Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-09-01

direct. or through England. they would
he sarc In do so within a month. and
laugh az those for their prudcry who
III" otherwise. Ale we too severe.
we ask again /: Are W. unjust! Do
they NOT come u near 10 il now rs they
cam II they do not go bare legged. do
they not. at did they no, little time
ago, try to appear so, by wearing Re, h-
coloared stockings? Did they not
leave their backs all exposed, with the
thinnes' gauzr, or no gauZr nj all. over
their ''young budding" bosoms-with
their shoulder blades brought so close
together as to exhibit any thing but a
pleasant exhibition TO a lover Of
beauty. or even a sensualistl And
why q" they these thinssi Are thew
'mmodest bv nature: l. modes,v n
Conventional instead of a natural prop.
erfy Of the female heart. Is IL alto
gether dependent upon fashionable
say SO OF protligatc French milineri
DO our women. lovely as thoy are--ip.
dependent, high minded and pure as
they pretend to bc--do they n,ca,,
what their exposure would appear to
indicatc-an exhibition Of their charms
Tor narket,as a jocky would play of a
quantity Of horse flesh! Are they
willing TO exhibit as much Of their
wares to any body and to erery Jodu
IN public--the more public the better
as fashion or sentimcnt.--the SEMI.
ment of the volup'uary, the loungcr.
and the ribald proHigate will bear? II
so--what could restrain them in Paris
from doing all that fashionable French
woman do after marriage: What
should restrain them in Italy-or Spain
or among the South Sea Islands,
from being all that Others are--all that
the fashion Of the country authorizes
Have they no principles Of their o.-n2
Are they altogether dependent upon
otherss lf so, Heaven help their bus.
bands--their daughters--,hc next zen
Grafton ~ T. Courier and Inquirer
The following remark Of that ex-
ceiient scholar and pious divine, BIZ
shop TArLon, should be iudelibly i'm
pressed on the memory; once recorded
there. II would produce more perma.
nent effect on society than reiterated
homllIes on scandal: EVERY man
hath in his own life sins enough, in his
own mind troubles enough, in his own
fortunes evils enough, and in perform
ing OF Offices, failings more than enough
to entertain his own inquiry; so tha.
curiosity after the Affairs of oihers can.
NOT be without envy and an evil mind.
What IS it io me If my neighbours
grandfather were Syrian. or his
grandmother 10 illcgiiimate, or that
another is indebted five thousand
pounds, or whether his wife be expsn-
sive! Bni, commonly, curious per
s"n',or (as the Apostles phra>eis) bu
sy bodies, are not solIcitous or inqnisi-
tive into the beauty and order Of u
well governed family. or after the ,r-
tues Of an excellent person; but If
there be any thing for which men keep
locks and bars. things that blush to
see the light, and are either shameful
10 manners, or private IN nature
these things are their care and their
business"
VoItaire was fond Of speaking Eng
lish. and cOnversed in that language
with DIR. Franklin, the Lycurgus Of
America. Madame Dennis being pre-.
sent said. she would be very glad If
they would speak French. that she
might understand and improve by
their discourse Niece replied
VoItaire, own ] am prond Of being
able to speak the language OF a Frank
linz
There died. very lately, at valen.
cicnnes, ~ France, n begsar named
Ilollande. who was 81 years old; and
altogether an extraordinary character.
The unhappy man had the strange mis-.
fortune to be- troubled with at appetite
which was Unsuitable. and the cravings
OF which abaied nothing till tie last
moment Of his life. Ills mode Of beg.
ging charity from the public. consist
Ell ~ opening his mouth a. vide az
possible. and crying out IN pitcous
tone, Il an dying of hungeri--oh,
hungerl'' he Vas veil ksown cha.
racier. BY a letter. published in 1891,
u appears that this strange bring de
Voured, The night Of he Wedding. the
ehiire batch ~ bread which hts wife
lad prepared Tor weeks supply. Sc.
Veral physicians of Valenciennes. in
tend being rfesent az the post s,orfrm
examination II he body ~ ilollsnde.
With a view 81 discovering tbe cause Of
rs singular constitution.
- 5JJJiD So
The Lycoming Chronicle states iha.
or tive 9th ms. Gle y ife a VI. Oliver
M'Caslln. 81 Fsirfeld foW n.hip. Pa.
gave birth lo'two daughters and son.
All oi whom are living and doing cli.
& The sans fadv ~ a ffaRt..tt. orf..for