Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-07-31
VOL XL'

VOL XIV.
crust of the earth refuse to make eager explO
ration Of the interior of appetiziDg postries
The astronomer discovered a new constellation
in the Turtle; and the mathematician forgot
his problems in eopious libaiiOns OF cham
pague.
After such feast of reason and flow Of sou
what could be more charming than a prom-
enade in saloon where the fair barred, rosy
checked and white-shonIdered daughters Of Al
bion We'd palpitatingly with each other in of
ering Intoxicating incense to the renowned phi
losopbers? Many a gentleman, far advanced
beyound the period of middle age, who even
/ in his youth had set weak Cupid at defiance,
and his study or laboratory excluded all Wis
| ions of Paphain excitement as resolutely as
Saint Anthony closed door and window against
the intrusion of the Internal temptress, was
now amazed to find himself the centre OF
! glowing galaxy of beauty, and stared with
wonder, like hoDest Bottom, at the enthusi-
asm of the fair Titauians. Unscientidc cox
combs stood afar of, and gnashed their teeth
at beholding such homage paid to the veterans
OF science. Lips that might have thawed an
anchorjte supplicated for an autograph-locks
OF grey hair were at an enormous premium
and Methuselah had clearly the advantage
of the post-diluvian votaries of fashion.
The "Social Science" Congress IN England
"a new invention-are mereilessly ridiculed
by the Blackwood writer, and there is a vivid
description Of
COUP D'ETAT OF THE WOMEN.
But the ladies, with that PERCEPTION of op-
portunfty which is instindtive to the sex, felt
that the time had at length arrived for a tri- |
umpth and assertion of those rights which had |
so long been impiously withheld. They took |
accurate intellectual measure Of their mdscu- |
line associates, and were not long in discover
ing that they could compete with far the /
greater part Of them on more than equal terms. |
From the seniors, already secure of their re-
nown, they could rekon on their sympathy, in
terest and encouragement. They could rely
upon the chivalry Of those gentlemen whose
literary fame had been established through fe-
male fostering and applause; and with the re-
mainder, comprising the main body of the
twaddlers they felt themselves quite compe-
tent to deal. Accordingly they made muster
Of their bravest aud their best. The shrewd-
est, if not the most attractive, daughters of
debate stepped boldly to the van; and in a
trice they made invasion of the sections, took
the conduct of the business into their own
hands and became mistresses of the sitna-
lionl
The plea that of the agitators for 'wOman's
rights that women should be freely admitted
into the learned professions. is discussed, but
Blcck1rood casts its vote against it. Women
are declared disqualified to act as doctors, or
ministers, and as to the profession Of the law,
here is what our writer says of
WOMEN As LAWYERS: 3
In order that we may dispose at once of all
questions regarding the admissibity of wo-
men to the legal profession, we shall at once
proceed to ascertain how the spinsters would
fare if permitted to practice in the courts.
Under the arrangement which you cohtem-
plate, it is proposed, we understand, that young
women should be called to the bar as soon az
hey have completed their legal studies, and un-
dergo the necessary examination. If your
project, madam, be right in the main, this is a
very sensible proviso, for it affords to the as
pirants their only possible chance Of ever ac-
quiring practice. No client in his senses
would permit his attorney to entrust the con-
duct of cause to q vinegar-visaged virgin
who had counted more than fifty years before
she assumed the honors of the forensic gown =
1t is plain as the field Of Waterloo that no ju-
~ would be seduced by the wheeling of such
pleader, nor would any judge be upset in his
equilibrium by the Circean magic of her
tongue 1t might be different with blooded
virgin; but, as an indispensable preliminary,
she must get rid of that shyness, delicacy and
reserve which some sentimentalists have main
aiued to be the highest charm TO the sex
There might be an opening for those young la
lies who are not unfrequently stigmatized by
euvious aunts as "pert hussies" and forward
hope there might be for
fast" women but not even ghost of
chance for creatures tinid as the fawn, and
soit-noted in their voices as is the turtle-dove
when it coos among the branches of the myr-
lie
Have you ever reflected upon the probable
OF turning loose some thirty or
forty facinated damsels, trieked out like Portia
in the Merchant of Venice" among swarm
Of young barristers, not yet so versed in the
language of the law as to have forgotten the
more, agreeable jargon which is spoken in the
courts of Cupid? Can there be the slightest
doubt that before the first fortnight is over,
there wonld be open and shameless galop-
aiding in Winchester Hall and Parliament
House of Edinburg. Then what boiling in
aud out of libraries and robingrooms-wha
infinite giggling in corridors-what skylarking
in the box of the reporters! Moreover, as
each Portia will Of course be attended by a
pert Nerissa of clerk, ample provisions will
be made, even IN the walls Of the temple Of
Themis, for the prosecution of the amours of
Messrs. Chuckstea and MeCrowdy, who are
severely regarded by their associates as the
most irresistible young men that ever carried '
a brief bag or fastened up process with $
strap! No, our dear madam absolutely it {
will not do Y You must at once and forever
dismiss your vision of the bari The project, as
we have demonstrated, is clearly contra bonos
nores; and you would surely be the last per- {
sou in the world to sanction a system which
must lead to such glaring improperties
A terrible accidedt occurred the other day
in harveit field, near Terre Haute, Indiana.
A little boy, seven years of age, thrown
in front afthe mower, one of his legs was cut
off entirely and the Other was terribly torn and
cut, the heel being nearly torn off, the foot
cut almost through to the instep, and the calf