Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-06-01
Trip to Akron.

On Thursday Of last week, in company with
J. Elizabeth Jones and Jacob and Elizabeth
Hcaton, VIC went to Akron, where Mrs. Jones
had engaged to deliver a Discourse upon the
Rights OF Woman. The day was warm and
beautiful, and but for tho terribly dusty condi-
ton of the roads. the ride would have been as
pleasant US the most fastidious traveller could
have desired. The drouth on the Reserve Cor
at least on its Southern bordcr) Is very severe,
. rs the condition Of the crops abundantly show
ed. Wheat and Grass, especially, arc suffering
for lack Of moisture.
ell Arrived at Akron, party found most
cordial welcome at the rural home Of Daniel
4. r. and Martial. Tildcn, where VIC were spccdi-
ly Joined by Kcrsoy G.. Thomas and NJ. A. w.
johnson, from Marlboro. In the evening, Mrs.
Do Jones delivered her Address, (not the one read
to the Salem Convention, but new onc,l to a
large and very intelligent audience, which filed
the beautiful Univcrsalist Church. After hav-
ing been introduced to the people by Mr. Ill
den, she proceeded to srcak of the Civil, Politi-
cal, Social and Religious Condition Of Woman,
and to enforce her views by chain Of clear
b. and comprehensive reasoning. 1t is sufficient
to say of the Address, that it was whit inferi-
or to that delivered before the Salem Convon-
ton. 1t was listened to by the crowded audito-
ry with breathless attention. and we have good
reason 70 believe that the 'ight and heat
emitted by it produced the exact effects which
the friends Of the cause most desired. The
state of things in Akron was favorable to q fair
and candid consideration of the subject, and
lfrs. J. hit the nail fairly the head. At tho
close of her Address, Mrs. Johnson offered q
= few remarks, and read o letter which she had
recently received from Prof J. r. Buchanan, of
Cincinnati, in which he expressed his hearty
concurrence In the new movement and his in
tense interest in its success. 1t was past ten
o'clock when tho audience separated and yet
there were no signs of weariness or lack Of at
tcntion. We arc confident that the cause of
Womnn's Elevation has received an impetus in
Akron which will be felt for a long time to come.
1t finds favor with many of the most intelligent
and refined people of the place, and Bgotry
and SectarinnisIn stand appalled,. One of tho
elsrgymen of the place has broken his slender
lance aid wounded himself in assaultng it.
Akron is thriving place. Situated on the
Canal which unitcs the Lake with the Ohio Riv-
or. and surrounded by fine Agricultural region,
its trade is quite extensive The people seem
remarkably enterprising and intelligent. Espc-
cially do they exhibit evidences of good tasto
in the location and arrangement of their dwell
ings. 1t was feast to our Yankee eyos-wc
s,ust be pardoncd for saying it-after living so
long in Salem, where the houses stand close to
the cluttcrcd sidewalk, as If they begrudged the
traveller room to pass, and where tho gardens
l arc hidden behind the barns and hog-pens, as If
they were things to be ashamed Of, to behold
houses with pretty Venitian blinds, standing
behind shade trees, or separated from the dusty
streets by yards carpcted with grass and orna-
mented with shrubbery,
--wo had the pleasure Of meeting at Akron
two valued friends whom we had known in
( New York-Mr. ZcphaDiah Baker, the Univcr-
salist Clergyman, and his talented wife, Mrs. +.
M. Baker. They are both earnestly devoted to
the highest welfare of tho race, and efficient la
~ borcrs in tho great Reforms of tho ago. We
= were glad to welcome them to Ohio.
't'A.H Hi