The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-11-11

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among iiae arguments end certain Ingenious Y;
alecticians have employed il IN a very conclusiv,
manner. Il was with a thick stick that they nae,
to demonstrate the existence Of rain 10 the Pvrr
saonists
:" In a certain country, where the wives are IN
der tie empire Of the eudgel, as well as undei
I ihai Of their husbands, by virtue OF a custom 81
equal force with positive law, there Is village
70 which this custom prevails IN is fullest vigour
teere- as elsewhere, those Of the stronger party
'sn.a Numes abuse their power. A young and hu.
-, ! zgistrate, however, taking up the interes,
" ~. yrt.,, Is, resolved I'd modify law which he
e,.,sI5 Nj, ~. agate He therefore procured !
1890 N. ,-;,..,a OF which, wives should not II
fr,1re M heptS,, II, "a stick Of greater cirrum-
ference than I'M N Ter, not specifying which 40
rer From tl,e perio d 'ihis judieious decree, 1t
aid that tbs 5aor ~ re Judge is daily besier-
"a BIZ 4 crowd n wives. :, no 20 for the purpose
Of comparing the instrument o. Their punishment
with tae judieial finger, and 10 mea. 'uie thenl-
selves, the size Of the ondgels."
From the Savannah Times.
a London paper speaking Of ladies dresses,
says . we have of ourselves still greater
lahlt TO find with the revival Of the system of
hagh pressure" as an engineer would call il,
we mean the odious screwing in OF the waist,
now sPringing Up. IL women fancy il grace
full, they are wofully deceived, and If they do
not find i prejudiciai to their health, why, We
are deceived and not they.
We believe IL is owing entirely TO the ease
and freedom Of female dress for the last few
years, that our young girls are all 50 healthy,
so well formed, add so forward in their growth.
A will he oh L.. a..
ura screwing in and torturing the body.
To talk aboutheGih to girf, in opposition
to fashion, we fancy is useless and therefore j.,
we will take the screening system upon its eff
feet which is to make fat elderly ladies' look
ike oil jars, and young ones like hour glass.
es. -Four or FIVE years since, we had fools a.
mong our men, 50 supre1eiy fools, as TO
squeeze in their waists, and tins, during the
time ladies' had abandoned the torture, as II
they we're wearing out the corsets Of their
female relations, and 10 strengthen this SUD-
position, as soon as these persons have aban-
doned the folly, our fair conntry-women adopt
ia folly which has not the merit Of being
either pleasant or becoming.
We are quite Of Moore's opinion, who cries
out in one Of his melodies
"och my Norah's gown for me,
hat floats as wild as mountain breezes,
Leaving every beauty free,
10 sink or swell, as nature pleases."
Simplicity in dress, is its greatest beauty-ar-
thclality becomes distortion; and we serious
ly recommend an immediate abandonment Of
the vice 10 question assuring our fair read
ers that ladies', unlike ships, are much best
when . SIqcE IN SE1as,
The Golden Discouery.-As some curiosity
may have been excited BY the discovery Of a
number Of gniHeas in an old trunk, at neigh
bouring gentleman's house, we beg leave 10
state the following particulars The trunk.
which is supposed to have belonged to Mrs. C.
Medley, was full of books belonging TO her. as
long as il remained in Sir G. Shuckburgh's town
house. Being afterwards removed go wears
agO) TO Buxton, it was used for some time TO
hold garden seeds IN shed at the bottom of the
garden but upon the shed being repaired and
proper places for the seeds being made il was
brought back to the house. When the maids
were getting the house ready for the reception of
the family this spring (ls23) it occurred to
them that the trunk might be useful to contain
some Of the servants clothes, and upon turning
| It bottom upwards TO clean il out, some paper
detached itself from the rabbit Of each end Of
the trunk, on which rabbit the lid Of the trunk
fits down, and two secret draws, fitting into
| thea thickness Of the ends of the trunk. an
peared, Containing three hundred and sixty.
eight gdineas During IFS continuance in the
she'd, when il contained garden seeds, the back
of the trunk was gnawed through by the rats
The guineas are of the reign of Charles H. James
II. William and Mary, and William III ; there
are guineas coined in each year from 1893
Many of the guineas, particularly those OF
Charles H. and James ii are new Tor nearly
SOY from the Mint There are, Of Charles ri
/ 2O2 James III. ia; William and Mary. IA
William ILL., 80. SUSSEX [ERg.l .4dr'r
Who reads an american Bool: "a cor
respondent has enclosed 70 rs the monthly
catalogue OF American books, for sale Nv Mr..
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