The Portland daily press., 1875-08-11
About Women.

Awoman will reach up and pull at q win
dow sash for few seconds quite good natured-
ly, but when il dosen't come down, and she turns
around and sees her husband comfortably look
| ing on, she mentally asks herself, sis civiliza-
fion failure?' and wades for him.
| Lucy Stone has been to see the Smith sisters
| at Glastonbury. Conn. She says Miss Julia
reads Greek as readily as other women do Eng.
| lish and Miss Abby amuses herself with the
| beautiful flowers around the house, and with
plearant interchange of opinion with her
| friendly neighbors. "As L went through the
rooms where these brave women live, it seemed
| to me that the spot whereon stood was holy
ground. Here began peaceful resistance to
the same kind of tyranny as that which caused
the war of the Revolution; and here, some day
as to Bunker hill now, will come men and wo-
men who are revereDt of the great principle of
| the consent of the governed, who respect cour-
age and fidelity to principle, and who will hold
at its true value the part which these two sis
ters have taken in solving the meaning of
| representative government"
| AS bride got out of the carriage she caught
her vail and tore it, and the bridegroom was ill.,
natured about it. Then when the functionary
said, ''Will you have this man?" SC. she said
"No," and that was the end Of that marriage.
Tie following incident in the life of Madame
| MacMahon is related: In the middle of the
| Winter of 1888 fire broke out in the female
| seminary at Limoges, France, and spread with
such rapdity that it was feared all the inmates
would perish. Suddenly there was cry that
one little girl had been left in her room. AS
the excited spectators were beginning 10 pray
| 70 tbo To tall Iotrl init
heveled blonde hair and flowing nightgown, cut
through the crowd. and, with shrek Of "I'n
save herp' that rose above the sound Of crack
ling timbers and falling masonry, dashed into
the the doorway. A loud hurrah that was pro-
logged to the echo only to be repeated again
attracted the attention of the devotees, and the
| pale-faced girl was seen skipping through the
flames with the terrified child. A few days
thereafter King Louis Philippe sent the hero
inc gold medal for her bravery, and cap
tain of the French army, who had witnessed
the girls pluck, begged an introduction. The
| captain is now President of France and the
brave girl Madame MacMahon.
Mary Ann Burns, described as q factory
| operative, was recently brought up at the Boil
ton (England) police court charged with be-
| ing in the public streets in male attire. On
being asked by the bench why she acted in
this manner, defendent said she could get 21s
per week as a stripper and grinder, and that
this was her object in dressing In male attire.
She was reprimanded and discharged.
Miss Sophia Smith of Northampton, Mass,
the founder of the Smith College for women,
was descended from line Of noble American
men, her ancestors having been widely promi-
nent in colonial affairs. Her father was an
| officer in the Revolutionary army and her
mother had been carrird into captivity to Can
ada in childhood. Born in 1876, she neverthe-
less got just enough of education in her youth
to create longing for more. From forty
| years of age she was afflicted with deafness,
which grew upon her and turned her thought
much inward, making her recluse and shy of
strangers. To friends, however, she was
agreeable in social intercourse, and If her in
trinity had not debarred her she would have
been the parton and prize of social inter-
course. Good sense and unusual personal
taste also distinguished her. Being deaf she
read much, and, as years advanced, more and
more in the Bible, of which she delighted to
quote the encenium of Sir William Jones.
Severa! ladies were sitting together on the
balcony of the Clifton, Niagara, the other
| night, when the moon, though "full." was not
demonstrative. A natty little fellow approached
the group and softly said, "Pussie, darling"
whereupon all the young ladies jumped up and
came toward him eagerly. He selected one and
walked away with her. The other brides sat
down and told their respective Romeos after
ward that it was ''too ridiculous for anything,
and that they "never were so embarrassed in
the whole course of their life"
There is a woman in the Blue Spring (Ky.)
neighborhood, Emily Twyman by name, 81
| years old, who has been confined to her bed
| ever since she was girl of 10. Yet for over
| 25 years she has had the exclusive manage
ment of family, and sews, knits, cuts and
makes clothing and gives great deal of atten-
tion to silk culture. She united with the church
about 20 years ago, and was carried to the
creek and baptized. She possesses wonder.
full cheerfulDess, enjoys vigorous health, ex-
cept for the infrmity which disables her, and
bids fair to live many years yet.
Mrs. John Adams issued the first Declara-
tion of Independence. Writing to her husband
months before the declaration at Mechlenburg
or that of Philadelphia, when the king first
issued his proclamation for the suppression OF
sedition. she said: 'This intelligence win make
| plain path for you, though dangerous one.
could not join, to, day, in the petition OF our
worthy pastor for a reconciliation between our
no longer parent state. but tyrant state' and
these colonies. Let us separate; they are un-
worthy to be our brethren. Let us renounce
them, and instead of suppcations, as formerly,
for their prosperity and happiness, let us be-
seech the Almighty to blast their counsels and
to bring to naught their devices"
Two charming and amiable young ladies at
Long Branch, who, a week ago, were the best
and dearest of friends, going about arm in
arm all the day long, do not speak to each
other now. Why? Because in an evil hour
they played croquet AMI took opposite sides!
When Chicago woman goes out into the
country and is chased by grasshopper, she
pulls off one of her shoes aud crawls into 1t
for safety.
Mrs. B. f. Johr son of Vncennes, Ind, has
had SS 1000, 600 left to ber by two uncles.
| A Long Branch correspondent says: II saw
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