Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-12-21
To the Editor Of the Husbandman :

| noticed in your last issue very excel 6
let article on the subject of s Woman's "
Rights" and | must say | think the n
fair writer handled the subject admirably t
as far as she went, but from my standpoint, 5
/ beg permission to say that I think one of /
the most essential features of woman's {
rights has been overlooked and neglected. l
am a great stickler for Woman's rights, and i
love to dwell with, fondness on the theme,
and While I ana willing to accord to the fair
sex a1J their rights, ask pardon if COM
plain when they do not exercise them. u,
Every fourth year, and the customs of the
country, so I'have been informed has ac-
corded to unmarried ladies the privilege and
right to choose partners, swing out and
form line to slow music, in front of the
priest or magistrate, and then waltz or with
their mate old styleto the tune. Of the leap
year waltz. Now this leap year is far spent,
and as. .far stassmy knowledge extends, not
one of them has ayailed themselves Of this
peculiar right. |, for one, have waited IN
maiden moderation fancy tree, so to speak
for fear Of trespassing on their rights. |
hold them;so sacred, and I can truthfully as
sert that, none of my acquaintance have
been so besieged with applications as
to cause the rejection Of any or necessitate
an appeal to the authorities for protection.
Such is fate-such is woman's rights. Only
few more days Of leap, year remain, when
if we are not g scooped up we will reverse
our shingle and inscribe on the outer face,
"No woman's rights need apply
A few days SINCE while the llaborers were
at work grading on the new Butte road,
they, unearthed a skeleton OF poor 10,
with all his beads, jewelry and implements
= of war that were buried under a pile Of loose
= = rocks. In what year he hid under, those
: rocks. what name; he used in signing NJ:
: last treaty, whether he was a chief or onl,
! a roustabout, and whether he yielded UP HI
ghost voluntarily, or. was the victim OF q
J. outrage, his papers don't state, but in jus
tice to his memory, the citizens with one az
"a cord; yonchsafe him to be, good lndia
IT he's SO dead. His implements OF Warfai
~ consisted of a small tomahawk and 81
knives of.different sizes, some OF them badl
corroded, and one Of them nearly eaten
Fl two by rust, and the handles all decaye
One knife is about sixteen inches long al
- double-edged. The tomahawk is small al
~ not much rusted, and deeply indentEee'da Ee'a:
= one side is the word 'sDubuc, !" this M
l,o ne lead to his Identification. The, handle
~ small and round and in agood state OF pre-
-, ~ ervation to all appearances as SOUND as as
o'' was the day it was put in. The bracele Gel
o,d Gonna Of the heads are badly TuSt-eaIe
H. while the chord on which they are stru
~, is stout and well preserved. A small a
., mails tusk with q hole pierced in one eI
o. 'o,os an old-fashion metal button and few loo
&c. of hair with the paint on, is all we Know
~, his history, and that he once lived and or
: -. rations. ,Whcnthe Indian Peace Comm
~ sioners make their next annual visit TO
h1a mountains, it is proposed to. present.
skeleton to them in the interest," OF sclel
-. and to swell their museum of LOW CT
this osities. t teHl6
Ia Ia Iappend an .epitaph on poor 70, an
~ : his spirit should glance, back from the hsl
''h' hunting grounds and chance to read Cd
ven lines. he can't help but admire the St
s''s with which treat his case.
t Lie still poor red, ss..
lese You are too dead
H.f1 For any more ponies to stea
el BE quiet where You are, a
6. tE You are done raising ha n i s45
3 For once you've got square deal
ot, The weather is mild and pleasant.
,ow- only news of Importance is, that Gran
one President, and Tilden and hayes
very I. counted out''f on account of lntimida