Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-05-22
Reply to tho Confessions
OF .IIcla FccIxcd =
CEDAR FAILS. NAV Is. 1855.

Mh. L1DitVh s--AuG vic IhSt issue Ol
your excellent paper, IL nm article
from tho pen Of one calling himself
"Hen Pccked.n Now, unaccus tom
ed as am to writing for the public
papers, / cannot allow that article tc
remain unanswered, because to allow
1t, would be to confess that our sex il
guilty of the charges he makes
against one poor unfortunate crea.
ture whose greatest fault was In ever
consenting to become his wife. Her
greatest virtue would have been In
holding on to life, FOR no other pur-
pose than to make him the most
miserable creature In tile world.
The wretch who could SO irreverently
announce, her death, in the words
Ir.played OUT deserves for q second
| wife land he ought by NIL means to
get one,) ~ woman, fiend In the
shape OF a woman, who could have
no computations Of conscience in us
ing the skillet over his head before
breakfast rs an appetizer" He
spoke of 'petticoat government" as II
i. were one OF the tyrannies THAT
marks the dark path Of human pas
sions AM cupidity. The cigar-smok-
ing, putting scandal breeder clad In
the weeds Of mourning, should re-
member that no proud, roble, hon.
est woman has ever solicited the
homage and fealty Of the stronger
and vulgarer sex. We never Iea-d
Of a woman falling ON her knees 10
solicit the handof Lord of crea-
tion," except she had been betrayed
by one Of these "iorls," aud sought
for her wounded honor the, shelter OF
a name he was unworthy to bear.
As long as the courts of Inv are open
injured women can have some
redress, but tho sweetest revenge Is
to be linked to such q man rs Hen
Picked, /" and follow him as an eter-
nal Nemesis. II ! appear to have
lost my temper you must forbear.
Our sex has stood 10 about as long rs
they intend to. Not content with
depriving US Of the right of protect
ing our persons aud our fortunes at
the ballot box, they seek the potent
engine of the press to torture our
regulations and extract from our
hearts the pangs which towards alone
can infiict. They call us expensive
dolls. Call us what you please but
let us alone. Let us have q chance
to make our own living by hard
work. 5&
Pay us the saiAes wages COR teach
ing and clerkships that you do the
brawny man Of wisdom, or the dear
little darling In "kids" aud flights. !"
Give us q chance 10 languish behind
tho counter, as the male puppies"
do and we challenge you, we will
make no such vulgar remarks about
our female customers As they now
do.
This genius seems to have q pique
at his wife's piano. Perhaps he had
reason on his side and perhaps not.
I don't undertake. to beside, but I do
say that respect for his wife's mem.
DRY should have restrained that hand
when In the act'of putting pen TO pa
per.
Did Il ever occur to "Hen Picked"
that he had foibles too, that perhaps
annoyed the "lear Departed" ] inn
ngine this second King of Dahomey
enthroned In that ''dear play house Of
a parlor," pulling like New Castle
coal engine. Imagine the fragrance
ii his Havana settling upon the car
pet ar. TAPESTRY and making them
smell like split rum over country
bar room. As.i. then his dear pipe
his "mere shamn-iiis "sea foam" or
"briar root protruding from his
sweet lips and the blue smoke curl
ing upwards about HIS massive foic-
head aud AMONG iiis gray locks, I'll
his jaws begin to hang like the Gen.
ius Of Despair, and his cheeks 10 take
the color Of '.jerked beef Nodoubt
such genius could admire music.
Music was created first for such nm
one to appreciate. Hen Picked"
however brings mo- proof TO sustain
his charges against his innocent part
ner. He Justly supposed thatit was
sufficient to gain n hearing from the
other heroic masculines, to dip
his pen In gall and trust to luck for
evidence. AS to his getting up In
the i've hours" In search Of "Sooth-
ing Syrup" for chilly" who knows,
but this is another Of his lame false
hoods, invented to hide multitude
of sins! We would rather incline to
the opinion that ifhe did get up. II
was to search for sweet milk or some
thing Of that kind to liclp him get
sober.
He calls his wife "My Governor"
had her authority extended beyond
the power of death II Is possible our
race and kind would not have been
Inundated as II has been by "Hcn
Pecked.', That she possessed no mu-
steal talent was no fault Of hers.
That she had a desire TO perfect her
self In this accomplishments IL COM
mendable. That she had no longer
room In which to cultivate her taste
10 owing TO the RIGHTEOUSNESS Of an
ungrateful husband, aud not for the
reasons assigned by the malignant
scribbler. We never yet saw wo-
man, one worthy to be called that
name. who would prefer cottage II
she could obtain palace. Iffortune
had ''showcied" down upon his un-
worthy head 20 many "bills receiva,
BILE" why was II that no servants
were provided 10 assist In domestic
cares and provide time for the cult.
walton Of ones tastes? The same an.
swcr will apply a. before. The mar.
row envious soul Of this injured wo'
mans husband, refused libcrality
but gloated over bis hoardings.
/ Perhaps fast horses ct cdctera were
to be supplied from his exclicqdeI