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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-03
American Women and Family Duties

4 gentleman writes to the 81. Jdn1es
Gazette, London, the following letter on
the domestic condition of America
The foot-note you quoted the other
day from Mr.. Goodwin Smiths paper IN
the -Ni1etee7Ita Century, ana your ar
ticle, Is the Family In DangerY are
calculated to give your readers an unfair
impression of American women and
their vews of family duty. Mr. Goodwin
Smith might very well have qualiti ed
his remarks by adding that the woman
suffrage movement, about which | offer
no opinion, is in a small minority IL the
United States that IL has there much
less hold on the better classes than 1t has
here; that it has little hold at all on the
vast industrial and agricultural pOpula
tion outside of great cities and that the
ideas which, rightly or wrongly, he at
tributes to its leaders as to matrlmony
and maternity are wholly repugnant to
the vast majority of American women.
In fact, his argument pointed to dangers
real or exaggerated-in the future, not
to the present state of affairs. Though
my experience of America has not been
SO long and continuous as Mr.. Goodwin
Smiths, have been in America enough,
and have seen enough OF the various as
poets of American society, to have some
right to an opinion. And / have some
hope that 1 shall find Mr.. Goodwin
Smith agreeing with me when / say,
without hesitation, that nowhere can
family life, in its simple, honest affec-
tions, the cohesion of its members, the
sense of duty of husband and wife,
parent and child, be seen better devel-
oped than in New England. And So
ciety in other parts of the States differs
E. I
grees of education and refinement than
In essential habits and principles. Any
one acquainted with American society
knows, for instance, that young married
women live much simpler, more whole
some life than they do in London draw
ing rooms, and give more of their time
to home life, to their husbands and chill
dren, and less to social engagements,
than they do in England. The statistics
of the writer in the Century may show
that the relaxation of the divorce law in
some of the States has been unsatisfac-
tory as leading to capricious breaking
up of the marriage tie for unsubstantial
reasons In certain classes of American
society. The fact, however, remains that
the grosser scandals of married life
which the Divorce Court too frequently
reveals IN the higher circles of English
society are strikingly rare in families of
similar position in America.
II shall be glad to be permitted thus
to state what think is the true state of
the case, because many readers who do
not know America themselves might be
led by the extract and your article to
hasty and unjust generalizations wsich
would have about as much solid founda-
tion as similar generalizations suggested
some years ago by the brilliant lucubra-
tions of that industrious book-maker,
the late Mr. Hepworth Dixon"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-03
+EoReE WARREN. Editor.
HISTORICAL.


THE first abbeys or monasteries were
founded in the third century.
DURING the time of the Norman con-
quest the game of dice was very COM
mon.
In the twelfth century slaves In Europe
were rare; in the fourteenth slavery was
almost unknown. 8
CERvANTEs, thrae years before bis
death, became Franciscan monk; Lope
de Vega was priest and officer of the
Inquisition.
In 1923 an English attorney suffered
imprisonment and lost both his ears for
speaking very lewdly and scandalously
of Queen Elizabeth and Henry VIII
g SEND against you men who are as
greedy of death as you are of pleasures, "
were the words addressed by Mahomet
to the degenerate Christians Of SyTia.-As
HEsRx IL. was Ike first English mon
nfch who emphasized the royal authority
to the weakening of that OF the aristo-
cracy. He was the sworn enemy of the
feudal system.
EIeHT years before the birth of Ma
poleon Bonaparte Rousseau recorded in
print the following augury: =" have a
presentiment that Corsica is going to
produce a man who will astonish the
world.
BEFORE the middle of the seventh
century the clergy possessed more in-
huence IN Spain than was exercised by
any other body. At council in 633 the
King prostrated himself on the ground
before the bishops.
VENTIDIUs BAssUs, by his military
skill, and by friendship of Julius Caesar
and afterwards Antony, rose from the
position of mule-driver to command OF
the Roman Army, and at last to the
Consulate, 40 B. c.
THE researches carried on at Epi-
daurus by the Greek Archaeological
Society have unearthed one of the most
celebrated theatres of antiquity, that of
KscUlapius, built of Pentelic marble,
and capable of holding 80, 600 spectators.
EGYPTIAN deities were at one time
vorshipped at Rome. Juvenal refers to
the Roman women breaking the ice of
the Iiber to plunge into its sacred stream
at dawn of day, and dragging them
selves about on bleeding knees in praise
of Isis.
The passion for gladiatorial combats
was the worst, vile religious liberty was
probably the best, feature of the the old
Pagan Society, and il is n melancholy
fact that, of these two, it was the nobler
part that in the Christian Empire was
first destroyed.
IN the reign Of Charles III. the Span
ish colonies in America were, for the first
time. treated according to wise and
liberal policy. When George III. was
fomenting rebellion in the English colon
les Charles III. was sconciliatingt the Span
lsh ones
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Poor Indeed.

