Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-02-26
"a bad fashion would be considered rather
as token of bad moralS?''

gested shall or shall not be hereafter
adopted we do ardentiy hope the friends
OF reform will keep the subject of dress
~ agitation till something is done. We
hope most ardentIy we believe
1t VIII lot be permitted to rest till the hu- ,
man hody--the temple Of the Holy SDir-
II, as the Scriptures call it's redeemed
from its degradation.
We have alluded, in a preceding page. !
to the saying Of much esteemed individ- .
uoI, lately deceased, *that if the present
fashions, especially as regards dress. are
to continue, the present race vii! be vx-
tngaI5bed 10 Two or three centqries.-
w hen such remark was Gr;t announc-
ed by the individual to whom we reler.
we proceeded TO prepare The following ar
ucie, with which, though it has already
been before the public eye, we propose 10
conclude The present essay.
Lr-taPl On tiAe Last CT the Human Race.
Here persisted the last punv mdiyido-
al OF race OF beings, originally made il
me Image other Creator; and Of course,
noble aud godIIie. Their lives were at
inst protractel to d hundred years. or
more; and they were not only long, but
useful aud happy. But though the race
was made upright, they sought out n,any
inventions, some Of whicl resulted in
their ruin.
The length and happiness Of their
lives had been made dependent upon the
free and rapid circulation OF about three
gallons (in an adull) Of bIoo4 through ev-
cry part Of their bottles, ard the prrSer-
'alon OF this blood III pure state. 10
preserve 1t IN the latter Condition, a set Of
organs called lungs, had been placed in a
large cavity in The upper pat OF the bodv:
and things had been So contrived, that Nv
process deAoniuatod breathing, these
lungs We're iudated with air twenty times
or more 4 minute, and rs often empeicd
and when thus trcqacutly filled with pure
dr. the effect Was 10 produce such chau-
GEES in the blood Wnich was constantly
passing ihrou2h t4em, as were necessary
and Indispensable 10 health.
These lungs were contained in d large
b0ay hollow or cavity, shaped somewhat
like d sugar-ioaf; broad and capacious
below, but Smaller u6ove. Although
this cavity was surrounded by bones, it
was easily compressiule, especially about
the bytom, aud during The iyst years Of
life
Now i! 50 happened that after tits race
Of beings had existed about 500 wears.
some Of the females, who constituted
about half their whole numUer, undertook
70 5myr0ce their structure. Thev did hot
like the shape which the Creator had
given lhem; it was clumsy, they thought,
and ungracefuI. So they began to com
press the cavity Of the lungs about the
bottom, and retain it in this shape. At
! first, such an outrageous and impious
procedure was not generally tolerated ;
and the practice was for tine set aside.
But after repeated efforts, they at las,
succeeded, about the year Of the world
r $500, aud the custom became general and
permanent.
The first evil results were no: very
obvious. At least twas not quite obvi-
Gus to The sufferer, tina: tight lacing was
the cause, though her physician told hel
, so. They consisted chiefly in short an(
. difficult bIcathing; greater liability K
:, .coIJs and distractions in the SYSTEM
coughs cold eXiremIlics; irregular ap
petite; bad Digestion Ianguor and
f pale or eadtn appearance. But as tn
-, bony cavity became permanently con
- lracleJ 1t the bottom, ali the other organs
-, the stomach, the liver, and even til
>, nerves, became affected. TO the fofne
complaints, We're now added dysPepsj;
: scroiu.a, hypochond,ia, consumption, an
- many more tedious aud difficult disease,
\ Not ouiy was the body diseased, bat thr,
the medium o. the body, the mind bt
- came affected. There was d law IN the
frames that ii one member--a8 the lun2
- -suiicyrJ, all The other members suft
:" ed with it; and also that if the body W;
injured, the intellect Suffered, sooner
=, later, in similar proportion. To pal
49,, emaciated, siclIiy bodies, were now ad
- I'd feeble aud tc0i,.l4ted minds, aud cv,
~ sluggish or cold affections towards the
~ fellows AMI towards their CreJtor.-
NV Not onIy was there a general nervou
~ ness, as it was s3metlmes called, or lrri!
WA bjIHy, bot downright fretiuiness, pee
We ishness or inpltIen,-e.
~ These evils were most generally amo
IS i class or order Of people called Chr
lians; AMI 50 called because the name
:, their founder and leader was Christ.
W. y. These persons protested to follow t
81 leaders directions ia all things; and tn,
e"t ~ directions had been recorded, after his
;o VI cease, in a book. This taught tina
o oO,, was their duty to do all things In sue
,ho manner as would most promote the 6
oan eral sood,-in The best order and haC
ness of the universe; and to prese
ned their bodies in the greatest possible
III gree Of health and vigor for this purpt