Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 22 April 1869 — Page 2
THE COMING- WOMAN,
Mrs. C.S. McDONALD, Editor.
The Ladikh' Khapinc. Association ot"
ville—Roomsin llughos' Block.
Llzzw 1. ,\
President. Mary II. Campbell, Sucrcsun.
The Two Books.
I an underground room on one of tho streets of Williamsburg lived a uhm and her daughter. a. .girl abqut sovon t, en years of age. One nim-ning I called .mil :is siirnn.-ed to
there on business, and was surprised to see them working a room so dark. There were and tliey
two
iniall windows only, out on a dingy, dark
looked
street "on which the sun seldom'if ever shonf. Under one of these windows sat a sew in machine at which the daughter sat sewing. Although it was only ten o'clock in" the morning, yet she looked tired, and her face was very thin and pale, By her side sat her "mother, a.
sew
t,h"se garment. of the tine nic ished. -We have eighteen cent plied the mother. '•And how day "Sonietinie when
ni'icldle.-aged woman, preparing work for it lias reversed, very generally, the her to
on the machine. They were t-raditiona] position of' the sexes: the so bu~ilv engaged that they paused but women have had all the logic and the a moment a I "talked with them, work- most intelligent men. when they have inr with all the: zeal and /.e»r of one attempted the other side, have limited to'nik" to save a life. themselves to satire and gossip. "How* much do you receive for making
said, taking up one hirts they had just tin-
a piece, re
inanv -can oi
fi-ht
and
make in a
we can make. six. but we average about live, perhaps a little more. ••That would he ninety cent-- per day, —"about live dollars and a half a week. Do you always have all thar you candor" .. -Not alwavs. Ma am. answered the mother, "but there is seldom a time when we do nor have something to do. We have had plenty ot work now tor two wVek,
just now we are working
very hard, for we have made ourselves a little extra expense. My daughter." continueil she, -subscribeu lor a hooka week ago. and we expect it will be hrought°around
in
our
rent
a day or two. and as
comes due about the same time
we are in an unusual hurry." "Monev cannot be better invested. 1 said, "than in good books. "What is the work. Miss, that vou subscribed for?" ••It is work on Woman.'' replied the voung irirl, lifting her sad eves a moment"to my face, "and 1 think it will be very beneticial." ••What do vou know about thebook I asked, "in these times when the subject of "equal rights' is so thoroughly agitated there are very different ideas written on the subject: but of course as you are a working girl and have no father, brother or husband to support you, and are entirely dependent on your own exertions, surely ou would not work so hard to purchase a book which is averse, to your possessing all the rights i.f your country, and all the advantages for supporting yourself which, man posfcCPSCis."
The pale face of the young girl flushed scarlet "I do not 'believe as you do Ma'am." she. stammered. "Our minister subscribed for the book, and recommended itvery highly.and said every woman. especially in these times, should study ir well." It says woman's sphere is at home by the lireside that she was made to make home happy to make every thing nice and inviting, and train her children in the fear of God.'
There was a wavering about the thin Hps as
she
uttered these, word-. "My
child." I said, -what does it propose to do with those, women who have no tiresides who shiver with the cold because they cannot obtain fuel to make a blazing' hearth who work until! their fingers bleed, to pay the rent for a
The slender young creature ceased her working a moment, and looking up I saw her eyes were tilled with te ti*s. "O Ma'am." she said with quivering lip-:. "I don't know. 1 am afraid it/a ,: nothing for such poor creature.-. There seems to be nothing tor^ i'.s but work, work, tvoiii morning till night, and then live like, beggars. wish it would tell I as how to obtain pleasant homes, lor we are surely the. one- who need advice and sympathy, for women with 'oving, friends all around theni. with plenty to cat and w'ear and good beds tosjee.p in, do not need book* t.o teli them that the lireside is their spher\ and that tliey :'I must, occupy it. for they will not do otherwise, but is is different with us who need books to tell us some way of 11.111 escape from this cruel bondage of labor iiot half compensated—tills v.- rking and wearing awav our lives in dark cellars
That night I sent tne bn-.k hey. and in two week- eailed again. Sin looked much brighter tiian whe I la-r visited her. the sadness had_ partially disajipeared l'roin her eyes me a cordial welcome. have read both book most immediately. and have, read throuirh twice it ha:s
evc.ry,thing goes j,.ls i,.on made with the well-known
Headstones,
cheerless
miserable tenement whom men do not support, but try every way in their power to rol the'm of their virtue, what ioes your book propose to do ^'ith,..such women as these
a.".d 1:
made
die said alvour aid I ludieve
book I subscribed for 1 have stowed away and do not want to see it again, tor it made me feel morn discourage)! than ever, but your book has put new lite into me. I i'eel as if I was ot more consequent and importance, and when 1 carried my work home last evening. Mr. Allen asked me why E looked so smiling und fresh, and 1 told him it was because felt more independent. I had been reading a work on woman's rights, and did not think he paid ne enough for my work. He laughed and pahi me a do'llar more than common, and said he would pay me in future twenty cents a piece for "the shirts we are making. O, Ma'am. am a strong believer in 'woman's rights' now, and mother is too, and I feel as if I ••.'ould make my mark in
