Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-07-29
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INFELLIsSIME.
A PHASE OF TIE "woMAN'' MOVEMENT.

PHASE OF THE "woMAN' MOVEMENT.
SAY, Squire, I've quit on Susan and want
bill to show
That she amt got no claim on me, butts got to
And twixt us, Squire, she jst kin hoe it like any
other man,
For she is keen to hatch and gritty to carry OUT
plan.
sex amt free;
And to vent her spite agin the law, she makes it
hot for me.
l call it rough, but Susan seems to think its
Because the laws again her, to make me get up
We didn't hitch well frbm the start, for was on
the trade,
And swapt COW for three hound pups, the per-
test ever made;
The COW her father gin her-but a mans wife's
thing is his -
Wal, from that day, agin my trades she's had
prejudice
She scolded when traded off ten South Downs
for gun
We missed the wool and mutton, but man must
have sOdle fun
And when 1 swapt her chickens fur a patent
milking-stool
She snarled, ''What goods milking-stool with
out Il COW, ye fooll''
I've allus had hankerin, fur labor-savin' tools,
But suke says patent. rights is only traps for
kitchn fools:
The woman is that contrary she's allus been dis
gusted
sence my patent steam cgg-hatcher knocked her
over when it busted
Yc scc till we was married, l wasn't wuth red,
But, turning Susan's things, got a heap of stuff
ahead
Dogs, guns, stecl-traps and patent rights of
things that's labor saviu'-
But every strike / made was sure to set that wo-
man ravin' !
She twitted me of foolng Off her property for
trash,
And tried to shut down on it, Now wasn't that
rather brash
I told her Twas boss, accordn' to the laws idee-
She grabbed the tater-smasher ana forth withly
went for me
We had n little interval of explanation then,
In which she vowed she wouldn't stand the ty-
ranny of mani
l told her l could stand some toter-smasher or
abuse
But if she tried to henpsck me, I'd raise the very
deuce!
'I'm too much of a man" scz I, "for you to nose
around,
anu III lHlS rOOsb NeiSu yisl slAbCeu " Il W INC
pound ~
You see this scar behind my carr Wal, when
spoke OF heft
She flung my patent mop-stick ana that there's
the mark it lett
She took to runuin' after these 'ere woman-suf-
irage critters,
Which SO disgustcd me l took to runnn' after
bitlers
I'm satisfied she don't respect her husband as
she ought ter
Which comes of the condemned rebcllious no.
tions they have taught her
Fur feminine equality she says she's an aspirant,
And vows she ''will not cringe nor toll for Lo do
nestle tyrant"-
That's me, ye know-yct there's one chore she
likes to do fur me;
She dusts my jacket and cleans Inc out with
pesky energy
Pm pcaceably inclined myself but suke is quar-
resome,
You don't hear no complaint from me if we don't
have crumb
Fur three days on stretch but Susan she'll git
up and rare,
About scch little things as that, enough to raise
yer hair
love a lively woman, but Sukc carries things
too fur;
l sposc she'll be disgusted when she finds Iye
quit on her,
But I'm man of spirit and won't be licked, ye
see,
Day after day, without on break ''fur death or
victory!"
LATER.
Squire, never mind the paper suke has adver-
tised, fur spite,
That she won't pay no debts fur me That's
where she's got me tight
For Pm dead broke She says | must light out
'twiXt You and me
She's got Inc in one of these things they call a
quan-"quandary."
By Frank Olge for The BgGdlo Courier.