Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-04-20
WOMAN'S RIGHTS;
Dam Ferguson's Remedy for siac same


"Rodolphns," clever correspondent of the
Ohso State Journal, who dates from Harrisburg,
Pa, tells capital story under this head, which
ue.cannot refrain from giving our readers. He
says:
notice that Ohio women are troubled with
nights and should infer that they had them
pretty hard. The same disease broke out in this
part of the country sometime ago, and occasioned
considerable uneasiness in the community. There
were some constitutions which never took it, how
ever exposed, but it was long time before any
remedy was found to cure woman after the rights
than mumps or measles, and generally ended in
authorship or some chronic type of philanthropy.
There was one Dan Ferguson in these parts,
who was curiosity. He was man of strong ma
tire sense, robust physical structure, but eccentric
habits and manners. He was a wit, and excellent
company for those who knew him well enough to
know when to laugh; Z but his face was long and
so,enn and the mus cies not very moveable His
droll things were said with such gravity that
stranger would take him to be serious, and he had
sn Unfortunate habit of laughing when he really
meant to be serious, Dan Ferguson had little
taste for reading and was not addicted to sentiment
of any sort. Were it not fer aremarked fondness
for playing with children, he might have been
considered stiff and unsocial. Dan had keen
eye for speculation; he would not work. was in
fact lazy; but an nfalible 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 a
sign that prices. would fall Sagacity and good
luck in speculations had made him rich. His bus
iaess trips to the Atlantic cities had given him all
sorts of experiences; he could tell all about the
actors and actresses, understood the lions, and
paid some attention to fashion, His taste in dress
run to very large stripes in his vests, and watch
lesome to smaller man. He hud arrived at the
age of forty and matrimony never approached him.
Certain qualities he possessed, which, together
with his wealth. gave him social position, but
the women regarded him as a reprobate. I am
afraid he was. In this state of affairs Woman's
Rights Convention happened to be held in Harris
. bnrgh.
Miss ]. Feliciana Wellington attended. Miss
- Feliciana Wellington might have seen some
thirty summers, and for several years had been
teaching the young idea how to shoot and how to
say catechisms She was tall, full-formed, and
oratorica She dedicated herself to her mission
and was deeorously but plainly dressed She was
severe on "the tyrant, man. ard determined to
rindicate her sex. Her hair and eyebrows were
and full. Miss ]. Feliciana Wellington was chair
female, of the committee on Resolutions. She
spoke. She protested Miss =. Feliciana was
obviously woman who had arrived at her wick
edness, had the rights dreadfully, and if left to
herself much longer would become sour and phi
lanthropic
Now DanSF Ferguson had fondness for pets
Sometimes he would tame crow, sometimes a
raceoon. He liked to break in wild horses, and
seemed to require something unusual to tax his in
genuity in the lazy intervals between his specula-
tions. Dansattended the Woman's Convention.
and owing to his unfortunate habit of laughing
when he intended to be solemn, and of being sol
emn when he intended to make sport, came near
getting into difficulty He laughed at their pathos
and looked solemn at their wit, and being some
what notorious as hard case, was used up in sew.
eral allegorical speeches, and almost as good as
named. Dan said little, but after days close
attention he turned to me and said
e How the devil came she to have the rights 2
He alluded to Miss J. Feliciana Wellington
and proceeded to say: s..
= If she hasn't got the Old Harry in her, Tn
nojudge Of feminines." /"
This was plainly complimentary, butto wha
purpose directed I did not suspect. We passe
out Of the ball and were walking silently dow
street, when in. an absent mood hemuttered:
g Not false tooth, no cotton, no scrofula +
Very odd for such atwomuu to be troubled with
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