The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-02


again we were at home. This lady's many friends
will be pleased to learn that she is again in busi
ness on a safe basis, and is another proof of the
constantly demonstrable fact that women, as well
as men, can tide safely over financial difficulties
when, by their will and energy, they are disposed
to clear the way. Mrs. J. Sparks is also prosper
ing proprietor of an adjacent millinery business
and the two ladies excellent terms with
each other thus disproving the allegation that
'twO of trade never can agree" We find our
good friend st. Louis at the old stand following
the jewelry business, and take dinner with Mrs.
Rea who keeps a we'll l-patronized bOarding-house.
Messrs. Haines and Lawrence, the former a mem
ber of the late Senate and the latter of the House
of Representatives both Of whom did valiant SER
vice in the Woman Suffrage cause reside here,
engaged in the practice Of law. Judge l.. o..
Sterns who is known all over the State as an able
barrister and urist, also lives here i'm good STYLE
and, with his intelligent wife, contributed much
to the pleasure and profit of our visit. T. C..
Hyde Esq, also Woman Suffragist and law
yer, enjoys a lucrative practice. Drs. Hulsey and
Atwood, whose acquaintance we made at a former
visit, are still at their posts and still busy and
prosperous We were indebted for the use of the
courthouse for the lectures TO the gentlemanly
sheriff, Mr. w Trevillion, and to Messrs Cleaver,
Schofeld and many Others for kindly and respect
full aid in our work
For some reason best known to the initiated. we
did not meet a clergyman in the city, but we hope
the ministers of Baker do not all deserve the
Scriptural declaration that ale that is not for us
is against us"
Mr.. Abbott OF the RereiUe attended the lee
lures, but ignored them in his paper-probably an
oversight. Mr. Shepard, Of the BedrOck Democrat,
did not attend the meetings, but made favorable
mention OF them and of the cause in his journal.
We think they will both do good service for wom-
ans liberty in the pending suffrage campaign
though we were somewhat surprised To hear OF
certain very uncaled-for allusions to ourself as
"old woman" cold GAL" etc, etc, by the editor
of the latter paper, when among his boon com
panions. We are AN earnest advocate Of mem.
rights, but firmly convinced that the right to
sur the mothers Of men is not one Of them.
Our closing lecture in the city was given on
Thursday evening before a fine assembly OF
thoughtful and sympathzing auditors. the Presi-
dent Of the newly-formed Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation, Mrs. Eliza r. Gray, i'm the chair her fine
chastened, womanly face beaming upon the people
like an inspiration. Mrs. Susan Mckinney read
the minutes Of the organized meeting of Wednes.
day in a clear voice, and with the grace and dig
nifty that characterizes the cultured lady i'm all
| countries After this came our lecture, the theme
"AIan's Rights" being one of our favorites A.
at Canyon City, we had become warmly attached
to the many friends we had met, and it was diff
cult to say goodbye.
On the next afternoon, accompanied by Mrs
Peters and Mrs. Mckinney, we started over tc
/ Wingville, nine ten miles away, our vehicle q
| lght-running sewing machine wagon, and the
driver an honest owner of fine trotting team
/ The road ran through the Powder River Valley
as level as a floor, and covered with excellent
/ farms, all made i'm the heart of the sage-brusl
desert, where twenty years ago it was thought
! impossible to sprout white beans i'm the vocani,
soil. Arriving at Wingville, Mother Osborne. m
aged grandmother well on i'm the seventies. met
us at the stile of her great wide door-yard fence
and welcomed us all i'm the true hOspitable man.
ner peculiar to the Sunny South Upon learning
that the good woman's daughter was absent. w,
! felt our visit to be an imposition, as our hostes.
appeared too old and frail to prepare supper. But
she would take denial, and in less than an houl
we were RECALLED with an excellent and savory
meal. Supper over, and all repaired with the
dear old lady through the snow to the church. moi
far away, where we met goodly multitude o
eager curiosity-seekers, who listened for the frs
time to the wOmen's gospel of liberty. Two men
one horse doctor rejoicing i'm the appellation o.
| l.. L. Russell, NJ. d., and the other a newly mar
/ ried man named Miller, blacked themselves ur
with burnt cork and came to the lecture in out
landish dress, evidently hoping to create a sensa-
! tiOn but only succeeded in making the citizens
boys and all-ashamed of them. No one took any
apparent notice Of them, and one of the noble pair
more sober than the other, soon grew disgusted
with himself and sneaked out of the church. II
is needless to say that they are both "agin
womans rights and "think too much of women
at the wash-tub-to let them perform the ardu-
GUS labor Of depOsiting vote in the ballot-box
Hon. Charles Chandler, who was State Senator