The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-03
SHOCKS.

SHOCKS.
| Shook Has an Interview With q WO
mans Rights AdvOcate-They Hav'
Prolonged Debate.--H1s Refiec
ton Thereon.
was sittin' in my Office, speculatin
In my own mind whether on the who'll
it wouldn't be best for me to give my
self away for the benefit of my family
| when there come knock at the door
There, says 1, is some one anxious &c
subscribe for the Ell Paso Journal, so
uttered in loud voice, Come in.'
She was dressed in a pair OF store
boots and an iron gray set OF spectacles
and she walked up to me with majesty
in her mean. knew who it was the
minute set eyes on her.
| 1t was a woman.
| FL gracefully arose and said, How ART
you ma'an, was you wishin' to sub.
scribe 10 the Ell Paso Journal" at the
same time dippin' my pen in the ink
This alwus gifts en-. 1t looks like biz
ness.
1t didn't git her.
She fixed her CLASSY eyes on me and
said: Young man, air yew an advocate
tor the holy caws OF Woman's Rights?
NO ma'am.' said ], Il am Presby.
terian.'
Air you,' she said, prepared to en-
| bark with us over the sea OF equal sur
| fraSe?'
'Ma'am,' said I. Il haint no objection
to talzen' a quiet sail with you, provid'
ed the boat amt leaky and you'll do all
the rOwin'.'
a smile perused her features for a
moment, and then she said, Il am will.
ing to suffer for the caws.'
Yes said l. in q polite and soften
in manner, 1t'll only cost e., an we'll
send it to any address for an entire
year.
'Hev you wife, she asked.
I hev,' said ], Wonderin' what she
couldn't marry yew eff L wanted too
ever so much.' l threw this in as d
aoother.
Air you willin' that she should share
with you the burdens and trials OF
llfe?'
Il amt noways partickler,' said I,
AM 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 p said she.
She can go where she pleases, said l.
she ginrrally duz.'
'Yew are hole souled man. said
she, and thrOwin' her arms around my
neck, laft wildly.
'Glt OUT said I; what air you up TOT
ain't one OF them men, Stop.'
After much labor succeeded in un'
loOsing her hold and sit her down in q
chair. Judged from her conduct that
she stood in need of n few moral obser-
vations.
'Yoo air an impulsive femail,' said L
'Yoor nature is at once spontaneous and
Outbreakin.' 700 need q pair OF mar
tingails. Consider what would be yool
state eff mans wife was to catch voc
huggin' of him in this style.'
She wiped her face with her dress
She had on dress. 1 forgot to mem
ton this fact in speaking of the specta-
cles.
I am a worker in the caws of Wo'
mems rights
Yes said I, 'yoo air. 700 ought tc
be ashamed of yourself. should judge
VOC was one OF them lobby WINNER
tells of. But you can't come your ne,
farious arts over me. I'm stealed
against 'em.'
4 should be pleased she said, SC
20 arm in arm with you to the poles.'
mo 700 DON'T said l, in alarm; moi
eff hev anything to say in the matter
1 won't go with yoo-not single
darned pole
Young man, said she, hast thou
children?'
L hev,' said 1, seven of 'em. Can voc
show as good reCord2'
Wood yOu,' said she, 'hev your girls
grow up and be married to base, SER
did men, who would take away theil
| political rites and allow 'em no fran
chises2'
Darn The franchises said I, in rage
'they are the things that wimmen put
on behind to give 'em the Grecian bend
Ell my daughters ever go to wearin
'em-'
NO, no. said she, 'they are panniers.
al fHa Of6oE
or whatever 700 call 'em, 1 am opposed
to 'en. They are unnatural and hump
ty. They degrade the human form into
the likeness of a camel, and bring
lovely women down on all tours like a
cat -.-
'Then,' said she, come with me, and
| we will emancipate women from the
slavery of dress
No said with severity, L hev nc
wish TO take the close away from any
woman. Wimmen without close would
| be sad spectacle, particularly In the
winter, when the howlin blasts prevail
VINO air you, anyway 1 asked my
visitor.
to the A9itctor; a noospaper devoted tc
the caws of femail suffrage in Chicago
| 'Well,' said calmly, the wimmir
| In Chicago need something OF this sort.
Where them that air married never nc
on goin' to bed at night, but what or
wakin' up in the mornin' they may be
divorced; and them that amt married
spend their time in bettin' how many
times they can be married and diYorc
| ed within month. The w1mmin Of
Chicago need agitatin' powerfully
Keep a stirrin' on EN- up If you please
The more you agiIate the better Tor !enn !,
With these words I aroseS and telling
her to sit still until my return1 stole
softly down stairs. I have not beer
back since. What will be the effect o.
leaving femail agitator sittin' in my
seat the whole OF this time no not
but IL she waits until I go back her pa
thence will be of cast iron.-EG PGSc
| (IU.) Journal.
CHARLEY ROBINSON, ofthe Green Bay
Advocate, narrates the following incl
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