The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-12-02
zENosHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER p 1869

two weeks. I proposed to my wife to
innoyate somewhat upon this traditional
custom by letting our Aachin see her
Scisats once week in the garden; but
under the advice of lady acquaintance
present, she would not consent to it. INA
There are very few families but what
have from two to a dozen servants, a. The
family who lives opposite us consists of
gentleman and his wife, only. They
have neither children nor friends or rela-
tlves who reside with them. They have
neither company from abroad nor in the
city, yet they keep seven servants, three
males and four females. This does not
include sewing girls and extra gardeners
in the summer season. All these are Oh
yided off into specialities and neither has
any knowledge of the duties of the 9TH
ers. Like the gearing of clock there
are some large and some small wheelsand
each has separate part to perform in or
der to keep the institution running. i,at
In reference to shopping and marketlng
there is u curious custom prevailing here.
| To an American it looks not only singular
| but extremity nonsensical. None but
lmenials are ever seen carrying any pack
lagos. There are men licenceG for the
purpose who are found standing around
the corners of every street. They, like
the drosky men (hack 7driyers), have also
licenced badges which they wear in front
of their hats. 1t is not unfrequent to see
one of these fellows weighing two hun
dred and fifty pounds or more, starting off
Ito some distant part of the city with a lit
| tie package weighing two or three pounds
Everything sent by express has, to go
through the postoffice. A good story is
told of an American who came to reside
here few years ago. He was determin-
| ed to carry out his democratic habits and
notions and do his own marketing g He
was warned what the consequences would
be to no purpose. Every body he met
commenced staring at him and even turn
cd round to look at him. He persevered
and then his prosecutors commenced
sneering and laughing at him until he
was obliged to give it up. In the mean
time he had been charged much higher
for everything he purchased.
The land cultivated is all owned by the
wealthy merchants, bankers and capital
ISIS of the cities and large villages. These
farming lands all lay open like our com
mons, and are only traversed by railroads
and common roads. AS all these roads
are thickly set with fruit and shade trees
they can be traced far and near There
being no other distractions, such as fenc-
es and buildings the open country resem
btes very mneh our pra;ries undcrra high
state of cultivation. From the villages
and cities the toilers of these great fields
issue at an early hour. They consist of
men, women and children-more women
than men and children together. s
Woman's lot in Germany is hard-very
hard, and yet she utters 10 complaint.
Cruel war takes from her her father,
her husband, her brother and her son,
and she must till the soil to furnish them
and her little ones with bread. SO long
as war is the sole arbiter of the rights
and wrongs of nations, woman must toll
and toll on. Ye women of America, who
claim that in the United States their
rights are abridged by the opposite sex,
come here and see for yourselves how
much happier your lot is than theirs-see
how little you have to complain OF and
how great are the burthens they have to
bear to support q governmental policy
founded upon injustice and barbarlsm.
IF the female reformers are honest In
their endeavors to ameliorate the condi
ton of their sex, they have mistaken
their field Of labor Let them come. here
at once and 90 to work. Among the
leading European nations there are at
least two millions Of young men-the bone
and sinew of the country, withdrawn from
the various industrial pursuits of the
world. Let these female orators come
here and spend their eloquence and influ
snce among the crowned heads and theiT
advisers, to =, let these two million
soldiers 90 home to the farm and the
shop, and they will accomplish a good
work that will not only be felt by their
own sex, but by mandkind for all coming
generations Let US have no Don Quix.
OF battle with windmills, but let reform
be carried where it is needed In Amer
lea there Ills hardly an instance where
woman is overtasked., She has plenty to
eat-plenty to wear and plenty of time
to devote to her mental improvement and
the various refnements and social pleas
ures of life On this continent, with few
exceptions her life is full of toll, hard
ship, suffering and want " F.
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