The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-08-14

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AN ESSAY ON, WOMAN i.
After man came woman.
And she has been after him evei
since. i,i,..i ~; 5. ,.liisssn is'sas' elr .;
She is person of noble extraction
being made from q mans ribs.
-rI don't know why Adam wanted te
fool away his ribs in that way, but !
suppose he was not accountable for
all he did. Les. s..po =
II costs more to keep woman than
three dogs and shotgun. =
But she pays you back with inter-
vby giving you & honse full o.
children to keep you awake an night
and smear molasses candy over your
Sunday coat.
Besides . wife is q very convenient
article to have about the house.
She is handy to swear ct when you
cat youfself with . razor, and don'i
feel like blaming yourself.
II W6ImaA is the superior being in
4assschpeetts. Fl tifl(
There are about sixty thousa nd
more of her sex than males in that
State.
This accounts for the terrified hunt.
ed down expression Of the single men
who emigrate from the East.
Woman was not created perfect. :.
She has her faults-such az false
hair and false complexion and 50 ont.
But she 10 great deal better than
her neighbors, and she knows It.
Eve was . woman. e..
She must have been a model wife,
for it cost Adam nothing to keep her
in clothes.
Still, don't think they were a bit
happy. :. :.
She couldn't go to sewing circles and
air her information about everybody
she knew, nor excite the envy OF other
ladies' BY wearing her new winter
bonnet to church. s;'.ts;,, seo
Neither could she hang over the
back fence and gossip with her near
neighbor.
An these -biesssd privileges were
denied her.
Poor Evel she's dead now. II
And the fashion she inaugursted is
dead now. % a.zan LIE 1.stsfe7 ie'ftgrs
If it hadn't been for the confounded
ssnaik' perhaps the ladies' or the pres
emit day would dress Is econ omical as
Eve did.
But the only place where her primi-
tive style is emulated is in certain por.
tions'Of Africa, whore the women con-
slider themselves in full dress when
they have put on . postage stamp
stuck in the center Of the forehead.
Woman is endowed with a tremen-
dous fund Of knowledge and q tongue
to suit. si;as. -. =. ,.rs ,. sttfe19
She has the capacity for learning
everything she was divinely intended
to know, and . few extra items be-
sides. -aalq 3. f.yi.2,.' 7.iasa'i
Young ladies take q great deal of
stock in classics and learn fast.
When you see q young lady from
Vassar, with an absorbed look In her
eye, and her lips moving. you under-
stand st once that she is. memorizing
q passage from Virgil.
But perhaps closer inspection will
reveal the fact that she is only chew.
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rAsvoman may not Be. Able to sharp
On lead pencil, or hold an umbrella,
but she can pack more articles in
trunk than q man can in q one-horse
wagon. el.b - aas ~ g is's-'l I
The happiest period in woman,s
life is when she is making her we'd
ding garments. ie ~
The saddest is when her husband
comes home late ct night, and yells to
her from the front door steps to throw
out . handful Of keyholes of different
sizes. tssni 5sf5ii.i ~ i-.ss - iiiv i.'pn
There is some curiosity in feminine
nature, - ~ 10. ...sss.si s@i.
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