The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-01-08
From Tar. Edinburg Magazine.
Woman in Extremes and Varieties
OF Cnurdot0r.


"She is a woman" Such was Chs e1plana.
ton ola creature met With among the desc.
late mountaius Of the f6rthern pnrt Of the
Isle OF Man. Il seemed hardly pn,.ibIe for
the assertion 10 be Truth. The matted hair
was unwomhnly the thick legs ineAsed in
'i!l thicker boots Was unWomAulyi the rough
,oicr and the rough gait did not seem 10 be-
long e. Woman--buI TN, h,breI o! the hu.
man race carried in her arms q babe, aud the
smile shu threw ON il ia the midst OF her
con, crsation claimed her to be- a true woman
at heart, whatever resemblance her external
lorm might bear.
4 young gil ,ai at the window Of a eouu-
try mansion the moon shuaV on her fair and
luN,ly face. Golden tresses fell on her neck
and shoulders OF spOtlvss white aiid heg blue
eyes were raisrd - hca,gu whittier her
thIuguls h4d Gown. She wis as beautiful a.,
any tnins OF earth could bei delicate aud
fragile breath of huuauilyi more like a
splut than aushl ,l,r, seen "a that place and
ny that pure pale light. Yet Was that bring
Woaiau, of the same seX - the Wild trnalt
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Mid The Gs+aing plains OF West Indian
island, uuGcr a scOrs,ing sun, mother rUrk.
cd her child. Her sable sAm was as con.
plcte coatrast a. could be To that OF the
iiir creature above described her lips were
thick and protrudiug, hcr nose Hat and eA.
pIIided, her hair wool, or something like il
IA texture. Yet the neSress was woman
possessing warm ard generous womuus na-
tutc.
tn the northern cline of Laplund stunted
being sat ia her wrctchrd howell; fJr-elad, or
ca,cd rather, she crcpt Occasionally from her
muddy elevation, aud then crcpt back again.
/ Spending her time, and sleeping and eating,
and performing the most common offices or
lilci thus that lite glidcd AWAY. Yet WAS
she also woman in another aspect ofwomans
life,
In this Indian warfare which occupies
mems hearts, aud tongues, aud pens, a tale
has arisen of ose who performed deeds of
startling cruelty. Helpless children Wer,
stricken beneath the numbering krifcj wo-
men impurod mercy in the shape of death
!
men learnt that age WAS no projection, and
. Anung ones felt the impotence of strong and
lusty limbs before the power Of that humoa
Grnd, the Rauce of Jansi
4 Net,she was woman; she should have had
woman's heart, but the devil must have sci
his seal upon it at her birth, and quenchcd
its humanity. in making it his own. Not
one trace of woman have. We of her in the ac
counts given of her brief career. Foremost
in the battlefield, FOREMOST in the scene Of
tcrturc-so she seemed to live, and so sh,
ruel-unwomnnly-- dis
grace TO her sex, stigma on the female ma.
turo.
When men were dying in the Crimea. and
the kus,ian guns were less formidable If pos.
sihlc than the disease and privation of the
English camp, with pestilence walking hand
4 in haud with famine. and Death coming over
this fearful scene in the guise of the last best
friend, lady left her hume, where comfort
and luxury were her daily habit. and kind
ness the atmosphere of her life. and sought
that fearful scene where each supreme miser,
DIV cit.
Through and through those hospitals sh,
walked, RESTING beside the bed of the wound
/ ed and drinf;;, carrying cnmfnrt- to their cam.
fortress abodcs, shedding peace around by tn,
blessing of her own peaceful presence, bless
iugs followed her wherever she went; and
weary sorrou-laden eyes clung to her depart
ling Shaddow Under her superintendrnce
by her +le rule those Warehouses of tn,
sick and d'dI ing assumed an air of dimly-re
ayetet erti,ft1rt Nt,ttiftg tlrant-d her N firr
noble work sckening sights Of wounds, and
mutlation drew from her only feelings of
comparison for the Vufwersi ufherS Of