Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 10 June 1869 — Page 6

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THE COMING WOMAN.

Mrs. C. S McDONAlD, Editor.

til lu-Rooms in Hughes'

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President. -Mary II. Campbell, Si en. tap.

BlOfii. rs, THIS.

Mi.srf DiilK

111 ier moslj

excellent

workt'iitilled, The College, the Market ami tlie Court, gives this most excellent advice in regard to the j)Iir:ise Woman's Rights -Let these pages bear no other burden than that of' woman's civil rights—woman's rights—a phrase that we all hate, which soils the lips that use it, which women speak with such unction as aj

slave might clank his chains." Soil the lips? iS'ot. because yon consider the phrase only the second term of the Bloomer equation but .•because the necessity to use it shows how little has yet been done: that men still dwell on distinctions of sex, in preference to the identities of duty: that women are playthings stili, in the popular estimate creatures of the nursery but not what shall bo angels of God and of immortality.

Our unsophisticated but well-mean-ing friend,

UM.

JOURNAL,

A. Me," in last weeks

most pathetically laments

the depravity of the female sex.

did not succeed. but as we heard one working-girl After a lew remarks about "revo- atter another say. "God bless Miss "lutionizing," "fabrics/* "results" &e., Anthony," we began to see how many

Christianity,

As to going to

may she

have and still be blessed by

not

going

be3'ond her sphere But '"Woman, will you." can you, dare you, be led out of your kitchens "by the frenzied erics of the frantic'/" Will you lay aside your dish-pans, your brooms, your needles, in your vain thirst for fame Will you plant your feminine feet in the pulpit and declare that God is as much the God of woman as of man And that a woman too has an immortal soul and the right to speak about the grandness of that immortality

But seriously, lias that talk about crowding around the polls never "been answered Have not even men ceased to speak of it We merely wish to say this much on that subject, to satisfy our friend. Can it be any more debasing to woman to go and drop a ballot in the ballot box than it would to drop a letter in the postoffice The purest of women sometimes go to the postoflice, and I have never yet heard that one of them was so very seriously corrupted by it.

Again our friend says: "Would you take your seat in Congress, and after a vain endeavor to reason with older (and wiser) brains be l'orccd to leave, having effected no change except to secme to yourself the insult of some drunken scoundrel V" We answer, Yes for wherever pure wo men go, there brutal men can not be found' But what an argument is contained in this little sentence! The United States of America represented by scoundrels! Scoundrels elected by men to represent women Surely there is need of the purifying element, and if woman can furnish it, let her go.

Avar,

concerning

which "Mc" seems so anxious, it is only necessary to say that the objection is too silly to merit consideration. Brutal power is no more necessary to

true womanhood than to

a true manhood: and in neither case is its exercise essential to the enjoyment of social, moral, or political privileges.

Still again, "What is to become of home?" "Home is her province," "Every noble man will submit to the rule of woman." This is all very well too. It is a fine thing to talk about "home," "paradise," influence" and "noble womanbut, to be very plain about it, the whole thing is silly nonsense. Happy is the woman who has a home thrice happy the woman who calls one of those "noble men" husband but the stem realities of the day bear testimony to the fact, that one-half of the8e',?hqmes" are anything but paradises. Men have too

long left the duties and trials of home to women already. If threefourths of the "Jims,"' the: "Joes" and the "Johns," who, as our young friend thinks, wonld make such awkward displays in the kitchen, were well instructed in the art of housekeeping, the list of convicts in our penetentiaries would be materially lessened. It would be even better to

sul(

our gentle friend asserts that there homes she had brightened and blessed, are "those who would induce woman although a "strong-minded old maid."' to forsake her elevated sphere and as the gossipy newspaper call her. come down to the less re lined circlei We frankly confess that we did not. of rnan.'V It sound* very nice, no expect to admire her. Wu thought

doubt, but our young friend will [to meet in her a woman embittered please consider that a "sphere" makes by long opposition. But the momuch nicer poetry than prose. Menjment one looks into her honest face] can well afford

let women be

pret

ty, and even good, but as for mental strength, that-belongs solely to "my dominion."' -lust here we should like to ask, Where do the boundaries of woman's sphere lie Ilow much of education, of

Mrs. Lucretia Mott, with her spiritual face, seems just ready to enter into the higher life her spirit hasworn out her body and although her! thoughts are stili vigorous, she expresses them so feebly that it was almost painful to listen to her.

