St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-03-18

=, them-at some time in life, Lead us no
INTO temptatIon," and then walk strairh
into 1t. | don't believe so much in run
| ming away from evil as do in meeting !
with brave front and not yielding al
inch to its encroachn ents.
'Ihe superior strength of men, is un
doubtedly the oldest s.joke" on record.
Is Joke within a joke, for the joke of i
Is that so few have suspected the sarcasm
in 1t, and 50 lew even now see the point
the people, the priests, the great edi
tors, the high Pharisees, and all the great
AloguIs who have an eye out for the pub
nc good, tremble from their boots up for
''our wives and daughters" when the
surface of society is rippled. Our wives
and daughters forsooth. That is upon
the principle, | suppose, of taking care of
the pennies, and the dollars will take care
OF them>elvcsl Our husbands and sons
are such pillars Of strength, so utterly
lmperviOus to evil influences, such mighty
warriors for truth and Righteousness, so
completely encased in the panoply Of vir-
tue, that no harm can come to them l.
that it or are they such sn-bronzed old
reprobates that only Il doubly-dyed crime
can strike through the last coating!
The nonchalance with which newspa-
per men write about the ''frallty Of wo-
man reads ludcrousIy enough. 1t j.
almost as funny as when they talk in
dead earnest about ''protecton'' for wo-
men, and how TO advance her ''moral ell
ovation" L never knew a feather to
soar very high with bullet tied to one
end And to suppose that society is to
be cured of It's evils and ills by doctoring
only one side of it, while the other Is Just
as sick, and probably great deal more
80, Is u>t as nonsensical. What is sauce
for the goose Is sauce for the gander,''
and il Midnight Missions and CLONES
Tor the Fallen" are needed for women,
why, in the name OF humanity, are they
not needed for men Are not Men worth
saving, quite as much
An individual invariably comes TO
=rict from the false assumption OF superb
or knowledge or power, or from greatness
thrust upon him, when he has not the .
royal prestige to wear it becomingly. 50 |
men have suffered from accepting the tal-e
idea of ;hrir superior strength" and
''woman's irailty." 1t is quite time, for
th,lr own good, that they throw away
thiS trcacherous mask, and stand con-
iossed. Strong souls always have sym
pathy ior weak ones, and when women
come to sec men III their true status. they
will be stronger Tor them, and realize the
danger OF placing temptations in their
way. ~ it Is, women tempt men un-
n>cou-ly, thoughtlcs,ly, relying upon
their "superior strcngth;" when 10. a
man goes TO destruction.
oh. but didn't know men were 50
weak :" She crie-.
But they are, my dear There's not
ome in thousand safe, beyond the reach
oi a gool woman> voice and eve. They
''v'i " ioE"i "vrit" i"r Pr"trcr ion, every
individual! one of them" ;
And then what towards they are
I@ry commit suicide, run away, teign in
sanity. murder. shoot each other in the
'ick, seal up i'll the rear and knock their I
1ruIh,r> down, commit forgericS, and a
other undcrhanded deeds. because {
hey have not the courage to face the ;
ruth, and stand by it, no matter what
aad UoD,e