The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-09

sure, BIS says, that it will be success
Only think girls, how nice it woul'
be, if we could help the old fathe
now, after all the trouble he has hat
with usl And what a triumph, too,
we could prove to him, that girls ar
a blessing, at least; if not exactl.
that, still worth beng born. Wha
say you? Will you put your name
to the contractP Come now, don't b
cowardly, nor try TO find excuses 10
shirkiug a duty. Jacob never haC
five more able-bodied people than w
are.p
"But what will the world say
And then, dear Lucy, you have haC
an offer you know. Will Fganl
Lawler be satisfied that his future
wife should engage in an unlady-lik'
occupation?"
"lt he is dissatisfied that woman
should do what she may do well, In
very glad to have an opportunity o
learning it before Tn Mrs. Franz
Lawler, instead of Lucy Brown. If
have girls, you may rest assured thai
they shall be self-supporting, quite
independent Of outside help towards
gaining a livelihood. If they have 8
talent for music above the ordinary
possession, they may become teachers;
if not, they will not spend four hours
day, in useless beating Of theil
white, helpless fingers against some
i'll used piano keys. If they are
greatly gifted with superior intelli
gence, they may go into the profess
ions, if not they will learn trades
don't mean milliners and dress
makers, and SO on-but nice little
light trades, like matchmaking, and
engraving, and drafting and, indeed
heavier ones, if they have the muscle
We all have muscle. There is no
excuse that we should remain idle.
The world is full OF work, and L can't
understand why any honest calling
should be unwomanly. Come girls
let us go and sign the oontroct, which
binds us to work old Jacobs farm"
"Dear me, Solomon" said the wife
Lucy, in the evening, you could
never guess what those girls have
DONE"
perhaps purchased each a new
silk" growled Solomon, without lift
ing his eyes from his paper.
"No, indeed, not" cried the wife in
dignantly. They've rented Jacob
Sloam's tarm-eighty acres, and TWEEN
ty of 1t in fruit"
"What," cried Solomon, the paper
falling helplessly at his feet. "You
don't surely mean oar girls, not Ma,
tilda, and Josephine, and Sarah, and
Flora, and Lucy?"
~ Il mean no one else's girls, surely
the wife replied, little grossly
"They take possession in the morn
ing. Jacob Sloan is to find every
thing, and they are to have one-half"
"Ill just tell you, Lucy, what it is.
This is the most consummate peace OF
humbug ever heard Of 1t will be
dead failure, and they'll make them
selves the laughing stock OF the
neighborhood. Farming, indeed ?
Why 'Tilda is that afraid of her hands
that she never sweeps even, without
gloves; and Flora wraps her head in
towel to dust Iyeseen Josephine wipe
the breakfast things with the dish rag
clinging toa fork, and Sarah wraps
her finger with a bit Of cloth, each
one separately if she has vegetables to
prepare, Brave farmers they will
make /" And Solomon Brown went
back to his paper with scornful
chuckle.
Solomon, too, was some OF a fogy'
Women were women, and women
they must remain to the end OF
the chapter. A great pity, he had
often said. that it was SO, but nature
could not be tortured out OF her DID,
well worn channels by education
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dainty aauu.els u, ',O-oOL ,oaoOabIo5 tho;,
But in one tp.us o,.1 ~ obstinate and
father. They Eefe '.;s nroaiction as
when tney learned H." 80 de.
to their failure, they Were qui'e
termined not to fail
They were ND early and WORKED