Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-26
For the Free Press and Times.
My Dear Woman.

Did You know what You did yesterday,
when you signed thas paper2 Yes. hubby
wanted me 70 sign it-said 1t would be a
great relief to him, etc. And | would
sign anything he wanted me TO sign You
little fool. you decided away all right and
title to the roof over your head, to your
children : home, to the only spot except
the grave to which You have any title.
| Hubby will take care Of you? Yes, he
| means to. lie will If he can. but he is
near the bottom of the hill and now you
have fooled away the very last chance he
had. You didn't know anything about it
| know 1t, you precious, loving little thing
| don blame you. You were brought up to
be pretty. to feel that it was vulgar and
masculine to know anything except the
polka, flowers. little French, and algebra.
and the fashions. You weren't educated to
be tcoman but to be girl Now girl is
a nice thing, but when she Is no longer
that, she ought to be rOmGa. You are
wife. What OF art It required to be that.
You acquired. but what DO you know about
business Come. now, give me a definition
OF warranty deed-what j. mortgage
what arc your legal rights a. a married
woman? Don't know? Of couise YOU
don't. You are NOT dull. You are uncom-
monty bright and sharp. You have gradu-
atei at the best of seminaries, but Won
don't know anything about business any
thing about legal forms. Say, what's the
difference between real and personal estate,
between quit claim and warranty? Don't |
know, and don't care. hubby knows. Well, |
you will wake up one of these mornings,
and find yourselijust slipping over Niagara.
babies, hubby and all.
What am | driving at? Just this, viz
w omen Oupht m EDo,e cona.h,,r A..
they can tell, after they have written their
name, whether it is on a marriage certif-
cate or death warrant. Girls should be
taught all that non-prOfessiOnal men ought |
to know. about legal forms, legal rights,
Titles u property, instruments Of convey
ance. wills. etc. etc. You may get a reck-
less husband. a spendthrift. You NAV be
widow. You want knowledge enough to
protect you from being imposed upon by
anv body.
Girls. you ought to knolc something.
The men know none too much. Ignorance
is not very pretty thing, even for hand
some woman. kno leCge of practical
things does not mar the beauty of the love-
hest girl. Learn something about business
Ting GuBERNAToRIaL QUESTION - The
Snbernatorial cauldron is boiling and bub-
bling iurlously, and 1t is impossible TO pro
ict. at this time. what the result will he.
During the past week the name of the Hon.
Jhare- Dewey, OF this place. has been
brought forward by snms of his many
friends; while Il correspondent Of the
IndsOr Journal adds t the already nu-
nervous list the names of Hon. Samuel W
'0rter. of SprInl field. ana Hon. William
VI. Plngry, ui Noaiherstield. Meanwhile
here Is great d"a 81 good sense in what
he Cdiedonian says: As far as we can
Judge, the man whom the people want is E.
}. Walton, of Montpelier and one who com
letely fills the bill W. Waichman.
We do not understand that there is any 4
pposition to Col. Joyce's reelection, nor 4
o We know Of any TO the return to Congress
I MIR. Denison, except what we see in the
;iobe. There is no other paper in the State o