My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's: Designed as a Beacon Light to Guide Women to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, But Which May Be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, without Injury to Themselves or the BookHolley, Marietta
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My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's: Designed as a Beacon Light to Guide Women to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, But Which May Be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, without Injury to Themselves or the Book
Holley, Marietta
Feminism -- Fiction; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- Fiction; Women's rights -- Fiction
Livin’ up to one Idee--Love at First Sight--A Marriage of
Love--Why did I Love Josiah?--A Becon that has never gone
out--Men can’t stand Flattery--My Present feelin’s towards
Josiah--Objections to Widowers--Comparin’ Wives--Josiah not
encouraged in it--Rule for Domestic Happiness 17-20
JOSIAH AND THE CHILDREN.
A hard row for Step-Mothers--Thomas Jefferson and Tirzah
Ann--Thomas J. on Foreordination--Tirzah Ann’s sentiments--A
Hefty Angel--Makin’ excuses at table--How to make Bad Cake
taste good--Our Farm on the Canal--Plenty of Garden Sass--4
Tons to the acre 21-25
AN UNMARRIED FEMALE.
Betsey Bobbet introduced--While there is Life there is Hope of
getting married--Betsey’s personal appearance--Betsey’s Opinions
and Views of a Woman’s Speah--Betsey writes Poetry--A Specimen
of it--Owed to Josiah--Josiah makes a Confession and gets
Rebuked--Betsey Bobbet visits me unexpectedly--Gushin’s of a
Tendeh Soul--The Editah with Twins--Weddin’ Affinities 26-37
HAVIN’ MY PICTURE TOOK.
Down to Jonesville--In Mr. Gansey’s Aunty Room--Preparin’ for
a Picture--The Editer of the Augur--Daughters of Bachus and
Venus--Haunts of the Graces--“Logical Reveries”--A Poem--My
Picture Took 38-45
OUR SURPRISE PARTIES.
My opinions of Surprises--I am persuaded to go--A Surprise
Party Surprised--Not wanted just then--An Upset in the snow--A
Peaceful Evening at home--Josiah and I enjoying ourselves
Doctorin’--Our Happiness interrupted--Surprised by a Party of
50--Fearful excitement of Josiah--The Enemy retire--The Editer
surprised--Betsey writes a Poem upon it 46-57
A DAY OF TROUBLES.
Sugerin’ Time--Woman’s work--Man’s work--The Editer brings his
Twins--There first doin’s--The trouble begins--Betsey Bobbet
arrives--I think of John Rogers and have Patience--Betsey and
the twins--A Soothin’ Poultice--An Argument with Betsey--I
Preach and Practice--Betsey asks Advice and gets It--Betsey
reads a Poem--She gets more of my Opinions--Return of the
Editer--Concludes to stay to Dinner--Sees Betsey and changes
his mind--Grand Tableaux by the whole company 58-68
THE MINISTER’S BEDQUILT.
Thomas J. believes in water for the Baptists--Reasons for goin’
to Quiltin’s--The Baptist Quiltin’ Party--We dispose of all our
neighbors not present--Miss Dobbin, a peacemaker--The Minister’s
wife discussed--Betsey Bobbet arrives--She labors under great
excitement and overwhelms the party with her mysterious
words--Astounding disclosures--Thomas J.’s story to Betsey--The
story discussed--Handsome Ministers--Wimmen flingin’ stuns--The
Minister arrives--The mystery solved 69-84
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