The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-23

Oh the state, anu II hss0 my way these
stagnant old rips who wont marry, but
prowl round and live easy and dio rich
and leave no sign, at least none to speak
of, should be taxed heavy and the
money appropriated to tho ofins' fund.
What's q man worth to the State who
leaves it no defenders after he's ded and
gone; who patronizes no Sundy schools
or Mundy schools-buys no candy or
baby clothes, or balls, or harlow knives,
or long stockins, or jaconet muslin, or
hoop skirts or galluses. What intrust
has he got in perpetuatin great princi-
pies? Why, a chroniclz old bachelor
can jest turn over in his one-horse bed
and die and not kecr a darn if tho world
Gums to an end in Is minutes. He
wouident keer if the devil would break
loose and cat up the woman and child
rem alive.
married foaks who sumhow or sum-
how else haint al<sidentally been blessed
with offspring. By no means. They
showed Il willingness to hav .cln and
that's cnuf for me. I've always apollo
gized for peopul who done the best
they could, whether they sucksectled
or not. I aint no Bonyparte to chop a
mans head off for losin q battle, w neither
he was to blame or not. I'm friend
to married foaks, children or nochiltircn.
Lawful Wcdlock is sosietys main spring
Its back bonc-its life inshoorance.
I've no patience with these stingy old
stays who wont marry without they
git pile Of penshun money, who want
to he hirod to do it, who hang around a
town waiten for sum rich gal to turn
up, while there's lots of poor ones, purity
and clever, jest waitin to tako shoogar
in thcrn.
Now I don't want to be misundcr-
stood about this votin bisincss. I amt
in favor Of women lnixin up with ska1-
awags and trash ut tho polls. BY no
means. 1 want tho moral strength and
Influence of their votes bekaus they arc
better and purer and honcstcr than the
mon, but would hav en- to stay at
homo and let their husbands or their
fathers or their next friend vote for ON
as tho case may DO. If IL man fooled
his Wifo out of her vote, it Woultlent bo
exactly a clean thing, but it would DO a
family matter and nobody's bisincss.
1t wouldcnt bc the only thing that
some mon fool ON about. There's
strong mined women and wGtl<-1nitttleCl
mon, and in such cases I would lot tho
longest polo knock down tho pcrsim-
mon.
The time used to WAS when {; mar
ried women didcnt have no voice in
nuthin-eXsept maxim baby clothes
She coultlcnt own any property-slle
had no sivil existence. lfanybody Civ
her anything the law required Il man
to keep it for her. If shc couldent liv
with a drunken husband and quit him
tho law Civ him all tho children. But
as the world grows older she keeps n
stcppin up higher. Now she can own
as much property as anybody, and she
can make will, and in sum States set
on jewry, and in cases out of 10 she
gets tho children when there is a
divorce. Sum of ON arc sttIdyin meIii-
sin and mako tho best sort of doctors
for women, and for children q half-hour
old or under. They do clerkin and
bookkcepin and telegraphin and print
ing, and can keep post offs better
than man and mover steal q sent. If
they do peep into other woncn's letters
it's only out OF kurosity, and they
always seal 'en up again. Take it all
together it looks to mo like the time
has mighty nigh cum when tho men
hav got to admit that n woman is just
as good as Il man if not bcttor in most
everything that requires more sense
than musei. 1 won't say she ort to
vote if sho don't want to, but do say
that no politishun could buy hcr vote
with drink.
Bill. ARR.
COTTON EXCHANGE CROP REPORT.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. Is, 1878.
To tho President and Board OF Director, of
tho New Orleans Cotton Exchanges:
(JenfIp,Den-No rcsnAtfnIIy SI,hnit