Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-04-13

moutlfT mele@Ied came in, and sayS,
: dam thc jury. He was billing mad, |
tell YOU, for he cannot bear To hear the
baby crv. He told me To take the baby
straiEht.tu tho eaurt-houSe 70 his mother,
and he would eat lis dinner i'm the pan
try; and told me to tell Anty To get cX-
cllsed and come home. But when got
there, the Chief Justice was pFeachin' to
the wimmin beautifully, and told 'cm
how that the world was looking at them,
and that Wyoming had took the first
step TO give wimmin their rights, and
lots more that | can't remember. Poor
Ulysses Spiedhis mother andzvas getting
uneasy, 50 that I couldn't hear half OF
il. After she got through, Anty gave
the baby his dinner, and he was happy
as a prince, looking at all the folks. She
said if she did not come homo to supper,
l might bring the lEtby again ahout dark.
Well, had to trOt that baby three times
a day back and forth, all the time that
Antv was settin' on that jury, and do
all the work besides, All the wimnlin
had on new dresses, except Anty. She
bought q beautiful new merinO, but could
not get il made up for love nor money
80 she had to wear her black alpaca 49,
She was glad Of it afterwards, for a man
sat next to me and says to another man
that that woman i'm black dress is SEN
sibIe, for wimmin settin' on jury i'll a
murder trial ought to wear mourning
I was real provoked one day when ] was
taEin, the baby lac kept squalling all
the way, when who should I see coming
but Bill Smirker. pulled my veil over
my face and pretended didn't see him,
but he sings out, 'HallOI what's that a
young juryman - Bill has been home
with me acOuple Of times, but I'm afraid
he won't again after that meeting. They
wouldn't let Anty come home during the
whole time I couldn't get dinner, so
Uncle Jed used to get lunch at the sd
loon. l don't ought to say anything
about il, but he stayed three nights till
70. Where he was I don't Know.
shall tel Anty, for she Is all tucked out,
and has to lie down every little WHILE
Anty said to-day that she was going to
turn over q new leaf in the house. She
would hire a girl, cost what it might
Shehad come to her senses, and found
out her sphere, and as for wearing herself
out alnoug pots and kettles, and being a
slave for Jed Flail, if she knew herself
she shouldn't do it. Not much, Mary
Ann! She is going JOread and expand
her mind, and some day will start on a
lectuTiug tour, and that would he pretty
sUon, if Cwant for the baby. She said
there is one thing certain, put my
foot Oh that square; there will no more
Flails come into this house, Ulysses is
the Oldest, and will always be the young
est When [ was setli7 ON that jury [
was mortified almost to death to thiIlk
of Jed Flail being 80 stupid a. to send
that baby right in court time. OF course
L.. I
thought | should faint away and drop
out Of my seat, and this great lUmiX to
drag out what little life there was in me.
Other NEimnIin could have their babies
at recess, and their father think Just aS
much of them as Jed does Of his baby
II I had my life to live over again, I'd
keep school till l was gray before I'd
marry a man that couldn't appreciate
my talents | said, 'Anty, you was he
ginning to get gray, weren't you, when
you were marricdm but she didn't hear.
Just then somebody knocked I opened
the door, and there stood Ruth ROddOck.
She had been visiting here spell. She
SAYS to Anty, G;O@l mOrning Mrs. FIail;
how do you find yOurself after set ting on
the jury - She said she had Just come
from Mrs. GOSlOw's; that she and the
baby were both sick; that she left a
quilt half of when she went to serve
her country by setting OH the jury and
now that Providence had seen fit to If
fiict them with sickness, she did not
know when ii would come of, with no
body but twClve-year-Old daughter 10
do everything. Then 7 called at Mrs.
KnOckabOut's and she has the rheuma-
tiz pretty bad. Her husband has got the
children off to school and the breakfast
dishes washed. He said he was willing
TO work his finger nails of, fOrhC CUnsid-
cred il a great honor To have wife
smart enough to sit on tire first jury of
wimmin in America. They would have
agreed sooner, if it hadn't been for that
poodle of q man, for they did not CalCu-
late from the first to let that murderer
go, and have folks say they were chick
en-harted, and daTsent convict him.
Ruth told Anty that it would he a good
idea to stop some of the Mormon sisters
on their way to Utah and impress them
into the service and SO keep every hus-
band well supplied with nurses-then
they might serve their country and still
have things going on as smooth at home
rs a well-greaSed engine. Anty says
must go to school, and as Pm pretty
good In grammar an spelling, she wants
me to study latin. She says she heard
the doctors and lawyers are GhUck-full
of latin, aud she thinks they are, for she
could not make out a great many words,
an knows they must a been latin. She
says most likely I'll have TO sit on the
jury sometime, and she don't want me
to be as ignorant as she is. You had bet
ter sell the COW, and let me have the
money to go to school.
Your affectiOnate daughter.
SALLIE SPROUTS.