Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-05-29
MONTICELLO HARMONics.


ated in the Courts-A Soldiers Monu-
ment the Cause Of Long Standing DIFF
hcuIty.
At the Circuit Court held last
week in Monticello the ladies had an
inning. House cleaning was for
gotten, babies were neglected, hus-
bands had day off and a general
pean resounded through the groves
of that classic village. The week be
fore church troubles had been aired,
and last week they tackled monu-
ment. As it is a ladies' case and
presumably they all talked at once,
the reporters were either so eDrap-
tured with the excited beauty of the
scene, or so confounded with the
babel of tongues that their pens
were allowed to wander aimlessly
over the paper, while their thoughts
were engrossed with the radiency
and novelty of the occasion. Many
of the ladies involved in the interest
ing affair who were tinged with the
peach like bloom of youth when the
controversy began have become
frosted by the winter of time, and
tongues which trilled only the dit
ties of maidenhood, have been worn
to a sharpness rivalling the spear of
Ithuriel. Slender maidens have de-
veloped into robust matrons, and
children then unborn have reached
the cooling age since the spirit of
discord invaded the bosoms of Mon
ticello's fair sex. But they have the
courage born of the mountains be-
cause they were willing to come in
to court with case which accord
ing to the CONCEALED facts began in
1872, For, twenty-four years ago
few ladies formed society to raise
funds for the erection of a soldier s
monument, chose a president and
secretary. held meetings, drank tea,
discussed the latest novel, COM
mented on the fashions, compared
babies, eulogized servants, criticized
husbands, fondled poodles and talk
ed of monuments ana patriotism.
Alas, in 1898 when the new woman
with her mind cast in a sterner
mold and an ambition to do business
in a BUSINESS way and to discard the
methods then prevalent, burst the
chrysalis of feminine reserve,
donned her bloomers and conned
her legal authorities, she said let
us incorporate this society.
The older members stood aghast.
What place it in a legal yoke, hitch
ed to a body of rigid forms, bring
it under set of rules, abolish the
five O'Clock tea accessories and the
privileges of criticism thereunto ap-
purtenant? Perish the thought. No
such trammels should environ this
society and forsooth some of the ori-
ginal founders seeded. This was
hardly in keeping with Democra-
tic spirit which one would suppose
permeated and saturated that classic
village, but the ladies as if the re-
solution to incorporate had been a
mouse gathered up their skirts and
took themselves out Of it. Being
duly warned thereafter and not
choosing to appear, a vote was ta-
ken and they were removed from
o flee and new officers elected in
their stead. The new officers brought
the suit to recover the funds which
the former officials had spent in ere.
citing the monument. A final deci.
sion will not be reached until Sept.
ember, and in the meanwhile the
ladies can rest and recuperate
They might form a society this sum.
mer to construct an arch at the en-.
trance to the village bearing the lie,
gend " Peace on earth good will tC
men and agree not to dodge around
it.