Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-01

ers of his mind and body.-Dy. BI,da
ham
NoMAN's RIGHTs.-'lf a woman is no
satisfied with the labors of the factory ol
the school, if she stepped beyond the reg
ular limits assigned her by common usage
she was pointed at and hooted by the
world. For oftentimes the poverty of wo
men is such that they are driver to a life
! OF shame to earn bread for themselves
and their children. In addition to these
evils. there too often comes a proclamation
OF the ho!iest tic which women can form
the marriage relation-for frequently
she is driven by poverty to marry man
TOR whom she can have no affinities, mere
iy for the sake of securing a subsistence u
From speech by Lucy Stone
| We have already denied and we again
deny that woman who steps beyond the
regular lImts assigned herr is pointed at
and hooted at. We never knew any wo-
nlsn to take up an honorable employment
and pursue it zealously, but she was hon
ored for her enterprise. We also beg
leave to express our firm conviction that
no vIrtuous woman erer was driven to a
life of shame to get bread for herself and
children. Such a declaration is a mons
trous libel on humanity We agree with
the old King of Israel, who said Il have
been young and now am old, but | have
never seen the righteous forsakcn or his
seed begging bread" Begging bread they
may be, but they are never forsaken and
left to such degradation as Miss Stone
speaks of Poverty can be no eXtenuation
of such crime, and we are sorry to see
the leader of woman's right movements
offer such plea in palliation. There is
always poor house into which a virtuous
woman and her children can be adm t ed.
or if not, there is a river in which she
could throw herself aud them From
Ms SloisShelns's comnlc,ats on tie ADORE
\ STRONG MINDED CANDIDATE FOR MAT
RIMoNY.--A lady advertising for bus
band in the Water Cure Journal gives
the following description of herself She
certaiuly has some fine points :"
[ am just twenty, but will marry be
fore | am two years older. | am a grad
uate of the Marietta Seminary. | can
do, and | love to do. all manner of house
hold work, from making pies and bread
to washing shirts / can do all kinds of
sewing, from embroidery to linsey panta-
looms | can skate, ride, sing. dance, play
on the piano or spinning wheel, or do any
thing that may be expected of my sex. If
required | can act the part of a Ounce in
society of the upper ten,' or the part of
woman among women. As for riding,
here allow me to banter any man may
bring two horses. give me choice and ten
feet, and then if he overtakes me in one
mile I am his; if not, the horse is mine
Beware
l am believer in hydropathy, and use
no tea or coffee, neither do wear corsets
but | am willing that my husband should
do either. if he desires | believe in ''wo-
mans rights" but believe that | have no
right to meddle with politics or mans bus
mess in gencral-neither have the men
the right to meddle with ours As for
appearance | am neither tall nor short,
large nor small, but am just as was made
| never have attempted to alter my shape
or color, as am perfectly satisfied with
the same. BY fops am styled handsome );
by the young men on whom [ please to
smile | am styled the height of perfec-
ton; By those | frown upon, ''the devils
imp :" but by my female acquaintances
"Mollv." aud by my uncle am called
tom =
If I marry, it will be man who uses
no spirits, tobacco rprofanity. He may
be youug or old, handsome or homely,
rich or poor, but not in the extreme. He
must have good common education He
must be Industrious he must be capable
of so bearing himself in any society that
he will be beloved by all his disposition
on after acquaintance must please in ev-
cry respect He, after marriage, must
allow me to follow the dictates of my own
conscience, provided [ did not trample on
his rights, and he must follow suit.