The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-15
AN HOUR WE CORRESPONDENTS.

f@iiSu upon me 10 sell my donation j
land claim, which / did very reluct- .
antly, as l knew l was running the 4
great risk Of depriving myself and chill /.
dren Of a home Of any kind. 1 need not /
burden you with my reasons for desiring I.
to keep personal control Of home; suf- T.
fee il TO say they were reasons which I
wives prefer to say nothing about, and
would fain ignore il they could. I
would not sign the deed under any
other conditions than that a note of nine
/ hundred dollars should remain on mort
/ gage, made out to me, aud recorded in
my name. When l was called upon, in
acknowledging the deed, to make oath
that 1 was signing without fear or COM
pulsion from my husband, l made it
plain to the justice of the peace that I
signed it only on the conditions above
stated. My husband promised to abide
by the agreement. was TO hold the
note, and all it called for was to belong
to me. held it for over three years,
part of the interest being paid, which I
let to others. Some two months ago
my husband conceived a desire to cut
me of without penny, and render me
perfectly helpless; so he stole the notes,
and put them out Of my reach. Perhaps
you saw the advertisement Of certain
stolen notes in a late OregOnidn. Those
were the notes belonging TO me, and l
have since learned that they were then
at the Pacific Mortgage and Savings
Bank, and that my husband had re-
ceived a written opinion from Port
land lawyer that they were legally his
property. Ny husband has sued on the
/ large note, calling for $3.50. want the
aid Of an attorney OF brains and honor,
whom 1 can trust to do the case justice,
as desire only what is right. Can you
advise me whom to employ? Such
trial has perhaps never come before an
Oregon court, and want to test the
validity Of the laws concerning a sub
iect that few dare to talk about. You
are at liberty to do what you please
with this letter. But 1 hope you will
not print my mistakes. I am unedu-
Gated, except in the school Of hard eX-
perience, and I have written in haste
and in the confusion of house full of
children. I have suffered much and la
bored much in serving my husband. ]
have borne him eleven children, nine OF
whom are living. All have cost me
= what the existence of children costs all
- mothers, and now my head is gray and
Il I am almost worn out, and this is my
/ reward. am not so fortunate as to be
! able to take your heroic paper, aud can
It only see it sometimes at the house Of a
: friend. My husband will not tolerate #
s in his house, and / have no house. else
should have taken it long ago."
II We are tempted to sign the writer's
1t name to the above letter. It is hard fol
y good men, who love and cherish theil
wives in spite Of law, TO believe tina
= other men can be guilty Of such delecta
2 bic meanness, but the above is only on'
Of numerous parallel instances wher'
2; woman's property rights have beer
y trampled upon with impunity by the
lie law-making sex. Were that man any
T other person than that woman's hus
'r band, an indignant jury would convict
,. him Of grand larceny and send him t
'r the penitentiary, where he properly be
D, longs. But il is no crime in law to Tot
=. a woman, if the robber is the victims
'r husband. The wife has the right Of the
4 law in this case, however, and we ar,
p glad she is heroic enough to avail her
; self Of it. If she will consult our adver
8, tising list she will find several Law
L firms, to any Of which she can safely
3. entrust her case. The trial will be helC
l. at Lafayette at the spring term Of th'
district court. We learn that the hus
Ie band has borrowed money on the notes
2 and pledged them for security. What
10 protector
G. The following is all the space we hav
At for the memorial by 4. B. Phelps, men
C. toned last week. The lines are touch
p ingly, tenderly beautiful:
at ain memory of Charles Marion Wood
Y, son Of Edward and Ann Margaret Wood
ID who died with consumption Sunds
N morning, February 10, 1873, aged !
Of years l month and 2S days.
ed a Faithful in all where part he bore,
A. Patient and loving and kindly and true,
His echoing voice from far-on shore
To the earth sends back fond adieu.
A "a And beckoning angels bid us come,
In Gods own time 10 share with him
y The glories OF his new-found home,
y And raptures Of the Seraphim."
X. A friend from a certain town, VIII
VI never fails to state her adverse opinion
X concerning anything the New NORTT
WEST or the Woman Suffrage Associ'
de ton may do OF say, sends the followin
u growl, which we hope was given {
IN gracefully as we are disposed to received
Ia 81 was only partly pleased with yoI
Ok criticism upon the lecture Of Mrs. LAX
M which, judging by a report in the Be
as was worthy Of the Out-and-out censul
u it received from the able pen Of lad
II physician Of your city. If, as you sa.
as she teaches doctrines that, If practice
pc would bring only anarchy and eonfusio
IT. 10 the mothers Of the people, l think
very bad judgment for you to say yc
all admire her talentsand bravery Agai
m as all the women are compelled to loo
ire TO the NEW NORTHWEST as the exp