The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-05
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Miss Louisa N. EAlcott has lroll &C
cOuntin TRs RoRGa's Journal ofthe ex-
periences enjoyed by herself and other
women Of Concord at the Centennial Gel.
ebration. They could get no seats, and
when they intrIlded on The platform were
told they could set or stand anywhere
they ChO0Soin the town Of COncOrd ex'
Cepting that particular place. The fair
daughter of Concord continues: a
This gracious reply made me very glad
to decsend into the crowd again, for there
at leust gOOd.nature reigned; and there
We stood, placidly surveyed by the men
who occupied the sGatsSet apart iOr MS
not one Of whom stirred, though the
grandmother Of Boston waited in the
ranks. My idea Of hospitality may be
old-fashioned, but L must say | fell
ashamed OF Concord that day, when all
could offer my guests, admiring pilgrims
to this "AIecca Of the mind was the ex'
treme edge Of m unplane'l board; for,
when the gods were settled, leave wa
given us to sit on the rim Of the platform
Perched there like a flock Of tempest-toss'
ed pigeons, we had the privilege ofrePOs'
ing among the sacred boots Of the CANA
liels at whose feet we sat, and Of listening
TO thelrcmarks Of the reporters, who evil
IDENTITY felt that the room Of the almighty
Press should not be cnCrOached upon even
by hairs breadth.
AN, ,,Iooo TO- ,pnn,n,, y 0rn,VlaI nno
"Never was fitter,H answered u strong
mined lady standing on one foot.
bought to have come earlier, il they
come ut all"
$50 they would II they had not obeyeIl
orders. Never will again.
"Don't sec why they couldn't be CON
tented with seeing the procession"
because they preferred poetry and
patriotism TO fuss and feathers"
"BettCr have it all their own way, next
time"
"No doubt they will, and hope We
shall all be there TO rel" .rI ..
SO the dialogue ended in u laugh, and
the women resigned themselves to cold
shoulders all around. But M ! looked
about inc, il was impossible to help think :
ing that there should have been place
for the great granddaughter Of Prescott,
William Emerson, John Hancock, and
DR.. Ripley, ~ well as for Isaac Davis's
old sword, the scissors that cut the i'm
mortal cartridges, and the ancient flag
some woman's fingers made. Il seemed
to me that their presence on that plat
form would have had deeper signiti.
canoe than tho gold lace which adorned
one side, or the senatorial pOnderOsity
under which II broke down on the other
and that the men Of Concord had missed
a grand opportunity Of initiating those
whose memory they had met to honor;
Tho papers have told the tale oil that
days exploits ind experiences, but the
papers did not get all the little items, and
some OF them were rather funny. Just
before tho services began, distracted
usher struggled in to Inform Judge Hoar
that the wives Of several potentates had
been left out in the cold, and must he ac-
commodated. Great was the COmmOtion
then, for these ladies being hobs to politi'
cal kites, COULD not be neglected; so n part
of the seats reserved for women were
with much difficulty cleared, aud the
Select precious" set thereon. Dear ladies !
how very cold and wretChCd they were
when they got there, and how willingly
the "iree and Independent citizenesses" Of
Concord fOrgave them for reducing their
limited quarters to the point Of "unoGa-
ton, rs they spread their cloaks over tne