Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1853-02-23
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LADi DAouERREorYP1sTs.--A correspondent of the
Home journal writes from Cleveland, Ohio: "There is
lady in this city, Mrs Short who has been engaged in the
Daguerreopc business several years and has met with
complete Her pictures will bear comparison with
any of her male competitors and many think them deci-
edly superior In taking the pictures of children she
Is acknowledged to be without rival Her rooms are
thronged, principally by ladies' and many of the first
families in town will employ other. / know nothing
Of the difficulties to be in the pursuit, but you
may assure your readers that Yankee girl has been
found who has overcome them
The following passage from Roman letter is highly
interesting
'Niss Hosmcr promises to become of the most fin
hed scupors in the world She is under the tuition of
MIR Gibson and has modelled already large bust of We
NUS Gibson's infinite amazemen and delight He takes
MI Rome to it, says there is not sculptor in Rome
who could do it BETTER while there many who could
not approach t-HOme Journal.
Miss Hosmer is the young lady who, as our readers
may recollect, in Cincinnati year two ago, at
tending to the study of Anatomy the Medical College
there's and decided by the Professor of that depart
en to excel his male pupils her acquisition of the
Science She pursued the study to qualify herself for the
profession of n Sculptor.
| New JERSEY Romans Rights-A bill has been in
roduced into the Senate of New Jersey proposing
radical changes in regard to the rights and privileges
married women.
Sec. l. Gives married the power of deyisng and
conveying their property without the of their hus
bands. Sec makes the separate property of married
liable for their ante-nuptal debts and exonerates
the husband Sec. allows married to prosecute
in their own names, and demand in their own right
Sec relieves the husband from the support of the wife
when living separately, except amony order of Chan
cellor and authorizes the Chancellor applications for
divorce, decree custody of children to either husband
wife, and decree support of the of either
Sec enables married women, by express contract in
writing, to bind their separate estate for their debts
Sec directs succession between husband wife in
of intestacy, to remain as heretofore.-TriJune
At its last session the New Jersey Legislature secured
to married the right to hold real, personal and
mixed property possessed at marriage inherited after
wards
girl Who has the pri6c is vonng and very hand
mercantile establishment in fourishfng country toWH
who visits different cities Alone stops at hotels purchases
supplies of dry goods hard ware china groceries, shoes
nicknacks and all the multrious saleabes which make
up ga stock in miscellaneous store. She gives notes.
pays notes. makes contracts and all such bust
ness as belongs to her rade and have yet lear
ned that she has sacrificed ioa of the dignity adm
ration and respect which her just due as a young,
amiable and very pretty woman.-Sat. Visiter.
Twenty-Five ladies employed in the IT, States
as teegraphc operators Fanny Paine is Cashier the
Bank of Chicago Mrs ". r. Kent is Librarian of the
COuderspOIt (Pa.) Library Association
Several towns in this county have lyceums in which
persons of both sexes take part in the debates In one of
these few weeks since, the resident clergyman Bapts)
and his wife were placed in opposition each other ON
the question: Ought Women to have equal rights with
Men, &C. The debate reported as highly interest
ing and agreeable TO all concerned The clergyman was
chosen on the negative, and very ngenousy aided the
Affirmative, by urging that equal rights would subject
men to very serious losses First if secured equal
remuneration for their labor they would become inepen
dent In pecunary matters and being under necessity
"a marry for homes would be troubled to yet wives
Again. if they allowed equal political rights the in
stitution of slavery would be abolished and then the
Union couldn't be saved And the rum traffic would be
banshe and mems liberty drink and the liberty of
women and children to suffer from incorporate husbands
and fathers be lost.
Mrs c. NJ. Severance of Cleveland, Ohio has accept
ed invitation from the Mechanics Library Association
of that city, to deliver of of lectures of which
Theodore Parker, r. W. Emerson and Horace Mann of
Massachusetts, have given the first three Her subject is
HUMANITY: Definition and Plea Mrs s. made
her debut in written address of great ability before the
Ohio Women's Rights Convention in May last.
The Beverly NIass.) Lyceum, composed of both sexes
invited Lucy Stone to take part with them in public de-
bate on Equality of Rights to the The praise of
her womany and able defence of the rights of her SEX
is echoed and re-echoed in all directions.
circular, signed by of the abest and best men
of Massachusetts,, attached to petition for banishing
from the State Constitution any distinction of rights bas-
ed SEX is circulating in that State The object is to
carry the question of equal rights before the Convention
which is called for revising and amending the Consu-
ton in May next.
Hon Amos Tuck, who declined denomination to Con-
gress from the first district of New Hampshire has re-
yersed that decision and concluded to his chance
The Free Soil State Convention of Maine has nomnat-
ed Hon Ezekiel Holmes of Hallowell, for Governor