Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-11
White Squaws.

An essay by Bill WiIkins:-' A
sqnaw is an lngln woman. She is gen
orally the wife OF big Ingin man. She
does all. the hard work. She raises
corn, beans, POTATOES, whisky, babies.
and other vegetables for her Inein. She
carries wood. makes the fires, cooks The
vicluas and blacks his boots, while the
big lngin. sits in the parlor and reads
his ne wspapcr, or loafs at grocery and
talks hoss' to other loafers. When he
comes home late at night, drunk, he
whips his sqnaw because supper IS not
ready. A squaw works like u horse aud
gets n lickin for her pains. But sup
pose she likes ii; else fhe would uot put
up with it.
Bu, | know great many squaws
among white people. They do all the
work at home, take in washing or sew
ig, and support the family including
the big lngin, while he is very busy
drinking or gambling, or fish; 9. The
white squaw generally has q house full
Of Young ones. Aud they soon learn to
| treat her ~ their father treats her. She
drutiges in the kitchen while her daugh
ters CAD about the street or sit mt the
window and look at the people. But
the white sqnaw does not want them to
work She wants them to be ladics.-
They don't 90 to school. they don't work
They have no money. but they will dress
well; and after while they turn out
something else than ladies.
know little squaw whose husband
is gentleman. He says he never did
work. aud never will work. He has no
money. bat he walks about the streets
with a cane and gloves. He says he
can't Get into bus ness. But wants
somebody to lerd hm money 10 live ON
Now and then he burrows five dollars Of
somebody who don't know him. His
wife takes in washing and does all the
work. She even. saws the wood. Sine
has two sous who arI young men, hut
they let hei saw the wood. She say,
that j. hpny is stud, ing So hard 1T his
profession thai he has no time to help
her Bul l. think bis only study is base
| hail "A nj she SAYS Willie is weakly and
never couil stand work; 1t makes hlm
wilt right down. JOHNNY comes home
AMI swears ut h'r because dinner is not
ready But she saws ile is snch hurry
to get back 10 his studies
These are my rea-uns for saying there
are white squaws IS we'll as rel ones
Mr Printer you need not he afraid Ia
PRINT til 6, hrcause no big Iugin will
take it 10 himself and other people will
find great many lnGns that it will fit.
Many shift at random sent hits
something 81 other " hch the archer lit
tie meant to touch. We have heard an
anrcio,e Illustrative of this truth, which
has prnbabi, not appeared in print before.
and which has been told rs MS q genuine
histry. 1t happened in a large city
never mind in what city.
There were two pretty sisters who had
married. one an eminent lawyer, the 9th
er Distinguished literary man. Liter
airy man dies, and leaves younger sister
q widow.
Years roll away, and the widow lays
aside her weeds. Now it happens that
certain acthor and critic has occasion, on
broling day in summer, to call upon
the lawyer husband of the elder sister.
He finds him pleading and swetering in
crowded cour:, sees he is suffering
dreadfuIv from the heat. pities him. re-
joices that he is not a lawyer, aud goes
for cool saunter under the shetering
trees Of fashionable park and garden.
Among the ice eat q, tanning crowd
he fluids there, is the younger of the two
sisters. aud be mistakes her for the elder
"Ob, Mr.. -" exclaimed the lady,
show dreadfnlly warm it is bere."
"Yes, madame" replies our luckIess
critic "ll's warm here; but | can assure
you the heat Of this place isn't n crcum
stance when compared with the heat of
the place where your poor husband is
suffering to day"
A horror stricken expression comes
over the lady's face; she rises from Der
chair and flounces Indignantly away
"Ah. miserable me-" soIlloquzes ouI
critic, alive been mistaking one sister for
the other. and she thinks | meant to say
that her husband is-uot in heaven"
Some young men in the town Of B.
having cut up" one night to the detri
ment of certain windows and bell pulls,
were lodged in the caliaboose. and in due
time, next morning confronted with a
police magistrate. who fined them each
IS ard an admonition. One of the
three foolIshly remarked: Judge, was
in hopes that you would remember me;
| belong to the same lodge with you
The judge apparently surprised. replied
with brotherly sympathy: 'Ah, is it 500
Truly this is brother B. l did not re-
cognize you. Excuse me for my dull
ness. Yes. we are brother masons, and |
| should have thought of that. MIR.
Clerk fine our brother B. $40. Being a
mason. he knows better the rules of
propriety than any other men. Fine
him $40. You viii pay the clerk, broth
err. Good morning, brother B. Call
the next case
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