Year: 1879

From Our Own Correspondent.


Your Keeler correspondent has been very
lazy of late, but this morning feel like shaking
of my lethargy, and you viii not be surprised
when tell you I went to hear Mrs. E. Cady
Stanton last evening would like to tell those
of your readers who nave never seen and heard
her how she looks and some things she said
and will just few, with your permission
She is short and feshy, weighs about 175 lbs,
very mothery and dignifed in manner, and for
lady OF sixty three years and family Of five
boys and two girls, she Is very interesting.
Her hair, of which she has an abundance, Is
white and soft as silk; she wears the front in
rolls and the back in coil. Refinement and
grace mark every feature, pure words and lofty
uses no slang and no sarcasm, and attacks
principles rather than men. Her strongest
appeal was to women themselves, to arouse
and interest themselves in the measures being
put forth for their interests, and it is not simply
to secure the ballot for the sake or gaining the
contested point, but their influence is needed
in the work of reform in all departments and
especially in the temperance cause. 1t is for
the uplifting OF humanity that she claims the
ballot, and not to crafty womans vanity as
many suppose. The curse OF in.emperance
falls heaviest on the1women and children, then
why should not woman use her utmost lnnu
ence to stop the traffic in the deadly poison
and save her sons from it's blight? And if the
ballot Is necessary to that end, why should she
not desire and claim it as her lawful right
Mrs. Stanton is glorious specimen of what
pure minded. educated woman would be, real
izing her capabilities and the privilege of act
ing according to her convictions. To me the
subject was presented in a new light. There
was no barshness, no insnuations that have 80
frequently marred the effect OF speeches made
on this subject To the most conservative OF
whom am one, her noble words touched
sympathetic response of Amen.


The Baptist s. 8. convention and Ministerial
Association met here last week. There was
good attendance. c. T.. Reeves, OF the Benton
Harbor Palladium, spoke very plainly on the
subject of how to interest Sunday school
class. HIS method is to make the class ind-
vidually give their views of the lesson, as they
arc questioned, and not the teacher so on and
explain as many do, without asking tine opinion
Of the class II Mr.. Reeves makes as good an
editor as he does Sunday school teacher. we
think he will succeed. On Thursday afternoon
and evening Mrs Ida Lyon, who returned
from Burmah last October, a widow having
lost her husband few months after their ar
rival there addressed the association. Her
theme was good, but she is young and has not
yet learned to get the most facts out in few
minutes talk, for the brethren could only spare
her fifteen minutes in the afternoon and thirty
in the evening DR.. Bailey, of Niles, preached
a soul-feasting sermon on Friday morning.
Their home missionary Mr., Beals, spoke Sun
day afternoon on home missions He is a
plain, sensible talker and did his work well.


Crops are looking well. Frost did no great
harm. Apple blossoms seem rather scarce in
many orchards. Corn most all planted; rain
came just in time for everything; prospects
fair Tor farmers.