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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-31

The Faribault District Grange, will hold o
picnic meeting in Butchers Block, September
%, at 10 o'clock q. m.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-31

Also the following described3parcels Of land,
situate in the town of Hutchinson, in the oun-
ty of Mcleod, in State 81 Minnesota, in said
district, according to the Recorded plat there
of, on file in the Office Of the Register of Deeds,
in and for said county, viz:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-31

The new Touring mill at Morristown is ex
pected to be in operation in the course of ST.
weeks
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-31

Stacking is completed and considerable thres
ing is already done.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-31

Studies will b. resumed a, the Bethlehem
Academy, in this city on Monday, September
lsl,
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From thu Martin County Sentinel J


Donnely and his Anti Monop. support
Cooper and Cary-the rag money Presidential
candidates.. Meanwhile the Republican and
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-31
The following advertisement appears in
the St. Paul Dispatch

NEWSPAPER wANrEp-A gentleman from the
east desires to purchase a Republican newspa-
per and remove to Minnesota Any publisher
desiring to sell may possibly, obtain a CUSTOM
er by notifying me. Communications Will lie
regarded Is confidential. II. =. Hall, 81. Paul.
And we rise TO remark lis mis- first
name Sammy
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number has rapidly Increased, and in
1875 there were at ten centres two hund-
dred and twenty-nine candidates in at
tendance. The difference is easily ac-
counted for by any one familiar with
the different systems pursued in the two
countries in training girls. There the
wealthy and middle classes are those
who devote themselves to the study of
the higher branches at the very age that
girls in this country are frequenting
large evening entertainments, reading
sensational novels, and making matri-
monial investments. Having been ed
ucated at fashionable boarding schools,
learned a smattering of French, little
music, and contracted vitiated taste
for drawing, they enter the lists, fresh,
witty, blooming girls of eighteen, with
determination to marry we'll and have
home; how untitled the majority are to
create that home, the divorce statistics
will show, and how utterly helpless
when thrown upon their own resources
is proved every day by the advertise
ments for 'plain sewing" even this,
the invariable resource of INDECENT
women, is often as much neglected as
the studies are, and when adopted as
make-shift, is often so poorly done as to
disgust those who are willing to furnish
work and support. If women, like
men, would adopt a profession for life,
and marry for lore, not lucre, they
would, indeed, be helpmeets, and it is
possible that divorce lawyers would be
forced to pursue some more dignifed
and legitimate branch of the profession.
CACTUS.
Washington, D. c., August, 1876
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"a TIME TO SWEAR. ="

The editor of the Christian Register
relates a story told by John G. Whittier
of a scene once witnessed by him in In
dependence Hall, a scene which now
seems impossible. 1t was of a slave
who had escaped from Maryland, and
had been living in Philadelphia for ten
years, free man. He had prospered in
business, had married, and was the
father of several children. At time
when he had given up all fear of being
returned to slavery, he was tracked by
professional slave-catchers, and was
brought before the court in that hall.
The evidence against him was conclu-
sive, and sympathy of friends, entreaties
of family, and prayers of the liberty
loving Quakers were alike unavailing.
Large numbers of the latter were pres
ent, who, after they had done what
they could for the hunted man, sat
quiet with bowed heads when judgment
was rendered against him. The hand
cuffs were applied the moment the ver-
dict was given, and the man was rudely
torn from the embrace of his weeping
wife and children. The Quaker men
and women sat with bowed heads, as
impassive as statues. Others gave ex-
preston to their indignation, among
them German, rough, strong fellow,
who swore such oaths as were never
heard in Flanders, terrible mixture ol
English and German profanity. He
doubled up his fists and called for ter
men to help him rescue the slave, but
he called in vain. The broadbrims did
not fall from grace, sore as was the
temptation. In concluding his recital
Mr.. Whittier quietly remarked, '1
never heard swearing sound so well.'
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BUsY OILERS,

