The Cairo bulletin., 1875-12-14
CENTENNIAL.
The Isdy Of tire Tea Party throws n
Cup Full Of the Beverage. Rea I1ss.
~ Mrs. p. S. ~.

CAIRO, ILL.,, Dec. IL, 1876.
Mr.. EDITOR IL have to begin this let
ter by scolding some one Of your typ
settlers. for using the word "savc," in
stead Of ''earn." (as 1t was written In m,
manuscript, thereby giving Mrs. s. J. 8
chance 10 accuse me Of misreprcsenta
ton.
am filled with admiration verginc
upon CONSERVATION, when witness the
dsxtcrity with which she slips out of the
tight-fittiDg robes with which ! clothed
her last week, and tries to transfer them
to the Centennial Association and your
humble correspondent. II Is feat equal
to any Of the rope-untyin2 mediums, and
will 10 doubt be as much appreciated by
the world. It is scarcely necessary for
me to assert fact we'll known to the
public, that could not have meant the
Centennial Association ladies were gos-
sips, because their characters are too well
known in Cairo to make 1t necessary for
me to defend them from such Nh ACCUSE
ton, or heap such one upon them my
self. As 10 my own predilccti0n for gos-
siping, it would be useless to deny it, ~
all newspaper letter-writers are more or
less afflicted in that manner.
Mrs. $. j. s. thrusts that terrible two
edged question at me again, "wllere, If
not out of your husbands pocket, the
money comes FROM" etc. l, for one,
shall not attempt to dispute it SO far as
am concerned, and don't see what rea-
sonable objection can he raised to such
natural state OF affairs. But II Mrs. s. j.
5. were as strong an advocate Of woman's
rights as she processes to be, she would
not try to leave the impression upon the
public mind, that all women get their
nickles from their husbands pockets. /
could refer her right here in Cairo 10 wo-
men who sew. teach, wash, iron and even
carry on business successfully, thereby
earning their own living, and in many
cases supporting or helping to support
their husbands.
In reply TO the question, "why, If an
honest penny only is to be turned. resort
to such uieans?" can heartily answer
that we think the pennies very honestly
turned indeed, when we furnish q nice
supper and 4 pleasant evening for TWEEN
ty-iiye cents, as we intend doing at our
tea party next Wednesday night.
Finally, Mrs, 5. j. S...seems to miscon-
strue the motives of our society entirely.
We have not the least desire to 'tie" her
hands-on the contrary. we want her to
continue using them a. effectively (for
the good of our causc) as she has already
been doing. And II in assisting the Gen.
tennial Association. I also assist the
womsn's suffrage cause, then indeed will
my ambition be gratified, for that Is just
what ,oant to do. noticed with pain
that in the latter part Of her letter,
her mind seemed to wander. She was
not, could not have been our opponent
last Spring, because our association did
not then exist. 1t WAS only organized
on the 23d OF November, and therefore
her statements as to what II did or didn't
do last spring, must necessarily
fall harmless to the ground.
She closes In contradictory
spirit of egotism, humility and candOr;
ut least it seems to me, to SAVIOR Of vanity,
to refer to ones self as having - ready
pen and reader wit )" and then again,
think it an unnecessary piece Of candor
to call herself "a mere foam that rises to
the top Of the highest wave, and whose
greatest ambition Is to favor popular
opinion" Now. although foam Is a
beautiful and sparkling thing. really
think Mrs. S. j. S. is too solid to be
likened to it. and that she has any desire
to curry favor with theJ public ] can
scarcely believe, judging from her letters.
Let me close this long epistle by re.
ferring to an article signed NJ. w. also In
this mornings Gazette. Ii | were man,
l would like to wager that NJ. w. never
has and never will give dollar towards
making the new levee, ani that the rea.
son our association will "never get cent
out OF him. is because lie has not got
any to give, and his friends will not loan
him any. CENTENNIAL.
They've 0St H.