Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-02-10
CHIPS AND CLIPPINGS,
Letter Written in 1000.

Mn. Error How the following letter came
into my possession, leave you and your readers
to conjecture. 1t may have come through a
" medium" from the Spirit of Prophecy, but this
only throw out as a suggestion. Meanwhile,
rest assured, Mr.. Editor, that should be favor
ed with any more communications from the same
source, they shall be transmitted TO you without
fail Your friend and correspondent,
ANNE ELToN.
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. |, 1900.
y My DEAR FRIEND Writing to you as now
do, al the commencement of the twentieth CEN
tury, am naturally led to speak of the wonder
iul changes which have taken place within the
last half of the century just passed. ] remember
very well when men were considered the lords of
creation, when all the offices of honor and profit
were in their hands. Women were at that time
held in subsection, by their naughty oppressors.
and wonen's right were then almost unknown. -
Now, thank Heaven! all this is reversed; in
stead of lords we have ladies' of creation.
Our navies do not now consist of men of war
they are all ,comen of war. Now, happily, a
woman occupies our Presidential chair, while our
halls Of Congress are filled with a body of intei-
gent and influential females from all parts of the
country. Formerly, we had professional men
now we have professional women.
But without farther preface, let me give you
sketch OF Washington, which am at present
visiting. Every body is praising the adminstra-
ton of Hon. Mrs. Betsy Jones. who has Just as.
sumed the reins Of Government. She has filled
her cabinet with some of the most distinguished
stateswomen in the country. Where, for instance
could she have found better Secretary of War
than Gen. Abigail Chase, of Massachusetts.
VINO covered herself with glory in our late war
with the Sandwich Islands?
] went to the Presidents levce, few eve
nings since. Among the crowd who were pres
cut, noticed Hon. Mrs. jenkins, the distn-
guished Senator from the new State of Patago.
MIA. The Russian Minister, Mrs. Orlof. had on
splendid fur cape, which attracted the aiten-
ton OF all the ladies present. twas sorry not
to have seen the Secretary of State-but she
sent word that her baby was sick, and she
couldn't come
called to see the Attorney General the other
day, and found her husband setting the table for
tea, and taking care of the children. He said
his wife was so much occupied with the cares
OF office, that she had but little leisure for her
family.
This morning arrived the steamer America.
Captain Betty Martin, mmander-brinplnr
the latest news from Europe. 1t seems thar
the queen Of Austria has issued ioon,dndafe.
ordering all the men in her dominons to shave
OIL Their whskers. In consequence Of this very
reasonable edlct an instruction took place a.
mong the men, which, however, was soon quel-
led by the efforts of Gen. Polly Kosclusko
l heard, last Sunday, an eloquent sermon, from
rev Sally Sprague, minister of the first church
IN this city. | understand il is to be published.
see by the papers, that a man out West at
tempted to lecture upon mems rights, recently,
IN which he ioolshly insisted that men had
right to vote. was glad to learn that he was
peted from the stage by yolley of stones from
the females, whose rights he had assailed Poor
man he quite forgot that, in the words Of the
poetess,
" Times Amt now a. they used to was BEEN
Things amt now now as they used TO w.s Them"