The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-11-25
Mans Brutality.
How He Degrades Himself by Abus.
ing Women in Various Countries

syoxv He Degrades Himself by Abus.
ing women in Various Countries
Mrs. Hester M. Poo'e, editor of the
'Woman and Household" department OF
the Religio- Philosophical Journal, has for
several weeks devoted herself to an eX-
haustive study and summarization OF the
condition and treatment of her sex IN
the different parts of the world. From
her compilations the REFoRMER has sew
eral times before made extracts. In the
last number are gathered these interest
ing facts:
writer who has closely observed
saws The value of wives varies In dlffer-
ent countries. In America they are Of
ten expensive companions but In the
higher regions of the River Amar and
on the Ussuri, in Siberia, according to
information furnished to The British Sci
entific Association by the Rev. Henry
Lansdell, the price of wife is eight or
ten dogs, a sl6 dge or two cases OF b andy.
In another part of the world, according
TO evidence furnished to the same asso-
ciatlon by Wilfred Powell, in New Brit
ain and the neighhoring isles on the east
coast of Guinea, the wives are absolute
property of their husbands, and are
bought, sod and eaten by their better
halves. There was one New Britain
vounp woman who rebelled at her mat
rimonial relations whereupnn her hus-
band s id he could put her to better use,
and straightway killed and ate her.
Maurice Maoris s, the editor of an ltal-
ian paper in New York, gives this ac-
count OF
MOntencgrin Women.
! The life of Montenegrin women may,
| be epitomized in two wordsworth and
suffering. In some countries women
work as much as men-in others more
but on the Black mountain they alone
do the work of both men and beasts OF
burden. The variety aud intensity OF
their sufferings battle description. 90
not hesitate to affirm that nowhere else
does the female sex live in such
wretched condition.
Outburts of wild joy, noise of gunshots,
clashing of glasses, and songs and dance
accom- panying the birth of a boy in Mon
tenegro; gloom and disappointment hang
over the house if girl comes to increase
the number of the warriors children.
Should you congratulate him on the
birth of daughter, he is sure to cut
short your intended compliment by say
ing, 81 beg your pardon, sir, tbs girl,
and somestimes "'tis snake" the poor
little thing grows up ignored and despis-
ed until her bodily strength becomes in
some way source of revenue to the
family The boys monopolize all the af-
fections of both mother and father. The
former frequently suffers the tortures OF
Niobe. but for fear of her husband dares
not show her daughter any tenderness
The little waits of the Montenegrin FAM
ilv can hardly walk about the house be.
fore they are initiated into household
work. and sent up the mountains to
gather dry wood, Return they must IN
the evening, bending under loads that
few men would care to carry, or they ge
sound fogging and no supper. The
flower of their youth prematurely fades
because neture has no time to shape ano
develop their forms. Excessive labor
stamps their faces with prec1cious age
and a repulsive manliness. The body o
the woman of the Black Mountain is HI
shapen and most ungraceful. she II
wanting in that elasticity which is the
soul of all form. Her carriage is heavy
her step long, and her shoulders are
huckle-backed like the shoulders OF al
who pass their life journeylng up ano
down mountainous roads with loads no
in keeping with their physical strength
she walks with her head inclined on hel
breast, as though she was crushed by the
feeling of her own sblection.. NO won
der, therefore, that she looks on the erec
figures of her father and brothers ano
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