Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-10-19

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Dis possible. The promiscuous employment
of men and women in shop or FIELD has
hitherto led to gross Irregularities and cor
ruptions, and l DO not believe the time
near at hand when such commingling may
confidently be expected not to result in
such lamentablc consequences.
| vi. AS to 4saing- of the few
pursuits wherein men and women may be
properly associated-I deem it best that,
above the age Of fifteen, girls should be
instructed by women, boys by men, and
girls should acquire knowledge of and
skill in any trade or handicraft whereby
they may earn an honest, useful livelihood
and | consider type-setting one to
which they are especially adapted; butif,
having acquired this Or any other, they
are to solicit work from printery to print
cry, and take their places in the compos-
ing-room indiscriminately with men, am
sure the moral evils Of such commingling
will greatly outweigh any pecuniary ad-
yantages that may be fairly expected
from it.
VII. AS to Government; | heartily
wish the women of our country, and of
Ioooh C+ota mould okoo,o +ho;, ,,;coct ,nJ
best to assemble as delegates, consider the
needs and wrongs Of their sex, and me-
morialize Congress and their respective
Legislatures for the removal of those wrongs
am confident that such delegates, fairly
chosen by the general voice of their sex,
would make no demand that | would not
heartily second. | believe valuable sug-
gestions might be expected from such a
congregation Of the gentler and purer sex.
But from a Congress or Legislature elect
ed by men and women voting together,
and made up in good part of such women
as would naturally aspire to and enjoy
seats therein and being closeted on commit
tees with such men as they would find
therein, | pray to be delivered.
VIII. Of my seven children, but two
, survive, both gir,ses for whom | would
, make life as fair and hopeful as may be.
J | presume them quite as capable as most
o.her girls to do their part in whatever
BELTS their sex and their station. would
have their lives active, useful, bencfcent,
} and respected. IF ] thought it well for
! them to be voters, jury-womcn, election
t eerers, and candidates for office, / have
10 conceivable motive for seeking to inter-
r pose a barrier to their following such a
: career. But | do not, cannot believe that
5 such is the sphere for which they were de-
: signed by an All-wisc Father. | believe
l that their chances Of usefulness and Of
: happiness would be seriously diminished
9 by precipitating them on such course.
G | greatly prefer that they should be wo-
f, men, such as Milton portrayed in Eve, and
/, Shakespeare in lmogen.
b TX. For it were blindness not to see
r that the essential character of the house
i hold mnst be very different from what il
S ever has been when Smith spends his eve-
b nings at the Union League, and Mrs
i, Smith enjoys hers at the Manhattan Club
: Tor their respective counterparts in any
t city or village y he doing his best to elect
1, the Republican, she rendering like hearty
:. support to the Democratic or whatever
! may be tho rival ticket. Their home
r if the name be still retained--''will be
It another Yarrow' from that which long
ago won the beloved appellation. Smith
Q and Mrs. Smith will meet at breakfast il
!, no mood for reciprocal endearments, and
o little fitted to show forth to their children
# how "birds in their little nests agree !
they will be more inclined to canvass witt
e acerbity their rival platforms and candi
= dates and if Smith should happen to fine
e in the morning paper some cheering re
t turns from Pennsylvania, Ohio, or somc
: other State previously regarded as doubt
e ful, he will be apt to announce them il
c such. terms as to elicit reminder that ht
L is a "brute," while, if the news shoulC
i happen to favor Mrs Smiths ticket, | an
6 not at all sure that her use of it woulC
not be equally provoking and as sharpl.
|. resented. In short, shall expect antag
G onism in politics to be at least as fruitful
e a source Of separations as incompatabilit,
G Of temper now is.
l. X. As to employment for woman,
r hold that there is an immensity of worl
e to be done that specially pertains to tn
II sphere of woman, which goes undone 0
is done very badly and expensively be
10 cause most women reject it. This coun
h try is in present, pressing need of one hun
d. dred thousand scientific, skilful thorough
u y qualified cooks; but very few Amer
l. can-born young women are seeking
Or adapt themselves to this urgent nationi
le need. We are poorly fed, as a people
:; n,r ,,,o,ta balc.oook oil or burned tn n crign