Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-11-08
NO. 81.
From Me Euening Post.


From 1e EUening Post.
Letter from Recent Convert of Free Love.
rally haint minute of time, dear neighbor.
MrS, ;, BALDWIN TO devote to nobody, but do reck.
TINS here society of Associatoners I'm contem.
piatin Jofnn'. Afore begin I'd like to menshun
that II you'd jest step in and see to husbands
stockins, I'd take it agreeable, hadn't no time
10 NINA EN-, for Professor K--h had such
heap 10 tell me about the inard development. and
Vi nus spiritual coalition with my witals that
sat good bit longer than meant to with him
an, somehow or other he ketched hold of nv hand
an said he didn't know when he'd been So mon.
strIsly drawed to any one afore Ike hadn't moth.
III to say agin my husband; he might be very
cleVer person: bet yet he felt convinced nv ma.
lur was sieh an elevated one, he rally believed
my wants hadn't never been met
told him sure enough they hadn't. but reck.
oned the reason was, we were too poor to GO to
iurther expense in buyin' things But did con.
less, II there was want had it was fur aew
Parior carpet, ourn was gettin go dreadfully
Shabby. The Professor gin me an awful nudge
then, ana SAID must excuse him, for he didn't
iee r disposed Tor Jokin' that mornin'; he was
suffering most tremendous innard tortures cause
lie q been misunderstood the day afore by a per-
son VINO wasn't great enough to understand him.
vi course L let on that \ understood him and
pretended d been jokin', but afterwards when
went to the meetin', found out all about what
IL meant and M real miserable, neicilbor Bald
win, to think I've been livin' these now s;,teen
years with Hiram Moses, an he's never vet conn.
prehended what my natur, required
know my hull bein' Amt called into NAV.
there's only one set of faculties apoin. an I
might as well be Twin mummy as TO be mated
with such noodle. Brother BE saws he's
convinced me and him has sich a S, mpathy fur
one another that we must have played together
when we was children in some other state of
existence an though don't remember ever
PEN III that state, yet s'pose it's all Just SO.
brother B--c is a spiritual soul, an is lest as
developed as he can be. Me and him has SIGH
good times together and SIGH beautiful attrac-
tons to one another that we don't think no
more OF kissin than if we were two females
lie SEQ needn't tell Hiram, though, for it
wasn't likely, he'd understand how our spirits
met an he was one of those commonplace per-
sons who might SO and kick up rumpus about
me a kissn' another woman's husband.
do declare it's too bad to be forced into such
position as am with Hiram but DR. C,
scs that's Just the way with him an his wife /;
she haint no understandin of the ideal beauty of
SIGH friendships, and don't begin to fill up the
measure of his souls yearnin' after perfection
foor Fellow He's SO often cast Lack upon him
self, that It's enough to crush his sensitive ma
tur The mcetins on Thursday nights is all
the comfort | have There's been Professor
k"h, an S-m, CT, an Dr. E-y,
an Mr. H-s that's all situated just Ill the
same uncomfortable way in their domestic rcia-
tons, besides several females, that's studyin
medicine and 'natomy SO hard that they partake
quite of the natur' of skeletons Their souls is
developed ut the expence Of their poor, frai pc
rishabe bodies
E BIN don't think no more of dssect-
In dead bodies than she would of cuttin ND a
roast chicken. / don't know as I'd trust her to
treat my neurology. hut Hiram might Just as
well employ the poor thing for his rheumatic as
not. She looks as though she might handle
right gripin case pretty sovere. But the best of
all is the principles VIC profess. There we sit
the hull evenin', and jest discourse about the
poor oppressed cretures that have to Git their
livin' at shovelin' snow an handlin' wood an
SO on, 1t would rally do your very MAJ row
bones good to see the bcnevolence and charity
that prevails; an how they remarks. they don't
want nobody to do nothin' that don't agree with
| 'em-an' I'm sure mcndin' stockns don't agree
with me.
An they tell such lovely anecdotes about the
people who go an get every thing done as cheap
rs they can, so as to cheat folks an grind down
the poor. And then besides all this active good
ness an strugglin to redeem their Teller bcns,
they have a festival about onst year, 80 rs to
hear the remarks of those as comes from the fur
rim cities-such as Boston and Philadelphia
about the wickedness of people in not payin'
their workmen; an Brother G often draws
tramplin down of their blessed privileges. He's
lovely, an there Amt one of us famales ugly or
otherwise but what hc's willin to embrace in Cos
pel love.
do hope, ncighbor Baldwin that I'm rs vir-
tuous a person, rs there is in the world; hut |
must say can't see one bit of harm in rclievin
my full sympathies IN the buzzums Of them MS
are my spiritual partnerS-cause, what's the
body any how? faint no more than wet blan-
ket throwd over the spcrit-a squcnchn' the
ycarnin after that soul communion that every
wel-developcd person feels. Mr. R-says I'm
great soul" an that SIGH sentiments has in
augerated me more tangibly into his best feeins
than any paltry takin' ON ofwhat the false and
holler world calls ''mcdesty," SEES he to me-
standn' on the steps t'other night, "Would we
was in the blessed Phianstery'' My sperit
whispered, without Hiram, tho !" and his'n
Immediately responded in audible yes SO
comeplete!y do we meet ono another.
We have been a rendin' Jscqrc together
recon you wouldn't be pleased with his observa-
tons on this, but its tbs very epitomc of moral
ity and vertue we think, I'm come to the end of
my sheet; an here's Hiram iust come in; ugh
My soul revolts from him. But I'm doomed to
misery. Pity my unfortunate organization that
requires sich different associations
Yourn, abigail Moses.
+. Sd send you some verses which I'm bin
a ritin' to try 80 settle the connections that's
conlluuaIil raging IN my DIeSt Hhcn thluk OF
my contrary attractions.
VERSES BY ABIGAIL MOSES
! amt dom nothin else
But walkin paths that's thorny;
For him meets my VERY soul,
Is gone to Californy;
And now I'm left to bear tho brunt
OF life with Hiram Mntes;
He's just az different from me,
AS peoples is from
He eats and drinks and works and slecps
An amt hGd provider,
But nectars all the same TO him,
AS 30 much beer and cider
hate this way of dom life,
In sums OF vulgar fractions
| My sperrit yearns for sympathy
| And passional attractions
Ny spiral natures innard self
Has gone and been divided,
OF course cant be noshin' else,
| But inwardly lop--ided;
keep @ graspin' arter things,
That's neither here nor yonder
Just like goose That's yoked for life
To him TINT amt her gsnder.
know meet in sperrit yet,
But somehow human netur,
Let's try to squench it ali We con.
Developes soon or later
| And if it's true "all flesh is grass"
| It's time old Hiram Moses
Was grcenin' ia tho pickle now
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