Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-02-20

following in your Issue of the 9th
inst, in your report of the Sawyer
trial at Haverhll: "ThrOughout
the hearing there has been a large
proportion of the audience women,
who seem disposed to stand any
amount of squeezing and pushing
provided they can satisfy their in
nate love of hearing and seeing ev.
cry thing that is said and DONE"
A very remarkable paragraph for an
editor. 1t must be very taking with
the ladies. But as they read it they
may take warning and stay ut home
in the future, especially if they
know that the editor of the OPINION
will be present. tor such gallantry
will be more than they can bear.
The "squeezing"i is nothing c0mpar
ed to it. Ladies have an climate
love- to see and hear "everything
that is said and done p The men,
poor innocent creatures, do not want
to know anything that is done! OF
course not. Was it not for this ''ln-
nate love" in women to see and hear
everything, reporters for the press
would not find it necessary to go far
or near to gel an account of fires, mur-
derS, Beecher scandal, and the like.
What an increase Of subscribers
must your most excellent remaks on
the ladies secure for the OPINION.
Ladies now of course must see it,
and read it too
But to the ''sQueezing"-I do not
think they have suffered much by
"squeezing". Their forms are as
good as before so far us | know.
But if it has come to pass that
ladies' must have their heads blown
off, they feel "a little interested to
know who are most likely to do it.
their own husbands or strangers.
think most of the Piermont ladies
would as yet rather risk their heads
in care of their husbands than
strangers. And if it is coming to
be public opinion that husbands are
as likely to kill their wives as stran
gers would be to kill them. Pier
mont ladies wish to have it known
that they, at least, have not yet lost
faith in their husbands. But what
was there so improper in ladies' be-
ing present ? Were they in your
way I? Didn't you get room enough !?
Again, you say in your report of
Mondays proceedings, "Notwith-
standing it was washing day, the
number of ladies was quite large"
| know not how it may be OIL Yer
mont side, but Oh New Hampshire
side l have not noticed much filth.
Perhaps some of them washedlbefore
they went into court. And again
did you know that some families in
New Hampshire are in circumstan-
ces that allow them to hire their
washing done occasionally9
But the ladies lived long before
BRADFORD OPINION was thought of,
and they will continue to live when
that little sheet shall have been for,
gotten for ages unnumbered.
ZERO.
IT is with pleasure that we pub
lish the above communication. If
there is anything which delights all
editor it is to have one of his arti.
cles "wake up" some reader and
have such reader make a reply. 1t
shows that what he has written is
read by somebody. 1t is well, there
fore, for him once in q while to
throw in sentence which will draw
somebody out. We do not wish
Zero" or any other reader to sup
pose that we believe that an climate
love to see and hear all that is said
and done," is confined to the wo-
men. Bless, you, no; the sons of
Adam have as big bumps of curios-
ity as the daughters Of Eve, and
will 90 as far and stand as much
"squeeziug" to hear a bit Of scan
dial. In making this statement we
are aware that we conflict with the
opinions of Fowler and other phre-
nologists; but we don't care, we
must say something, you know, to
make the paper "taking with the la.
dies"
We are really glad to know that
the 'Iadies did not suffer much by
the squeezing" We should have
felt very bad if they had. When the
writer tells us that "their forms are
as good as BEFORE" our heart is
filed with unbounded delight. We
may add that $50 far as we know
the above assertion Of Zero" is the
exact truth.
Fortunate women of Piermont
Ye, who had "rather risk your
heads in care of your husbands than
who have not lost all
faith in your husbands, and who are
able to hire your washing done.' We
congratulate you upon having such
husbands and such homes truly
may you say with the Psalmist.
'The lines are fallen unto me in
pleasant places; yea, l have a
ron6lv haritoUo