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Frog Hollow Lyceum, who, if they had wives, would see them wash
bed-clothes all day long, and patch pantaloons all night long, and then,
with brazen effrontery, would say that they were in their speers. I say
it isn’t so ! Worn;irt will not be in Her speer until she can go to the
ballot-box and deposit her vote! She will not be in her speer until
she can have all the rights that a man has. Mr. Tresident, my antago­
nist on this occasion isn't a gentleman. I repeat it, Mr, President,
Peleg Swipes isn't a gentleman, not by a long shot, and everybody
knows it.
L’eleg S w ipes (springing to his feet').— O rder! order! I call the
lady to order. Mr, President, arc you going to allow Polly Snipper
to blacken my character ?
P olly S n iit e r .— L et him ra v e ; ’twill do him a sight of good-
Perhaps it will ease his conscience.
S e v e r a l M e m b e r s .— O r d e r I o r d e r ! o rd er! (Several hickory nuts
arc cracked by the boys. General confusion).
J ohn B rown,— Mr, President, I rise to a point of order.
B o y s in A u d i e n c e .— C an ’t see th e point.
Presid en t.— This fuss has been sprung upon me, Fusses will
spring upon people. It has tuk some heavy think in’ to decide what
to do. But I have decided. I decide that Polly shall be allowed to
go on with her speech and say her say. I haven't no doubt but Polly
spent consid'able time in larnin’ this speech, and she ort to be allowed
to say it through.
B o y \s A u d i e n c e .— Impeach t h e President.
A nother B o y.— Go in, old Veto.
Presid en t,— Order, now. {Members take their seats.) Polly, per-
ceed with your speech.
P olly S n iffer,— Well, as I was a sayin’, this antagonist of mint.
Pel eg Swipes, is no gentleman,
B o v in A u d i e n c e .— S o n o w !
P o lly S n ipper,— -He has had the onparalleled imperdence to say
that all those women wrho talk about women’s rights are old maids
who can ’t get married, and that their talk about elervatitP the sex is