The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-07-21
MISCELLANY.
JOSIAH ALIENS WiFE ON THE
PRODIGAL SON."

1t is enough to make anybody's blood bile
in their veins to think how different sin is
looked upon in man and woman / say sin
Is sifiy and you can't maks goodness out of it
by parsin' it in the maskaline gender no
more'n you can by parsin' it in the feminine
or neutral. And wimmin are most to blame
in tiiis respect about holdin' up male sinners
and stampin' down female ones. Wimmin
are meaner than pusley about some things,
and this is one of them. They will go and
kill the fatted calf with their own hands to
feed the male prodigal that has been livin' ON
husks. But let the woman that. has been
boarding ON the small bundle Of husks ask for
q little mite of this veal critter, and will she
ger.ita MOI she won'r get sorntcb 5Ls o.
the huffs She will be told to keep ON eatin'
her husks, and after she has gone through
with them to die, for after woman has once
eat husks she can't never eat no more vittalsl
And if she asks meekly why her stomach is SO
different from the male husk eater, who went
right off from husks tofattened calves, they'll
say to her what is a sin in woman hain't a
sin in man, Men are SIGH noble creeturs
that they will be a little wild--it is expected
of 'em but after they have sowed their wild
oats they most always settle down and make
the best of men. "Can't settle down too? !"
cries the poor woman 81 am 81. k of husks ;
want to live good life in the sight of God
and man cant settle down too?"
eyes you can settle down in the grave !"
they say to her When woman has sin
tied that is all the place there is for her--a
woman cannot be forgiven. There's an old
sayin', Go and sin no more But that is
eighteen hundred years old--awful old fash
iofied."
And then, after they have feasted the male
husk-eater on this gospel veal, and have fell
on his neck and embraced him few times
they will take him into their houses and marry
him to their purest and prettiest daughter,
while at the same time they won't have the
female ht,slser in their kitchen to- wash their
own dirty linen. / say it is a shame and dis
grace for the women to bear all the burden of
sufferin' and all the burden Of shame too ; it
is mean, cowardly piece Of business, and |
should think the very stones would go yellin'
at each other 30 see sfcff injustice. But Jo-
siah Aliens children hain't bin brought up in
no such kind Of way. They have bin brought
up to think that sin of any kind is jest as bad
in man as it is in a woman, and any place of
amusement that is bad for woman to 60 to
is bad for q man.
Now; when our Thomas Jefferson was a
little Teller he was bewitched togo to circuses,
and Josiah said, :" Better let him go Samantha;
it hafrf't no place for wimmen or girls, but it
won't hurt boy"
Says /, "Josiah Allen the Lord made
Thomas Jefferson with jest as pure heart as
Tirzah Ann, and no bigger eyes and ears, and
If Thomas Jefferson goes to the circus, Tirzah
Arm goes too
That stopped that. And then he was be-
witched to get with other boys that smoked
and chewed tobacco, and Josish has jest that
easy turn that he would let him go. But says
/, g Josiah Allen, if Thomas jefferson goes
with them boys and ges to chewin' and
smokin' tobacco, shall buy Tirzah Ann a
pipe" And that stopped that.
And about drinkin', says !, "Thomas
jefferson, if it should be the win Of Providence
to change you into wild bear, l wiz chain
you up, and do the best can by you. But,
| if you ever tcrn yourself into wild beast by
drinkin', will run away, for | never could
stand it--never." And continued, If ever
see you hangin' round bar-rooms and
tavern-doors, Tirzah Ann shall hang too"
Josiah argued with me, q 1t don't look SO
bad for boy as it does for girl" Says 4
"Custom makes the difference but when
liquor goes TO work to make fool and brute
of anybody II don't stop to ask about sex il
does jest tie came BY man and woman and
to look down from Heaven guess imam look.
as bad layin' dead drunk in gutter as a wo
man does, says l. stThings look differeL