Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-04-20

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ItIOn from New York Ia tins cuas;
with a cargo Of lJO women. The
results OF that novel enterprise, if
fully understood in the East. are
such as TO encourage the movement
Of women TO the West. Having
been a passenger in the ship Cone
f,""ntdl, l can speak from the record.
Col. Mercer, who originated and
carried out the enterprise, was a
resident of Washington Territory,
aid was moved to act because of the
scarcity of women in the Territory
aud the want of their refining influ-
ences. The Puget Sound country
was filled up with single men, COM
ing generally from good families in
the East; but, thrown upon their
own resources in a country where
woman's society was not to be had,
they naturally fell into habits of
carelessness, and frequently so far
forgot their early training as to be-
come habitual loungers in the bar
rooms. Believing that these un-
pleasant tendencies could be over
come by the introduction of good
women, the work was undertaken in
earnest in the Summer of 1865.
As to the great labor of organ z
ing, and the delays before the de-
parture in January, 1866, the public
were pretty we'll informed at the
time. The various vexatious trials
to which all We're subjected had the
effect of wedding out the malcon-
tents, and leaving only those who had
faith in their leader, and moral cour-
ago to face any hardship that might
be in store for them. The run was
made to Rio de Janeiro in twenty
four days. There we took in 400
tons of coal, and had eight days in
which to see the great tropical city.
The women were permitted to 60 on
shore, with escorts, and the tiresome-
ness of the voyage was thus greatly
relieved. A pianoforte was set up in
the steamships cabin, good library
of miscellaneous books provided,
and the comfort of the pass engers
carefully looked after. There being
a goodly number of the women who
were creditable piano players. the
evenings were spent with music.
The days were generally occupied in
reading, and little goups of congeni-
al spirits were scattered in pleasant
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conversing. Several of the women
undertook to learn navigation, and
were successful, Miss Stevens gain
ing the mastery of all the instru-
ments and taking the solar observa-
tons daily.
Quitting Rio, We passed up the
coast of South America, and entered
the straits Of Magellan: thence via
Smyth's channel. cut into the Pacific
At our second anchorage i'm the
straits, Col Mercer called for volun-
teerS among the men. and, accom-
panied By thr~e la~sv ~zilors and one
pa~~en-er. III ssis i2nsllng in q small
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