Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-24
FEMININE DEVOTION.

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FEMININE DEVOTION.
1t is a thousand pites that the heroic de-
vOtion shown by women in humble stations
in life could not find worthier objects.
There is a young woman dying in hospital
of wounds given by her lover in drunken
fit, in which he twisted her arm till he
broke it yet the girl steadfastly refuses to
say one word about the quarrel for fear OF
making trouble for him. If she dies with
out giving her testimony he cannot be con-
victed, as he was the only witness. There
was good blood in that girl, no matter
what she was, and stout heart better |
worth song and story than any we read |
about this year. The brute goes out with |
out trouble, through the devotion of the |
girl but all the same, he leaves her to die |
mserably in hospital.
THE sHOP-GIRL QUESTION.
The shop girl are moving for their rights
1t appears that they are compelled to re-
port for dutya S A. NJ, and stay till 7 p. NJ,
with an hour for lunch at noon. What
they complain of is the regulation that is
made in all the stores, from Stewards down
that they cannot sit Gown during trade
hours. No matter whether there be Gus
toners or not, no matter if there be not
soul in the store, the poor girl must stand
on her feet ill the welcome stroke of twelve
gives her an hours respite. And then
from one to seven she stands again, till
worn out with fatigue she crawls to her
wretched lodgings, only to go through the
same torture the next day. y number of
influential ladies, the most prominent in
fashionable circles in the city, have taken
the matter in hand, and have petitioned
the leading merch ants 10 abragate this
rule, and permit the girls to sit when it can
be done without interfering with their
duties. They have examined some of the
girls and found them all afflicted with
YariCO5e veins, weakness of the spine, and
more or less with female diseases, all of
which, medical men say, results from this
| practice. The merchants, in defence, say
| that to alter the rule would be to do away
with discipl inc, and impair the efficiency of
their help, and that they will not change
the rule. The girls do this fearful amount
of work for wages ranging from $500 to
800 per week, and severe as it is, were
! they all to quit tomorrow, there would be
ten thousand not only willing but anxious
to take their places. And they have init
mated to the benevolent ladies that they
had better mind their own business.
But what l wanted to get at is this ::
what kind OF a life is it that girl leads
that cOmpels her to work twelve hours per
day for s. per week She pays Sc for her
board, for which she gets little hall bed
room, without fire, and the vilest table i'm
Imaginable. Her washing she does partly
herself, but that which she has to have
done costs at least 81 pei week. This
leaves her dollar for clothes, medicines,
and what luXuries she has. And misera-
ble as this life is. there are twenty thous-
and girls in this city to-day who would cry
for JOY to get. The numbers who live 10
garrets on such food as they can get for al
most nothing is appalling. Is it any Won
der that the bagnios are full to overtlowing
and that suicides are of daily occurrence
IL seems to me that life on such terms
would hardly be worth having
TWEED
is still non est, and the meaning Of it is no
one knows or can imagine where to loob
for him. The officials have dozen theo
, ries, but as not one Of them lead to the
J place where he is, they might as well have
none. The general impression is that he
is in good hiding in this city, waiting til
he can make terms with the city for an un
r conditional release. This NAV, or not, b.
the correct idea, but weather the venerable
thief is in New York or Belgium, he i
, doubtless waiting for q settlement in very
safe place. His counsel are preparing th
way in the courts already, and when theI
| get through work the Boss will make hi;
appearance and take charge Of the cit,
, once more. There is no danger OF his eve
being Caught lie had his plans too wei
laid, and there are too many promiuen
D men interested in his escape for that.
: BEECHER.
Plymouth Church is at last, acting OF
D the offensive. Beecher nd Shearman. h;
l lawyer, have decided to be no longer quie
but to strike back They have refuset
Mrs. MoutOn's demand for an inves .iga
ton, they have squelched Deacon West
and they have said to the other Congrega
tional Churches that were interfering will
Plymouth, "What are you going TO d.
about it ?" In short, Bro. Beecher pro
poses to paddle his own canoe without an,
interference from the other Churches. Ill
feels that Plymouth Church is strong
enough to go on alone, and he don't care 6
straw whether the Congregational body
recognizes it or not. Of course, the othel
, Churches will refuse to consider it as {
member of the general body, and Plymouth
church will stand alone-an Independent
bOdy-an association all by itself. Mrs
Tildon is keeping boarding house il
Brooklin, and her daughter, Florence, i.
: doing copying for lawyers. Theodore i:
lecturing in the West, Beecher, now tina
: he has taken the step, is happy once more
BUSINESS.
) There is no such thing as business. The
: merchants are nothing, that is, the whole
salers. The retail people are doing fair
holiday trade, and that is all. When l say
r fair, l should say light, for it is not 81
! heavy by halfa that of former years. Al
: other lines of trade are as dull as dull car
L be. Thank your stars that you are not in
: New York.
= PIETRO.