Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-11-22

Mrs. Dali, in her recent work, iIisin-
tains that women are qaite adequate
to work by the side Of men in almost
all departments Of labor, and that
when their labor is effective 10 meth
od and results, it onght to be as well
paid tor. In illustrating her text, she
gives. the following: :.
= According to thy request" writes
. Quaker friend from Wilmington,
Del, l send thee seme facts concern
ing Sarah Ann Schofeld. Some fl
teen years since, her father father be-
came very iauch inv yolved in debt. Hs
owed some ten OF twelve hundred dol
lars, having lost largely by working
for cotton and woolen mills. Ills
business was making spindles and
fers. Ills daughter, then Just six
teen, proposed to 60 into her fathers
shop and assist him, she being the
Oldest Of seven children. lie accept,
ed her offer, and told me himself that
in twelve months she could finish more
work, and DO it better, than any mah
\. had ever trained, for eighteen. Site
earned eighteen dollars a week at the
rate he then paid other hands. Her
father died. Her two eldest brothers
learned the trade Of her and weEt
away. She has now two younger
Sisters in apprenticeship. and a brother
Of fourteen years, al working under
her, turning, polishing, filing and fit-
ing all kinds OF machinery. ! went
oiit to see her last week. She was
then making water rams to force
streams in barns and houses. She 10
also beginning to make many kinds OF
carriage axles. She j. her own
draughtsman, and sometimes does her
own forging. To use her own words,
What any man can do. lean but try.
She has a steam engine, and every
part of which She understands and ]
know her work gives entire satisfa~.
ton. When they have steady EN-
ployment they clear sixty dollars =
week, and she .says she would rather
work at il for her bread. than 1t tew-
ing for ten times the money. The
truth is, il is.a business she is fond of.
--Svracuse Journal.
4 6irl Nei t. - FsslsA Win.
A Western paper says: G. and Il.
on one. Of their fiat boat trips on the
lower Ohio. when the boat tied up
for the night. on the Indi.na shore.
thought they would vary their hard
Diet with dish Of mush and milk,
their peculiar weakness. According.
" they rcconnoi.cred the hills, and
sooh came across small house in tlIeS
woods, presided over by a blooming
Hoosier lass Of some eighteen sum-
mers, tall and and graceful as one Of
Fer native hoop-poles. They stated
their errsnd. and she, WIKI ssue
Hoosier hospitality, forthwith pro-
ceeded to prepare the dainty for the
wayfaress. She mixed the ingredients
in hsee pot on the fire, and With y
mush-stick about four feet long she
set to work to stir the sNsory meas.
As the two young men saS directly
behind her, watching the operation.
b. directed C.'s attention to srsaa
hole in the waist Of the Young ladys
dress, and pointed his Mger ~AkSr
about an inch Of it. Cphckly, just
then the damscl made = sudden move
ment back ard. and the finger came
in contact With the bare skin. The,
guilty Joker broke fer the woods anf
escaped. The infuriatcd lass. brand
ishing the huge mush-siick, all se4ing
with the hasty pudding. dealt tie in
noccnt, luckless c. a tremendous
blow, laying him fiat 0" the foor--x
fiat boatman indeed. Explanation Or
apology MAS useless, ard %. With hair,
eyes. beard and moastaches MI drip
ping with hs tavorite delicacy, he
gathered himself up and departed fos
his hoating domicii, sadder and =
wiser man.