Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-15
FROM "BOYs."

s'~ w ASPiy ~ III T lAS
article. If we confne ourselves to the subject
viz: economy. We feel 1t our duty to WELDON.
her back to the sound principles of economy
and domestic labor. for which she had sucl
horror ana contempt a few weeks ago. We fee
encouraged now, that what we have said has no,
been In vain. In commenting upon our expires.
sion. "rell up your sleeves and put your hands
In dough-, &C." In your issue of January 18th,
she says: II advise him to procure a frst-clasi
cook at once, if he wants to talk business. ,,
Then 1t is plain that she understood what We
meant by the aforesaid expression, and that sh.
comprehended it in all its departments is evi.
dent from the fact that she wanted . nrst-clas,
cook. regardless of cost.
ANY man that would expect or require of his
wife such slavery (what elavery =? Cooklng) tc
his epicurean taste, would put the old Greek
philosopher to shame. More vet. .'Any man
that has no better opinion of women or her ca
pabiltties than to make a kitchen drudge of her,
oughttob be forclbly elected from refined society !,
SO much for her opinion Of cooking, and house.
hold work, so far. Now listen to what the
sweet singer says in her last article. In speak
ing Of our expression, ''roll up your Sleeves
&C., she says: "You have q queer way of ex.
pressing yourself" She never had any doubt
about the meaning of our expression before.
1t seems that the fact that she has got the
wrong side of this question is just dawn.
ing upon her comprehensive. faculties, She
says: ''Why did you not say cooking and
household work and be done 9" You did moi
understand US; did you Why say procure u
cook then ? Why denounce it as 80 degrading ?
Then she comes in with the greatest compla-
cency and says: ''There is nothing de0radfm0
in that. and no woman need be a slnpe or
drudge If she does perform her household
duties" What logic, and yet she says she is
in a controversy, a fight, defending somebody
and a rival. Get some kind friend, whose head
is not muddied. to tell you which side of the fence
ysu are on, when she has you well settled,
throw away your bombast. yeur abuse. your
personalities and then. if you have anybody
to defend or aspire to be the rival of any one.
"Seize upon truth, wherever found,
On heather or on christian ground;
Among your friends, among your foes;
The plants divine where ere 1t grows.'
BY such q course you will secure the sympathy
Of friends. and the admiration and respect OF
rivals.
We would like to know by what authority You
walk of with the tribute Vest paid the mothers
Of our ~land-there is something strange about
this. We most emphatically ask the question
why? Vest confined his compliments TO the
oeaS Va Jul Shu dhu answered. IN Ills own
words because of their being Influenced in
moulding the character of theft. IONS. You q
Girl" claim what belongs to your mother.
we ''Boys' have as much right to claim the
respect and homage that belongs, and is Justly
due to the memory of George Washington, be-
cause we are males, as You have to claim the
nice things said about the mothers O. our coun-
try because you are q ''Girl." And vet you are
perfectly satisfied about what Vest said about
you. How would 1t do to wait until you are
spoken to? Where Is your ralsing9 Your ar.
rosance Ia sublime. We refrain from further
notice Of your weak points; in fact we think il
will be our duty hereafter to hide your failings
from the public as much as possible. as you
have adopted two of the most essential steps to-
ward reformation, namely: Household duties,
cooking &c. and the bible as your best friend.
1es' we think You are In a fair way now to
merit the quotation from Solom n about the
good woman. If you have the proper support,
and encouragement from your friends, which
we doubt not they will give. We offer a sugges-
tion to you that will assist you in the study OF
the scripture. We feel that you need 1t, und we
DON'T hesitate to offer you any assistance we
can. at the beginning of the bible,
don't forget you are a daughter of Eve,) and
ponder we'll the Savior's sermon on the mount;
remember that he says whatsoever sayest thou
fool shall be in danger of hell frs.n
In conclusion we would say, If you cannot
dnd out where you are, through your friends,
ask the Concordis correspondent; he knows; he
seems to understand your position exactly; his
head is level
The word ''6ery'' in our last article was this
printers inult; it should have been ..pIning -
No harm done by it use. .'BOYS.I'