Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1892 — Women In Russia. [ARTICLE]

Women In Russia.

Laziness, shiftlessness, ignorance and cunning of the K ssia i people are fruits of the methods of state and church. Under such rule it is not strange that the women are in the mass held as serfs, and that their lot in life is bounded by d -urn atlon, iong-suffe.-ing and sla ish sub ection. Not a great while ago the w fe of a well-to do peasant in Russia went to one of the district courts and cl- inandod protection from the cruelty of her husband. By competent witnesses she-proved that he had bound her naked to a s ake In the street during the cold weather and asked the passers by to strike her; when they refused, he struck her himself. He moreover fast e ied her to the ground, piled heavy stones upon her and broke one of her arms The court declared him “not guilty.” It could not afford, it said, to “teach women to disobey their husbands.” Another case cited was that a peasant in Russia who thought he lia i reason to doubt the fidelity of his wife To punish her he harnessed her to a art with a horse He then, with a 'rien I, got into’tho cart and drove this team eleven miles-not sparing the win When he returned ho shaved her head tarred and feathered her and turned her oqt of doors. She went to her pari-h priest for advice and consolation lbordered her back to her br ta t usban i and prescribed for her more w upping An appea’ to the courts iesulted n a nonsuit