Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-06-16
SNO0KS.
SnoosS has an Interview with Woman's Rights
AdTOcate-They Have Prolonged Debate-His
Reflections Thereon.

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| AdTOcate-They Have Prolonged Debate-His
Reflections Thereon
/ | was sittin' in my Office, speculatin'
in my own mind whether on the whole
I it wOuldAt be best for me to give my
self away for the benefit of nv family
when there come knock at the door.
There, says l, is some one anxious
to subscribe for the Ell Paso journal
so uttered in a loud voice, Come in. u
She was dressed in a pair of store
boots and an iron gray set of specta-
cles, and she walked up to me with
majesty in her mean. | knew who il
was the minute | set eyes on her,
1t was a woman.
/ gracefully arose and said, "How
are you mann, was you wishin' to sub
scribe to the FL PasO JOlunaL?u at the
same time dippin' my pen in the ink
and Openin' my subscription book
This alwus gifts EN-. 1t looks like
biZiness
Itdidn't git her.
She fixed her CLASSY eyes on me and
said: young man, air yew an advo-
cate for the holy caws of WOman's
Rights?n
NO maam," said I, 81 am a Pres
byterian."
"Air ypu," she said, prepared to
embark with us over the sea of equal
suffrage ~
"NIaam, - said 1, ~ haint no obiec-
ton to taken quiet sail with YOU,
provided the boat aint leaky and you'll
do the rOwin'."
4 smile perused her features for a
moment, and then she said, am will
ling to suffer for the caws.n
"Yes,n said l, in polite and soft
enin' manner, "It'll only cost -, an
We'll send it to any address for an en-
tire year.
"Hev you a wife, she asked.
II hev," said /, wonderin' what
she was comm at. $50 that yew see
l couldn't marry yGw eff / wunted
too ever so much" / threw this as
q soother.
Air yew willin' that she should
share with you the burdens and trials
of life?r
~ amt noways pertikler," said 1,
"an' I'll let her shoulder the whole of
'em if she has hankerin' that way"
Wood you consent that she should
go to the poles ?n said she.
''She can go where she pleases, y
said |; "She ginnerly duz."
"New air a hole souled man." said
she, and thrown her arms around my
neck, laft wildly.
"Git out" said /; "what air We up
to? amt one of them men. Stop. u
After much labor / succeeded i'll un-
loosening her hold and sit her down
in a chair. ! judged from her con-
duct that she stood in need of a few
moral observations.
'YOO air an impulsive femail,n said
I "NOOr nature is at once spontane-
Gus and outbreakin'. You need a pair
of martingails. Consider what would
be yOor state ef q mans wife was to
catch yoo huggin' of him in this
style"
She wiped her face with her dress.
She he'd on a dress. 1 forgot to men.
ton this fact in speakin' of the specta-
cles.
II am a worker in the caws of
WOmen's Rights"
"Yes," said /, ''yoo air. Yoo ought
to be ashamed of yourself. L should
judge yOO was one of them lobby VIM
men that the Chicago Tribune cores
pondents tells of. But you can't come
your nefarious arts over me. Pm
stealed against 'em."
II should be pleased, she said, "to
go arm in arm with you to the poles. :"
NO yOo DON'T" said L, in alarm;
mot eff 1 hev anything to say in the
matter. L won't go with yOo-not a
single darned pole"
Young man." said she, 'hast thou
."
"I hev," said l, "seven of 'em.-
Can yoo show as good a record?"
Wood you,n said she, "hev your
girls grow up and be married to base,
serdid men, who would take away
their political rites and allow 'em no
"Darn the franchises" said 1, in a
rage; "they are the things that vim
men put on behind to give 'em Gre
clan bend. Eff my daughters ever go
to wearin' 'em-"
'No, no." said she, they are pan
niers."
WELL" said 1, 'panniers or fran
chises, or whatever yoo call 'em, 1 am
to 'em. They are unnatural
and humpty. They degrade the hu-
man form into the likeness of a camel
and bring lovely women down on all
fours like a cat"
"Then,n said she, "come with me,
and we Will emancipate women from
the slavery of dress.n
NO" said 1, with severity, II hev
no wish to take the close away from
amy woman. Wimmen without
close would be asad spectacle, particu-
larly in winter, when the bowling
blasts prevail. Who air you, any
way?" I asked ofmy visitor.
al am pilgrim" she said /; 81 be-
long to the AgitdtOr;, noospaper de-
voted to the caws of female suffrage
in Chicago"
"Wen," ;" said L calmly, "the VIM
min in Chicago need something of
this sort. Where then that air mar
ried never no on goin' to bed at night,
but what on wakin' up in the NOR
MIN they may be divorced; and them
that aint married spend their time in
bettin' how many times they can be
and divorced within a month.
The wimmin of Chicago need agita-
i'm powerfully. Keep a stirrin' on
I'm up if you please. The more you
lgitate the better for 'em.n
With these words arose, and tel
ing her to set still until my return, 1
'tole softly down stairs. 1 have not
been back since. What will be the
fleet of leaving a femail agitator sit
i'm in my seat the whole of this time
no not, but if she waits until / go
pack her patience will be of cast iron.
FL PdsO (IH.) Journal.
Good Advice.
Tho odx-iaa of O onntannnnroru ic