The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-02-28
delighted with the prospect Of so
valuable an addition to her ward


didn't; so, highly indignant, the
lady went to the store 10 demand
an explanation of the neglect
Thereupon, the clerk assured her
Mr.. S. had carried tue bundle away
himself. Mrs. S. went home mueil
mystified, but, in a few days, the
riddle was solved. While walking
on Fourth street, she met a fair but
frall one, sporting the identical
shawl. N . 9f'5A90WsG
Now. ladies, be warned; never
aid your husbands in PUBLIC chari-
ties--of this kind.
To YOUNG MEN-Young man, in
the following short paragraph you
will find the entire law and the
testimony: n "'""
Young man! save that penny
pick up that pin--let that account
be correct to a farthing----find out
what that bit of ribbon costs be-
fore you say you will take iitApay
that half dime your friend. handed
you to make change within a
word, be economical, be accurate,
know what you are doing; be hon,
est, and ten be generous; for all
you have or acquire thus belongs
to you by every rule of right, and
you may put it.. to any good use
you please. 1t is not parsimony to
be economical. 1t is not miserly
to save a pin from loss; it isHnot
selfish to be correct in your deal
ings; it is not small to know the
| price of'srticles you are about to
purchase, or to remember the lit.
tie, debt you owe. What if you do
meet, Bill Pride decked out in a
much better suit than yours, the
price Of which he has not yet
learned from the tailor, who laughs
at your faded dress and old-fash-
ioned notions of honesty and right
your day will come. Franklin,
from penny,saving boy, walking
in the streets with a loaf of bread
under his arm, became the com.
panicn Of, kings. '-..'-'.l '''''
Women Voting in New Jersey.
Lucy Stone and II. B. Blackwell,
citizens of New Jersey, have made
an investigation, the result Of
whichis remarkable, and proves
that previously to.1776, the origin
al State Constitution conferred the
franchise on call inhabitants,n
| (men or women, white or..biaek,)
possessing the prescribed qualifca.
tons OF $50 clear estate and
twelve months residence, and this
Constitution remained in force un-
til 1914. In 1890 the Legislature,
in an actregulating elections, used
the words che or she" in reference
TO voters. In 1917, another act re-
latlVe to elections repeatedly de-
signates the voters as che or ,she.o
In the same year, 1877, seventy
five women voted in Elizabeth
town for the Federal candidate.
In 1900 women generally voted
throughout the State in the. Presi-
dental contest between Jefferson
and Adams. In 1902 a member of
the Legislature, from Hunterdon
County, was actually elected in a
closely contested election, by the
votes of two or three women of col.
or. In 1907, at local election in
Essex County for the location of
the county seat, men and women
generally participated, and were
Jointly implicated in very extensive
frauds. In the following winter Of
1907 5, the Legislature, 9ihfyiola-
ton of the terms of the Constitu.
ton, passed an actrestricting suff.
rage to free, white, male, adult cit
izehs, and nreference to these vlr-
tually abolished the propertyqua-
lification of ESQ, thus extending it
to all white male tax payers, while
excluding all women and negroes.
In 1S20'tbe same provisions wete
repeated, and remained unchanged
until the adoption of the present
Constitution in 1844reJ 1noi9iAus
MANY a true heart, that w ufl
have come back lilfe adove. to- M,
ark after its first transgression, ihus
been frightened beyond recall by
the savage character Of an untor-
giving spirit i. xaazilia 5dr
.esgBoD, is that dog OF yourniya
Pointerp aqiuezo .yGbiiT. no
"No;, he's halt hunter, and half
setter; he hunts for bones Wien
he's hungry, and sets By the ste9e
when he's satisfied.m pig ree@led, +,