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Show BiiiiNCiriKi.D, Mass., has liad an execution ex-ecution from which the lfuNiran deduces a lesion for tlio day. This elocution was the hanging of Albeit II. Hinith fur the inunler of Charles D. Suckett. The puhiic know something some-thing of tl-.o nll'air. Briefly stated Kmitli hud been a favored suitor of Mia Lucy Bale.-., daughter of a wenlthy farmer. Suckett became acquainted ac-quainted with Mi?s Bales ; Smith was discarded, and a marriage agreement whs formed between the coupI Thereupon Smith ilecmal h'',n;jclf called upon to shoot Suckett F.inl iss Bates. He killed the fo"tlier wris Iwnged. The thought pi-0mptal by this story i.s the siu'ulncssniul foolishness foolish-ness of tho heat;neu idea, which clings to the skirts of civilization, that woni-ftu woni-ftu belongs to man as docs his horse or bia dog ; that body, mind and soul bo ia his chattel, leaving no volition of herself; that she is nothing in her own right, unqualified to use her own judgement or aet her own pleasure, particularly iu affairs tin witr. This idea is bar-barious, bar-barious, and yet it is adopted by a great portion'of men. ' Tho lesson taught b well-given in tho lit publics u- own words: It behoove-; men who lia it not vet killed rty!'ody vMwKiMy such of them as are conscious of violent pillions mid imperfect iflf-conlnil la ih-nlHie their mitiih of s perilous n notion; to uccih-tym uccih-tym llwnwlvL'3 to ihink of woimn, not us u clmttel, not a- ti helple-s depeiulent, but it-, ti npon-il'le K-iur and their When such a condition of atTa'u-s prevails, wo shall be much better qualiticl for the coming of the mil-leniuin mil-leniuin than many of us are to-day! |