Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 15 July 1869 — Page 2
E O IN W O A N 7
Mrs.
C. S MCDONALD,
Editor. '*•0
Tim 1/vino1 Reaping Association of Cnnvfordstvillo -UtKiiim in Hughes' Hl.wk, Lizzie M. lloynton President. Mary II. Campbell, Secretary.
SCXt'OUEtAHIJtti.
From all parts of the country tlio good news reaches us that the question of milking women equal with men before the law is rcceiveing that attention its importance demands. Dailv new accessions are being added to its advocates. In this county the irwoineu themselves ire waking up.
We have evidence from various portions of the county that people are thinking about it as they never thought of it before. Permit us to say to them that they have no cause •••for discouragement. The sentiment is growing more and more in favor every day. We would suggest, however, that if wre would be conquerors there is work for us to do. Talk to your neighbors about it. Let them have everything to read upon the subject, that you can get. Agitate! Agitate!-
SIGX IT.
In accordance with a suggestion made by the Agitator a tew weeks since several of the women of Crawfords ill have a printed petition, which they keep lying on their tables, and solicit every one who comes into the house to sign it. The petition asks that the Sixteenth Amendment be submitted to the several legislatures of the States for ratification, which provides equal suffrage for women. This is the way to do it. Attack Congress. Let the Representatives of the people know that the disfranchised portion whom they represent are in earnest and intend to keep asking until their object is obtained.
IX THE A1VAXJE.
"While Wabitsh—fossilized old Wabash—is lagging in the rear of the inarch of progress, we are glad to say that the State University at Bloomington is taking a stand in the front file Last week a young lady graduated with the first honors of the institution. She was one of a class of about twenty, and passed through without being contaminated by her association -with young men. Iler graduating speech compared favorably with those of her brothers-
Women at the Capitol.
Mary Ciemmer Ames, in a recent Washington letter to the Independent, writes thus feelingly concerning the influence and position of her sex in that city
I hear men bemoaning the demoralizing change which will be wrought in the lift- and nature of women as the inevitable result of their admittance to the ballot, and of their participation in public affairs. This strikes me very oddly, for the reason that I see all the evil which can result from such a change already accomplished. The harm is done while the dignity of the oallot, the high personal responsibility inseparable from legitimized power, is yet to be attained. Already at least half the political power at the Capital is vested in women. In the drawing rooms, in the departments, in the lobbies of legislative halls, this power works on ceaselessly and irresistibly toward its ends. It is degraded often, too often, yet let not the mosc suspicious suppose that it is monopolized by the unscrupulous or the wicked. Women, the highest in place, on who3e souls or lives no shadow of reproach dare for one moment rest, are besieged by day and by night to use their power to promote the advancement of others. Men who expatiate eloquently against woman's suffrage, are yet not ashamed to ask such women to help them to the highest seats of political preferment and power. I know a senator's wife—delicate, sensitive, and reticent to a marked degree—who was so moved to compassion toward the mortals who thronged her parlors, to whom her overtaxed husband found it impossi ble to attend, that, out of purely disinterested sympathy, she drove from department to department, till she secured their appointments, and sent them to their new posts rejoicing. The growth of civilization, of liberty, and of equality, of personal responsibility, of intellectual freedom, the necessities of the age, the character
istics of race, all have created a new era for woman. No sneers at the "strong-minded," no laughter at the "coming woman,1' no prejudice, no caste, can annihilate the overshadowing fact that already the women of America carry an influence and a responsibility ""'"in public affairs greater than that of tlie women of any other country. Loth to admit this fact, men, many of them sincere friends to women, see nothing in it but degradation and destruction to the lovliest attributes of woman hood while a few women,
standing
foremost on the threshold of the new order of tilings, seem dazzled and giddy as thev look up to hights of "political freedom and public eminence which they expect to attain. Dclu ded women! mistaken men! The heart of woman is indestructible: and when in the mutations of time it, shall come to pass that of women it will be demanded to hold that heart in abeyance, to deny the dearest need of a personal life while fulfilling the duties of a wider career, then the woman most envied in the world will be the sheltered woman of the household—she, who by one happy hearth, in one manly heart, reigns supreme she who can say to the exalted woman in her superb isolation
'•Sail cast, sail west, «li ar wanderer. God cares for you nd cares for me: Tie knows for winch of us'twas beet
To stay with children round her kueo."
