Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-10-03
VOL. mo. 10.

leG any DONy vote WHO c0uldent tel
whether General jackson was ded o.
alive, or who took moro than three drinlyp
a day as a regular thing, or who chayed
tobakkcr after he had gone to bed. O.
who was q mcaner man than his daddy,
or who believed in ghosts and witches
or who dldent put on clean shirt onst
a week, or who dident earn so cents q
day at sum respectable bisuoss, or who
shouted az nito moctina more than two
hours on Stretch. ! heard blind
freenologist say that the way to test .
mans sense was 10 draw strait line from
the top Of his upper lip to his forrerd
and another from the lower corner of his
nose to the hole in bis ear, aud if the
angle between was les than GO degrees
he might be smart for monkey but he
was fool for man. He sed that this
test would rule out nearly all the idiots
and Airkins from votn, and if it dident
their faith in witches would ] wouldent
let furrincr vote until he had lived here
and behaved himself for ten years,
and he shouldn't vote then unless he
had married an american gal or was u
raisin children on american soil. i
wouldent lett unmarried man vote who
was over thirty years old though. /
would let all sieh justify by swearin
that they had tried but nobody would
have en-, Id make en- name the gals in
their aftidavy.
| would let every married man and
his wife and every widaer vote if they
wascnt cut of by tho forigoin exceptions.
They should have one vote apiece for
themselves and one for every child they
bad. This last would elevate the Ar
pin family about election times, shore. -
Akkording to Solomon, all SIGH ought to
have heap of privileges for it amt no
plcayune business to raise big drove OF
children. Jest let any hidc-bound bach
elor try it and sec. look upon respect
able children as the hope of the State,
and if | had my way these stagnant old
rips who wont marry, but prow round
and live easy and die rich and leave no
sign, at least none to speak Of, should be
taxed heavy and the money appropriated
to the ofns' fund What's a man worth
to the State who leaves it no defenders
alters he's ded aud gone; who patron
ICES no Sunday schools or Munday schools
buys no candy or baby clothes, or
balls, Or barlow knives, or long stockins.
or jaconet muslin, or hoop skirts or gal
fuses. What in trust has he got in per-
potuatin great principles ? Why, a cliron-
lex old bachelor can jest turn over in his
one-horse bed and die and. not keor
darn if the world Gums to an end in Is
minutes He wouldont koer if the devil
would break loose and eat up the women
and children aliye.
Now I'm not sayin n word agin them
married foaks who aumhow or sumhow
else haint aksidentally been blessed with
offspring. By no means. aint no Bo-
nypartc to chop mans head off for losin
a battle, whether he was to blame or not.
I'm friend to married foaks, children
Or no children. Lawful wodloolc is So
ciety's main spring its backbone-its
inshoorancc I've no patience with these
stingy old stays who wont marry without
they git pile Of penshun money, who
want TO be hired 10 do it, who hang
around town waiten for sum rich gal
to turn up, while there's lots Of poor ones,
purity and clever, just waitin.
Now J don't want TO be misunderstood
about this yotin bsness ! amt in favor
Of women mixin up with scalawags and
trash at the polls. BY no means. want
the moral strength Of and influence Of
thcir votes bokaus they are better and
purer and honcstcr than the mon, but /
would hav en- to stay at home and let
their husbands or their fathers or their
next friend vote for en- as the case may
be. IF a man fooled his wife out of hor
vote, il wouldent be exactly clean thing.
but it would be family matter and no.
body's bsness Ii wouldent be the only
thing that some men fool en- about
There's some strong-mindcd women and
wealy-minded men, and in such cases /
would let The longest pole knock down
the persimnon.
The time used to was when married
woman didcnt have 10 voice in nutbin--
czsept maxim baby clothes. She couldcnt
own any property she had no sivil cx-
istencc. lfanybody Civ her anything
] tue law fe1uifea man 10 keep IL Tor
her If she couldent liy with drunken
husband and quit bin the law Civ him
all the children But as the world grows
older she keeps a steppin up higher
Now she can own as much property as
anybody. and she can mako will, and
in sum States set on jcwry, and in 9
cases out Of 10 she gets the children
where there is divorce. Sum ofcm are
studyn mcdisin and make the best sort
o. doctors for women. and children n half
hour old or under They do clerkn and
boob-kecpin aud telographin and printin,
and keep post offs better than man
and never steal cent II they do peep
into other women's letters its only out Of
kuriosity, and they always seal en- up
again. Take it altogether il looks TO me
like the time has mighty nigh cum when
the men have got to admit that woman
is just as good as u man IL not better In
most everything that requires more sense
than muscle. | wont say she ort to vote
If she don't want 10, but / do say that no
politshun could buy her vote with q
drink. BILL ARP.
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