ome and not go gadding round the country;" and
much more. In all my traveling, in short or long skirts, I have
never been treated so contemptuously, so insultingly, as by this
same wretch of a minister. He is void of the first spark of
reverence for humanity, therefore must be equally so for God. Just
now his pious church bell is ringing for prayer-meeting; I have
half a mind to go, to see if he warns his flock to beware of my
heresies. From him I went to the Wesleyan Methodist minister, and
what a contrast! He thought I wanted the church for to-night and
said: "We have our prayer-meeting, but will adjourn it for you."
This kindness made me so weak, the tears came in spite of me, and I
explained the rowdy treatment of the other minister. I have had a
varied experience ever since I left Easton. Verily, I am embarked
in an unpopular cause and must be content to row up stream.

In May she went to the great Anti-Slavery Anniversary in New York. In
August she attended the State Teachers' Convention at Oswego. Victor M.
Rice, of Buffalo, was president and accorded her every courtesy and
encouragement. The question of woman's right to speak had been settled
at the Rochester convention the previous year and never again was
disputed, so she turned her attention to the right of women to hold
office in the association and to fill the position of principal in the
public schools, which called forth vigorous discussion. She secured the
election of a woman as one of the vice-presidents. The Oswego press
declared: "Miss Anthony made the speech of the convention; in grace of
oratory and in spirit and style of thought it fully vindicated her
claim to woman's right to speak in public. Her arguments were good, her
speaking talents of the first order, and we hope that when men answer
such pleas as she made, they will do it in a manly and generous
spirit."

She saw at this time that a Temperance and also an Anti-Nebraska
Convention were to be held this month at Saratoga Springs, and at once
conceived the idea of calling a woman's rights meeting for the same
week. The time was short but she wrote urgent letters to Lucy Stone,
Antoinette Brown, Ernestine Rose and Lucretia Mott. At the appointed
time, every one failed to come. Each, supposing all the rest would be
there, had allowed some other duty to keep her away. The meeting had
been advertised and Miss Anthony was in despair. Judge Willia