Since commencing this letter, I| have received onc from a member ol

the Beading Club, in which the writer expresses regret that the

mcn who controlled the Convention wero not a little more dignified, and asks me why 1 have not referred to the discord in the Convention. I have not mentioned it because I do not like to say what the truth compels me to say, that the whole discord, which was nothing in comparison jvith the reports, was created by men. When Mr. Foster directed! his severe words to Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton, he was called to order by men, replied to by men, and silenced by men. We heard gentleman say that Mrs. Stanton was too lenient towards him. Among other things he accused Mrs. Stanton of being an aristocrat and of having no sympathy with the black men. Fred Douglass replied by saying, "that when he could not have access to a half dozen homes in these United States, this so called aristocrat, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, received him into her delightful home and treated him as a gentleman.'' Another man who created a disturbance yras an Equal Rights man from the far West, who would speak and express his dis.gust' at discovering that this fras a "Woman Suffrage Convention. ^He

CRAWFORDSVILLE JOURNAL: JUNE 10, 1809.

asked forgiveness and shook the dust from his feet. Now, the true men and women of this Convention, recognizing the abolishment of caste by the passage of the "Fifteenth Amendment," and recognizing the conflicting elements brought together upon this platform, resolved to form a National Woman Suffrage Convention, when lo! the papers throughout the land proclaim

see them in the kitchen than reeling on the streets in drunkenness. Tint I ed a great row, a divided house, fcc. this -V.would be interfering with)We were not at all ashamedot our "spheres." Earthly farm- is man's .sex during tin: progress of that ConTo him is given tho lionm- of a great vention. LIZZIE M. BOYNTON. name. This much themselves, while woman that member her.

men claim lor thev ireuera'ilv as-

the :ui rels '.\1,

will reI. k.

ft'KW YORli IbKTTKU.

tear liatdiwj Aumciation: I'ofsibl.v'ir I coiikl

m.v»{'|r

DKY GOODS.

a-rejii

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at our pleasant Reading Room this afternoon, the first question askedme would be "What about the Con vention Some of the unreconstructed members might ask, "Well. how many bloomer costumes did you seer" To questioner number oat- i. would certify that the Convention Mas I a success, and to questioner number j-£ £5 £$ (j- I &$ two I would triumphantly replv.

Not one." I had expected to meet

And the question now reeurs. Wlmtj some of the "queer uul cnixy" who sh:il! we do with the tlood wliieh rush after every reform but a larro dashes with such stubborn persist number of the women who control led eney against, this ".social fabric the Convention were happy wives and What shall ••M." do Take a broom mothers, contending for this reform like Mrs. Partington and sweep the 1 purely from a broad love of humanrebel hosts back to their proper |ity. flRIiss Anthony as the readers of spheres Alas the poor woman the JOUKXAI. all know, is not married,

and hears her honest voice the ex-1 pression involuntarily comes up from the bottom of the hoart, "1 like you Miss Anthony, because you are! honest and true." Not only is she honest and true but she was the very life of the Convention. Mrs. Stanton is beautiful and hence the gentlemen forget their prejudices whenever she appears, and applaud the eloquent matron, whenever she speaks. Olive Logan appeared much more womanly on the Equal Rights platform, ar rayed in a dainty walking dress of drab, than she did in the Lyceum blue velvet. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, is a fine looking, motherly wo I man.- We enjoyed a delightful visit in her book-lined picture-hung home, I and know her to be, not only a successful editor, an eloquent speaker, a happy wife and alfectionatc mother, but a model house-keeper, also. Her speeches were considered second to none. Hcmy Ward Beecher whoi had been preceded b}* an eloquent' colored woman, referring to the fact, acknowledged a great unwillingness to follow the eloquent orator whose voice was the voice of history and prophecy. Fifteen years ago this woman could not have been admitted to our omnibusses to night 3Tou have not only listened to her eloquent words, but you have applauded her.

