Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-12-10

see 1t, or permit him to squeeze her hand
two or three times unchecked, or dance
gracefully; OF smile at him; or fascinate
him with her pretty talk or subdue him
with such look. as only woman knows
how to give and 10! he'll be at her feet.
offering her his heart, hand and fortune, in a
trlce: And then. when he has married her.
1t will De her own fault, if he, instead of she,
isn't the slave. Talk of Woman's Rights !!
Bless US, the ladies not only have the right.
but they enjoy the power, if they will but
use 1t. TO do just as they please-to govern
the world in their own way 10 have, in
short, realm as big or little as absolute or
republican. as they choose. We men have
to take things as we find them, and do the
best we can; like the lsraelites, we have to
make brick without straw, when straw isn't
to be had; but the ladies can turn US into
good, bad, or Indifferent, and we can't let
US do our worst, avoid becoming exactly
what the little witches intend We shall
Ii We might venture all opinion. however,
the rostrum process is not the quickest nor
most durable method of managing Us. Men
are particularly sensitive about being
seoided into any thing. and ESPECIALLY abou,
being scolded in public: so that we really
doubt the efficacy of the Lucy Stone or An
toinette Brown style of fascinating in gene
ral Men cannot be 'struck all in heap
in that fashion Still the ladies', even these
rostrum-ike ladies, should know best They
cannot be ignorant in wha, they excel in;
and ltthey insist on it that they are better
scolds than anything else, and especially
capital at thrusting themselves where they
are not wanted, why, we say again. for one.
They know best" Only if that is their
notion OF reform: of progress and the new
law OF love, surely it's strange idea
They will find Also If we mistake not, that
the tsh to be caught by such a bait are not
worth having. The man who would 90 to a
public platform in order to pick out wife.
isn't the man any woman of spirit and sense
would have for husband. Or. to look at it
from the other side, Mr. Parker's model
would catch a thousand husbands where
one Of these rostrum females wnnld cainh
times better Men, after ALL are but human
trout, and will bite at red calico sooner than
at anything else. Lucy Stone, ct i'd onane
genus. may be. for all we know, 'shining
vessels" but the only fish that bite at shin
ing" bait are snap mackerel, and TO humans
of that order, the sex will pronounce Lucy
quite welcome.
EDITORIAL CoURTEsIEs.-At the late fire
III LOUISVILLE, TEetltlcoS ) lAOuiSSlilS Jouiudt
was burnt out. Nest of the types were
saved, but the presses and paper were lost.
The Louisville Democrat. between whom
and the Journal there has always been a
war of words. the next morning after the
fire. offered all the facilities in their power
to their neighbor, i'll getting ont their paper
Our press" they say we vonch. will put
through good whiggery in style, as it does
good democracy Any slip shod: half and
half stuff may suffer. SO let our neighbor
go ahead. and turn out the genuine article.
1t don't matter how ugly he looks when he
writes it." To understand the last hit, it
mast be remembered that the two editors
talk good deal of each others beauty.
They both. ii is said, used to wear veil, SO
as not to friehten the women.
Prentice expresses the warmest thanks In
reply and says: g hereafter when we are
about to cut them to the bone, the memory
of their kindness shall stay our arm, and we
will orly take off the skin. We fear. how
ever, that if their press should get taste OF
our good whiggery. it would never let de-
mocracy go through it again; as a man who
has eaten Sekel pears, refuses ever after to
swallow crab apples ~