Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-07

pared with the mountains Of wbisr.
have seen since left Boston; and cone ,.s sAaj
what had before considered an qut
carricature, turns out to be iain imi,.'a 'ss
ly ofone the mos! ridiculous Ia,h;.' a"0n
present age. 1t appears to me- inn", s Of d
such unwieldy whiskers-erner,,or,'''ss r si
yermin-can find favour with h., NH ID
creatures we can call our own" anv uo us''';
rich growth Of hair upon he no mOsiAe
one OF their own sex can be aJmi, rr" "
ressed by a man of distrimina,i,n ,nI enc ca
hope that this ridiculous fashion will, "''
It's way 10 Boston, or al Ieas, iha, n. "O 10,
OF monkeys in thai section of the ,on ~, "V'0't
not increase; 5u, have nv fesrs. Mn"'! ii
also, observe, were worn 10 some lr;,, ,a'a'a
There is another fashion equally ,iJ n''T' :
prevailing 10 considerable ex,-., =, =,
and at he Springs, about which viii w;,,. %
permission say few words. YOU
CHECK-SHIRTs - Win frs, s,.
nounced in one of the New York p,rs,. ~, d.
some Of The mos; lnve,erlte fons of ,,., va
had adopted the use Of check shrr.s IN Wv .1
lion OF sailors and Others, WHO. from mn. .".'!
havet wash their own linen, cos,id' ~ ny
mere hunbug, invented by some inper;o,' u.
10 divert the attention Of the di,,io,...t
Honorable Dick Trihe from m,,iers ,fl". ID:
por'ance But i, now aDpeat, hs, '~
taken. AtS,ratoga check starts ar, FASH
among cer'ain class, and in New w -
Philadelphia many are wo,n.-Earl, v,,,t
mornI"g notices several IHdiv!du,ll IN ~"
unsermIy garments q fig he he sIrbEI
'ers OF he Congress spring; and from u, =,
cumstance that they appeared a, h, b,e,,t,
table with white shirt collars conclude ~,
il took less tint and 0 rca,ioncd less ,ro,.l. y
soil shirt made Of cotton check, than enc m,.
OF fine white linen. | may BE- ,boupb, h.,
ever, that in oriiicisiHg ,he dress and ,,,.,.
ance Of indi' iduais ! transcend the bo,r5, :,
2roprieiy; hu, alter what has lar,, he.1 .,@
IN some Of the papers abour iigal lacin, Am A.,
females, think one may s,fr,y vrp,uts % o.,
the dandy race stab under the Gijh iow,
out violating the rules Of decrncy or ,,,l
breeding. abominale he fashion ALLUDED Il
above, The more heartily since il wa, mrodD.
ced into this country by stage PLAYER f,r
the British metropolis. Man i, indeed an mi.
tative snimal.
The WATERS There are now al III. dt,
en-, hotels and boarding houses a, Saratoga :,
wards Of - hundred persons, most Of won
are Strangers in the village, who come here
see and be seem" and 10 drink The waeSd
the Congress spring. You are sensible bal
visited Saratoga for the benei Of my hr,a
In company with gentleman who sfory@
months past been effected with severe fit 1
the rheumatism. My companion has breD mud
benefited by the waters, while have iouS.
considerable relief myself by free use oiuh,r
The quantity which ] take every morplts is
from ten 10 twelve glasses bouI three guu',-
which have a very beneficial effect npOn II.
system, and create sharp appetite for Ur.s
fast. It's amusing to lounge abou, the splinl
from hall past FIVE 10 seven O'Clock 10 ID.
morning, TO behold the visiters as they a9p,O.tN
to take the waters. The various attitude, il.
TO which they throw themselves, and the G,i.
liar manner in which some of them smack h,'
lips and distort the musles Of their fares, ~
10 ne who find nothing unpleasant in te an
OF the waters. highly interesting. e1Pes
=" i''e az la oe"too VI p"o' 49, N''
ciated invalids; but almost every count name
that behold indicates sound state Of bt
and mind, and may add Of purse. It's III:
there are few persons 10 be seen who We
about them the impress Of disease, but iOl *
most part the yisiers at the Spring, drI
hale and healthy race, and the men paHIcugl
are many of them heavy, weighing as ''ey q
from three TO four hundred pounds each. SN.
toga is very dull place, unless ore hap7tna
belong 10 parry Of visi'cfs. and then he pos
sibly may "kiIl time" IN an agreeable ma'.f
but after all, il is place Of much disspsi''
especially among the more fashionable porim
OF The visiters, who eat and drink exra"gnN
and smoke and play billiards. and dan" U
Kill old fo!ks." AT the dinner tables in IN Pd'
lie hotels j. is fashionable" for every genie
man to have his bottle Of old madeira o. rari
and even the fathers Of our Temperance '':r
ties would be considered .nIashionabt j
they should BE on visit to Congress Hal! %
refused TO call for and drink bottle ofGod''
wine.