The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-22
Mrs. Rug on vvOman's Rights.

My friends, claim for a woman the right
to do as she's mind to, and no questions
asked If she wants to go into the grocery
buziness, and sand her sugar. salt her
starch, water her fish, and sell old tea
grounds for best Japaneze, she shall do so
Jest like any man. If she wants TO
smoke, shall smoke, and if she wants to
swear, she shall have the privilege, without
being called fast for it And she shall
chaw terbacker in public places, and spit all
over everybodY's trOwserloons that's handy
jest as the gentlemen spit over the skirts
Of our gounds. And she shall stay out late
of nights, and she shall look sour If there
haint some lady setting up for her with a
good fire and strong cup OF tea; and she
shall upset cheers, and kick cats, and slam
doors, and swear at the lady just like any
gentleman. She shall jine the Free Masons,
and ride the goat, and go to horse races, aud
kiss the good looking man-servant behind
the door, Jest as her husband kisses the
pretty maid servant. All these rights and
privileges shall be hurp! No man shall
step in and say yea nor nay. Somebody
seq that Scripter is agin this doctrine.
| That's jest as you understand 1t. 1t hahn {
to be expected that l or any other Woman s
| Fighter can find brains for all the world to
understand what we say with Eve tempted
| Adam to sin, did she? Wall, if she hadn
been the smartest of the two, he wouldn't
have got took in and sold as he was, would
he ? That's jest as plain as the noses on
yer faces my friends, and some of you has
got very prominent handles to yer counte
nances, OF I'm no Judge.
Everybody that letters agin Women
| Rights alters brings up old Saint Paul as
wonderful authority. Now, don't think
Paul knowed any thing about it. He was a
dried up old bachelor, and how could be
It's proberble that along about the time be
was starting mustlche, some gal give him
the mitten, and turned his milk of human
kindness sour. l don't think his opinion i;
of any more consequence than Parsor
! PowelIs, or any other good christian minis
ters. He didn't belong to the Temperance
society, and he used to be a rather fas
Young man one while, but don't hold N
hardness agin him. 1t amt in the mater o
Jerushy Rugg to hold hardness az inst an,
human critter that has repented and detar
mined to walk straight. But SEE Saint Paul
SEE he:
"Take two pints of turpentine, half al
ounce of castor lie, ten cents worth o
beeswax-"
There l stopped short, and, graeioq
airth come to Examine my mannerscript
I'd left the heft of it to home, and ha
brung along the leaves of an old resat
, book instid. A little more and l shout
, have read that resate for varnish rite out i
my Letter"
"Go it, old ladyI" yelled freckled fac
young sinner in the ordinance; lets hav
, the rest of it! l never heard of Pau
, before, but guess from his resate that b
was a chilblain doctor. Turpentiae an
J. 5eeswax is good thing for en-
t MY friends seq |, I've made leetl
f mistake in nay mannerscript. 1t appear
, that have left some of my lectur' to hun
This meeting stands adjourned till nez
: Monday evening at six 0 clock shall the
s deliver the rest of my lectur'. l thank yo
: for your kind attention-for your sympath
for your smiles-and bid you adew.
They all cheered me, and somebody SHE
e a bag of peanuts at nay head, which hit oil
s Deacon Giles instid, and busted all over h
devoted Uranium. and went rafting onto til
:, floor like hailstones.
| will write agin soon.