Thousands of girls are never taught
to work, and their condition is most pit
liable They have been taught to de-
spise labor and to depend upon others
for living, and are perfectly helpless.
Ii misfortune comes upon their friends,
as it often does, their case IS hopeless.
The most forlorn and miserable women
upon earth belong to this class. Every
daughter should be taught to earn her
own living. The rich as well as the poor
require this training. The wheel of fort
une turns swiftly around-the rich are
very likely to become poor and the poor
rich. Skill to labor Is no disadvantage
to the rich, and is indispensable to the
poor. Well-to-do parents must educate
their children to work. No reform is
more imperatively needed than this.
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Popping the oue.,ion,

Let us suppose that the lady has been
out during the evening before to party.
The gentleman might say that she looks
fatigued. On her rejoining that this
was foolish thought he will get an op-
portunity of saying, "Not foolish, Emf
". 1 feel too much interest in YOU to
permit my own wishes to run counter to
your welfare" This is properly called
the magnificent manner of beginning.
But very often the young lady is con-
siderate enough to assist her bashful
lover. For instance, there was once q
timid fellow who was fond of borrowing
John Phenix's jokes when she asked
him how he felt he avenged himself ac-
cording to the Phoenix plan of being
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-03

do YOU you believe in Bronson's Al
colts theory of aesthetic eating?" asked
a Boston lady of her Chicago admirer.
81 don't know what Bronson Alcott's
theory of aesthetic eating is" he
answered, "but when I'm hungry,
brace of mutton chops, some porter
house steak, dozen or two buckwheat
cakes, four soft-boiled eggs and plate
of hash make a meal that is aesthetic
enough for me-" Yes, yes. but you
don't understand me, !" impatiently added
his fair interrogator "Mr. Alcott's
theory has reference to persons, not to
pigs. brooklyn Eagle.
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GOSSIP 7OR THE LADIES.
The Closets.

Fond husbands, who fain would have home be an
=. Fo1 sou ana your Ewes all complete a whole,
10 read IN, to write in, TO sleep in to feed in,
Forget not the closets SO dear to the soul
hnt Dnlld them II corners, in nooks and in
7crannies,
Wherever cioeet may harbor or hide,
AN" klse 70 your Marys, your Hates, and your
= he pig, airy closets, their Joy and their pride
The roSsliy clean cioset- the wel-ordered closets
= Le Ilg, airy closets. their ioy and their pride.
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To Cure sheep.KilIIng Dogs.

The question of how to protect sheep
from the caresses of destructive dogs,
which has so long aRitated the agricul-
tural mind, seems to have been happily
settled by the farmers of Hunterdon and
Somerset counties, New Jersey. They
tried the experiment of mixing in few
goats with their sheep, and after the
goats and sheep had affiliated for few
days, they procured some dogs, regular
sheep-killers, and started them for the
folds. The dogs, regarding the affair as
a sort of picnic, went for wool and came
back shorn of their conceit. They
seem to run against goats in the most
unexpected places, and were struck by
the singular nature of the thing and al
most drove into the ground by the force
of the remarks made by the goats with
their heads, In the heat of the debate.
Mutton, which the dogs had always re-
garded as a delicacy, suddenly palled
upon the taste and they felt coyed. No
doubt the goats, with customary polite
ness, asked their guests to pass their
plates and have some of the mutton,
but the dogs did not care for mutton
They came out OF the field limping on
three legs, and no word of encourage
ment from the farmer could induce them
to go back. They had been broke of
sucking eggs.
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rhe Chnrm OF NomnnIr ,rode.tY.

