Litchfield enquirer., 1836-07-28

VII ms is faint sketch Of day in New
nc. Se1 Is perhaps full one Of hnnpan
H.. , o"'7 hundreds or thousands Of these
"aSe up mans life. Andsto what
A~'' Hc"o answer what. MI.
The Fashionable Erpsn.;v. p.o.
lh's IS not "a particular class, as mcch..,
les or professional men, but embraces SOM.
OF every class. from the highest 10 the low
EST. ny this class is meant the fashiOnn-
DIE and expensive poor, or those who orc
made poor mainly by following ND the FASH
ions, not the good aud useful ones. hut the
absurd and wastetul ones. By fashionable
people generally, is meant that portion Of
the rich and those that associate with the
rich, that adopt expensive and fashionable
modes OF living, at their tables, in furni-
t"re, dress, &c. By fashionable and ex-
pensive poor here, is intended all those.
whether merchants, farmers, mechanics,
DAY laborers, &c. that live in the imitation
o. expensive fashion, without any regard to
!ne!r wages or fortunes. This class in the
United States, embraces larger portion
OF the people than in any othe. country
whatever. In other words,. travellers a.
gree that the people Of The United States
are, IN many particulars, the most wasteful
ut all civilized people on earth. Many Of
these fashionable and expensive poor, in
stead of having lived upon their incomes,
and making the two ends Of the year meet,
have spent SO much more. than their in
comes, that they have been compelled TO
see their substance waste from day to day.
as the consumptive man sees the flesh de-
part from his bones. Ofthese fashionable
expensive poor, "a large number, even Of
those that belong to the higher classes, are
among the poorest people in the U. States.
II there were weights and scales to weigh
human misery by the ounce and pound, it
would be found that these unhappy people
suffer more in mind from endorsements,
duns. Notifications, offended pride, and
conscious menaces and wickedness at the
though that they are spending the proper
ty OF their friends, and Of honest, hard
working mechanics, and others, than many
poor people do in body, for want of cloth
ing, fuel and food. Striving to be some-
thing which their property viii not allow.
they are in a perpetual conflict, in the worst
war in the world, war with themselves.
They do not live by any rule of their own,
according to what God has given them, and
what is, therefore, only allowable for them
TO spend-but they live after rule set by
tho fashions Of the rich people, and thus
they see with other people 'sAeyes, whose
eyes are their ruin. Instead Of having their
clothes made in the most economical way,
in their own houses, by their. wives aud
daughters, they run to The fashionable mil
liners and lailors at the same time that they
are suffering for good garments. Their
whole wardrobe often, setting aside the
finsiy, would hardly pay for an auction
They would be ashamed to show 1t, to have
il. exposed 10 the light Of day, to have their
under garments seen. Their domestic
condition is equally mean. Some Of them
in cities live in expensive houses. and pro-
mise to pay large rents. The rent is often
paid by rich relative, and often not at all.
| Their parlors and drawing rooms are foil
OF what they call splendor. that is, 6nery ;
if they have valuable pictures, it 10 ten to
one that these are put in tho shade, in or
der TO show their fine curtains to better adj
vantage. II yeu 60 out Of this region of
splendOr and magni6cence, the real barren
ness Of the territory in good aud useful
things, appears. In the kitchen and 9TH
or apartments, there is not decent suffi-
cheney Of cooking utensils, tubs, kettles,
dishes, and other conveniences for health,
comfort, and cleanliness. Nothing is so
mean rs the reul poverty Of these people
but their pride.-Miss Sedga0ick.
Some very curious facts on the subject Of
marriage, as connected with longevity, are
stated by Dr.. Casper, in a paper Of his late
ly published at Berlin. II had been Ions
ago vaguely asserted, that bachelors are
less long-lived than married men. Hufe.
land and Depareieux were Of this opinion
and Voltaire observed that there were
more suicides among those who had NOT Civ
en- hostages to fortune than among those
who had. Oder. however, was the first
who set on foot the inquiry with exactitude,
and he found Bibl. Britannique, 1910 thai
in tho case Of females the mean duration
Of life, for the married woman Of IS, was
above &c years; while for the unmarried
i, was but 80 1-2. Al so there was dif
ference Of four years 10 favour Of the mar
ried and at s., two years. and so on. /
may be said, perhaps, that married female.
ought to be considered as picked lives but
as Dr.. Casper observes, this is far from be-
ing generally the case, especially in the
middle and upper classes Of society; is
| chiefly Among the lower orders, where q