Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-06-06
CONCERNING WOMEN.

first introduced bees into California in
1858.
A meeting Of women ministers will be
held in Boston on some day of the COM
ing anniversary week.
The newspapers of Oregon stand on
the pending suffrage amendment twenty
three in favor, five opposed and four neu-
trail.
Twenty-Five women physicians, who
took part in the military operations of
Russia in 1877, have been decorated by
the Emperor with the order of St. Stanis-
las of the third class.
DR.. A. Bucket has not only established
herself professionally at Oakland, CAL,
but is a practical teacher Of natural his
tory and biology. Both classes are in
prosperous condition.
A committee of two from the Brooklyn
Woman's Club called on Mayor Low re-
Gently and presented him with petition
containing over 200 signatures asking
the appointment of women on the Board
of Education.
Mrs. l.. f. Elliott is young woman
left with two children to support and
educate, and instead of sitting down
and repining at her sad fate, she has
bravely stepped forward and opened a la
dies fancy shoe store in Dayton, Ken
lucky.
Mrs. Nellie Grace edits the largest pa
per at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. She
issues a daily and double-sheet weekly.
Another lady owns and conducts the larg
est saw mill, and another is developing a
lead mine besides experimenting large
farm.
A mass convention of the woman suf-
fragists of Indiana, and all others inter-
ested in the cause, was held at the Grand
Opera House, indianapolis, Friday, May
10th, in the presence Of a large audience
of representative men and women Of tAe
State.
Mrs. T.. B. Johnson, editor of the wo-
mans department in the \. o. Capital
and Labor, is greatly interested in silk
culture, and has devoted much of her
time to the development of this industry
in Louisiana.
In 1880. eighteen young women were
graduated from a school of technology in
Boston. OF these, eight found at once
steady employment as designers in print
factories one in pottery works; two in
an oil-cloth factory and one in a carpet
mill.
About fifty women graduates of vari-
Gus colleges recently met at Boston to
discuss the higher education of women.
1t was decided that physical culture is the
great necessity for American women, and
the establishment Of department Of
physical education in the schools was
urged.
Within six months the men of Ne
braska are to vote on an Amendment
which gives full suffrage to women. The
success of the measure then will have
great and favorable effect on the question
everywhere. States that have a similar
Amendment pending are Indiana, Iowa,
and Oregon.
At the recent naturalization examina-
ton of the Calcutta University, eight
women passed. successfully, of whom six
are natives of India; and at Bombay
seven women were successful, including
four from Poonah. At the first arts ex-
animation at Calcutta, female candi-
date obtained a scholarship of the first
grade.
There seems to be growing interest
in cooking schools all over the country,
and Mrs. Lincoln says that the demand
for teachers is greater than the supply.
To many doubtless the idea Of school
for cooking is rather odd, but it certainly
is much shorter and pleasanter way of
learning than through experiments of
ones own.
Miss NJ. F. Austin, Central Colony,
Frisco county, Cal, has vineyard of
thirty acres, in the third year from cut
tings, from which she made 5000 over
pounds of raisins. The Muscat of Alex
andria and Muscatel de Gorda Blanco are
the varieties used, yielding an average of
ten pounds vine the frs. season of fruit
age. Her grape product last year paid
all expenses of the vineyard, trays, boxes,
platforms, etc.
An extensive iron manufacturing firm
of Pittsburg has opened new field of