Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-07-15
CORRESPONDENCE.
n. X. SAWYER, Esq. ,

n. X. SAWYER, ESQ,
! Dear Sir when the list of Subscribers
to the Mount Vernon Fund in the County of
! Hancock. was handed you for publication, the
namesin each town were classej alphabetically.
one only on a line. each name fanked on the
one side either with Mrs or Miss, as the
case might require. or two inverted commas
and on the other side the almighty dollar. -
/ To the name which headed the list a Mrs. or
Miss was pretxcd to designate whether married
or single. the two inverted commas designated
that the name was that of a married or single
lady, the same as the name above. The names
/ OF the Ladies were written as returned by the
Agent of the town. and whether figuring I'M
der the grandiloquent appellaton of Carolina
! Welelmna Amelia Skeggs or the more hum
BILE one of John Smith. If indicated by Mrs
or two inverted commas under a Mrs was that
of one, who had connected her fate for veal or
for woe, with some one who had Mr.. before
his name, whose srname she had of right as
sumed, using his or her christian name as her
taste or the Hhm Of the moment might dictate
The initial letter exhausted. SO far as these
golden or iron fettered ladies were concerned
then followed list of the Misses, of those who
remained free as AIR, like butterflies dsporting
themselves from flower to flower, either i'll hope
of being caught when on the wing in their
hayward fight, by some adventurous youth,
or experienced widower DESTROYS of another
helpmate; or else some determi-ed fair one,
confident in her strength 10 wage alone the aa,-
tie oi life herself dependent on no one. Sister
of Charity, relieving distress. ever presen.
when and where most needed. doing good to
all untcttered by family cares. The list was
made out IN perpendicular parallel columns,
as the words IN dictionary. the arrangement
of which excited 80 much the admiration of
the would be Cour, Lady in one of the Ger
man rrincipalties, as being in regular order
easy to read when lolhng in her chair, and not
as the words heller SHELTER. in a common book,
which were TO her one buzz like the inside OF
the letter which SO much puzzled Tony Lump
kin, Egg.
On the presentation OF this document SO
punctliiously drawn up, You referred me to
your .entlemanly Foreman he, frightened at
the long array stretched out in single file. and
conscious OF the room it would unavoidably
occupy in the columns of tho American ="
10 the exclusion Of other matter then prepared
for the press. suggested the insertion of the
names as they afterwards appeared in the pa
-
proved The alteration for the reason intimatei :;
and as the publication was to be gratuitous on
your part, as all the previous publications had
been, II, objectien was raised by me, caring lit
tie aboat the form provided the substance was
attained. Your Foreman then suggested HAT
Mrs, or Miss should be prctiAcd only to the
first name. considering tas equally applying
TO all the following names in the same ca,cgo-
r., to It's also l. was agrced-ii never occur
ing 10 either Of US that a doubt could be en-
teitaned as 10 the sex OF the subscriber. whcrh-
er ssncd as John Smith or Carolina Wilelmina
Amelia SNergs, the more especially as the ar
t.c!e was addressed 10 the Ladies OF Hancock,
Members Of the SlsteThood of the Associated
designating Alg. appeared in the document
II tbs, a We believed. wei founded hopc,
we have teer disappointed, some Of the lair
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fhonigas names which ,Aey had borne from
infancy, under which they had been voiced.
40" aal become wives, revolving from the
hafsher npfeliatioa Of their husbands. shua-
derius at the though, that they might be con-
founded with the sros>er sex have expressed
doubts, similar 10 the little woman IN the
eh'lds son; as to iheir own identity, and 10
faithful dog Tray has been near al hand to
solve them these doubt, have been instieafed
u encouraged By some smooth faced or viii,
keied bipcl. de,itous Of cvlueins tn II Won.
deriul as,utene.s in criticism rec les OF Is
evident iFvo!'y AID cap;.o.spcss.
In tins STATE. therefore. Ct bcwillerment Of
the minds OF these highly sensitive Goubters
for their sakes, tos our own 10 relieve Us from
the charge OF any intended dlsrc>Feet, it i,
hoped you VIII add TO the highly valuable ba,
frataitous AID You have rendered to the slori-
Gus pfojcc, of the Women of our Land, for
the rescue Of the home aad the tomb Of the
p-re,t of mea and parrots from pollution. to
insert this communIca ION in the mkt " Amer. ,
lean. giving public notice 10 all mediatelv or
Immediately concerned that Mrs or Miss az
psedxes TO the names of ladies'. AID tina, not
the name of a solitary Mr.. married Or single,
iayman or clerical, is enrolled IN the GALAXY
OF the subscribers IN the County of Hancock !
TO the Association of the Ladies OF the Union. /
Yours respectfully,