Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-10-10
CONCERNING WOMEN.

Mrs. Margaret V. Longley, Of Cincin-
natl, has published little book entitled
TYPE Writer Lessons" for the use OF
teachers and students.
Costa RIGA has honored itself and set
a good example to more pretentious peo-
Piles, by sending a woman Madam Beat
rice, as Envoy Extraordinary at Wash
ngton.
The Greenbackers of California have
placed in the field State ticket. Mrs.
Marian Todd is named for Attorney-Gen-
eral. Good for the Greenbackers. '-Ne'e
Northwest.
Since the annual meeting of the Am
erican Woman Suffrage Association. Mrs.
Lucy Stone and Mr.. H. B. Blackwell
have been travelling through Nebraska,
holding meetings,
Soiourner Truth, now one hundred
and eight years old, lectured in Decatur,
Mich, the other evening, and devoted
the proceeds to furthering the woman
suffrage campaign in Nebraska.
The Louisville School of Pharmacy is
now open to women. its first young lady
student having recently entered with the
intention Of taking full course. A
practiced chemist in Louisville declares
that after having employed both men
and women he is persuaded that the lat
ter will make the better drug-clerks.
Miss Maria p. Brace. teacher Of elo-
cution at Vassar College, will this year
divide her time between that institution
and the State University of Indiana.
Miss Brace is the first woman instructor
at Indiana University, which receives both
sexes as students. Her salary is the
same as that Of the other professors.
The princess Eugene, sister Of the
King Of Sweden, recently sold her dia-
monds to raise funds in order to complete
hospital in which she was interested.
When visiting this hospital. after its
completion suffering inmate wept tears
of gratitude as she stood by his side, and
the Princess exclaimed. "Ah. now ]
see my diamonds again"
The Sisterhood Of All Saints, Balti-
more, is quietly doing blessed work for
the Southern negro, and that ag''-St o.
s;acles which would shake the faith of
many. Those who are watching their
labors are convinced that there is no bet
ter instrument for reaching the poor
Southern negro than sisterhood COM
posed, as this is, of both black AID white
women.
Oddly enough, all the New York pap
ers, and a great many Of the Western
ones, got the action Of the Massachusetts,
Democratic convention on woman suf-
frage inverted in their reports, and sun
dry wise remarks were made on the sup
posed defeat OF the woman suffrage reso-
luton. Nobody seems to know how the
mistake arose. Was the wish father TO
the thought, neighbors :
Both political parties in Washington
Territory are giving the woman move
ment recognition by placing ladies on
their tickets for school Offices. The Re-
publicans of Garfield Co., have nominated
Mrs. +. G. Morrison for School Superin-
tendent, while the Democrats of Walla
Walla name Miss Tina Johnson for a
like position. Women have also been
nominated in several other counties.
Judge Kingman gave at the Omaha
convention full and explicit statement
of the practical working of woman suf-
frage in Wyoming He said that it had
done much good, both to women and to
society, and that none Of the evils so Of
ten predicted had followed. About
eight-tenths of the men Of Wyoming vot-
ed, and fully nine. tenths OF all the wo-
meu. After thirteen years experience,
no man or woman who had resided one
year in the territory was in favor Of It's
repeal. 1t was universally accepted as q
permanent and benefcient fact.
Miss carrie d. Blanch ard of College
Hill, a student of the Gin cinnati "School
of Design" has recently completed, at
Mrs. Nichols lockwood Pottery, a vase
of original design and remarkable beauty
of finish. On the vase is representa-
ton of "Clovernook," the Alice and
PhGbe Carey homestead on College Hill.
The old house and well are exhibited,
surrounded by modelled roses and finished
in china painting from original sketches:
1t is christened the "Clovernook Vase,
and was ordered by Boston lady.
Miss Mary S. Davenport, of Wcrces-
ter, Mass has been remarkably successful
in her competition for the bread pre-
miums at New England fairs. In 1880
she took the first prize, silver desser.
spoon, for white bread made by girl
under Is years Of age. In 1881 she
took the first prize for brown bread made
by girls under Is, silver dessert spoon
in each case and in 1882, in the lady's
class, with ia competitors she took the
first prize, Sc, for white bread, and the
first. SO, for brown bread.
During the las. week the newspapers
have abounded in remarks to the gener-
al effect that the "woman sufragists of I
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