The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-26

poss norton examination was had,
when it was discovered that she died
from cancer in the stomach. She
was buried last Saturday.
r The presence Of the feather wreath
can be conjectured as merely an acct
dent. A little girl, living in that vi
/ entity, has been known to peddle sim
| liar artificial bouquets, and it is not
! unlikely some purchaser, after the
bouquet lost its novelty, threw it into
| the bed, where the feathers could be
rendered useful as we'll as ornamental.
Mark Twain on Female Suffrage.
H. 8 Mark Twain writes to his
iOonsin Jennie = on the subject of
~ Female Suffrage" as follows:
Ioi Therenis one insuperable obstacle
In the way of female suffrage, Jennie,
Il approach the subject with fear and
trembling, but it must out. A woman
would never vote, because she would
have to tell her age at the polls. And
even if she did dare to vote once or
twice when she was Just oe age, you
know what dire results would flow
from this and that together in
after times. For instance, in an un-
guarded moUent. Miss A. says she
voted for Mr.. Smith Her auditor,
who knows that it is seven years since
Smith ran for anything, easily ciphers
out that she is at least seven years
over age, instead of the young pullet
she has been making herself out to
be. No, Jennie, this new fashion of
registering the name, age, residence,
and occupation Of every voter, is
fatal bar to female suffrage.
Women will never be permitted to
vote or hold Office, Jennie, and it is
lucky thing for me and many other
men that such is the decree of fate.
Because, you see, there are some few
measures they would all unite on
there are one or two measures that
would bring out their entire voting
strength, in spite of their antipathy
to making themselves conspicuous,
and there being vastly more women
than men In this State, they would
trot these measures through the Leg
islature with velocity that would be
appalling. For instance, they would
enact:
/. That all men should be at home
by 10 PM, without fail.
2 That married men should bestow
considerable attention on their wives.
3. That it should be a hanging
offense to sell whisky in saloons, and
that fine and acknowledgements should
follow drinking in such places.
4. That the smoking of cigars to
excess should be forbidden, and the
smoking of pipes utterly abolished,
2 5. That the wife should have lit
tie property of her own. when she
married man who hadn't any.
Jennie, such tyranny as this we
could never stand; our free souls
could never endure such degrading
thralldom. Woman, go your wayl
Seek not to beguile us of our imperial
privileges. Content yourselves with
your little feminine trifles your
babies, your benevolent societies and
your knitting-and let your natural
bosses do the voting. Stand back,
you will be wanting to go to war next.
We will let you teach school as much
as you want to, and we will pay you
half wages for it, too; but beware
We don't want you to crowd us too
much.
If / get time, Cousin Jennie, will
furnish you a picture Of female ligis-
lator that will distress you'll know
it will, because you cannot disguise
from nae the fact that you are no more
m favor of female suffrage, really,
than | am. MARK TWAIN.