The Placer herald., 1855-09-29
From the Pittsburg Union.
STRONG MINDED WOMEN.

bTcal dS our country un4ueStOlldDIN Is, III
roaring cataracts, bounding floods. and roll
inc prairies, she is greater far in her accom-
plished, learned, and strong minded women
Our mountains and valleys, our rivers and
lakes, our railroads and tclegraphs, our
steamers and hotels, our enterprsing men
and promising boys, all tend to make cur ma
ton rich, powerful and respected but its
chief excellence lies in this: that it possess
es legons of lovely and educated women,
ready and willing to leave the dull domestic
circle, unsex themselves and battle earnestly
with the lords Of creation.
Indeed, they have already abandoned the
domestic circle, and TUNED their attention to
more important matters. Antonette Green
breaches 10 spell-bound thousands.
Lucy Long practices medicine. Her sue
cess is remarkable. great many young
men require her aid, and we have been tod
that they munifrently reward her laLors
Lucy is not a very tender physician; she
handles her patients rather roughly, and
scrupcs not whom no.osai.v ,v,,ui, t, it, 10
i'eed them very freely. In the community
in which she resides she Is greatly respected
and admired as skitul practitioner and a
strong minded woman. Lucy Stone may
neglect her domestic affairs, but she is an
ornament to her profession
Mrs. Brown graves, recites, and maddens
round the land on the subject of women 5
rights. Her whole time and attention are
given to conventions, at which she acts the
part of Honcss. and receives no little atten-
ton from delegates Of the ste:ncr sex. liu-
ring ten years of her married life she failed
to present her husband with a pledge Of af-
tcction; but travel. public speaking popular
applause. and fresh bracing air. have had a
GOOD effect on the dear woman, and now a
little darling calls her mother. An admir-
abe creature is Mrs Brown, and very happy
is the man who folds her in his arms and
calls her wife.
Five years ago, our friend Simpson was a
lover of the beautiful, aud had keen ap-
probation of all things sublime in art Or
nature. Simpson welded handsome piece
of calico. Mrs Simpson has profusion of
curls, taste for reading light books, Goa
tempt for domestic matters, and org 'nG
desire to elevate her down-troddcn aald suf
fering sex. In intellect she is a pigmy, and
in words Il roaring cataract: small in body
but enormously large in mouth, and would
he deemed a g;antess if her body were in
proportion to her tongue.
A few days since we met the husband Of
Mrs. Simpson. We say husband of Mrs.
Simpson," for by that name only is he known,
his individuality being swallowed up by the
fame of his better half Poor fellow from
the bottom of our soul We pitied him. His
face was hag@ard; his hair matted; his dress
disor'lered and his whole appearance indica-
tive of misery and domestic trouble.
Simpson told us his brief story, and as
sured us that many other wrctched husbands
were in the same position. For three months
after marriage, he led happy life. During
that period, he and wife were one; since then
they have been two. Mrs Simpson read in
the papers accounts of conventions held for
the purpose Of declaring and defending wo-
mems rights of placing her on an equality
with the sterner sex, and giving her the priv
and medicine, preaching the gospel, fighting
duels, commanding armies, and wearing
boots, coats, vests and pantaloons. Fired
with this sublime idea, and determined to be
notorious if not famous, Mrs Simpson neg
lected her domestic duties, left her husband
and babies, her washboard and spinning
wheel, and devoted her time and talent to
the subject Of womens rights. 'And now,
said the heart-broken Simpson. 81 have to
wash babies and shirts, milk the COW, and
bake bread, while Mrs. Simpson is roaming
the land in company with Abby Kelly, Lucy
Stone, Theodore Parker, Fred. Douglass and
other dsreputable characters. wrote to
her last week that one of the children had
the measles, and told her to come home al
once. She answered that she could not re-
turn until the National Convention adourns
some time in September and told me to see
that 'our darling was bled freely and covered
with wet flannel" A melancholy expires
sion appeared in his once handsome face Il,
he added, "if it should please Providence te
remove my consort to another and better Oh
a worse world, will endeaynr hereafter tc
avoid all entanging alliances with strong
minded women. | am a christian profes
sionally, and practically too, hope. am {
believer in the doctrines taught by the Churcl
of England. am member Of that churcf
may yet become vestryinah, and in the