If there is one thing more trying than
another, or than all others to an ener-
getic person, it is inefficiency in others.
The sort of people who are always
fussing about, always seemingly busy,
yet never accomplishing anything, are
the most trying of all crosses, and we
never have them fritter away their
time and our own with the rehearsal of
how much they have to do, without re-
calling the remark of our thrifty grand
mother touching one of these busy-idle
women, to the effect that "she was one
of the kind who could trot all day in a
peck measure" We are ready to admit
that these persons were exasperating,
even in our grandmother's time, and
when their conversation was mainly
concerning the number of "hanks" of
yarn they had spun, their bad luck
with the "blue dye" the length of time
required to "pick the geese" their la
bors in the "truck patch" ETC., ETC.;
but, if you want to bring the points in
the character of a do-nothing to the
surface, just get her interested in a re-
form of some kind. If you were to be-
lieve half the assertions made, you
would be constrained to think such a
person crowded from morning till night
with business that leaves them time
neither for rest nor pleasure. They
rush into your Office or sitting-room in
frantic haste, declare that they have
''not minnie to stop" and, while
with suspended pencil or silent sewing
machine you wait with almost feverish
impatience for them to depart, they
will talk interminably upon what they
would do if they only had time, and,
finally, having spoiled your morning
and ruffied your temper, they leave you
in a state between disgust and dis
traction. Get on a committee with
one of them if you wish to discipline
your temper and vote reform a nuisance.
Nothing is as it should be in the esti-
nation of busy-idler; but, if she only
had time now, everything would be in
shape. But dear me you have no idea
how much she has to do Here follows
recital that occupies the entire time of
the committee, and leaves the members
to make up a report, with vitality
spent, energies sapped, and patience ex-
hausted.
No, thank you No busy, inefficient
idlers for US. One energetic woman
who makes no pretensions to genius or
learning, but always has a stock of
good common sense at command, will
do more in one hour than a room-full
of inefficient, busy braggarts can ac-
cOmplish in month.
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The August number of the West SHOzC
closes the first volume. In order to
give encouragement to literary effort,
the publisher offers the sum of eighty
dollars in premiums to be distributed as
follows: First, a copy of "Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary" for the best
composition written by boy or girl
under IS years of age; second, a writing
desk (value, $l2), for the same written
by boy or girl under 13; third, Sl5 in
gold coin for the best article upon the
resources of Oregon written by any res
ident of the State; fourth, like sum
for the best article upon the resources
of Washington Territory written by a
resident thereof. Awards will be an
nounced on Friday, October 18th, in the
pavilion at the State Fair grounds. In
addition to these, $25 is offered for the
best Christmas story. The proprietor
of this periodical deserves great credit
for his untiring efforts to improve and
develop the literary tastes of the people
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OFT nP THEIR SPHERE.

