Jonathan and His Continent: Rambles Through American Society
CHAPTER XIV.--John Bull's Cousin German.--A Salutary Lesson.--Women's
Vengeance.--A Battle with Rotten Eggs.--An Unsavoury Omelette.--Tarring and Feathering.--Description of the Operation.--An Awkward Quarter-of-an-hour.--Vengeance of a Ladies' School.--A Town Council of Women.--Woman's Standing in the States.--Story of a Widow and her Two Daughters.