Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-04-20

1912; and it is further and all the
time and lastly
Resolved. That no matter whether
Zelaya skips or stays, whether Japan
pitches in or remains at peace. wheth-
er j. P. Morgan buys out the rest of
the United States or feels that he has
got enough, this issue of woman's
rights cannot be sidestepped We de-
mand a square deal and a square an
swer. and. be gosh, we will have it or
tear down the bulwarks of American
liberty and let loose the kangaroo
There you are, William. That's the
thunderbolt that fell from a clear sky
and boosted the price of cabbage heads
2 cents more. l was waited upon by
the secretary Of the meeting. She had
a gun Her jaw was sot. Her eyes
looked like pounded glass. | met her
with dignity and JUNCTION and prom
ised to give the matter serious consid-
Grafton as soon as had time. No go.
l was given five minutes in which to
decide.
William. came down was up a
tree. and l came down. I made a
statement in writing that | was for
'em. 1t was the loss of my job. if not
my life. to do otherwise. 1t is now
up to you 1t is expected that you will
write by return mail and that you
won't use any ambiguous words in
your reply. Don't work in any Dutch
| or Latin
Ny son, let me give you a tip. Put
your ear to the ground. Don't you
hear 100000000 women yelling for
the ballot? Don't you hear the cords
of bondage swapping like so many
muskets? Come down. If you don't
they'll fetch you down. We've got to
whack up with the other sex or there'll
be earthquakes and cyclones every
uay In the week Let's make virtue
of necessity and pretend that we were
ready to give women the ballot 100
years ago. She's got started with her
broomstick in hand, and we'd better
let her whack the other Teller than get
it Ourself
Pap Gives Pointers.
And dunno. William-I dunno. |
was rushed into this thing. but | guess
a thousand men who couldn't tell an
old burdock from stick of Eastwood
walk up TO the, polls with their chests
sWelled out and a feeling that they
was the whole United States, and on
the score of intelligence | guess the
women folks wifi come out way ahead
1t won't take 'em long to post up and
know who's who. | was thinking this
; think over for two hours after | got
to bed last night. and | guess the man
who falls into line now won't make
| any mistake You needn't come out
with a whoop- hurrah and a wave OF
} your hat, but just let it be known that
you have lifted your tyrant heel. In
J case you decide to do this | have some
suggestions to make.
Jim SINNERS wife has raised eleven
children and is still at it. She has
surely rewarded her country. and now
let her country reward her The old
gal has turned ffty-seven, but | saw
her jump a rail fence the other day as
spry as any girl. Take time by the
forelock or fetlock or somewhere else
and appoint her game warden for this
district. Poker is about the only game
around. but she'll catch on in week
The wife of Elder Flatbush has
pieced seven crazy quilts. made 20C
yards of rag carpet and manufactured
fourteen barrels of soft soap during
her married life thus far That's a rec
ord, William, few men can equal II
would be u nice little thing on youl
part to create her an Office She might
be a commissioner of the pure food
law and go around with ak knocking
cold storage eggs in the head
Give EN- Offices.
The Widow Harper is pretty lively
in this woman's rights movement.
She doesn't go in for having a thou
sand corpses lying around loose for al
object lesson, but the grim look she
wears means business She'd make {
fine fish commissioner. Any fish which
came her way would want an extra
tail on him to get away. Jericho
creek is full of mud turtles and min
nOws. and they ought to be looked
after. A salary of about $40 a month
, would swing the widow to our side
and she'd talk Taft and Pinkham even
in prayer meeting.
Cy Parkinson's wife has had the
: lung fever, a broken kneecap, measles
whooping cough. rheumatism and
about forty other things and is just
now struggling with two broken. ribs
, and sore heel She's laid in bed and
read up on this question until she can
talk hair on the head of a baldheaded
man. She ought to be encouraged.
1t would please a hundred women to
see her encouraged. Make a little of
fee for her, William. Let her be
drawn around the country in a cart