Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-05-27
HOW Dan Ferguson cured Woman's RIGHTS,

How Dan Ferguson cured Woman's Rights.
notice from your papers that Ohio
women are troubled with ''rights," and
should infer that they had them pretty
hard. The same disease broke out in this
part Of the country some time ago, and
occasioned considerable uneasiness in the
community. There were some constitu.
tons which never took it, however expo
sed, but it was a long time before any
remedy was found to cure a woman, after
the rights had fairly set in. They were
more troublesome than mumps or mea-
sizes, and generally ended in authorship
or some chronic type of philanthropy.
There was one Dan Ferguson in these
parts, who was a curiosity. He was a
man of strong native sense, robust phys
ical structure, but eccentric habits and
manners. He was wit, and excellent
company for those who knew him well
enough to laugh but his face was long
and solemn and the muscles not very
movable. His droll things were said
with such gravity that stranger would
take him to be serious, and he had an un-
fortunate habit of laughing when he real
| ly meant to be sober. Dan Ferguson had
little taste for reading, and was not ad-
dicted to sentiment of any sort. Were it
not for a remarked fondness for children,
he would have been considered stiff and
unsocial. Dan had keen eve for specu-
| lation: he would not work; was in fact
lazy: but an infallible instinct seemed to
tell him when to buy and when to sell.
If he bought hogs, pork was sure to rise:
if he sold, it was sure sign that prices
would fall. Sagacity and good luck in
speculations had made him rich. His
business trips to the Atlantic cities had
given him all sorts of experiences: he
could tell all about the actors and ac-
trcsses, understood the lions, aud paid
some attention to fashion. His taste in
dress run to very large stripes in his
vests and watch keys. the weight of which
would have been troublesome to small
er man. He had arrived at the age of
forty, and matrimony never had approach
ed him. Certain qualities he possessed,
which, together with his wealth, gave him
a social position, but the women regard
cd him as something of a reprobate. |
am afraid he was. In this state of affairs
Woman's Rights Convention happened
to be held in Hal risburg.
Miss J. Feliciana Wallington attended.
Miss J. FeliciaRa Wallington might have
seen some thirty summers, and had for
several years been teaching the young
idea how to shoot and how to say cate
chisms. She was tall, full formed and
oratorical She dedicated herself to her
mission," and was decorously, but
plainly dressed. She was severe on 1.-the
tyrant man." and determined to vindi
cate her sex. Her hair and eyebrows
were almost white, but the eye under
meath was clear and full. Miss j. Fell
ciana Wallington was Chair Female Of
the Committee on Resolutions. She
spoke. She protested. Miss J. Feliciana
was obviously woman who had arrived
at her wickedness, had the rights dread
fully, and if left to herself much longer
would become sour and philanthropic.
Now Dan Ferguson had fondness for
pets. Sometimes he would tame a crow,
sometimes raccoon. He liked to break
/ j. wild horses, ard seemed 10 require