liishop Simpson's Views of Woman Nil Hi-age. ]ishop
Simpson, in his address in
support of the '•lay-delegation'' movement in the Methodist Church, delivered in Music Hall. Boston, on the 17th inst. incidentally spoke of woman suffrage as follows "An additional interest lias been excited by asking the vote of the women also. We seem to be realizing the apostolic declaration, 'There is neither .few nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female for ye arc all one in Christ Jesus." Whatever may have been the design, this vote is opening a new era. It may have been supposed that as women had never been called upon to vote they would naturally oppose a change. So, doubtless, the opponents reason ed. But they forgot that in woman's bosom there glows an instinct lor liberty, and in every struggle for freedom she has been the friend of the lonely and the suffering. Will she not read in this the dawning of a brighter dav for herself? The more civil freedom has prevailed the higher woman has risen—she occupies in America the loftiest position, because we have the greatest liberty for the masses. And in the church is it not so? Will not every extension of freedom elevate her Be this as it may, she will read and study. Ap pealed to once, why shall she not be spoken to again She will learn that the ballot in her band is as potent as in the hands of a giant. If called upon to decide great questions of church economy, why may she «ot in others? You are training her tor the ballot. A new day is coming." Gracefully and noiselessly as she stepped in the aisles of your hospitals, ministering as an angel of mercv to our dying soldiers, she may approach the ballot-box and drop from her fair fingers the slip of paper which shall fall silently as the snowflake upon the bosom of the earth. But open that box, and that noiseless slip shall sound as loudly through the world as though it had been cast by the strong hand of the noisy politi cian, or by the hero of a hundred battles. It is moral poWer against brute power and the day may come when, amidst the fierce storm of passion and the tempests of vice, woman's sweet voice may be heard in whispers, but in power, Peace, be still. I hope that on this first ballot she may speak wisely and well for the enlargement of our Zion, and for the elevation of humanity
The Asbnry Girls.
The Chicago correspondent oi the New York Independent, has the following complimentary notice of the young ladies who have had the courage to attend Asbury:
In Asbury University, one of the best of our Western Institutions, the ladies have been admitted for two years j}ast to the college cla,sies—not to the preparatory or academical de partments. But the gallant young gentlemen who are students have shown strong opposition to the movement, urging that it was likely to lower the grade of scholarship. They had a paper, which advocated their views and died of them. If reports bfe true, the eleven brave girls who persist in studying iu classes to which the have been so coldly welcomed are likely to make their classmates fear something very different from
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a lowering of the standard of scholarship. So" for as we can learn, not one of the alumni, of the institution has uttered anything but approval of the movement.
BUS'S' 4«»FT.
C'omn ill!—fill to the to'isl To which my ^'lass lili. Here's "She we love the ruosl,1'
Here's "v\ oinan—God's best frill." )li who, beloved by her, Who, will tiiladlyouu Life, oh, what rupture were.
Though blessed with her aloud Then who'll not drink the toa«l To which my triads 1 lilt Here's "Sile we love the most," lore's '•Woman— (rod's best gift."
The heathens feigned tied, he Who stole from heaven its dame Foretold all woes would be
When sweet 1'andora came But all his wisdom taught. Thank lleaven! 'twas laught in vain Siie to man's heart was e.iuu'ht,
And ne'er released aijrani. And who'll not drink the toast," To which my L'lass 1 lilf Here's "She we love the most."
Here's "Woman— God's best gift."
In l'aradise man found His lot not wholly blest. ("mil its blissful ground
Dear woman's looltep« jiressed. God's n.ercy how he blessed When its bliss to leave! He Eden still posessed
While wilh him went his Eve. Then who'll not drink the toa-t To which my glass I lilt? Here's "She we love the most,"
Here's "Woman—God's best gift."
And still the curse she takes From man, for she alone With her dear presence make*
An Eden still his own Oh, what were this life worth. How poor and dull it were. Unless the weary earth
Were made a heaven by her! Then who'll not drink the toast To which iny glass 1 lift? Here's "She we love the most,"
Here's—"Woman id's best gift." \V Ukmnktt.
CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES.
FIJiXIKt POlIKltTY M. I.
G. II. DKICj IITON
DOIIKRTV.
KSTA15LTSIIE1) Ji
DOMEHTY & DEHnlSTON,
Manufacturers Ol-
0*01(58.
VKLOOFlUMtiS,
s, Spniii? A Farm Wagons
Of AI.I, KINDS.
Now'llrioK ,St:oi|. WusliiiiffIoii Stroet. o]»24»silu Ceulor CiitsrcU, .....
CRAWKORDSVILLE, INT).
fXTTR very lilior.il patronage bestowed upJL on us in the lust ten years by the citizens of Montgomery, 1'arke, Fountain, Putnam and l!oone counties, and our large and increased hnMness, impresses us with the sense of'obligation we are under to our customers, and* we, feel it our duty as well as pleasure to express our thanks for past favors, and hope to retain and merit in future a continuance of the same. We would desire to state that the quality of our work is nearer perfection than ever before, owing to
Enlarged Facilities
for Manufacturing and keeping a greatly increased stock on hand. We would call special attention in this connection to our styles, which a''e up to the most approved fashions of the East.
We invite the farmers and all others to examine our work, which we are determined shall stand ou its own merits.
Wo warrant all our work from one to two years. .....
Old Work Hade STew.
Repairing done to order in wood, blacksmithing, painting and trimming. Will take Old Vehicles in exchange for new work. flptTKemomber the place, Washington St., opposite Center Church. apl' POUERTY tit DEIGHTOST.
