Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-11-27
For the CnRosrc1E.
Are women Angels?

Are Women Angels?
Gail Hamilton, "a woman by the wayl
saws ''aien are blockheads,-dear, and
affectionate, and generous blockheads I;
benevolent, large-hearted and chival-
rous,-kind, and patient, and hard
working-but stupid where l1onleH are
concerned"
Am I, being laying no claims what
ever to the feminine gender-with such
an axiom las my fair authority seems
to consider 1t, staring me in the face,
not then deserving 8 high need of
honor. in daring to take up my pen to
talk about the dear creatures" Not
wishing to cast any reflections on the
ladies of the present generation, shall
lay my personal experience on the
shelf, and only speak of our, as Scott
terms them, ''ministeripg angels" as
their lives have been handed down to
us by the impartial hand of the histo-
rian-sacred and profane.
Am TO consider thatI am commit
ting sacrilege, by the frown creeping
over your pretty faces. Oh, We shades
of Fanny Fern !
The intellectual faculties, and indi-
vidual rights have been hsrped on, and
argued pro and con, until the world is
sick of the subject
Everybody kn0los that Catharine Of
Russia, Maria Theresa of Austria, lisa.
bella of Spain, Donna Maria of Portu-
gal, Elizabeth and Victoria of England,
on whose fair brows, has rested the
crown of royalty, have shown hOlo sue
cessfully the hand of woman can WELD
the scepter and Joan of AIc, Angus
tina OF Saragossa, Charlotte -Corday,
Madame Roland, and many others,
have written in letters of gold on
history's tablets-that in the darkest
hour of nations peril, the mind or
courage of woman was not found
wanting"
Equally foolish were it for US to at
tempt to deny that woman always has,
and always ,0M exert powerful inhu-
ence over the mind and destiny of
man; but whether for his lOeal or loOe-
who can tell
We are, all of US. more or less, ''serfs
of the ring" and that ring. though oft
times invisible to the careless eye of
the world, nevertheless circles the
slender finger of some member of the
"gentler sex"
Adam Acknowledged it, when ques-
toned with regard to partsking of
the forbidden fruit, when instead
of owning up like man, he bows
his head and simpers forth: "The
woman gave it to me, and did est."-
Oh yes, he never would have had pluck
enough to DO so base thing, had she
not tempted him.
We can never know how many, like
Sampson, have been shorn of their
strength, who in an hour of their weak
ness, have yielded to the enticements
of wicked, ,,artful, treacherous Delilahs,
who, while with loving words they
calmed the rough nerves of suspicion,
with busy fingers have woven the spi-
jer's web round their unsuspecting
victims.
The idea seems to be quite prevalent
among other writers of the present day,
that female society is secondary only tc
the christian religion, in its beneficial
effects; that they have been through
all ages, and are yet to be the star, by
which we, the shepherds, are to be led
to the Bethlehem of our aspirations.
Have they pot more properly been
'Willo' the Wisps," leading us hither
and thither, at the freaks of their fan
cy, through msrshy bogs and swampy
fens. Happily for Us, even though we
sink deep in the mire, if we escape
with our HveS, and our epitaph be not
carved.
Wrecked on the coral reefs of Beau
ty." l am sadly afraid the millennium
win prove mirage under such guild
ance.
While Ruth has become but another
name for woman's constancy, little has
been said of 0rpah, who stood by her
side, with her wept, and kissed Naomi,
then turned back to her idols.
The complexion of Mrs. Moses seem
to have been Thorn in the flesh" to
her sister-in- law, for we read of hei
talking about her to Aaron Posi-
bly, Miriam, while shut out from the
camp during her week of penitsnce,
may have thought the ebon skin of an
Ethiopi1n as desirable as her own, which
we are informed, in consequence of
evil spesking, had suddenly become
white as snow. Ladies take warning.
could never reconcile the song of
Deborah, where she says, BLESSED be
Jael. the wife of Heber, the Kenite,
blessed be she above Homen"-tor
whatl-for committing the most cold
blooded murders that ever blotted the
page of history, with our idea of gentle,
loving, kind hearted woman.
The life of that demon. Jezebel, is too
well known to be commented on; GER
tainly Jehu was not troubled with gal
lantry, wher incensed at that last tannt,
he commanded her to be flung from
the window, and trod her under his
horses feet; and probably suffered lit
tie from Temorse, when afterwards, in
obedience TO his command, ''go see now
this cursed woman, and bury her, for
she is kings daughter" They found
that the dogs OF Jezreel had left naught
fer burial but her skull, and feet. and
palms of her hands.
John the Baptist lay in prison, con-
scious that his life was safe in the hands
of the s1sperstitlOvS Herod. But Hero
dias had no such scruples; when her
daughter came, saying that her step
father had promised her whatsoever she
might ask, even to the halfof his king
dom, she told her to request the head
of John the Baptist on a charger. We
can fancy we see her dark eye flashing
with triumph. as she receives the CORY
head from her child, while the blood |