The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-07-31
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

July 4Oi AAitA udNiDB nau snort laullly
reunion, which sufiiced to make leaving
the genial society of home for another
brief season q doubly irksome endeavor,
we found ourself at night a welcome and
well pleased inmate of the cozy farm
house of Mr.. and Mrs Cooke, near La
fayette To describe the taste and COM
fort and domestic enjoyment of this
family, who are practical and theoreti-
cal Woman Suffragists, would be to
give a faithful picture of the good time
coming, when right, instead of might,
shall rule in every household. But our
space will not admit the picture, so we
say to those inquirers for practical So
luton of the problem of fsocial chaos, for
which they look under the incoming
order of things, make it in your way to
call upon this happy family, and don't
forget to visit the orchards, gardens,
fields, and barns.
Leaving that picture for the reader to
finish at his leisure, behold a wagon
load of us on the morrow, bound Nc
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Suffrage meeting.
Mr.. Martin, husband of the President
of the Woman Suffrage club, generously
rendered his time and team for the occa-
sion, and we filed the wagon so full of
Suffragists and their children, that
certain editor took q back seat on the
hay, just over the wagon wheels, where
''bump-ity-bumbn she jolted along,
swallowing dust in unknown quantities,
and becoming SO completely inhumed
in the same, as to appear metamor-
phosed into a mummy from some an
cient excavation.
The Suffrage meeting passed off har-
moniously. AS the Secretary's report
has already been published, further de-
tails are unnecessary. But We cannot
forbear mentioning in this connection
the efficiency of said Secretary, and the
erispy sprightliness of her ideas, as well
as the business-like method with which
she proved herself capable of framing
Bylaws and systematizing the work of
permanent organization.
The President also comes in for her
share of commendation. Those who
say that women have no public acumen
had better visit such meetings and
learn their own lack of information.
The evening brought out large and
deeply attentive audience to the Metho-
dist church to listen to a discourse on
the Woman Question. Father Spencer,
whose venerable appearance and snowy
locks betoken the long life of usefulness
which crowns him with halo of hap
piness, opened the meeting with an ap-
propriate prayer. At the close of our
lecture, he made a short speech, in
which lie said that he had been Wom-
an Suffragist for forty years. He is es-
pecially gratifed at the stand the Meth
odist Church is taking in relation to the
movement. On Saturday evening a
good audience greeted US to listen to an
address upon temperance. We gath
cred, as usual, a goodly number of new
subscribers, and on Sunday afternoon
took the stage for Lafayette, where we
had an appointment for the evening
Reaching St Joe, we found the proprie-
tor of the Lafayette stage line in fever
of disappointment. He had loaned his
hack to some camp-meeting frolicers
who had failed to come back as they had
promised, and he was compelled to carry
the mail on horseback. This left us no
alternative but to go to ourappointment
on horseback also. We hadn't ridden q
horse for many year; our ''toggery''
was anything but equestrian in style,
and the basket, satchel, fan and parasol
necessary to our comfort in travelling,
made formidable appearing load for a
horse to carry in addition to our own
svoirdupois. But "mine host'' of the
hotel at st. Joe kindly risked a favorite
equine, which we mounted and went on
our way-slowly.
When we reached Lafayette, the prin-
cipal street was thronged with the
beauty and chivalry of the place on
their way to the lecture, and rs we
whipped poor, patient Rosinante with
the parasol handle, and held on to the
cumbrous basket, to keep it steady as
We logged along, We'll venture to assert
that Don Quixote couldn't have out
done us in grotesque appearance had he
tried.
/ Tying Rosinante near the residence OF
a friend, we hurriedly changed our
dusty travelling clothes for n fresh suit
of platform apparel, and in a few min
utes met n large and eagerly expectant
throng of auditors in the quaint old
Court House. Subject, "The Temperance
Reform" Monday and Thursday even
ings were devoted, the first to 'The
Signs of the Political Times" and the
second to ''The Co-Education of the
Sexes" a number of new subscribers
and many renewals of old ones rewarded
our labors.
Friday evening brought together an
expectant audience, convened to hear a
discussion on the Woman Question.
The meeting was an informal one of the
club, and considerable opposition argu-
ment was anticipated. But for long
time it seemed that the banner county
! of the anti-Suiiragists had yielded.
Every gun was spiked, the garrison
had seemingly surrendered, and the vic
tory was won.
After we had exulted over this state OF
things for several minutes, one gentle
man, Mr. Ferguson, found his voice and
made an opposition speech. For this
] Isrrn oil 81 L.