Not the women this time, bless you.-
But men, those stickIers for sphere and
duty, those advocates of expediency and
the eternal fitness of things. The fol-
lowing true incident, taken from an
Eastern paper, illustrates the fact that
it is not women only who depart from
their proper sphere. The story runs
somewhat in this wise: During the old
days, when men only were on the Bos-
ton School Committee, and these were
elected oftentimes without any regard
to their fitness for the work, but merely
by the wire-pulling of ward politicians,
subcommittee of the body held
meeting to choose a teacher of sewing
for one of the girls schools. As might
be expected, a score of lady applicants
were in waiting, each well supplied with
specimens of her needle-work, and from
these specimens the committee were eX-
pected to judge of the applicants fitness
for the position coveted. The perplexed
men fumbled the sewing over and tried
to look wise, as the excellence of the
hemming, telling, tucking, over-sewing,
gathering, hem-stitching, and button
holes were descanted upon. There were
specimens of hand embroidery, mend
ing, and darning, and an exhibition of
new garments made over fIom old,
which the eye of woman would have
detected as being most cleverly done.
The gentlemen, anxious to discharge
their awkward duty with care, turned
the garments upside down, inside out,
and "hind side BEFORE" and tried to ask
questions. "Where did you learn to
sew ?" "How long have you sewed ?'
"Are these all the kinds of sewing to be
done ?" and like irrelevant questions,
caused the eyes of the ladies to twinkle;
they exchanged glances, and it became
evident to the nonplussed committee
men that the sewing were on
the point of laughing at them. They
finally asked the candidates to retire
while they made up their decision.
Left alone, they sat for a while in stu
pid silence, and then, as a clergyman,
one of their number, said, burst into a
hearty laugh.
"This is fix" said one.
Absurd" said another.
81 have it," said third. zone of
these women is Irish and a Catholic,
and as most of the girls in this school
are of the same nationality and religion,
let as elect her to the position"
1t was done, and consequently wom-
an utterly unable to do plain needle
work properly was appointed to teach
sewing in one of the public schools of
Boston.
Inasmuch as it is not expected of men
that they shall be encyclopedias OF
of knowledge, would it not be better for
them to acknowledge that there are
some things of which women are better
judges than they? We doubt not that
these committeeman would have an
swered this question in the affirmative
as they took their perplexed way home
ward and sphere-ward.
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WHAT SHALL BE DONE 2n

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST:
In answer to the above query made
and set forth in your last issue by
"Cynic," allow me to suggest a more
just principal than that found in Sec
ton 65l of our General Laws. In my
and all men punished by fine or impris-
onment who frequent houses "whose
steps take hold on hell"
In regard to protecting the unsophis-
general rule the women that this Sec
ton was enacted to provide punishment
for are in most instances victims of men
of mature years, while these women
are daily victimized at the present
time. Hence, this Section of the Gen
eral Laws savors of strong injustice and
bears evident impress of sex-legislation-
Think for moment of a body of wise
and strong men, glOrying in their
strength and wisdom, making laws to
punish those whom they delight to call
"weak," and make vaIorous show of
protecting, for sin committed by the
connivance and solicitation of members
of their own sex, while these last go
free. Again say, let this law be re-
versed and the fines collected be applied
toward lifting the victims of unholy
passion from the lower deeps into which
they have been plunged by broken
promises, outrageous fortune, cruel GUS
tom, or ungoverned will, and my word
for it, it will prove a wholesome moral
izer Correct and stringent discipline
for the supporters of houses of ill-repute
will do more to abate disgusting, de-
moralizing, social irregularities than
the prosecution of the keepers of dens
where all that is immoral feeds and
grows.
So let the reformers bring forward
petition for the reversal of the Section
quoted, and let the punishment be in
flicted upon those who, while they
loudly vaunt themselves protectors of
woman first by art and sublety cause
her downfall, and then punish, or seek
to punish, her for her fall. Nothing
can be more unjust than the law as it
now stands, and the very idea of men
setting themselves to "rigidly enforce"
law that they constantly help to vio-
lato, is absurd in the extreme. Their
efforts in that direction are too puny and
abortive to excite anything but derision,
and while they may cause vice to pre-
sent less unblushing front for few
weeks or mouths, aud back streets and
by-ways to be more frequented for
short time, it is too transient to benefit
any one, and the "shame- bought Silks"
bought with the money of men, soon
flaunt on the streets in as public man
ner as before. 1t will ever be thus so
long as one sex alone is ostracised by
society and oppressed by law for pre-
cisely the same misdeeds that the other
commits with impunity. JUSTICE.
Salem, August 10, 1876.
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Mrs. Mccormick, who murdered her
husband at Astoria on the 9th inst, has
been sentenced to the penitenJiary for
life. She made confession of her guilt.
MattisOn, the man who on the same day
made cowardly assault with a deadly
weapon upon Miss Rodgers, a most esti-
mable young lady, was sent up for one
gear. The one sent man as drunken
as herself to his "long account and last, i"
and by decision of men and operation OF
laws they have framed, received the
heaviest punishment possible. The
other attempted the life of woman be-
cause he could not induce her to recip-
rocate a passion he had conceived fol
her, and he is to be kept on prison fare
one year; yet men tell us that the laws
were framed for the protection and ben
eft of women! Further comment is
unnecessary.
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at home and our own restless wander

