Arizona weekly miner., 1875-07-09
LADIES WHO HATE DlSTING UISHED
 THEMSELVES IN ARIZONA.

LADEN WHO HAlE DISIINGUISfEL
 THEMSELVES IN ARIZONA.
 However much may be truthfully said oi
 the sex, all of the excellences of noble wo.
 man will never be known in this world. A
 heart full of womaniy virtues, head full of
 ripened knowledge, and a life full of good
 deeds, are more worthy of honor than queen
 on the throne of nation who measures not
 up to her high position in moral excellence,
 notwithstanding her head bears on the out
 side a, jeweled crown and her person be ap-
 pareled in royal robes. Only let her be what
 she was designed to be-the incarnation of
 virtue, tenderness and love,-then she is a
 guardian of the human race, and more than
 an angel to man. But if contrawise, she is
 the plague-spot upon the face of society, and
 is the ''fallen angel' to humanity. Woman, at the bare mention of the name, darkness seems to kindle into day.
 Without an invidious intent, it may be said that Mrs Harriet Turner stands at the head of the list of worthy names of noble women who have braved dangers and over come difficulties in coming into Arizona for Arizona's good Such were her many ex- cellencies and moral worth that she wcn her way to the hearts of all whose esteeI4 was worth having She entered the Territory with the first Government party in the com pany of her worthy husband, who was the first Chief-Justice of Arizona hence she was in Prescott at its commencement. and at the laying of the foundation of society. Worthily she filled her mission, and nobly performed her part of the work, in infuen- cing men of culture and the impressible minds of youth. So deep and abiding was the impression made, that the tender ones of that day will carry remembrance of it to the end of life. In her dear home and in the blessed Sabbath school she shone out in her own peculiar lustre, to a degree which none, since coming, have exec He'd; so that now, after the lapse of years since she left the Territory, her name is only to be men toned with respectful veneration.
 Mrs. .Cedarholm and Miss Garrison: These two ladies crossing the California Desert and the Colorado river, entered Arizona sometime in the year 1869, when vice and | immortality scarcely knew any bounds; with, it | may be, a martyr spirit, willingness to be i accounted heroines, and no doubt with | strong desire to promote morality and reli- zion in these ends of the earth. Hence, they inured themselves to hardships and | many privations; spoke, sang and prayed in heavenly and hellish places, even where purity and prudence hardly permitted a female to enter; and when the excrescences of society would utter their generations in many months, having made the circuit of the Territory, and put fort h numerous abor- tive efforts for the good of citizens and sol diers, they took their departure over dreary, dust -beclouded way into California, and thence probably to the East. Would that their well-intended efforts had been bestow- ed upon more willing hearts, and been with greater good; yet, however much might be said in favor of their hero ism, sacrifices and zeal, it is questionable whether their course was dictated by either human wisdom or prudence, in coming alone into country where the company and pro- lection of lawful associates seemed to be an necessity. After all, their names will be remembered, and their failures to accomplish good deplored for years to come. would not do them an injustice by mis- judging them from lingering reports; nor is t probable that the full merit of their works will be awarded them before the final day.
 Mrs. General Crook, Mrs General Small. Mrs. Col Bird, Mrs. Capt. Goodale, Mrs. Major Sumner, and Mrs. Col Lewis, who nave been connected with the different mili- tary Posts of this Territory, distinguished themselves in their several localities, and so imprinted their names and deeds upon many appreciatiTe minds and greatful hearts, that at the mention of which in future time, they will be fragrance, for they have been en- I 'almed "in memory's fond recollection"