Man loves the mysterious. A cloud
less sky and an ,unblown rose leave him
unmoved but the violet which hides
its blushing beauty behind the bush,
snd the n oOn when emerging from be-
hind a cloud are TO him sources of inspi-
ration and of pleasure. MOdesty IS to
merit what shade is to a figure In paint
ing-it gives boldness and prominence.
Nothing adds more to female beauty
than modesty. 1t sheds around the
countenance a halo of light which is
borrowed from virtue. Botanists have
given the rosy hue which tinges the cup
OF the white rose the name of the
maiden's blush" This pure and del
icate hue is the only paint Christian vir-
tue should use. 1t is the richest orna-
ment. A woman without modesty is
like a faded flower, diffusing an un-
wholesome odor, which the prudent
nardes5er Will throw from him Her des-
tiny a melancholy, for it terminates in
shame and repentance. Beauty passes
like the flowers of the albe which bloom
and die In few hours but modesty
gives the female charms which supply
the place of the transitory freshness of
youth.
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And makes no plant while on the threshold deaih
Half draws his keen sword from its gitterl
sheath
And looking inward pauses-hngering long,
Faltering-himself the weak before the strong.
Watchman how goes the night?
In tears, my friend, and praise
OF his high truth and generous, trusting ways;
OF his warm love and buoyant hope and faith
Which passed LIES fires free from all blight
seattle.
Strange, We forget the laurel wreath We gave,
And only love him, standing near his grave.
Watchman what Of the uight2
Friend, when 10 Is past.
We wonder what our grief can bring At last
To lay upon his broad, true, tender breast
What flower whose sweetness shall outlast the resi-
Ard this We set from AL the bloom apart;
" He woke new love and faith in every heart
Watchman. what Of the night?
Would God that II we're gone
And we might see once more the rising dawn
The darkness deeper grows-the light burns low,
There sweeps DER land and sea cry Of woel
Watchmanl What now What nowi
Hush, friend-we may not say
Only that-all the pain has passed away.
-CsIeiTsIsGti Commercial
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"EuaENIE, Eugenie, will you still in
sist on wearing the hair of another
woman upon your head2" "Alphonso,
Alphonso, do you still insist upon wear
ing the skin OF another calf upon your
feet2"
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A Saving woman.

"You may talk about your mean
men," said one rustic to another, " but
we've got woman over there In Alameda
who takes the pie. y
"Kinder closets she?"
"Close? Why, last month her hus-
band died-fourth husband, mind land
I'm blamed if she didn't take the door
plate off the front door, had his age
added, and then nailed onto his coffin.
Said she guessed likely she'd be wanting
a new name on the door soon anyway"
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Chinese Printing.

The blocks are all of the same size,
about eight by twelve inches, and about
half an inch thick. Each block repre-
sents two leaves, or four pages of the
book, being engraved on both sides. The
blocks for a complete work can thus be
slowed away In a very small compass.
The cost of engraving page of these
wooden blocks is said to be but little
more than the expense of setting up a
page of Chinese type and preparing it
for the press. An edition of one copy
can be printed If no more are required,
and thus the expense of keeping a large
stock of printed books on hand is en-
tirely avoided. Any errors or misprints
that may be discovered can. as a rule, be
corrected on the blocks with but very
little trouble. A skillful printer can
print by hand 5000 leaves of two pages
each day, using NO press or machinery
whatever. He supplies his own tools,
and receives as wages about one shilling
. day. The paper ordinarily, used is
white. and of the best quality, although
. yellowish kind is also made use of at a
reduction OF twenty per cent on the sell
ing price. The books are bound in the
usual Chinese style, and fastened with
white silk thread. They present an ap-
pearance which satisfies the taste of the
most fastidious native The leaves are
printed only on one side.
What Is Home Without Motherl
Miss Hortense is working Beautiful
Piece of Embroidery. It is Motto in
Green and Gold. 1t asks, What Is Home
Without . Mother. When. Miss Hor-
tense gets it Done she ~ilI give it to her
Beau, who tends Dry Goods Counter.
You cannot see Miss Hortense's Mother.
6he s In the Back Yard doing the
Weekly Washing. By and by she will
be Bringing In the Coal for the Parlor
btove, because Miss Hortense's Beau is
coming Tonight. Denver 7ribmae's
Primer.
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.sx THE SEA. Sept. 10, 1881.

