Smyrna times., 1877-04-11
Ministers Wives.

parsonage. In this neighborhood a pastor |
has very little assistance from his wife in
parish work. None is expected, and none
is desired. The most popular pastors have
as quiet homes as any merchant in the !
land. The ladies are left to themselves, to
select their own society, and choose the
circle in which they will move. DIR. Lord
married an Indian girl. She brought to
Buffalo the VIGOROUS training of her camp
life. She was a splendid rider, and drew
the relns over pair Of ponies that few
gentlemen would care to handle. Your
correspondent met Mrs. Lord at a northern
association to which her husband was
delegate. She brought with her her guns,
dogs, and tield-trappings. The ladies in
vited her to attend the female prayer
meeting in the morning. She frankly de-
clined, saying, {" could not think of it, |
am going hunting; that's what came here
for" And she spent the day in the woods,
as she did every day during the meetings.
Her peculiarties did not dim the lustre of
her husbands pastorate, which covered a
period of over 40 years.
Mrs. Beecher has never done any pas
torate work. In other days, when Mr..
Beecher's residence was crowded with cal
lers, she kept the door. Very gracious
and winning to her friends, she is said to
be; to the stranger she wore a frowning
aspect. There has always been a little
coterie in Plymouth church as exclusive as
that which surrounds the queen. Outside
of this Mrs. Beecher has seldom ventured
during all these years.
Mrs. Cuyler has never done any pastoral
work. She lives in an elegant mansion on
Oxford street. She is lady of elegance
and refinement, and whatever society work
has been needed has been performed by
Mr.. Cuyler's mother. She resembles her
son in size and nervous force, and the
prosperity Of the Lafayette avenue Presby-
terian church owes very much to the
in,!omitable energy and untiring labors of
this lady.
Mrs. Talmage is very popular in the
parish. She is the centre Of its social life.
She presides over the social gatherings of
the church although she does no visiting.
She is a lady Of medium size; with a cheer
full and sparkling presence, decidedly
talented, but not Extensively prominent
Nobody annoys Mrs. Duryea. She is a
lady of feeble health, and can scarcely
attend to her home duties. Her husband
has, what nearly every important New
York church possesses, one or more ladies
Of wealth and culture, who make it their
especial business to look after the social
affairs of the parish. We had one minister
here who had been a lawyer. His wife
sent back some cards left for her, with the
note that she married a lawyer, and not a
minister; that her husband had changed
his profession, but that she had not
changed hers. She should select her own
company, and receive only those who were
agreeable to her.-Ne,0 York paper.
Miss Alta NJ. Hulett, the woman lawyer
of Chicago, who has just died in California,
was most cordially and regretfully talked
about at a meeting of the Bar Association
of that city the other day. The meeting.
attended by the most emminent lawyers of
the city, was called specially to take action
in regard to her death, and the resolutions
which were adopted bore eloquent testi-
mOny 10 Miss IIulett's noble character, in.
dustry, and learning. The second resolu-
ton runs thus: "ReSolced, That although
the legal profession has hitherto been
almost, if not altogether, considered as ex.
clusively for men to practice, yet we freely
recognize Miss Hulett's right to adopt it as
her pursuit in life, and cheerfuly bear
testimony to the fact that in her practice
she never demeaned herself in any way un.
becoming a woman. She was always true
| W hSl anu lllGlI lulGIGSlS3 OQG she
was equally true to her sex and her duty
and if women who now are, or hereafter
shall become, members of our profession
shall be equally true, It's honor will never
be tarpished, nor the respect, good will
and esteem which it is the duty and pride
of man TO accord to woman be in the least
diminished by their membership" A
brother lawyer said of her: "She marked
out an original career as a woman lawyer
and succeeded more brilliantly in the two
or three years of her practice than any
lawyer | ever knew. In fact, it is my
opinion that the history of the profession
does not furnish an instance of man of .;
years of age attaining, as she did, almost
first rank among lawyers. | have been as
sociated with her in one very complicated
and difficult chancery case, and knev
enough of her professional business to judg
pretty well of her ability as q lawyer, Sh
seemed almost inspired in the courtroom
and never lost case before a jury.
Unlike Mr.. Tlden, the contributions O
|, Mr.. Peter Cooper to the cause he represent
are made without the intervention of
nephew. He sends the following to til
Indianapolis Sun, greenback paper: I"
herewith inclose a check for twentv.fv
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, an abiding faith in the principles of tina
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to enlighten the people in order to secur
: its triumph. For this purpose l rejoice I
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