MIXS GOODS

C^ttAIULEIf CKAWFOIMrs

"Stone Front."

tb»n Clold Prices!

(*OO£H itr« Exhibited On Our Counters Daily.

DRY GOODS.

WEW O O 1H

Enterprise Cash Store.

C. E. Fullenwider & Bro.

Are daily receiving their

E E A N S O

Spring & Summer Goods,

Which thev offer nt

Tlio Lowest Ca$ls Prices.

Goods of all styles and grades,

Ulack and white Alpacas, Colored Alpacas, D'Laincs,

AVO-

WATCHES AND JEWELRY. A. K. KKATTIJN, S W E I E

No. (», Washington Street, CircciiciiKtlc, Indiana,

WOULD

Lusters, Lawns. Select styles of

SPRING PRINTS,

Bleached and brown Muslins^

Sheetings and Shirtings, Pillow-case 3Iuslins. Irish Linens,

White Goods, Lace, cambric and Linen Handkerchiefs,

Hoop Skirts, French and American Corsets, The best French woven

Corset in the market, Hosiery in all styles, Kid and Lisle Gloves,

Fringes, Trimmings, Buttons,

Laces, ..Notions, Tickings,

Men's

Jeans, Cottonades, Tweeds, &c.

and Boys' Clothing, ,. Spring Styles Cassimeres,

Big Stock Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps

We will not be undersold!

^l,Call and see our Goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere. -C. E. FULLENWIDER & BRO.,

Hughes' Block, opposite Court House, ap8v::~ Crawfordsville, Tnd.

call (lie attention of tlx: citi-

y.ons of Crawfordsville and vicinity to his large assortment of

O I, SILV£K

Watches, Watches, Chains. Chains, Spectacles, Spoons, ltin&s, Porks, Breast-Pins, Castors, Shirt Studs, Cake Baskets, Sleeve lint-tons. Spectacles.

CLOCKS,&C.

My stock is kir ro and complete. AH are invited to i!l and examine the snoods and prices. Special attention in called to iny

Periscopie Spectacles,

In sold, silver ami steel Frames. I have no hesitation in pronouncing them (without any exception) equal to any now in use.

Watches Repaired & Warranted.

$27" Be cure and get in the right place.

Washington St.

Itetwccn Po«t Oiiice and Public Square. inchis,n:i A. It. KRATTfV.

PICTURE CALutRY.

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CALIFORNIA

Uli E (MLLERY,

HUGHES' liLOCK,

Opposite Court House, Main Street.

From the smallest to Life Size I'hoto-j graph, finished in Oil or Water Colors. Small Pictures copied and enlarged. apr2o 1 W. KKNYON, Prop.

WAGONS, PLOWS, &C.

K. & J. Manufacturers of

Wagons, Plows, Farming Implements, &c.,

BRAZIL, INDIANA. Ji3j"Itepairiiig and Jobbing of all kinds in 1 our line promptly executed.

Wagons furnished on very short notice, and Plows kept-constantly on hand. All I work warranted. Agents for Well PUMPS I of the best make. aug6

MILLINERY.

IVE I I

WASSON CORNER

Nonihwest corner of Wiuihington and Vernon streets.

INVITE the especial attention of the ladies of Crawfordsville and vicinity to our large and attractive line of

Spring and Snmmer

Millinery

We hnvc a very niec line of DRESN CAI'S for Old Ladle*..

Lace Collars, Lace Handkerchiefs and Collars and Cuffs.

Onr stock is one of the largestever offered in the city. We guarantee prices as low as any house in the trade, East or West.

Miss Wise will be pleased to meet all of her old customers, and hopep she will have the pleasure of adding :i great many more to the lint.

W. N. WASSON,

Southwest cor. Wash'ton lSapSm

CHANGE.

