives all the rights to one side, aud all the
wrongs to the other Your argument, lhn,
women are no, qualified TO take care ofprop.
eriy II very common aud spccious one.
But cannot women with large fortunes pny
for wise counsel aud faithful agency, II ~
that large class of poor women who work
for small wages, whose wants demand the
ratification Of the laws. When the, are per-
miltcd to control their earnings, lboir man
efficient! II common justice should bo done
to women, aud the laws ba repealed that an
nlil their right 10 their own propcHy,il would
soou become n pnrt of their education TO
leHFR TO taxa cara -oE ii-=Ahy,In- Franco,
wiIsro mHrried women pors,Ss aud coutro,
their own property. ihcX cnnlucl a Yasl a.
mount Of mercantile business. Thcy nrr
principals aud book keepers IN large com
merclal establishments. Ia Germany, won. |
an is regarded as nh equal partner with hcr |
husband, II being there admitted that she !
does hnlf the business Of tho partnership in /
performing lhpsc duties that naturally hii 70 (
her sex She is the poss,s-or of bali the |
proprytY ye4Ncquires; that half hn cannot dis.
pose of nor can lac apply it 10 tho payment
Di his debts IL is absolutely hers. And It is
that IN no cni~iry are there
more domestic, devoted. aud carc-mking /
wives, than IN Germany
Fol de rol, llutton duuh talk TO me OF
icrman wives and French women. i should
lIo TO know where there Hre finer women,
val better wives thap- here ~ our own Yam
lee land, where, according to your doctrine,
hey are so oppressed md dcltnudcd-Mrs
warren, tor eXanplo.h
"And il is because wa have surlI women
rs Mrs Warren. that think il iIing We
hould prove our appreciation Of them by
N''NAihA w AliAlll lllLh illhhlA~ AuNlAl
is independent as we ourselves arc'
an ,,t ,ttiite, ,tttttt mot ttit..; tl,,t- not
10 to hBve two commanders to the slnp.n
mo, but have heard seamon say, that If
he hinto Is the hoiier .:.nu .he command -
-ry rrti vtrrri u sturrr7 ris--, TO i! f'ttc fi-
antlS; and in the storm OF life women show .
ow capable they are. When | see how
tronE they are iH their calnlness aHd pa
ence, any blood bOils that they should be 30
hackled and nIate the victims OF the vices, /
Tr fuiftuE, trrtsforttittts of tittsif hits
ands.' \
Hutton paused. Warren was becoming !
)bcred under the influence of arguments a
Int came home to him. He made no reply, I
ut thrummed vehemently with his fingers I
u the table. "MatIcrs, however" resumed i
luton, fare rghting, Little Rhode island c
us, | believe, the first champion umong the u
ates against this Golldh of old abuses.
nd the debates of their legislature atIbe q
me; they were full of sense aud wit with
,nie touches Of tho pathetic, "he added turn II
& To Mrs Warren; who ever and anon, 10y II
nile, or n nod, or gentle ~ think you nro =
ght, MIR Hutton" had manifested her attcn. y
pti IT, THE conversation. al remember, "eoH- =
hued Mr. Hutton, n lawyer describing the -
thess seizure, for the husbands debts, of
liver tea spoons cherished as Il wedding gin, h
I'd the gold beads transmitted through IL II
ng maternal line. Aud there WAS n funny I
Dry told of an Irish woman. 10 illustrate u "
ife's voluntary devotional woman who turn n
out n pig to save her husband FROM Jail, e
ying, a poor husband is better than none; v,
- hand If no hend: he can draw the wu- r,
+ aud lug the woodr Indeed, sotne of us, -
urreu, are only fit to bo hewers of wood el
al drawers of water to our good wives."A IA,
"Speak for yourself, Hutton, speak for "
lrssli." ii
81 have acted Tor nysclf' replied Hutton,
h-perftcI good Lemper. 81 SECURED hefore nj