The avant courier., 1871-09-20
Volunteering for VIC.
From the Des Moins Register
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The Iowa press is not swift to acqniesOe 4
Mrs. Victoria Woodhull- Blood-&c.'s to len,
its editorial good 7will'' to her elevation int
fthe Presidential chair. Indeed We have no
seen single paper that has been, or will be
coaxed into doing 50. They NIL consider he
good enough In her great role of living wit
several husbands iii the same house at on
time, and are willing to award her the credi
Of being thesenlg living person who ahas ae
complished it to the satisfaction of the frac
i tional husbands: but as for anything els
4 they don't take much stock in her. We wer'
struck with this fact by the persnal of yester
days exchanges, from which W. haye elippet
seyerel paragraphs just to show Tie way th,
boys handle the aspiring female. The Prai
RE City Indsx SspsadeIs the keynote b,
making an apt and new application oi the oil
ca,ltion. Keep still, boys; there's a hen on
Gkrhes " aterloo Courier disposes of the lad,
I in short order, acknowledging the receipt q
| her perfumed circular, asking its editor t
cooperate with her. declines, hurriedls
saying: ..Can't do it, Vic: it aren't our style
we can't cooperate worth cent--John Irisl
lis your man, 9'' saksS ~ s4ae 81 r. a
The Decorah Republican treats her nons
the more gently-deelining very vigorously
and adding:s'sI If female sEalfage IL tiepeDdenl
on such beings for support, then hell will b
| broken loose when it is adopted; sure. !"
~ The Moravia Videttes serves her and Hel
circular UP in column gallantly concluding
| vitli d tinlid hint that Vic. is not a good
woman for hlushes:v ...Wemightas well ex-
Pect to see the star-begenmed firmamenl
above us rolled together as parchment
scroll. and the twinkling diamonds that be
stud thablue empyrean noctnrnally snugly en-
conced beneatha No. Q Mackerel-kit. as to see
Mrs. Woedhall crimson for very shame. No;
the League shall not have our editorial good
will. We have heard that a league with tie
Dwell is one-sided affair alifl ve do not de-
sire to make conyeiaa,f with Satatfas own
sister on any consideration
The LeouJ otfnal, which always has ten
der spot under It's left fappeI for lovely
women, cannot see anything of the lovely in
Vic, and says: s.With many thanks, we re-
spectfully decline. We think Mrs. Victoria
EGs Woodruff has ALREADY achieved sufficient
notoriety for a;lifetine, and that being II can
didate for the Presidency will rather detract
from than aalto the lustre of her already il
lustirous name. This is doubtless a worthy
movement, but FIVE must supnortsa Womtn
for President, we would prefer to have some
thing.te say in the choice of the candidate.
Vic. is a good'n, but then you know how it
is voNrselfn
1t is said that this distinguished and YET
somewhat miscellaneous woman intends to
stump Iowa this fall or winter, and demand
that our people shall hear her for her cause.
This is one rnmor. But there is another still
more threatening and terrifying, and il is,
that if she don't come herself she will send
the only other one who. could be no better
Mrs. DR. Mary Walker, the fearful woman
who is devoting her life to the work of maxi
ing the world accept as true her illustrious
idea that the bifurcated garment OF the
stouter and coarser pattern, vulgarly known
as breeches. don't belong to man any more
than to woman.
FRONTIER LrFE on THE N NORTHERN PAcfFIc-
-Bayard Taylor writes:
After fifteen miles of afternoon heat and
dust we reached Oak Port, d temporary camp
of gamblers and Anonynas, whose tents ard
shanties are only anchored there until they
ascertain the precise point where the North
Pacific Road will cross the Red River. Then
they intend to found atown-a Faropolis or a
Kenopolis-and flourish on vice until a stern
them away. Our drivers
cot tlleir revolvers id reatiiless before reach
ilig the place. and some Of our party did fIie
same. had none. and moreover, | knew
from experience that the class is not very
dangerous. In fact. had scarcely stepped
within the circle of curious and suspicious
1 cofntenal,ces, thai was recogslized by the
keeper of saloon and received d present OF
CIGARS, One of the hangers-on Of the place
had his ear fastened to bis head with court
plasfer-probably the. antagonist OF the man
We had seen in Macualyyille. with similar
ear. This barbarous biting and chewing of
the features belongs only to the Anglo-Saxon
savage. whoiss far more brutal than the In
dian he curses.
The North Pacific road will reach Red
River before the close Of this year. and from
this time on will be- hardly able to ontrun
settlement. After its first hundred miles of
forest and swampit passes through region
wholly beautiful and fertile, and aselimate
constantly improving in temperature. The
st. Paul and Pacific Road will also reach
Breckinridge in September, and may be ex-
tended within two or three years to Pembiha
and Fort Garry. For some hundreds OF
miles, both westward and northWard. there
i no greater difficulty OF construction than
il, the Platte and Hambeldt Valleys.
FELT II Pyi.L on GuURsE There Was
4 snfld lday-schooI celebration in one Of the
churches week or two ago, and the minister
made speech to The children, IN which he
cndeayored to teach the nature OF faith. so
he told them the following story by way OF
illustration: In Lhe.deepe peninsg. twill ght Of a
Summer 8 evening a pastor called atthc re-
sidence Of one Of his parishioners and founss
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