Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-10-31
cRoMwELLs FIRsr sTATue.

H. c. Beeching
cRoMwELLs FIRST STATUE.
An Image Of Wood and wax Carried
Through London In 1858.
When Edward Burrough, the Quaker
"Apostle Of London, +" whom George
Fox called his Son Of Thunder. y was
passing through Charing Cross ON his
way to the city, upon the "22d day Of
the ninth month, N 1858, he found tile
streets crowded with people. ''The
guards Of soldiers, horse and foot, n says
he, 'stayed me and stopped my horse and
said might not pass that way. Nei-
ther, indeed, 1 viii, adds he, ''by rea-
son Of the throng Of people
When he inquired the reason Of this
thronging and pressing Of multitudes, -
he was told that they all came out only
to see dead image and invented fea-
ture, without life or breath, which would
be carried this way" Il was not the
great Protectors body, but dead image
Of wood or wax, arrayed and decked
with foolish inventions, and it was to
be carried from place to place that day
between Somerset House and Westmin-
ster, as was usual i'll the time of popery,
for multitudes Of foolish people to gaze
upon and wonder after and admire. -
The jealous Quaker thought the statue
Of Oliver Cromwell all the more an i'll
suit to his memory because she was
once a great instrument in the hands Of
the Lord to break down many idOla-
trous images and grievous idols. And
have they now, said my spirit, made a
costly image Of him? And are such as
were once his soldiers, who pulled down
images and crosses, and all such popish-
like stuff wherever they met with it,
now guarding his image and watching
over it, and bis children and officers
following it, multitudes Of the inhabit-
ants of London gazing after it? This is
sad, said |, and great pity l. this
the end and final farewell Of once noble
Oliver?'
Edward Burrough concluded that it
was ia judgement" upon Cromwell to
be thus wronged after his death, because
he had suffered the servants Of the Lord
(the Quakers) to he prosecuted and i'm
prisoned for crying against such things
as were popish. He says that Cromwell
himself would have been angry at it.
II knew the man when he was living
and had the knowledge Of his spirit
And / am persuaded if it had been asked
him in his lifetime if such an image
should be made like him, and then set
up in such a place, | believe he would
have denied, / say, and said, : 1t shall
not be there for me, when I am dead
If it had been his bones, I" added the
Quaker. II should not have had aught
against it, whereas it was but an image
made by hands. " 50 Burrough went
home and wrote his Testimony Against
Great Idolatry. "-Westminster Gazette.
The first Montana equal suffrage con
vention was a brilliant success, as I find
from Mrs. Anderson s most readable re-
port Of it in The Avant Courier Of
Bozeman.
Nine Hanna Korany, the accom-
plished Syrian lady who came to this
country To attend the Worlds fair and
liked us so well that she staid, has been
obliged to cancel her lecture engage
ments for this winter She delivered
them in a charming manner, wearing
her native Syrian costume. They in
cluded such topics as oriental art and
literature, manners and customs and the
condition Of women IN Syria and the
east generally Our severe climate,
with its sudden. sharp changes, was too
much for this gentle daughter Of the
orient, and she returns home for awhile
to eat figs and grapes under the blue
skies Of Syria. During her stay in the
orient she viii visit Macedonia and the
Armenians and give a true account Of
the outrages there, writing the story for
American newspapers. Her familiarity
with the languages and customs Of the
lands she visits viii give her an ad
vantage over other correspondents in
the orient On her return to u she will
resume her lectures.
1T j. lazy thing to put off the at
tainment Of perfection till after you are
dead Now is the time to strive for it.
1t IL pleasant t0 record that the Ger
man Socialist party has put itself fair
and square on the side of the emancipa
tion Of women. AT the Breslau congress
a resolution was adopted asking that the
new civil code place women on legal
equality with men. Another resolution
asked that restrictions depriving unmar-
ried mothers and their children Of legal
and civil rights be removed, and that
such mothers and their children be per
mitted to enjoy the same rights that
married women and their children do.
Women now need to get into active
and outdoor work az far AZ possible
They also need to 20 into business on
their own account, not being content to
work for other people. No fortune was
ever made BY working for somebody else.
The other person gets the profits
Miss Edith Okey has graduated from
the Veterinary college Of Toronto, where
she made a special study Of diseases Of
milk cows. She is practicing her pro
fession, and has three men for her a.
sistants Cow doctoring seems a suitable
profession for woman. There is no oc-
cupation for women more pleasant or
profitable than dairying. III Europe il j.
mostly in the hands Of our sex. Here in
America, with our improved machinery
and vast expanse of room, women can
make a great success with cows.
The best and most intelligent women
ought to be On school boards in every
community. They know the needs OF
children better than anybody else can.
All gospel IL not in the Bible "A lady
who is at the head of fiourishing ex-
press and delivery business all her own
says, IL don't zee how women can be
content To sit down to fancy work when
there is so much to be done in the
world. " ELIZA ARcHARD CONNER
Used to 1t.
Grandna-DOn't get scnrnd Willy The