wAtchmani what OF the night?
The sky is dark, my friend,
And we in heavy grief await the end
A hight is burning in q silent room,
Bptwe have no light in all the gloom
Watchman what OF the night2
Friend, strong men watch the light
With the strange mist Of tears before heir sighfs
And women at each hearthstone sob and pray
That the great darkness end ut last in 1y.
Wstchmani how goes the nfght2
YEARLY. friends, for him,
Yet his heart qualls not, though the light bur
dim
As bravely as he fought the field Of life,
He bears himself in this, the hnal strife.
watchman what OF the night?
Friends, we are left word
To tell Of all the bitter sorrow stirred
In our sad souls. We stand and rail at fats
Who leaves hands empty and hearts desolats
" Are pure, great souls many in the land &
That shouId lose the chosen of the band = -.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-09-01

Charles Clark is at home on a short vaca-
ton. He is working for j. U. Beers of Whate-
ly, Mass, former resident of Hinsdale.
j E. Hall of Brnttleboro played the or
gan at the Congregational church last Sunday.
Mr. Smith, teacher from Peoria, H., is
stopping at G. p Halls.
IA good time, with lots to eat" is what
they say of the Congregational picnic held in
Thompson's grove last Saturday afternoon.
The village schools all began last Monday
with the same teachers rs last year.
The Cheshire county association of Uni
versalists meets here Sept and Z. ERIC.
The spacious grounds of the Hooker
place" were the scene, on Wednesday last, of
the jolliest party of tho seasonal corn-roast
given by Miss Nutting of Hinsdale and Miss
Harron of San Francisco assisted by Mr..
bort of Keene and Mr.. Pratt of Brattleboro.
The party numbered about 80, including
friends from Brattleboro and Hnsdale, par
ty camping out at Chesterfield lake, Miss Am
idon of Hinsdale, Misses Joslin and Stone of
Keene, Miss Fullam of West Brook6eld and
Miss Calder of Providence. The gentlemen
of the party were Messrs. Lawrence and Mar
shall of Brattlebcro Mr.. Plummer of Wash
ington, Mr. Abbott of San Francisco, Messrs
Ellis, Richards and Porter of Keene. The
camping party made the trip to the festivities
in large barge. Introductions were quickly
over, and corn roasting feasting, dancing and
singing brought the hour of departure all too
soon. Goodnight, Ladies, was sung with
a spirit which bespoke the pleasure expert.
enced by the guests -Reene Sentinel Cor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-09-01

Mr.. j. N. Dewey has been spending q
week at New Haven, Conn.
"A good delegation has been attending the
Northampton camp meeting the past week.
John Sanderson has purchased the DIR.
Combs place for $1,000.
r. L. Crowell has sold his faithful truck
horse 'Old Spot" to Mr.. Deloy OF Gill.
Tho village schools began last Monday.
No. l is taught by Mrs. Z. d. Hale and No. .
by Miss Gould of Heath.
Mr. j. L. Howard of Jamaica has or
ganized class in penmanship which will
meet each week on Monday and Tuesday in
one of the rooms at the Institute.
Misses Daisy and Lou Allen are visiting
friends in northern New York
There are many new faces at Powers In
stitute this term.
Hartley Hale is making extensive repairs
on the Alvin Kimplin house.
Miss Bradley, the preceptress at Powers
Institute, with her mother, will occupy Mr..
Grey's house next winter.
Rev W. A. Worthington and Deacon
Graves attended the Baptist association al
Putney the past week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-09-01
FROM EGYPT.

