Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-01-30
Sophia Once More.

We have puzzled ourself for several weeks
past in the vain conjecture as to where this
controversy would end. AS both "llibrrni-
an aud Sophia now appear to be out of
breath, aud the lady has had the last "say."
We must suggest that the controversy row
cease. We are not averse TON fact
we solicit-contrbu!ions which will be of in
trrrst to our readers, but having once tried
the experiment of " worrying the cat we
must 81 ST. the door to prolonged controversies
whicl, but end in personal invrctivc:
OLYMPIA. w. T., Jan. 9th, 1864.
Ed. SrANDARD-Drar Sir: As /" Hi
b'rnian" has closed on me, claim my wo,
mans privilege, under the laws of courtesy
have the finishing word With that word
propose to contrast the zeal and admiration
wi h which he entered into the controversy,
wi h the causcless and unmanncrly disgust
with which he leaves it.
In his first letter he says:
"Scring the production of the accom-
plishcd and able mritcr SopIia, unan-
swvrcd, and being fearful of its results,
shall merely attempt to check her farther adj
vance in the proposed work Of reform. until
some ADLER writrr. with more winning words.
can convince her of The error of her ways,
and ther, by gain tie Gbicst correspondent
whow rirmy lure cdifrd tie reuters Of the
WASHINGTON STANDARD withix tic last fwo
moafhs.'
Again he speaks of me as " the fairest and
purcst Of Gods handiwork,' to say nothing
of numerous expressions, such as "ablc,"
" charming" beautiful" &C.. scattered
throughout his communications and directly
applied to me. Ii such fatte,ing terms of
admiration have had the effect of making me
write too much about too little, is not % Hi
bcrnian' to blanc?
Now for the den0aemeat. In his winding
up letter he says:
81 have come to the conclusion that So
phia' wears pantaloons, and if not an old pc.
liticIl stump speaker, she is a near relative
of one; for no one but such person could
have the faculty of saying so much as So
phia' has said and still not say anything
worth Il second thought"
He also says that he will "takc no more
notice of such nonsense as has been the gist
Of 'Sophia's' communications"
am not able to see in what manner my
style Of writing would b. affected. even if it
were an established fact that am related to
" an old political stump speaker; and 9TH
crwise it is certainly matter Of no import-
ance to the public. however much Hiber.
man may be disguised BY his supposed dis.
covery. AS TO the other insinua,ion, must
say to Hibernian' that if he is really so
much OF an lnJin as to withdraw from moral
and religious controversy simply because he
fancies that / wear pantaloons, am sorry
for him. and should have withdrawn myself
long ago if had known that he did not rear
them. remain, your blushing
SornIA.
P.S S. There are many things of general
interest Of which would like to give you an
account if had not closed up my letter.
For instance: We are now having course of
Medical Lectures by DR.. Hudson of San
Francisco. The Doctors lectures besides be-
ing learned and highly entertaining. have the
additional attraction Of being illustrated by
drawings executed by an artist living in this
town, who bids fair to rival Cruikshanks in
both design and execution. One Of his
heads. in particular, seems to divide the at
tention OF the audience, at least, equally
with the learned Doctor. 1t certainly has
the merit Of originality. and many Of our
best critics have thought that they could
trace In the features an intention to burlesquc
somebody or something. Those who have
not seen it are advised to do SO at once.
Though do not feel at liberty to give the
artists name, will say to those who are
puzzling themselves in the matter that it will
NOT be necessary to go out OF doors in order
to guess it. Another very interesting feature
in the Doctors lecture is bis scientific mode
OF determining the temperament and charac-
ter OF individuals by inspection of the dog
teeth. On Monday night the audience were
favored with highly intellectual dish in the
shape Of member Of the Legislature served
up inthis manner. The Doctor, after a care