The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

keeps f1rst-class hotel, and the Misses
Miles carry on a graded and well-or-
dered public school-the only school of
the kind we wot of where the head Off
Ger is a woman. To the credit of these
ladies, and women in general, we are
pleased to note that their school is a |
popular, educational, and financial sue
cess.
The good people contributed hand
somely to the lectures, and many sub
scribed for the Journal of Peace.
Bidding the pretty town and its gen.
erous citizens regretfuI goodbye, we
again took stage, this time for Dayton,
our course being mainly through the
valley of the Touchet, from which roll
away, away, into seemingly intermina-
BILE distance, the grass-covered hills and
plains that await the future develop
ment which shall surely crown them
the wheat fields of the world.
Mr.. Jesse Day, from whom the town
Of Dayton derives its name, is the orig
inal landowner here, and, unlike Mr.
Bruce, of Waitsburg, recognizes the diff
ference between "penny wisdom and
pound foolishness." The town, though
but three years old, has twice outgrown
its parent, and comprises many busi-
ness interests of great and growing i'm
portance, of which the flour and wooden
mills are justly chief.
We were here agreeably surprised at
being met by our friend, G.. P. Eckler,
Esq, who directed the coach to his resi-
dence, where we met his dear little wife
and bright-eyed children, who made US
truly welcome.
Two churches, Methodist and Presby-
terian-the latter not yet completed
grace the beautiful town, and in the
former we met large assemblies for
four consecutive evenings, and got the
credit of converting everybody who was
not a human rights Christian before
our advent. On the last evening, we
asked, at the close of the lecture, for
any woman who chad all the rights she
wanted" to rise to her feet.
One little woman of seventeen ma
ture summers, in compliance with the
punches and admonitions of her "pro-
tector,n whom she keeps boarders to
support, rose from her seat in solitary
and imaginary dignity, and expressed
herself Satisfied with her rights"
"Now, let some other woman rise,"
said we, but not another budged.
"And you have all the rights you
want ?" we asked.
eyes," she nodded.
"Stand up again, please, so we can all
see you"
She complied, as though used to inn
plicit obedience in all things.
"And you don't want to vote ?"
"No.n
"Well, my dear woman, you have
just UOted that you don't aOant to vote
You're unsexed now"
We felt sorry for her, she looked SC
crest-fallen.
''Now, gentlemen, what say you p
we continued. "Here is.this large as
sembly of ladies, and all are politically
and financially dissatisfied with theil
+ status save one, and she has already
voted once. Now, we would not by any
means interfere with the preferences o
this one. She has an inalienable righ
to her own opinion, and also to express
or withhold it if she chooses. But wha
we protest against is the will of on,
woman being allowed to overrule tn,
will of all the Others"
The meeting broke up in excellen
harmony, and it will be long before an
f other lady of Dayton will confess that
as non-voter, she "has all the right
she wants."
We here met Hon. J. B. Shrum, VIII
voted may" at Olympia upon the SUI
. frage question, who subscribed for tn
Peoples Paper to Investigate the ques
tion,n and who said he thought b.
ought to be in favor of Woman Suf
frage, "as his children are all girls
= Why his tOife was not supposed to hav
. some interest in the matter, too, we won
I dered, but didn't ask him. Maybe he'll
enIighten US when he sees these col
q umns.
? Mr.. Guernsey, son of the talente,
! lady worker in the suffrage cause il
, Michigan, is here, extensively engages
in merchandise, as also is Mr.. Belcher
another whole-seuled, wide-awake bust
ness man.
Mr.. Day, the town proprietor, is
genius in his way. The town is laid Of
! with its cardinal points to the S. E. an
Z n. W., instead of following the cardins
points of the compass, the object bein
4 to give three sides of every dwelling tn
full benefit of sunshine, and also to pre-
; tect the building from the fullest swee
=. of prevailing winds. This location
a considered especially healthy. Hund
reds of families can find homes with
. q radius of twenty miles, convenient t
n water and timber, the soil being es
. pecially adapted to raising stock an
4 wheat.
\ But this letter is outgrowing its a
lotted proportions, and, as we return I
Walla Walla, we take friendly leave {
9 you, gentle reader, till next week.