GEN. woLsELEY ACTIVE, but NO DECISIVE En-
GAGEMENT FOUGHT AS YET-TnE EGYPTIANS
SUFFER HEAVY LOSS IN A FIGHT on MONDAY.
The Anglo. Egyptian forces are again en-
joying cessation of hostilites, during which
time, it is very probable, both sides will i'm
prove in reinforcing their troops and strength
ening their positions. As yet it is utterly
impossible for newspapers to portray the
truthful status of the war in Egypt, as the
dispatches before leaving Egypt are subject
ed to the surveillance of one OF Gen. Wolse-
ley's staff officers 1t is no doubt true that
Arab is q most formidable foe to the Eng
lish forces, and the records of war so far
have shown that the British have not only
won no important battle, but have done lit
tie of a decisive nature. The correspondent
of the Times at Calcutta telegraphs that a
further reserve has been formed for immedi-
ate service in Egypt and will be despatched
on the receipt of orders to that effect from
Gen. Wolseley. The whole control Of the
Indian division has been made over 10 Gen.
Wolseley.
The troops are continually advancing, and
it will not be long before Tel-el-Kebir is at
tackled. The difficulty of dragging supplies
over the deep sand is very great But few
miles daily can be made. The wind contin-
ues from a cool quarter. The health of the
tTOOpb Is tACtiitul. lno Blhfb Ou tbhuuh
at noon is terrible. A dragon, signaling on
the banks OF the canal near Mahouta, was
shot dead by an Arab This shows the hos
tility of the people around there. Among the
things captured on Friday are tent, said to
be that of Arab, and two standards During
the fighting the Bedouns occasionally show
ed great pluck. Several hand to-hand en-
counters occurred. One man stood his ground
alone, wounded a trooper, seized his sword
and made two thrusts at an officer before be
was cut down. Discussions are reported TO
exist between Arab and the Bedouin sheiks.
On Monday evening body of Arabs at
tackled the British position at Kasassin, and
were repulsed with heavy loss. Eleven guns
were captured. English accounts say that
the Egyptians lost 400 men.
According TO the latest intelligence General
Wolseley is massing his entire army at the
front preparatory 10 an advance. On Mednes-
day the enemy were throwing up works in
front of Kasassin. Troops have left Alexan.
dria on transports to reinforce the British
army between Ismailia and Tel-el-Kebir.
formidable light siege train is being prepared
at Woolwich for service in Egypt. The ord
nance will consist of thirty-sx pieces of ar
tillery of various calibres. All was quiet in
| Cairo up to the goth inst
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-09-01

CAMP KINGSLEY, BRANDON, W.,
"Wednesday Fveninp Auo M

wednesday Evening, Aug. 30.
We arrived at 1916 yesterday afternoon,
and were met at the depot by 1t. Col. Estey
and escorted to the camp, which is situated
about one-half mile from as pretty village
as can be found in the state The streets are
very broad with shade-trees on both Sides
and the roads are as hard as any lover of good
drives could desire. The usual booths for the
sale of gingerbread, apples, ice-cream, etc..
abound, but the temperance people have been
very strict, so that nothing stronger than spruce
beer is to be had. We have the best water in
camp we ever had at a muster, coming from
Hitchcock Pond, which supplies the village.
The regiment band gives concert from a
stand erected on the parade ground at o'clock
every evening. The people of the village are
very cordial, and have done all in their power
to make the muster a success. They have
hired the fire department to keep the streets
wet, so as to avoid the dust.
We are having lovely weather, and the
moonlight nights tend to keep the boys awake
instead of sending them to bed for needed
rest. The Estey Guard Glee Club are in fine
voice, and serenade the people of the village
every evening" receiving abundant praise and
being asked in to take little refreshment.
Our old and reliable caterer, Mr.. II. L.
Bond, is doing as well as ever for us.
cru roam the wild woods and hunt the buff
falo" is rendered in 30 verses, all alike, by the
ever popular gentleman from the south.
1t is not as dry here as at home, and the
many peaks of the Green Mountains look cool
and refreshing.
The only event of interest in camp to-day
has been battalion drill and dress parade,
under Lieut.-Col. Estey, with which Col.
Greenleaf was much pleased.
Gov. Farnham arrived tonight, ready for
the grand review and great day" of the mus
| ter tomorrow.
THURSDAY EVENING, Aug. 81.
The review of the segment by Col. Peck
aud staff took place this afternoon and was a
success, though a rain began soon after noon
and continued till near nightfall. The regi
ment made fine appearance.
After the review Judge Tetft of Whitehall,
who accompanied the Vermont battalion to
Yorktown, presented Quartermaster-Genera
Kingsley with an elegant gold hoaded cane in
behalf of the Burlington corps.
Camp will be broken on Saturday, and the
Estey Guard will reach home Saturday after
| noon