Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-08-20

disease, dcformity and hereditary sim You
eteal his reason away and so are u thief of the
deepest dye: fer you steal the arst rights Of
his manhood, his honor, his patriotism, his duty
TO God and man. YOU arc thief OF tho uoy-
ornmon,-thief Of God ana right"
had sort o. warmed me up. l went on ex.
citedly
"Then ylu mako this man liable to commit
any crime. II lie murders, you are murderer
II he commits suicide, your guilty soul shall
cover in the presence Of Him who said mo
self murderer shall Inherit eternal life.' ltis
your owl doom you shall read in those dread
ful word ."
"Goou ANDY, Samnnthy, do you want 10 scar
me 10 death q cried Josiah. lie quaied and
shook, and shook aud quailed.
~ am only tellin' you the truth, Josiah Al
len,"l nnswered. "And should ihink II
would scare anybody to death"
.lt dout do It, | shall appear likc "a fool
shall be one by myself."
No, you wont, Josiah Allen no, you wont.
II you try 10 do right, try to do Gods will, you
have His army TO surround you with an iuvisi-
be wall Of strength"
why" he cried lookin' al me sort o. curious
II haihi seen you lOOkin so sUrt o. skairful and
ria up, for years, Samanthy."
"And haint felt so sknirt and roscn up,"
says "to think OF the brink you was slandin'
on aud jest fallin Off off,
Josiah lonked quite bad, he put his hand on
his side and SAYS;
"My heart beats ssifit was tryln' to get out
and walk round the room. | do believe I've
got population of the heart"
Says 1, In sarkasticker tone than had used I,
and irUnickler:
"That is a disease that Is vey common among
men, though they aint'ovrr and above wiIu'
to own upto't Too much population Of the
hnn llua nil lad A
wimmen too" says |, reasonably. "But you
mean palpitation."
"Wal, said so, didurI 2 And II is jest
your skairful talk that has done It,"
"Wal, If thought could convince men as I
have you, would foller up the business stddy,
of sknirin' folks, and think was duiu' my duty
too" says |, my emotions rouslin' up again.
81 shonld call it good deal more honorable" !"
went on To say, "mOre honorable In YOU IN u et
drunk yourself and should think more Of you
to see you a.reelin' round yourself than to see
you make uther folks reel. / should think that
| II was your own reel, and you had more right
TO 1t than TO anybody else's, Oh ! to think
haye lived to see my companion a.goin' against
the scriper, ready To steal or be stole, to knock
down or anything, to buy votes or sell 'em--"
"Wal. dumb 1t all, do you want me To appear
| as awkward as a fonl have told you. mure
than a dozen times, have got to do as the res
do, II want to make any show at all in poll
| tics"
| said no more, but | ria right mp and walked
right out OF tile room, with IN head right up in
the air, aud the strings Of my head dress float
| in' out behind me. And I'll bet there was in
dignation in the float of them strings, aud hear,
| ache and agony. and-and everything,
But this was not all. | thought had con.
vinced him and hadn't. | felt as if | should
| sink. You know that Is all women can do is to
sink. She can't do anything else IN helpful
| way. When her beloved companion hangs over
political nbysses, she can't reach out her
lovin' hand and help stiddy him. She cant d,
uothin' only jest sink.
| And what made 1t more despairin' and snkiu'
| these thoughts came to me as | stood by the
sink, washin' my dinner dishes.
But nnon-1 know il was JEST anon, for the
water was bi'in' hot when turned it ont of the
kettle, and it scalded my hands unbeknown Ia
me, as | washed ont my sass -plates-this
thought gripped hold Of me
"Josiah Aliens wife you must not sink you
must keep up. II you have No power to help
your partner to patriotism and honor. you eau il
your worst fears are realized, try to keep him ia
home. For, II his acts and words are like these
in Juressile, what will they be in Washington,
d. c., il that place is all it is
depictered to you ? Hold up. Samanthy Be
firm, Josiah Aliens wife John Rogers The
uine-and one os 'em at the breastl''
SO, by these almost convulsive efforts al
| calmness, grew mure calmer, and some onc,
poseder. Josiah had hi,ched up and gone and
he come home clever and all excited with a new
| thing.
They are a-buildin' new courthouse at
| JOnesville, as must first explain. 1t is most
done. and ii seemed they had got into a dispute
| that day, about the cupalow. Tkey wanted Ia
have the fpger Of Liberty sculped out on il
aud they had got the mlu there already, and lie
had begun 70 sculp her as a woman The God
| dess oil Liberty, he called her. But at the las,
| minute, dispute had rnsen,
Some one Gf the leadin' minds Of JOncsville,
| Uncle Nate BIrpy amongst 'em, insisted on il
| that Liberty wuBn't a womau-he wus a man,
And they wanted him depicted as man, with
whiskers, and pahtaloOns, and standin' collar
and boots and spurs. Josiah was tue Une that
wanted the spurs.
He said the dispute waved furious, and he
says to 'em
"IIeuve it to Saminthy, she'll know all abou
it,"
And SO it was agreed 90, that they'd leaye i,
| to me.
And he drove the old mare !homs almost be.
yond her strength, he was 80 anxious to have 1,
| settled.
| was est maken' some cream biscuit for sup.
| per, as ho came in and atted ME about IL and
minutes a minute, in maxim warm buscuit
You want to make 'em quick aud bake EN-
| quick. My mind was fairly held unto that
dough, and needed on it but, inslincively,
told him he was in the right ont.
| bioettI mere IN the United Otate3 was q
man. Wimmen have M votes, and nnthin' Ia
do with it. aud. in order to be consistent, Liber.
ty ort to be dspicIvred with whisSers, an over
coat and standin collar"
"and spurs" says Josiah.
| "Wal," told him, al wouldn't be particnler
about the spurs. Instead Of the spurs on his
bnnts he might be depicIered as setin' his boot
heel onto the respectful petition Of fifty thou
aud wimmen 20 had ventnrcd to ask him fol
a little mite Of what he was supposed to have
| quaniit Of freedom.
Or" says / she might be depictcred MS set.
ling ON u judgemest seat and waving rff intr
prison an intelligent Christian wnman--wlc
had spent her whole noble useful life in study
| in the laws Uf our ualnn-fur DARN 10 think
Size had as muth rights under our constitution
as the most ignorant, STUPID, even wick d
man. who would m st likely, sell his fraucli {
for bushel Of green apples" Al this Josiah
WINGED and went Yes, that will e
Liberty jest as imperiuus aud shuwy a lnnk II,
spurs would. and be fur more hlstOrick and
synb0ical."
"Wal." he said, ''he would mention It I,
EN-" and SAYS h.. wi h n oontened luok:
81 tuld Uucle Nate knew was right.
| knew Liberty was a man. A wOman-Iiicu
lus y