Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1869-02-26
Sensible Talk about WOmcn,s Wa.
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The following is from the Weekly Mirror.
Mrs. Jane g. Swisshelm, associate editor:
The husband and wife are equal partners.
The husband is outdoor head Of the firm,
and the wife in>door member. Her work in
the house is of as much Importance to the
welfare Of the family as his work out Of doors.
Nc family can be we'll managed unless the
wife aud mother faithfully performs her part;
and if she does this, the husband and father
does no more for the advancement and in>
tsrests Of the family. This being the case
she is entitled to one-haif0f all that he and
she accumulate. This half should be hers
if she survive him, and he should divide his
half as he pleases or if he dies ntestate the
law should give it to his heirs. If he has
children, the widow should get none of it, il
be has no children, she might be one Of his
heirs. If she cies before him and has not
disposed of her half BY will it should be ses
cured TO her heirs, and be should get none Of
it if he has children. II not, he might be
one of her heirs.
Repeal the slave code for wives-the law
which says, "All that she con acquire by la
Dor, service or act, during coversure, belongs
to her husband"
The law was made for the old Saxon
swineherds, in the days when Alfred the
Great was King. It gives the husband ex-
actiy the same power over his wife's earn~
ings that the South Carolina slave code gave
to the master over the earnings of the slave.
Emancipate wives, make them equal part.
ners with their husbands, and thus givethem
the same motives for industry and economy
that are given to men, and see If you do not,
with one stroke of the pen, dash out nine-
tenths of the extravagance and fashionable
folly Of women. multiply marriages four-sod,
and get rid Of the talk about women's wages.
REFRESHMENTS At RAILROAD SrArIoys--
This was the refreshmens at Pawis'--iarge
humps of wet dough with an occasional bone
ia it, which they called chicken-pie, and
cakes that beggar imagination. There were
no oysters; no cold meats; no hot meats
not even the dry, stale blocks, called sponge
cake, that are usually kept, like rare exotics,
under glass case, in most Rsfr.shment
Saloons"
"Oysters good mercy forbid r exclaimed
the Major TO whom the Easy Chair
told the tale. Never eat oysters out OF q
keg, 10 begin with !; and remember wha; is
done at -" The Easy Chair forbears to
mention the name. 1t will rather address a
private note Of remonstrance, holding up
publicity as the dread alternative of not re>
forming, If the direful report be true.
Why, what is done at -?r
"They bail cut the oysters when the train
arrives. The bell rings before many OF the
passengers have eaten; they pay and run
and leave half plates Of stew, aud these
these
"These-?" demanded the Easy Chair.
"Are poured back into the great recepta>
cle.''
1t is so asserted-mostso stsolemnly-upon the
word ofa peeping Tom who couldn't help
seeing, who was left BY tie train, aud saw
with his own eyes the deed done.
The Easy Chair calls attention to this fear
full fact. 1t invites the iacrimina,ed purvey.
or Of refreshment to explain himself, and, if
the story be true, to promise instant and per.
petual amendment Should he decline to
do so, it will be with the same unfeigned re-
luctance and regret with which DR.. Birch
proceeds to extreme punishment Of his tens
der pupils, that the Easy Chair will feel con-
strained to whisper the offending name to
the public; but it hopes for strength to 10 its
duty.
And when with this much travelling aud
long suffering public demand that the de-
tails of travel shall be made decent and
agreeable? When will civilized commu>
nifty refuse to acknowledge Pawls' as q sta
ton Of refreshment?'' When win the
good Yankee, who thinks that what
his country has not is not worth having, un>
derstand that ia scores of the details of life
which contribute to its comfort, to its health,
and to its morality, he has yet u very great
deal to learn of the etfete monarchies Of Eu>
rope? Mr.. and Mrs. Pn.as have Just gone
abroad. Let US hope that when they return
they will bring not only every extravagance
aud ahsurJiiy-i if they must bring the cam
can and the Grecian bend-let Us hope they
will Introduce few of ihe superior eonyen-
fences that the Old World has produced.-
EASY CHAIR, Harper's Magazine.
Our New CouRr.-The first term of the
Circuit Court in this county began in session
on Monday. This court is run By J.dge
Ruddiels who wears the judicial ermine with
becoming dignity. There were about q
dozen civil cases on the docket, besides .
large amount of probate business.
The most important case before the court
was that Of the First National Bank Of In
dependence rs. Bremer County. in which
judgment was rendered against the county
for $1,000 and costs. This suit was to en-
force the payment Of County Warrants held
BIZ the Bank. These warrants were issued
from 1862 TO 1865, and are drawing inter
est at ten per cent. This Judgment will ren>
der necessary the levy of spec al tax by
the Board Of Supervisors at lis June session
of about four mills-a prospect not partic>