The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-08
THE D0OLITTLE DELEGATION, :
TO A A'hwokANs RIGHTS CONVENTION. j"
~ SY Miss L. VIRGINIA SMITH.
"The Woman's Rights Convention,
Is not laid low in dust
A better time is coming
Beeduse-it will and must %

Beeause-it will and must %
.. x Woman of the l9h Century,.
iAs wuz sayin', that limb Kate Lang
ston, she ;xuz thrse with her sassy black
eyes an curly hair she'd rid into town for
ssmo mischief or another, an stopped to
sec what wuz goin' on at the 'cademy just
for pure downright imperencs. She paid
'em dollar all roun', jist to git to latf at
an bcdevil 'cm by turns. She begged them
to remember her affexshunatcly to the con.
vention, when called upon to the RESPONSE
BILE dooties Of of judgin' and punishin' all
things masculine fur the wrongs of orusifed
wimminkind, an her word an honor that
she would never cease to pray fur their sue
cess in upsettin' all sorts O. tiranizin' men
the crate Juggernauts; an bringin' all
irreglar males to order-the low-fung ras.
Gals Miss Skinflint WIZ a tearin' abili-
tion:st, and Kate, as she slipped the dollar
into hor green silk ridicule, went on with q
wonderful poor mouth story about young
creeter which sum stupid wretch had brung
oyer to this. ked ''ntry, an called her a
! Greek Slave as if niggers could be brung
frum emmy civilized nation but Afriky,
where they grows spontaneous. When she
'stonishin' about benevalense, an patruniz-
In en- all that sortIo' stale vi,tsls, Kat.
Langstea locked as if she wuz Just rsddy to
bust right out cryin' every minis, an sich
a face as she put on, to tell Miss Trotwell
for marcy's sake to do her little possible TO
save poor forlorn innocent gni, furincr
too, named jimmy Linn, that sum olo no
count, called Mister Barnem, wuz trailin
all over creation, maxim a purity mint O.
money compellin' her to sing pcrched up on
the tip top ofa great outlandish ingine that
they called an Opsry-that is, lie wanted
her to sing on that, but she wouldn't-fact
wuz, she didn't want to sing at all, and
then the ole deceitful would be all honey an
sugar coaxin', an callin' her a nightin-
gale, an all that sort O tomfoolcry Then
sho cum to Miss SaffroRs an tolo her there
wuz very decent woman livin' out her
way, who wuz the wife of one Billy Patter-
son, that sum body had bin hittin'-wcll,
this woman begged her to git sum of the
delegates when they went to tho conven-
tion to find out the nasty, or nary, low-lived
wretch that struck her dear, dear Billy, an
bring him to consign eternal punishment that
is to say, hangin', or burnin, or manslaugh-
Ter an sich like. Kate said that although this
strikin' of a woman's husbau' might not by
most people be considered as interferin',
with Wimmin's rights, in her private pin
ion, publicly expressed, it wuz the worst
sort Of interferin', cause far why, nobody's
got emmy right to hit fcler but his wife,
an she hes got that right-besiJes, vim
mems gotta right to complain enoy how,
if they please, an Kate hoped that on those
'ere grounds the affair might be tended to
instantep-so Miss Saffrons promised on her
sacred word an honor SEE Kate, say in.
deed, indeed, sare as you live an breathe ?
Indeed, indeed, as sure as / live an
breathe never stir = sez Miss Saffrons,
THROWN up her eyes an hands. Now sez
Kate, sez she, remember you've sworn p
All this wuz done very solemn Ike an I've
no doubt but what that story wuz true,
Kate wuz so airnest and bssceechin' be. |
sides, it's natur fur q woman to hate & man
that licks her husban' even if she does lick
him herself
Monopoly = calculated Harry.
Don't put me out, Henry Clormont,' said
Mrs. Dewbery with dignity. well, as /
wuz sayin' afots, there wuz hull creation
Iull Of other wimmin there. Sally Snooks,
he wanted some remidy fur her husbaifs
'tsyin' out o nights at low-aung taverns;I
IN Miss Jemipy Jones-of all the stupids
hat ever died stupid, she's the stupidest,