Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-11-11

l. wyoming. l win now give some of tn
t. practical workings Of woman suffrage an,
d woman office holding. The first oclio,
y taken under the provisions Of this law wa
II TIC appointment by the Secretary, as actin,
!, Governor, OF Mrs. Esther Morris, Of Souti
G Pass CITY, as Justice Of the Peace. Go
b, Sweetwatcr county. Mrs. Morris qualified
c "remlttcd the usual fec of fiven to the Sc
+ cretarY, ana entered upon the duties of hcI
r ONCE. Nothing unusual occurred for some
/ days; everybody was satisfied with tho
t new Justice, and the new Justice with ev.
| erybody. One day, however, the wine Of
> bitterness was mixed in her cup of bliss,
, and notwithstanding her womnnly and
Wliely feeling, she fas compelled TO drink
/ IL. Her better bali, who was now left in
charge OF the domestic department of the
, firm, had previous TO his retirement TO the
sweets OF domestic life, occasionally taking
social glass with his friends. Taking adj
vantage OF this weakness, some friends
waited upon Mr.. Morris one day. and hav-
ing made Mr.. Morris drunk, lead him into
q breach OF the peace, then FASTENED to the
l'sGuirc's Office and lodged a complaint
with her Honor against her lonor's "liN.1
lord and MASTER" that used to loo ,'.''hs .
manded Il warrant for, ,'ouu like Caesar
Justice hcsitairdo the emergency, ana
OF this yrrosscd into her lords dominions, /
and her former master was dragged oeioie
her for trial.
Mr., Morris's head was not sufficiently
clear to comprehend the situation. lie DC
can TO assert his sovereign rights i'll con-
tempt of court, until suddenly brought up
by the officer in obedience to the Cour'
order. Seeing that things had chan%co
somewhat, and that OthclIo's. occupation
had been at last suspended, he began 10 cN-
1, l,, ,Cit..r IpIil ilInrin-
ed hy that funCtionary that he hnd u" "Is-
erection, but was acting under orders from
! the Court.
..Nyho is the Court (hicl ?" inquired Mr.
| Morris. On being informed that the occu-
pant of the bench was the Judge, Mi MOT
ris looked at the Justice witlia puzzled AR,
| scratching his head in an effort to collect
his scattered lhoughts and calculated, 'hcr
her Chic)-she is -- that's Esther-my
wife Esther-you're drunk, or-oh, DON
bother me (hic)," and he started to 60 =
Lock up the prisoner for contempt ol
court.n said Mrs. Morris to the officer, o..
"What have you TO say about it, ch ~
| n,rrtel or' ~" 'torris, staggering mcnac-
ingiy toVtm2GHiRGs' Judge. ,.n
you will find have all to say 'ouI H.
Officer loci, him up" replied her llon'r's'-
Although badly mixed, Mr.. Morris y,
gan n parlcy:
"Now looN here, Mr.. Officer, don't you
be in a hurry. | didn't mean anything
wrong. | want to Just talk with my wife n
minute. Now, Esther, what's the use q
fooiu' you iist git down out o. there, and
20 home ana behave yourself III tend to
this little difficulty myself Now go right
along. the baby wants nursing. | had to
give it Mrs. Winslow to get it TO sleep
, when / came down. He's hungry, for he
, won't use TINT Old bottle, and | don't
, blame him either The dishes amt wash
cd no the beds made neither. And what's
, mare, amt goin' 10 do it any more, now
You hear that. Now. start along
, by the time Mr.. Morris had delivered
himself of this, his tone had changed aS
his feelings warmed from that OF eXpostu'
+ latiOu to that of command again, and tht
officer forced him in,o the rudely construct
, ed locii-up in the rear Of her liOnor's court
, and there Mr.. Morris was left to reflect up
, on the situation, and gaze upon the divld
iug wall between himself and wife us the
I dividing line between mans and woman''
rights under this new disrcnsatiun.
Oa the following morning MIR. Morris
, was arraigurd before her Honor, and in th,
, most sober and suLGucd manner, and will
. the deepest humiliation, pleaded guilty
asked the pardon Of the court for contempt
q and awaited his sentence with humiliation
T. and resignation.
After giving the prisoner Caudlc lee
turc, MS amended by the laws of Wyoming
! her Honor imposed the usual fine, aud r.
/ qured the prisoner To give bonds tn keel
/ the peace, upon which the court gallNutl,
. offered TO let him 90, and Morris vanished
y WHIPPING lioEsEs. There are person
!, who think that the spirit aud temper of {
tirF. Il t.t,N la A
i bile. PROT Wagner IN his work on the 'Ed
, ucatiun ofhOrscs, says:
!, ~ would caution those who train or us
4 horses, a.ainst exciting the ia-w,N Of th
n animal Many think they are doing linely
: and are proud oi their success in horse
4 training, by means Of severe whipping, q
4 otherwise rOUsiug or stimulating the pas
J, siuus, aud then from necessity, crushin
the viii, through which the resistance /
prompted Aumislakv can by greater that
- This aul there j. nothing that sp mily eN
~ hibits the ability, judgement aud skin ol lh
y real horsemnn as tlr care Hnd tact display
!, ed in winning instead 60. r,pv.Ing The u,
- ton of tAe mind, Although II may he nv
:. cessiry ia use the whip anmrtl lines, II 'honN
a always he applied iulglIusly, nnI "r''
u .,r. ,houll = u,1,d nut Ia rouse The pas
n Slams on excite thu viii Ia ubstiuuvy,
4 "lhr lvg.llmalc and proper usy at ia
~ whu is calculated 90 operate upon the syns
!, uG car almost vuliryy. The Nl,vlipu Uu,
i better nature must be Uppya.vd o. iu train
= ing horsu 40 we'll 40 IA training yhIld
>, 4 r,pgooi given may bt iuttudrd i'r ih
- good uf % gbli, buL if only tut passion
I, are excited, lhe rusCt Is drlwNins and u
n furious, lh.s Is a vital lugylply, and ra
= be dlsrcsd,d la thu mAul-eulrut at sI
!, 6itiNt, courageous hulava oulI 40 th' lum
/, uent r,k ui spolllng lE,m. have know
!, many hurs,s uf natural penNe chAgavlrr
I, b. spoiled by lV,ug NAppsd op,c, and uu
- hprsr that Waa madr NicluuabY b.lng slfu.
~ with u Whip once hl slandms la b,s stA,l
~ have ulgTpi t0 lhrsu iusiau,ys o. shu,
lhe danger 90 ruusA tgratmept, gnl lbe g
=, lepl that mlY bt ,asllY pguluryl bY
a usage, especially with pns blood hurss
N auA ihusH % hlsh'Y p,gyous lgmptw
nivnl, AaHY ulhef casis WlsNl bs sitt
10 as suuh agy Us uu mraus unr.aHnnu. hfl
!, slt,, houts .AuaA uskpg bN kN aieg lhF
~ base b,su tA.li,d 10 lhu Nhlp uF olht
- ufans, uutil palmgi dpsn hy luhblps a
u pAuln3 lhe hs.d aai nsss all glt'ns ~
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