at home and our own restless wander
ings.
Just now we are quite disturbed. In
our desire to aid an ignorant widow who
has been left destitute with four chill
dren in a land where government claims
to protect women, we took her our
washing rather than patrOnize heather
Chinee, and she scorched and ruined
our best travelling dress, charged US two
dollars, and made us thank heaven for
Cinnamon and skilled labor. We hope
Cinnamon will continue to throng our
borders till no washer-woman can get
the ghost of a job, and every mother
who needs aid to raise dependent fam
lily can draw pension, as she should.
There We've spoken, and yonder
comes the train. A. J. D.
Laramie City, August 4, 1876.
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EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT.

The Holloway College for women, in
England, is rapidly approaching COM
pletion. The total sum given is about
81, $50, 900, and this is to be devoted to
educating unmarried women over sew
enteen years of age so as to qualify them
to pass the entrance examinations in
the universities. The study of the
classics will be optional. There will be
no religious test, and no student will be
obliged to attend any religious teach
ings that may be given. -Four years
residence will be the limit, except in
special cases. At each annual exami-
nation, four founders gifts of $3.50 each
will be awarded. 1t is specially pro-
vided that no male person shall reside
within the college, or any part of the
estate belonging thereto, and, to make
this rule inviolable, the lady superin-
tendent, and all the women employed
! in household work, must be unmarried.
This feature, which seregates the sexes,
| is one which persons who have wit
messed the advantages of co-education
heartily disapprove, and regard as det-
rimental to the great purpose of the
benefaction. Equal education and CO.
equal opportunities to pursue studies is
the true system, and the one which
will eventually prevail. The very idea
of arbitrary rulings in regard to the sex
of students, is one which advocates of
human rights have fought from the
first. The arbitrary exclusion OF
woman from the great universities OF
the world has caused the inmates fire.
quently to come forth when the time
was out-if not expelled before-as rude
reprobates, prepared for any exeesses,
; and addicted to many vices. The same
arbitrary ruling in the great colleges
that are going up for women will have
a corresponding evil effect upon theil
minds, and an unfamiliarity with the
, world, as they will find it when, nc
longer pent up by college walls, they &C
forth in the world to work. The health,
full, moral influence, and incentive to ef
fort and action, which the companions
ship of refined and studiOus young
women exert over the minds and charac,
ter of honorable and intelligent young
men, and Uice VerSa, is seen and acknowl
! edged by all, and, as they are brough
up together at home, and are expected
to associate together all their lives, it il
strange that social economists shOulC
r deem it wise to separate them while
preparing for life's duties and avo
cations
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-25

An earnest and practical worker in
the woman movement in the East
makes the following comments, which
are duly appreciated, upon this journal
and its course: 81 am quite charmed
with the NEW NoRTHwEsT, which
comes more up to my idea of wom-
ans paper than any know Of. have
never approved of paper that advo-
Gated woman's rights to the exclusion
of every other subject, Such papers
seldom succeed financially, and become
wearisome to the most earnest workers
in the cause.p
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SPECIAL SESSION OF THE q. S.
W, S. A.