2 CRAWEORDSVILLE JOURNAL: APRIL 22,1869.
the Turld and I am so much obliged to you for that good book/' 1 went out of that house rejoicing, and the next thing I did was to get a score of woman's rights journals and put them into the hands of a score of women on that .street.—Jki.ia Crotch.
All ll»o liOsric on Oitr Sid. T. W Iligginson says: "in view of the rapid changes now going on. he is a rash man who asserts the ''Woman Question" to bo anything but a mere question of time. I Fere is the plain fact: woman must either be a subject or an equal there is no middle ground. Every concession to a, supposed principle only involves the necessity of the next concession for which that principle calls. Reasoning abstractly, it nust be admitted that the argument lias been, thus far. entirely on the women's side, inasmuch as no man lias asvet-eriousiy tried to meet them with argument. It is an alarming feature of this discussion,
Woman's rights so ftir prevail in (I recce that Queen Olga accompanies her husband to all Cabinet meetings.
m:\ ki:ai. of the academies and learned societies in Italy have, at last decided to admit women a members, and a begin-
author, the Countess Dorad' Istria.
TOMBSTONES, &C.
CiKEAT W.KSTERX
3 A E W O S
CK^wfoed^VILLE:
HA
•h.'ised ill-" above- estab-
VINO lishment, of 1). Pyk'\ 1. will s:iy to the citizens oi'Mdntjroniery and ii'.i.i'.tiniiu: ties that I wiil furnisii
All kinds of Marble-Work,
ToMhstcm cs\
ould
and s(psallid garret-.- I wish I subscribe lor such a book a.- that!" -L w-isli my dear girl." 1 replied. i-uch a book '-onld be cbfainei!. Avouid go mile-- to get it t'.r you i! essary. but 1 have a book which I would like vou to read, and wili send ir r.o uu. and after you ive peru-ed. tii«-in both. 1 will call "again and sec. which you like. best." fU
"that :nd I nee-
iU S it
Or the bf.-t "junlitv I'm :-i- i.-lii\'C at low iricc». iyJ O. 1. prfcUNDAGi
SHOEMAKER.
BOOT
a new woman of me. The
"W. II.
HAS
established himself -m th(- above business in the Graham building one door west of Wilhite.'sTailor Shop, on lMain street, and deals only in
CUSTOM-MADE WORM.
manufactures Boots on the patent J'lumer last, which enables him to give a neat and easy lit. ile is prepared to do custom work, either sewed or pegged, on short notice. liepai ring done with neatness and despatch. He riolicits a share of the public custom. fapr23
DRY COODS, HARDWARE, AC.
a rsi
Arc now receiving
it?"
Plows!
Tablets. tVc.
11
v'- .i w: A
al1. at the
?sT.
j: NK.
OLJ i'OS'i: OI-'FICi-: KtOM.
You c.nii will -.-i'lW is tn Sic rim
-"c my -TyIc o£' work, and I as line •ipecimon* of work as this irt -f tlic .'Statc. delivered :itt.hogravc-v.irds
ami "iV:ivraatcii to ltl\ sati-t:ietic.ii. I will ii va-* tin:county ^f»Jicitingonlcrs. and will sny tint? yen can piircliase yniir work as cheap home as you -an at tiio !itp.
I'-tT I want it iistinc:h uadervtood that I AVI l,L NOT 151: KNDKIisOLiK'y a:iy-liop.
