The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-06-18
SUSAN'S SISTER IN TIE WEST.
Horrible Onslaught on a Country Ed
ftor I'm IlIinOis-He has n Prolonged
Debate on the Woman Question
Lots Wife in an Editors Chair.


From the FL Paso Ill) Journal
was sittin in my Office, speculatin' in
my own mind whether on the whole it
wouldn't be best for me to give myself
away tor the benefit of my family, when
there came n knock at the door.
There, says /, is some one anxious to
subscribe for the FL Paso Journal, SO [ ut
tered in q loud voice, Come in"
She was dressed in a pair of store boots
and an iron-gray set of spectacles, and she
walked upto me with majesty in her mean.
/ knew who it was the minute | set my
eyes on her.
1T was a woman,
/ gracefully arose and said, "How are
you, mann, was You wishin' to subso ribe
to the FL Paso Journal?" at the same time
dippin my pen in the ink and openin' my
subscription book. This alwuz gifts en-
1t looks like bizness.
1t didn't git her.
She fixed her CLASSY eyes on meand said:
Young man, are yew an advocate for the
holy caws of womans rights?"
mo maam," SAID /, 81 am a Presbyte
rian."
''Air you," she said, prepared to en-
bark with rs over the sea of equal suf-
frage 2" --. r-rfF .t-.r..
. 'sNaam," said l. II haint no objection to
takin' quiet sail with you, provided the
boat amt leaky and you'll do all the
rowin"
4 smile perused her features for mo-
ment, and then she said, 81 am willing to
snffer for the caws."
YES" said !, in a polite and softenin'
manner 9TH only cost two dollars, an
we'll send it to any address for an entire
year"
1suay Won n wi 2" she asked
II hev, said |, wonderin' what she was
comm at. 80 that You see | couldn't
marry You ef | wanted to ever so much. "
threw this in as a soother.
"Air you willin that she should share
with you the burdens and trials of life9'
Il ain noways pertickler," said |, IAN
I'll let her shoulder the whole of 'em if she
has n hankerin' that way.
Wood you consent that she should go to
the polesf said she.
She can go where she pleases., said |
She ginnerly duz"
''Yew air a holo souled man., said she,
and THROWN her arms around my neck,
laft wildly
':Git ont" said "what are you up to? 1
amt one of them men. Stop"
After much labor / succeeded in unloos-
ening her hold and sit down in a chair. L
Judged from her conduct that she stood in
need of a few moral observations
'Yoo air an impulsive famail," said l
'sYoor nature is Mt once spontaneous and
outbreallin' 700 need n pair of martingails
Consider what twould be your state eff a
mans wife was to catch 700 huggin' of
him in this style"
She wiped her face with her dress. She
had on dress. forgot to mention this
fact III speaking of her spectacles.
IL 6 81
Rights"
Eyes" said 'syou air. 700 ought to be
ashamed of yourself I should judge 700
was one of them lobby women that the
Chicago Tribune correspondent tells Of
But VOC can't come your nefarious arts over
me. I'm stealed against EN-"
Il should be pleased, she said, 'to go
arm in arm with You to the polls"
.sNo you don't" said |, in alarm; ''not eff
have anything to say in the matter
won't go with yoo--not q single darned
pole"
Young man" said she, ''hast thou chill
dren?"
81 hev," said I, ''seven of EN-. Can 700
show as good record?"
Wood 700, said she, ''hav your girls
grow up and be married to base, sordid
men, who wood take away their political
Darn the franchises, says /, in o rage,
.they are the things that women put on
behind to give 'em the Grecian bend. Eff
my daughters ever go to wearin EN-"
mo. no." said she, 'they are panniers. "
''Well," said !, ''panniers or franchises,
or whatever 700 call EN-, / am opposed to
EN- They are unnatural and blumpty.-
They degrade the human form into like
ness of camel, and bring lovely women
down on all tours like a eat" rs.
Then" said she, ''come with me, and
we will emancipate women from the sla-
very of dress
mo" said I, with severity, 81 hev no
wish to take the close away from amy wo-
man. Wimmen without close would be n
sad spectacle, particularly in winter, when
the bowling blasts prevail. Who are you,
any way / asked of my visitor.
81 am a pilgrim, she said, Il belong to
the Agitator a noospaper devoted to the
caws of femail suffrage i'll Chicago"
well, said calmly, 1.-The Wimmin il
Chicago need something of this SORT
Where them that air married never no OF
COIN 10 bed at night but what on wakin
mn in the mornin' they may be divorced
-aad them that amt married spend thei
time in bettin' how many times they cal
be married and divorced within week
The wimmin of Chicago need agitatin
powerfully Keep a stirrin on EN- up,
you please The more you agitate, thu
better for EN- -
With these words / arose, and teiin' he
to set still until my return, / stole softl
down stairs. | have not been back since
What will be the effect of leavin' femai
agitator sittia' in my seat the whole of thi
time no not, but if she waits until | e