The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-10-04
MISCEII EOUS.

Look HERE LADIES - The most abomina
lble fashion we know of IS that Of wearing
rings IN the ears. Il IS unquestionably I
relic Of baTbarism custom that can ONLY
HE accounted for BIZ supposing that sufficient
time has not yet elapsed since our foEsfath
ers lived d savage life, to entirely eradicate
it. If our ladies' only knew how like very
scare-croW they looked with long bits O
stone Of glass hanging from their ears, and
dangling from their faces, they would GER
iainly abandon such articles, called orna-
mems, instanter We laugh al the Indians
for boting their nose and lips, but such a
custom is not more ridiculously dishguring
than the practice Just spoken of, 50 preVa-
lent among the fashionables. Indeed, such
Is the foolish manner of dressing the head
in our days, with some of the feminine gem
der, that a lady rugged out in full costume,
with her earrings some half foot long,
only wants the ivory to her nose, to resem-
bic fulIblooded squaw, more than chris
tan woman The China-man, in speaking
of this fashion to his ffiends, gave the best
and only reason for itsAfser giving full
description Of It, he went on TO say athat
among this singular people II had been dis
covered that pigs could be prevented from
roofing by boring their noses and Inserting
large pieces of wire, and it was supposed
that the ladies' might be equally well broken
offhs troublesome habit they have Of listen-
ing TO other peoples business, BY hanging
large weights TO their ears, TO pull them out
of their natural shape and SO deaden the
sense Of hearing"
An old gentleman Of the name Of Gould
lately married girl scarcely nineteen years
of age. After the wedding the iupentEe
bridegroom addressed to his friend Doctor
C, Tie following couplet to inform him
Of the happy event:
So you sees my dear sir, though eighty years old
Al girl Of nineteen falls in love with old Gould.
10 which the doctor replied
a girl of nineteen may love COUP lis true;
But believe me, dear siTs i Is God without Y
6 Think there's any danger, mister mean
.ageery man, from that Boy Contract Cor g''
aOh no, |" said the man, the sarpent don't
bite, he swallows bis Wittals whole
Young ladies', when you are surrounded
by dashing young men, whsn the tones of
love and the words Of compliment float out
together, when you are excited By the
movements Of the whirling waltz, or melted
by the tenderness Of mellow music, arrest
yourself insthe rosy atmosphere Of delight,
and .look where you're going
AZ Il Tisitsr
Madam, said gentleman to lady Of
fashion, on seeing the protrait Of youth
who died Tor love Of her, suspended from
her neck, Il am concerned to see my friend
hung ia csasne the place Oh erec0tSon.
Of GIRL were to fail ii love With you,
said young lad 10 corporal kWIlat would
you do Present arms replied be.
Friendship IS ike cobIer's lie,
That joins two soles II unity
But Lows IS ike cobler's aW
That pierce thro' the sole and all.
we have heard 81 i man Sd ugly, slaf
physician has hired him Il order & getail
bis sbadow out 81 sixpence dose, a a.
eulesic ~ Kisiter.
H you wish 70 SPEAK go into the company
Of those who speak lille; you wish to
learn silence, court the society of those who
ne eienalIy pEaalling
PovERTT IS not poverty So much as
Dfetence that harnesses ruined man the /
Struggle between proud mind and az
empty purse the keeping up holloU show
hat must soon come to an end Have the
courage 70 appear poor and You disarn pog-
sTfy Of It's sharpes sting
IL : girl has pretty teeth she laughs often
& she's cot small foot she, wear short
iress; and e The reverse, she dislikes Sd
hess snqu gfaire.
4 young girl viii not hesitate 70 fell you
ler acc But ron don't catch an sold I'M
Icing that thing.
pass, IS the Drag player said ven he
dipped out Of one door and seen tho con-
table entering another.