Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-29
LINCOLN CITY NOTES.

down until the present time, it h been
a noticeable part of wOmens DISPOSE
ton to want the last word and the last
lick, aud for the qualification of wheel
Woman" and her assistants, we will
conccde to their wishes. But not unit
we say that the lotion applied to our
faulty vision, has worked miracles.
For we now see clearly that the writer
who signs herself "E. " has a very large
imagination or poor conception. The
person who would class women with
infants, or insane. are beneath our no.
tice. The respect and esteem that we
have for the fair sex, places them far
above that standard in our estimation
My wife is a woman and so was my
mother. and l value their teachings and
mpaniOnship far above any of the
wild beasts of the field or forest, al d |
when you penned those lines compar-
ing the human being that God crea-
ted in His own likeness and image and |
gave a soul, to the wild beast that has
neither hope of heaven nor fear of he'll, |
did not your hand trembe and your
heart skip beats? Would not your
sainted mother and mine sacrificed
their lives for their children? And is
there not thousands of cases on record !
where it has been done? We say again,
that women tutor the minds of the
young, they SOW seeds of kindness.
fOrbearance and forgiveness, and there
are thousand other duties to perform
and offices to fill that women are capa
ble of. But when "Wheel Woman
made the assertion that we never could
have better roads until the manage
ment was placed entirely in the hands
of women, we think you stepped be-
you'd the lines of prOpriety, and again
you say that woman must keep the
law that man makes. Pay taxes for
him, to appropriate as he sees fit. Well,
here are some of the laws that the hard
hearted and unconscious man makes:
A man of property is responsible for
whatever debts a vain, foolish or eXtrav-
agant wife may be coaXed to contract
yet no wife of means is liable for her
husbands debts, though he is pennies s
and she worth millions; while he can
not sell his own real estate WITHOUT her
voluntary aud sworn written consent.
She may sell all of hers at full prices,
without the civility of notifying him;
also to retain all her property at mar
riage in her own right, but compel a
rich man by the very act of marrying
a poor girl to donate to her One-third of
his real estate. Could female legisla-
latiOn enact laws more to their advan-
tage than these? You quote largely
from the sacred Book, but you forgot to
mention what Paul said LET the wo-
man learn in silence, with all subsection.
But l suffer not woman to ursurp au-
thOrity over the man but to he in ST.
lence." Now we are going to ask the
great Apostle to excuse you, for this is
a progressive age.
We have been accused of using the
whole of woman kind to punish ''\N hee
, Woman" This statement is the result
! of blunted intellect, not possessing
knowledge sufficient to know prais,
from punishment, and justice from in
-, justice, and when the day comes for III
to exchange trousers for dresses, W,
will do SO with all the graces of a kinl
i Mr.. Obediah Boren, of Auburn, Indi
? ana, is spending two weeks with hi
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Cubbage
= Mr.. Fred Harder has sold his tarn
south of town to Mr.. Chas. Shockley.
Mr.. E. G. Reed is building an add
u ton to his residence.
Mrs. Landenbury, of Phillipsburg, n
Il j., is visiting her brother Mr. c. A
Il Macklin.
( The young people of the town CAV
Mrs. Truitt a pound party on Saturda
{ evening.
u The NJ e. Aid Society met at Mrs
u Masten's on Friday evening S. G.
The following communication wa
Il received last week, too late for publics
e ton
/ They talk about wOnan's sphere
As though it had limit,
There's not place in earth or heaven
There's not a TASK to mankind given
( There's not blessing or a woe,
IF There's not whispered yes or ''no,"
There's not a feathers weight of worth
10 Without woman in 1t.
5, Finding ourself in hot water, we fe,
in duty bound to get out-or at lea
" make an attempt to ''sink or swim.
lie S. G. G. expresses his views on IL
in much-vexed question of women occl
a plying positions in the business wOrl,
IN Has anything remarkable ever bee
, accomplished without directly, or il
directly. the help of women? Tht
in they are not lacking in true cOural
IS and business qualities, has been four
beyond dispute.
e. Ancient and modern history are
ut correct index of what has been done
women. Socially, financially and p
e. litically, women have held, and st
Nv hold, high places in the business worl
A woman can be found plying a ste
on mer up and down the Mississippi rive
1t, Many labOr-saving ideas have origin
fl ted in the brain of women. Who d
played uncOnquerable pluck when Il
on Bunker Hill Monument was part
ng completed and the funds gave OF
on The women of Massachusetts took 4
&c matter in hand, raised the requir
We amount,and as a result we have va
EAR and splendid monument. Even o
81 own American flag bears the print
ht woman's hand Washington drew Il
no stars in his design-six pointed Bet
d. Ross altered it to suit her own fame
a and it was adopted. Whittier has WI
his ten of Barbara Freitchie:
oh "Bravest of all in Frederick town.
She took up the flag the men hauled dow
see On the battlefield. who was welcom
more heartily than the brave lit
'n M woman of the Red Cross-Clara Bi
Is ton? We have all read of Ma
les Mitchell, late professor of astronomy
ev Vassar College She was one of q
' az most noted astronomers. Some m
wrote: "a female astronomer has
5 il other motive for looking at the mo
de than to see whether there be "a man
ras it, :" With that object i'm view