The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-04
PAUPERIsM BXEMPLIFIED.

Scarcely a week passes but we see
them-these undeniable evidences of
woman'simpecuniosity and nonentity-
as set forth in notices" similar to those
given of estray animals, with display
letters and exclamation points empha-
sizing the fact that "my wife has left
my bed and board, and I hereby warn
all persons not to harbor or trust her on
my account"
Nay, the simile above given is scarce
ly correct, for no man would forbid his
neighbor to furnish food and shelter
even to a sheep or dog; but has aOife-
another sort of an animals one to
whom he is bound by no considerations
of humanity after she refuses to longer
remain in his service a servant without
salary.
That the means which he refuses to
share with her are the undivided earn
ings of a joint life of economy and toll,
makes not the slightest difference.
They are his to have and to hold, though
acquired in part, or, as is often the case,
mainly by the labor and self-denial of
the silent partner of the matrimonial
firm. That which would be sufficient
to cause a mans indictment and SEN
tence for grand larceny, were the de-
frauded person other than his wife, is
tolerated and even protected by law,
and the woman partner is sent, or, if
you will, goes, penniless into the world,
followed by the stinging, humiliating
taunt of one who has become we'll to-do
by her aid, as be, seizing and holding all
the property, publishes to the world
that not farthing of the same shall go
to furnish to her food, shelter, or raj
ment. Not content with keeping her a
pauper for years, while prompt payment
of a tithe of her earnings, or just div
idend of joint accumulations, would
have rendered her independent, he with
unblushing effrontery publishes his own
dishonesty and greed and her pauperism
by notices similar to the following:
THIS Is To NOTIFY ALL PERSONS THAT
Il my wife, Isabella McCarter, has deserted
me, and that will pay no bills contracted by
her. HENRY MCCARTER.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT MY
~ wife, Amelia Yokum, did, on the 9th day
OF July, 1876, without just or legal cause, leave
my bed and board. l, therefore, give public
notice TO all persons not to harbor or trust her
fnnr I will no Or in nv
become responsible for any debts or contracts
she may make. JACOB L. YoKUM.
Why is it that the Isabellas and
Amelias, when go they must, thus de-
part in beggary, while the Henrys and
Jacobs, who depart quite as frequently,
take with them the entire proceeds of
joint years of toll, or remaining, have
and hold the same exclusively?
Our sapient lawmakers tell US that
women are protected by the men and
the laws that they frame. Does this
look like it? They tell US that women
do not suffer oppression. What would
be the verdict of every man of them,
were but one man thus sent penniless
into the world, his poverty advertised,
and his share of life-time's earnings
withheld? a? What the verdict, if, after
years of unrequited toll with tyranni-
cal or brawling woman, he, unable to
longer live such life, should find him
self compelled to advertise for a ser
wants place in a respectable family,
giving his wife and daughters for refer
ence? Lest the unsophisticated think
this a picture ludicrously overdrawn,
we subjoin the following, which ap-
peared directly underneath the first no.
tiee above quoted, in an exchange from
the interior:
NTANTED-a situation in some respectable
w family as a servant References, Henry
McCarter and sons.
Mrs. ISABELLA MCCARTER.
We presume that the references given
will be considered the best, as doubtless
the woman has served them long and
faithfully. Let Us hope that her en-
gagement as tire-woman will be more
remunerative in the future than it has
been in the past, so that if her situation
becomes from any cause intolerable, she
may not, on leaving it, be advertised as
pSuper.