, 1879-01-25

trIF ION .ttGe pretty !rcrls, Or Give unresefFc1
cxprcss,nn to their Thoughts in rccnrd 10 the
,nI.conl,,,t OF their husbands, Then .leny that
they arc tho oncs wsIo trive the'r h,lsham!s 10
talppns nnsl gaMb1tn1lcns. II Is rather thoto
who pfay tl,o rnlc OF thc weak md submissive
wife; Or perhaps It wIrn better to say TINT IL
il the furmcr who prevent ttrir husbands Gnsng,
Willie tic latter permit thctn to GU down ~
obstruction wit,os1t one word ol dissent:
II yotl tinnbt 1ny statement. Just look about
how many Of the upright businessmen
a.ln!rc. Perhaps they. mar aopear 20 70 the
casisal observer, hut AJAX their husbands u they
ions independent af their 0wn, ur to cxprets
sail opinions. Then tcll inc, IN Tho OTHER
hand, low many men you find Walking In the
wnv Of sn wllu tlnrt vxrhs Tor wives.
prefer facts to theories. and It Is " fact taat
the worst 1ncn generally have tile most forbcar-
Ing w1yes. yuI rarely 6nl that n hail man has
q bad wife. or that a ta1 woman ltS bud ht's.
nitsI. Did you ever hear reformed drunkar't
tell hts eSpcricn.u3 havrt lriurc thAn oirc,
atal tevcr yet hrar,l unp say TINT hs w!to wa:
vixen. 1t Is always tau same OH story ok
Centlcicss. N!cckncsa and love- Such thlnGa
aro iii very .vc!ltn THUR MACE, hqt ehcre ase
lines when f0fbcafanue ccases TO bc virtue,
aud little plntn truth substituted In lis placa
will prove Of service.
Ido nut he'tevc T. hurt. any man 10 receise
e,,r!a.,eeturc: Iiis wife, from hsr anta'ete
,nalts, snd show hiu, to ll,nself MS others sec
him. us 10 other pcrson could or would: anlt
tfougii tl!e may be palnfu! ut tho time. II wtll
prove profitable In tue end. | might say tle
tAt,o in regard to husbands reminding their
wlscs Of their faults, only that TINT is duty
which husbands do not nstcn turgct.
a woman who g.,es through life tneckly huEl-
great wrong to Lurself, her chtllrsn, and
stralIEcthUuxh Il may srctH. to hcr husband. Shc
cnt1s by making sayc of hcrsclt, tyrant of Acr
husband, AMI robs her children os tue Influence
i.,A.f
best man III tho world would be Spoiled by re-
rylvinE only unconditional homage uid snbnlis-
sio,l. As ii Is In public ILL.,. 10 II Ia IN private
Pit the best ,nnn In thu United States In ths
his Ifeti.nc, and II lie dues not beeo,ue
tyrant Il viii bc bccausc he docs ilot Hive
long. lie may nut iutclIu to to exaetlng autl
tyraunenf, but hc will bg, nevertheless, BECAUSE
Of wrong, ur show hin. III. fnn,ts. Men DO not
bccone tyEants or bad men alt at oncc,-it 10 .
gradual change.
would SAY to auy airl contclnualing matrl.
and nuycr Iosr your Individuality, Or do any,
thing aGatnst your better Judgment. or t!,as
would bring unhappiness upol yourself or
others, simply BECAUSE you love yuslr husband
10 we'll tlat y0u do not Ike 10 tl%Art bis wishes.
It is not necessary 70 quarrel, Or scold, Or pct.
to do this, nor need ynu Gc afraid 0f alternating
his love Or losing his respect. Thc danger lies
in the uthcr direction. Alany young girl en-
nll tho Infection Of wonau's hcurt, has mado
tic fatal mistake of Welding tn all thugs to her
| husbands will. Loving him desotcdsy. know
tnS aud respecting him, she feel TINT sle can
| never do cnonEh 20 repay him Tor lorinE
her, an1 a!so obcys him Implicitly, asks hs nd
| Vice, mud yonsults his tnste In all things. lie
| may bc worthy of 'ler love and devotion, and
| prrlaps Ut the commencement ot their 1narr!ed
| iiie was as Bctctous anu liberat-mfned as re-
| garlss wolnau lis most met; but tho result Ut
| kyr aclf-nbncgation Is that ahe DOESN'T know
.n.,yl,, and that II would be dreadful for her to
hayo an opinion Ut her own, or tu any
thug without hts approval, and, when tho wl'o
| wakes up, II she ever does. shc hnds lcraeIt 60
eulanglei in net NJ lcr own weaving tint 1t la
Impossible to esrapc: Whlu on this subject
wnlltd like to ask Candidate ht'w rnnny ~ Hotlp
women sue thfuks thu world would contain in
fifty yea.s from now as there arc to-day II they
ull followed Eur advice md consulted their hus-
banus tAatcs In rcatlDG. W1ud you like to
papers devoted to torhuraclng and prIze.tlgh.-
| Ing IL ttlrro are inen WHO dol am ufratl that
The bcst nutho1B would soon be nlore neglected
| than they how nrc.
lit Ia the duty Of women to conform In cr-
eryttttH to their husbands will, why not follow
tho l.cathcn custom of lctrositg them In tl,yr
childhood aud bring them up In tttelr husbands
fnnilital II would bu far more generous to tile
wuinl, tlsau tu trF o c!lnpge her character n'tcr
al.e las rraehed maturity. Md. would saye niany
In mure fhan one why, as IN sucli raso tic WltG
would know how to cUok ns het huhbahd'a
mother did.
Candidate, one moro word: Whatever may be
a. w!los tluty towurd her husbaud, rcmelI1el
] tint alto owes duty ttrBt to her GOd nnu ncxt
10 herseif. unl It will b. d Door excuse 10 olfc,
Tor wasted talent, that, because so Was won
un. s!,u cot.l Ito nothing.
FluttcrAuJgat, my hand on tho temperance
question. +.