Richardson and Clifton Houses

UNITED AH THE

RICHARDSON HOUSE. THE

undersigned would announce 'hat he has purchased the fixtures, lease, &c., of the "Clifton House." and will hereafter occupy the same. The House known heretofore as the Richardson will still be used for hotel purposes, in connection with the new location.

Knowing that the additional facilities will enable him t» accommodate the public, he cordially asks a continuance of the favor he has received, pledging himself that everybody shall be satisfied, so far as it is posible to satisfy. He does not propose to monopolize the hotel business, but to extend the public such accommodations as they have a right to expect, and such as will redound to the credit of the city.

(Moil's Franklin Press

The best Job I'ress in the World!

JOURNAL JOB OFFICE

"JSTOJNTiC FRONT."

SPECTACLES.

Pantaseopic Spectacles,

THE BEST IN USE.

(tOM

MINING advantages, mechanical and philosophical, to be found in DO others offered in the West

These Celebrated Spectacle*, now

HAVING

C*OOC1H.

Consisting of all the latest styles of

ISoimeis, Ribbon,!

E N O W E S

Bonnet Silks of all Colors.!

aid Vernon Sts.

RICHARDSON HOUSE.

Z. B. RICHARDSON.

RICHARDSON: HOUSE,

S~:J 5 »(Formerly Clifton HouBe,)

Cor. WMUngton and Market Street*,

j®7 Crawfordsville, Ind.

gen

erally used and approved, are the most perfect "assistance to defective vision now before tlie public. The Lenses are ground in accordance with the philosophy of nature. Their perfectly polished surfaces, purity and transparency of material, and exact spherical figure, admirably adapt them to the or«ran of sight, rendering them perfectly natural to the eye, and producing a clear and distinct image of the objcct as in tho natural healthy sight, avoiding the glimmering, wavering dizziness 02' the head, and other unpleasant sensations often experienced in the use of ordinary glasses, and enabling the wearer to prosecute minute and critical eye-labor, either by day or candle-light, with ease, comfort, anil satisfaction. CHEAP JOHN, mavGtf Agent.

TOMB STONES, &C.^

4aRE.-IT WJESTERW

MA II15 JL W 0IIK 8!

CLI A W FORDS V1LLK

purchased the above estab

lishment of D. Pyke, I will Bay to the citizens of Montgomery and adjoining coun ties that I will furnish

All kinds of Marfole-Worfc,

Such

Headstones,

Tombstones,

Monuments,

Tablets, Sto

If you will call at the

SHOI* Oft GREEK ST.

OPPOSITE ELSTON'S BANK,

TIIE OLD POST OFFICfil ROOM,

You can there see my htyle of work, and E will show you as fine specimens of work as is toJe seen in this part of the State.

E3r/"M1 work delivered at the grave-vards and warranted to give satisfaction. I will canvass the county soliciting orders, and will say that you can purchase your work as cheap at home as you can at the shop.

EST"I want it distinctly understood that! WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD by any shop.

I I N S O N E

Of the best quality furnished at low pncen. jy2 C. I. BRUNDACiE.

REAL ESTATE AGENCY. J. A. JPATTOJ¥. REAL ESTATE and CLAIM AGENT,

REJtTlKGTOK, INDIANA.

PERSONSBenton

wishing to buy or sell landsin

Jasper, or White counties will do well to call on me at Remington, Jasper county, Ind. All business entrusted to my care will receive prompt attention.

REFERENCES:—Prof.

II. S. Jiritz, Wave-

land. and Mike White, Crawfordsville. Hifiy27w4

NOTICE.

TSen.,CREDITORS

HE of David Peterson, are herebv notified that said Peterson has sold and conveyed all his estate, real and personal, to the undersigned ift trust for their use and benefit, and that they will proceed to sell the same for tto purpose of providing for the payment of his indebtedness, or such ratable proportion thereof as the proceeds of his property will pay. JOHN PETERSON. Jr.,

JAM E8 A. BERRY*AX-