Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08
From the N. Y. Ledger.
A TRANSITION STATE,

A TRANSITION STATE,
We seem to be in transition state all
all around. Politics, religion, woman's
rights, mems wrongs, all seething in the
caldron together; and everybody's finger
is being thrust into the boiling mess, and
pulled scalded ont OF it---some howling
with the experiment, others closing their
pioneer teeth upon the pain, and bearing
it for the good Of the cause.
This seems to me to be the situation.
For one, | am quite willing to do humble
duty by bringing fagots and kindlng to
keep the fire going, no matter who ''hol-
lers." Anything is better than letting it
go out; at least so far as the woman
question is one Of the ingredients in the
caldron. The men having the top round
Of the ladder at. present, may sit there
till We climb up and oust them, which
won't be long; or rather, bless their jack
cts, till we climb up and oblige them to
make room for us oSit down beside them,
which, after all, is what we really want.
[, for one, make 10 secret of liking the
brethren, but like them near-intclect-
ually and socially. Not looking down at
us from dizzy hight, careless how We
stumble by the roadside, or cut our weary
feet, or bruise our hearts, and stufiing
their fingers in their ears, and then max
ing believe they don't hear our cries bat
mel ping us along generously after them,
ike good fellows, with Va worsi of cheer,
and full hearty belief in our good inten-
tions and desire to do all our duty. linIt
that reasonable?
To be sure it is; and the only reason
they don't always say SO is, because, with
their natural impaticnce, they never can
sit still long enough to hear us through,
when we talk common-scnse. L believe
the last question sup was wonlan's right
to wait upon herself to concerts, lectures,
theatres, and the like, when she had no
male escort. Now that is a subject that
has been pretty well ploughed over in my
mind for years. have known so many
bright, intelligent women obliged to stay
at home, when they needed those relaxa-
tons from care and toll and bother, be-
cause custom did not permit their attend.
ance, unless they could llsso coat and
hat to bear them company. 1t has seem.
ed to me cruel in the extreme, that thi,
law should not be changed. q
! AS | understand It, in Paris respect.
able woman can do this, without discom.
fort or molestatioD, with female attend.
ant; AMI though it may be the death.
blow to my reputation to own that | never
saw Paris, it is true, and l cannot there
fore Judge how much more safe a woman
would be in waiting upon herself home ii
Paris, at the hour when public amuscment'
arc generally over, than in New York
This, [ presume, is the hitch IN the ques
ton. Ii so, women must wait till thu
majority Of men are more chiyalric anc
spiritual, and that wont beto-day, nor to-
morrow.
Now, woman, by taking big baskc
in her hand, and leaving her hoop at home
and pinning an old shawl over her head
and tying calico apron round her waist
may walk unmoested. know, becaus'
have tried it when felt like having
"prowl" all alone, aud good I" think,
without any puppy saying, at every step
"a pleasant evening, Miss" But thi
costume isn't exactly festive for the con
cert or lecture room. However, witt
other ingredients, this topic may be tosse'
into the caldron above mentioned, and per
haps, after much boiling, may deposi
some substantial sediment Of benefit I
women. Ht '4Nt goo
| see so many men nowadays who ough
to be women, that am positively asham
ed of usurping the place OF one. al
quite willing to abdicate, whenever an
one can be found to take woman's place
but the joke begins here, that the silie'
man who ever liyol has always know
enough, whenrhe says bis prayers, I
thank God that he wasn'tborn awomal
So you see how hopeless the case is. iu
q aaaHanl ma.eaoo FANNY FERs.