^MARKET.
Green Street Market.
F. B. GUTHRIE & BRO.,
No. lO Green Street,
1
Keep constantly on hand
Fresh Meats, Hums, Shoulders, Bacon, Lard,
Smoked Mutton Hams, Tongues, Cornde Beef, Pickled Pork, Pork Sausage, Bologna Sausage, Dried Beef, &c.
We pay the highest cash price for
Fat Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep,
Beef Hides, Peltries, &c.
mchl8 F. B. GUTHRIE & BRO
PICTURE GALLERY. E N O N S CALlFORNfA
PICTURE GALLERY,
HUGHES'BLOCK
Opposite Court House, Main Street.
From the smallest to Life Size Photograph, finished in Oil or Water Colors. Small Pictures copied and enlarged. apr23] W. KEN YON, Prop.
DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, &C.
Are liaow ayjBij* su
Ob'
SP Tt I2VGS- GJ- OODS,
~1STU lull they oll'er to this comrnunity at VT the lowest prices, touched since the
They have made a Kpeeialty on
IJTtXCSSl GOODS,
Ami can exhibit all the
N E W S E S,
Aiul the latest
Importer-Novelties,
ill SIM/UNHID PKSNiNS. AUNI KfCKNT SMADlNGo, EN I)!.. I0SS VARIETIES.
GOODS FOR
walking suits,
Traveling Dresses, Krldal
Moui'saiit^ and
Half mourning.
They also make a specialty of
IS IS A li S
No outfit will be so rich and unique as that which can be purchased of them.
THElK~ TERMS "ABE" CASH,
Which of itself is^''aguarantee that all their goods are marked at the lowest possible price. Examine for yourselves.
Now is the time to buy
your goods, arid Catup-
bell and Harter's is
1
the plfice.
W O O
Campbell Harter have added to their
Woolen Department
sii
A FULL LINE OF
Factory Goods, Counterpanes, Blankets, Yarns, Cassimeres,
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SADDLES AND HARNESS.
Ensmingcr & Nicholson,
MAN UKACTUJlKli OK
SADDLES AND HARNESS
Oi' All Kinds.
Al. FULL JLilLINJS
AH
Cheap
AS THE €aSEAPI'-.W
Ladies' Saddles, v: Men's Saddle*},
Bridies,
I
Halters, Hitch Straps, births.
Whips,
Aiul everything in the Saddlery liess line. ..
md liar-
cs-
Done with
fteatf anesx and JUswiwutcIi!
SHOP ON
"W£LHllill£g't03! SS$t..
North or Court House.
juneSvl ENSMINGEU fc NICHOLSON.
EMPIRESEWING MACHINE.
Ensmingcr & Nicholson,
ACKNT6 i'OU Till
&,
CRAWFORDSVILLE.
TIIIS MACHINE
Received the First Prerainm
.AT THE
G-1* 3.^ .A. I ]R.
OF Til t:
AMERICAN INSTITUTE,
IniSfew York, Oct. 2(5, 1867.au
AND HIGHEST PUEMlliM X)lt
Best Mannractiirfnp Machine,
A
Mi
,3"
JParls Exposition. July 1867
,'y $ ifc''
IT
litis a straight needle, perpendicular action makes the Lock or Shuttle Stitcli whic.h will neither rip nor ravel, and is Mlikeon both sides performs perfect, sewing on every description of material, with cotton, linen 'or''-silk thread, from the coarr-est to the finest number. It hems, fells, hinds, braids, tucks, guilts, plaits, iind gathers. As a family sewing machine it is no superior. jue"yl
MILJ^mERY.
I I N E
A
FULL assortment of Millinery Goods.
Spring* and Summer Stock.
The Ladies of Crawfordsville and vicinity are invited to take a look at them.
Miss Fierpont will also be found in the rooms.
Shop in National Block,
ashington Street,
Crawfordsville
Airs. L. M. Williams.
mavlStf
Satinets, Cloths,
And Balmoral and Felt Skirts, wfalch they will exchange for WOOL at the mw et price.
CAMPBELL & HARTER.
maj6
MILLINERY.
MISS SUE DARTER'S
New Millinery Rooms.
MISSthis
Jeans, Flannels,
'.H"
DARTER would inform the ladies of city and vicinity that she has opened New Millinery Rooms, in Darte.r's new building, corner Washington and Pike streets, opposite Center Church, and would solicit their attention to her
New and Beautlfnl Styles
Of Milli nery goods, and quality of her work. $5F*Bleaching and Pms ns: done to order promptly, and satisfaction guarnnteed. declO
PAINTING.
T. 13. WINTON, if HOUSE,
8IGS
AND
ORNAMENTAL PAINTER
WOULD
return his sincere thanks to
irenerous public for past favorg. As a Glazier.
Gilder,
Paper Hanger. Engraver
on Wood, fco.. he is equal to the best workmen in the State. Shop on Green street.