Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-05-30

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, !, sHIhaoWs sHIhaoWs Desores the people will be incline
70 ws3teh with peculiar Interest the ienerhen
: Cd shadows As they fall atlNart the coantr
: from tile uprising DC Massachusetts women
i'i favor Of BRIGslAa1 ouN NGIsM. Massachu
! sets Is. In many res wonderful stat4
4 md has s.iccesledi in ilaaLing abou, as n,nel
noise ~ any df The !" old 1shdirteell lin facf
u point of noise, we doubt if any one of tn,
States, old or oung, can hold d car die ID ii
From the war OF the witches to the war /,
the rebellion, Massachusetts has ALWAYS bee,
prominently engaged IN some sort of devil
trr. Not content with making thinps IN
comfortably hot at home, Massachusetts, Ia,
sent abroad her nen-folks to ALI parts of tlt
country and all parts OF tic habirable globe
where there is dollar in sight to reouGatf
tihihgs ana give the people a sample or Mas.
saehnsetfs civilization and progres s. This
exodus OF men from the State has been 5.oina
on until the womeii-folks begin to ses. stl,a,
something must be done to Increase ths
population, and maintain representation il,
Congress. Massachusetts has boasted Of !
vast surplus of Quincy granite. Lynn pep
work, Lowell sheetings and miscellaneous
! kickshlWs. These constituted her wealtl,
and she managed to trade them for the means
OF subsistence. but she also has surplus CT
female population, and this fact has been a
source Of trouble. Occasionally selecting a
colony of the bes. travellers of the forlorn
surplus, they have been sent to the far West
with tile hope that it would prove move in
the right direction, and result fayorably for
the surplus, but so far these coionizing iu-
vestinents have mot proved profitable, and
now the surplus female population are look
ing to other measures to change their condi.
ton from single blessedness to some other
blessedness in which the other sex win be
included. These Massachusetts surplus
females, by studying the census returns
closely, have found our that marrying is no
longer question of attractiyeness. The
finest flax chignons, fau.tiess dentistry, glass
eyes as natural as life and more beautiful.
artistic padding, with all the arts of costume
filters, Is of no use. the men are wanting
they are not in the State. As soon as they get
old enough to swap jacknives they abandon
their native rocks and go IN quest OF fortune.
leaving large surplus DC female matrimonial
anxiety behind to fight its way the best it
can. This surplus femlnity OF Massachusetts
Is otjnst now cIanoring for the ballot tl.s,, |
are not asking to be made doctors and
awyers-tiley are not asking to be put at the
head Of political affairs-but they are de-
nanding the right to marry other womens
husbands, and will go before the Legislature
If Massachusetts. requesting that man who.
has tasted the sweets OF matrimony. and had
me glorious honeymoon, may duplicate his
njoyments-marry again and again, and
till once more, an! in fact until his nlatri-
nonial alliances shall be equal to his income.
L the petitioners succeed, they believe the
urplus of female population will be provided
or, and that all things will be lovely in the
)ld Bay State. The Boston correspondent
f the New York Graphic has obtained the
ollowing copy of the petition prepared by
be surplus female population of Lowell:
. LOWELL, April, 1873.
70 the Honorable, the Senate and House of
representatives Of the Commonwealth Of ,
The undersigned, citizens OF
le State, respectfully set, forth the eriev-
nces .nder which they suffer as women who
re not permitted TO vote, hold any and all | !,
flices, and engage in the occupations open !,
men. and are otherwise restricted in the
pportunity of earning living, and herewith :
sg your permission to suggest the remedy :.
r. these evils. upon which they pray yonr
onorable body to act. Il.
The law which now governs society saws. .
.actically, that woman sho lid be married, I,
louid engage in work at their own homes. .
I'd should look to their husbands for sup .
,rt. On the other nand, the census shows
at is is impossible to carry out this unwrit- j
d but recognized law, for the reason that i
ere is u la, ger excess of women in the COM :.
and many of the men of lawful la
e are idle, vicious. incompetent or other n
sc unfit TO be the heads OF households j,
1T your petitioners hold that the matter is Il
t without remedy. Prejudice and ctlsto m Il a
We decided in favor of restricting the hus- q
nd to single wife, yet without justice and r,fr
thority, as we believe. In the book Which
aI the foundation of all law reea onized "
tIlS ttiEic - iiu dgalilSC
,IuraI.ty of wives. while there are many RI
amples therein recorded ia its favor. la
ms wives appeal to have increased in ra
mber in propropOrtlon with their foeks ~
riches. Such a rllleleYeD now holds in "a
land from which the Christian nations re-
yed their religion. III
Tour petitioners have no desire to inter- q !
J with the regulations Of any. existing ~ ~
lsehold, but simply TO present their claims "a i~
he marriage state for your respectful con-
sration. THY deem it their privilege ard
il duty to suggest the abolition Of the law s.
inst the marriage of man to more than IS.
wife, iii eases where the first wife does siz
object, and where it is male evident that La
man is able to supp 1rt the additional be
den laid upon his resources. They are are
ire that ii may take years to remove pre- qui
ces. and that those who take second or We
d place in the household may be looked the
n with tlisfavor; but confident that their lar;
,osed action will ultimately do away with wit
Ii of the social evil that atil lets and dis Id
ses ali communities, they are willing to wit
be first to engage III the work Of this re- mil
j. Society, which now insists that wo- fled
shall be married and look to her hus- eue
for support, will. alter mature refiec- aro1
counssnanos this effort % carry our III var