Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-16

ATTACHING A MENAGERIE.-Wh hen Jones
Menagerie was in Millersburg the last time,
the proprietor would not pay his bill for ad-
vertising in the Morning Argus, and the
editor attached the cage containing the
hyena. The sheriff secured the cage and
brought it round to the Argus Office, where
it remained for several weeks. The bill
amounted to fifteen dollars and as the
animal ate two dollars worth of beef every
day for four weeks, the amount of profit in
that particular form of collecting the debt
did not seem encouragingly large One
afternoon the hyena broke loose and nearly
chewed up the foreman, while the editor
saved himself only by suddenly climbing out
on the roof. The hyena tore around through
that sanctum. upsetting type, rolling in
printers ink, and feeding himself with
poetry, and advertisements. and wood cuts.
and incendiary editorials on Cuba for four
days, during which the publication of the
Argus was suspended, and the editor re
NAMED on the roof thinking solemnly about
things. Finally, the sheriff placed ladder
against the building and undertook to de-
stroy thehyena with a shotgun. lie fired
eightyseven times before inflieting mortal
wound. and when at last, the editorial
corps returned, the room looked rs if the
battle Of Waterloo, and three or fonr skirm-
ishes had been fought in it. Probably no
hyena was ever buried with more literature
in his stomach than that hyena OF Jones
had. And an impression did get abroad
that it died, not from the wounds received
trola the sheriff gun, but from its inability
TO digest those tough editorials OF the Argus
and the original poetry. They dug the
wood-cut4 ont with n butchers knife. Men
agerie7 which advertise in the Argus now
have to pay in advance. and give the editors
family dend-head tickets for the season .-
Nar Adf'r
CHE WovlV rHR Yrsf Bssl EDtcl-
TIoN.-ihe y. y. Iimes say "lhe time
Is gone hv when English wit coud say, in
reference 10 women lecturing, 1t is ike
dogs walking on their hind legs; they can
not do it well, hnt vou are astonished to see
them do it at all The claims of women to
the best kind of education can no longer be
dismissed with a smile or ioke. Though
these claims NAV sometimes be mixed up
with strange fancies and false pretension,
they are always entitled TO serious considers
ton. If what women claim Is just. however
novel, their demands ought TO be granted.
Prejudice should not ohstruct the way to
Justice. The so-callel women'S rights have
been set forth with no small amount Of talk
and pretentions. Bat thinking men, men Of
fair and liberal minds. are not much affected
by their circumstances. They are moi slaves
to the power of custom and routine. When
reform or Improvement is called for, even
amid confusion and disturbance, they look
for what there may be good and practical in
it. Those who have done so in the case Of
woman's rights, who have given their adyo-
Gates an impartial hearing, have not all been
converted or convinced but none Of them
question at the present moment the rights OF
women to enjoy whatever advantage Of edu-
cation she state of society may offer TO lis
members
IS members of society. women should
come MP to the highest standard of useful
nes- possible Now. this end can be at
tained only by education The more any
woman knows. the better will She be quail
fed to fulfill her destiny The questions of
fitness and limitation will be settled well
enough BY nature. We need not say with
dogmatic authority, This you shall learn
that You shall not If women attempt to
do what they are not it for, they will fail
Failure will make them wiser than any AZ
gument or set of rules could do. As the 0'-
icct Of education Is 10 qualify students for
certain work. it should be accessible for all
who wish To prepare for that work. No
distinction should be made, apart from that
Of capacity and merit Good work will al
ways command il price, and get it. The
disappointment Of FloI and inefficient work
ers viii teach lesson profitable to otherS. if
not So 10 themseiy27.