PATTERNS
OK
CARPETS & OIL CLOTHS
FOR.
SPRING IRA1
JGTf'They have added to this Department. an entire new stock
"W i. 11 X* si
AT IAIW JMi!:]-
Oil Shades, Cottage Blinds,
Curtain Damasks, Cur-
tain Laces, Cords,
Tassels, &c.
Lowest Market Prices
GUARANTEED.
CAMPBELL & HAllTER.
Plow
Bi
SI10E31AKING."
l?lovs
IS A
IA
KK('E'IVEfi
THKIR
STOCK
OF
Stock of Hardware.
iJJOD Chopping Axes, at one dollar each,
Gr at
AX8LYKE
CAMPBELL & BARTER'S.
GREAT
inducements to builders to buy
their Hardware, Nails, Glass, Sasli, Doors, &c., at CAMPBELL & BARTER'S.
THE
best X-cut Saws in the country are sold at CAMPBELL & HARTER'S.
BLACKSMITHSShoes,
MARBLE WORK.
Phalli Miirblo Works.
SINCE,
HAKTER
Plumix-like, we liaTc arisen literally from the ashes, we have moved the remnant of our stock to the east side of Washington street, next, to Miller's new building, north of the court Iiounc, where we have now a nice assortment of
Grave-Ytti'«l Work,
Such as Monuments, Tablets, .Slabs, «fcc., which we will sell cheap. (flierAs the late lire did us much damage, we must work hard and sell cheap, to make money to meet our liabilities.
I.
1
WAIE «fc SON.
!N.B.—if any of our friends want to give us a little "material aid'* on account of our loss, they can do so by if they owe vis, call and pay: if they want any work in our line, either (Irave-Yard or Building Work, give us a call. We wilI do you nick wokic at i-OW pricks,and be much obliged.
BUILDING WOlMv done to order. Crawfordsviile, Dee. 80,1808.
DRUCS, MEDICINES, &C.
J.BINFORD^gr
mVQQSTS
ueaiers
in
SHemioalS,
^P'LS, DYE 5TUff ?y% iN dow Gt.P'S.-
MOFFETT& BOOE,
DKXTGCrlSTS
No. 4, Kmitirc Block,
Criniforilsvillo, Indiana.
Dealers in n!i kindsol*
Itinue their trade land see for vours
can find a large assort
ment of Horse Horse ails and Iron, at CAMPBELL & HARTER'S.
Knives and Table Cutlery
marked down so as to undersell all competition, at CAMPBELL & HARTER'S.
I^S/)
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stiiffs, Per
fumer}. Fancj Articles,
PURE WINKS AM) BRANDIES
I'or medical purpo&cK.
Lamjis, GFasswai'e. Paper, Pens,
Ink, Pencils, &v.
1*3 *. 11 rv
I Carefully i-iiii]nundcd :ni'l promptly atteiuicd ii.
To the Public.
Thankful fm-pn- nivnrs IVmn a generous public, we hope by
strict
attention to the
wants of cur customers, and a. just and liberal dealing, to coni.inue in receive a large share of their j»atand we will endeavor lo make it to their inter '.-) to con-
v,:ti! us. :lvcs. •i*
(iivc lis a call noi'J
W1ARKET.
E. B. GUTHRIE & BRO.,
Itfo. lO fiJreoBt
Keep constantly on hand
Fresh Meats, Hams, Slionlciers, Bacon. Lard,
Smoked Alutton Hams. Tonscues, Oirnde Beef, Pickled Pork, Pork Sausage, J5ologna Sa us aire. Dried Ueef, fec.
We pay the highest cash price for
Fat Cattiei Hogs, and SBecp,
Ueef ilides, Peltries, &c. F. B. GUTHlilB & BEO.
mcblS
PRY-COOPS.
FRY Ac OO.
-HATK THE
BEST ASSORTED
-STOCK OT-
DRY OOODS
l\ THE NTATE
AND ARE DETERMINED To
SELL THEM CHEAPER
A5f¥ OTHJ3R HOUSE
Crawfordsville I
Al.t VHO "iVAXT TO EH
GOODS. FOp CASH
-CAN-
louey.
-KY—
BUYEVO OF THEM!
McCLUBE, FEY & CO.
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