Year: 1879

l II was woman's wit that was back of the whole affair, and I'm proud of itl-the miserable sneak What good would monument to him do2"

 But l am asked, What good will the mon- ument do I refuse to answer. am only reporter, asking your opinion

 Well, sir" replied the lady, 'you shall have it. It is nothing but a contemptible scheme to flaunt forever in the face of woman her woes and her wrongs. There And if ltwere called upon to write the inscription it would run something like this:

 This monument would have you go Respected sir, or madam,

 And ponder all the good to you

 Was done by ono named Adam; He dealt with snakes and, ever since, His offspring (male) have had 'em." "But you just said" interrupted the report or, that it was Eve who dealt originally with the serpent. You can't go back on your own words in this way"

 s1 didn't either" said the lady, ''and can do what please with my own words-who are you to dictate to me P Away with you Leave the room, sir 1" and she motioned the reporter majestically to the door. The report i CT slunk away, wondering why lady who was so we'll up on Adam should be so thor oughly down on him.

 It is certainly funny idea to erect mon- ument to Adam at this late day when we have so many more distinguished and import ant characters in this country, notably, Mark Twain, but the funniest part of it is to erect such monument in Elmira. Why in Elmi. ra 2. What connection has that place with Adam or Eve or Paradise, unless it is Para disc Lost? fit weressproposed to erect it in Canaan we could see some propriety in it. Here some of our oldest and most respected | famiies-some of the first settlers bear the same name (Adam) and they are doubtless lineal descendants of him who first bore the honored name. When Adam was expelled from the Garden of Eden, he naturally pros- pected for the next best place and pre-. empted section of the public domain flowing with milk and honey, which he called Canaan. There he and his descendants lived for many years. When Columbus discovered America they heard (perhaps through some Litchfeld paper) of it's wonders, of the fertility of it's soil and it's natural adaptability for grazing purposes, and some of it's younger members took the advice of the late lamented Horace Greeley to go West. Arrived here they nat, urally cast about for a place that was as much like the land of their fathers as possible and so they finally settled in this place (they may have been influenced somewhat by the fact that it is a good location for a creamery); and they named it after thelr beloved home-Can. aan, and here they have lived ever since Ii would be very appropriate, therefore, to erect such monument here. There would be a historicatas well as poetic justice in it. But why they should want to erect a monument to Adam way out in the southern tier of York State passes our comprehension. They have no lineal descendants there and if there are any blood relations in that remote section they must be in some collateral line We don't propose, however, to interfere with Ell. mira or her rights or her claims in any way. If she insists upon doing thing which seems so-so-well, let her; we have no objections This is wide world and there is room enough in it yet for all of us and for all the monu. ments we have mind to put up. We have project of our own which we like much better than the Elmira idea. We propose that in stead of erecting a monument to the man who was foolish enough and weak enough to b, tempted and then to deny it and try to pu the blame all on his companion. whom he hae promised to love- honor and protect in sick ness and in health until death did them part we erect one to the better man of the two, tc the first strong minded woman-in short tha

 we erect one to Mrs. Adam familiarly called "Mother Eve" What could be more appro

 priate, more beautiful than such monumen in such place? We are perhaps more close ly connected with the past than most othe

 places. The spirit of bygone years still in

 gers with us and is likely to- We cling to tho traditions of our fathers and we contemplate

 with a peculiar satisfaction the good old day, of Mother Eve And then we have such ar

 excellent site for such monument. We would place it on the hill overlooking the village right in front of the schoolhouseIt would stanc there for all coming time to impress upon the

 tender minds of our children as they go ano return from their daily lessons, the tender anC ennobling sentiments which are expressed o ) implied iu those tenderest and sweetest of al

 worlds My Mother" Now won't the la dies of Canaan take hold of this enterprise with their accustomed tact and energy anC

 push it to a successful conclusion. We have

 no doubt the owner of the site would gener ously donate it for such noble object.