The undersigned, Executive Com
mittee of the Oregon State Woman
Suffrage Association, hereby call a
special meeting of the Association to
convene at Salem, Oregon, on the 18th
day of September, 1876. The Conven-
ton will continue its sessions, with
usual intermissions, for three or more
days. First session at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
on the day specified.
II. A. LOUGHARY,
F. f. VICTOR,
A. J. DUNIwAY,
JACOB CONsER,
Z. NJ. ROoRK.
Elk. Com. o. S. w. 5. a.
August s, 1876.
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The death of Speaker Kerr leaves the
House without presiding officer. The
Clerk will call the House to order in
December next, and will preside until
Speaker is chosen. A recent act passed
by Congress contained a provision au-
thorizing the Clerk to sign warrants on
the treasury to enable members to draw
their salaries during recess.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-25

Poor old "Grandmother Abbott" he
of the Oregon Tribune, snivels through
another half column of "free love" bosh
as devoid of truth and of decency as is
the author thereof, his feeble attempts
at wit being entirely too pitiful to be at
all amusing, and directing the same to
us, gives up the ghost. AS this antag-
onist contains none of the elements
which inspires
"The fierce joy that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their STEEL"
we will reply not, but leave him tower
come with rage" his entire stock of
billingsgatespent, invectives exhausted,
and wit non est.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-25

Some time ago Miss Catherine l..
Wolf, of New York, gave $4,000 for
founding a school for girls in Nevada,
on condition that like sum should be
contributed by the citizens of the State.
Bishop Whitaker has succeeded in rails
ing the required amount, and the school
will soon open at Reno.
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NOTICE.

Agents will please take notice that it is a
great tax upon us TO pay express charges upon
small sums. and they will confer a great favor
by remitting to us through money orders or
registered letters.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-25

'My DEAR" said a gentleman to his
wife, "our new club is going to have all
the home comforts" "Indeed," was
the reply, "and pray, when is our home
to have club comforts? 2"
The New York herald., 1876-10-26
The price of the Herald has been reduced to,
three cents per copu
DIRECTORY FOR ADVERTISERS.

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The New York herald., 1876-10-26

TgiT 5Ky ATqTJHs IGRspah sA5k ocropEn as
.. At sf4SIE s.; sss SHfSEk ST., .c,s
soSisSs * pS
ELEGANT CARRIAGES ASp WAGONS SUPERIOR
If
track slx.y: .aS show better ID
adG s q IT perfect
ALSO FAST And HUH BRED BAY TRoTrER AR
LINGroN ioh hands years old bred and raised in the
sass 9f and w: Ss1sss. ss
haved good in company and speed fast
but with proper handling rI rank with the best the
be driven lady and is warranted sound and
I S TH AND PTsws
q
h heat 81 Point Breeze track she Is warranted sound
ELEGxNr TEAM OF BLACK aELDINGs. BLACK
old: are raised Maine
n"s % have s n s
good feet pull aroad together inside 40 and
d Kim Of
M6 qM6 iRE I sAK srk Ior ror WAS AND SHAFTS
2EE pEysE sE WTa 12f
Sale POSITIVE, RAIN OR SHINE.
A MAJOR CHAs. W. BARKER AUCTIONEER
A.CAPT GEORGE d. HANNA, Of Bourbon county KEN
TUCKY. his nineteenth GRAND aud unparsi-
leled hi shy bred TROTTlNG, COACH SA DDLB
stock just arrived from KENTUCKY TO take place at BAR
Kkk SONS City Auction Mart and N. Y. Tatterssils
Of Broadwav and seth Wednesday next No
vember l. at eleven O'Clock. and comprising
TWENTY HEAD. including several of the fastest green
rottsrs in America that can trot 10 from $50 down
2:u: several fine coupe cart Horses number Of
PRtMIuM CONFINED, all gated SADDLE and harness
HORSES, and the following MATCHED TEAMS PAIR
BLACKS, 1Cls high PAIR of Dappe Grays, 151s high
PAIR Of sorrels l5 high and PAIR Of Browns i6 high
all warranted sound and kind and all Of the ashiona
BILE Kentucky trottng blood
STOCK Now the mart for TRIAL All arc invited 10
como AT ONCE. any time PREVIOUS to sale, and
the saddle and driving quail les and SPEED any
the lot BEFORE bidding.
CATALOGUES READY. Sale positive. No postpone
mcnt.