Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-02-19

The number of distinguished writers.
however, who have fallen into this error
Is not very considerable, and is believed
TO be every year diminishing. So straDge
an error cannot surely long remain IN a
thinking community.
Who has not read or heard Of the
young ancient king CT Great Britain, and
his iron boots2 These served for q time
TO sustain his week joints. and he verify
believed, and so did those around him.
that his ANGLES were actually gaining
strength. Yet it was most fatty ascer-
ltained in the end, that they were, on the
contrary, weakened BY them. So It is
with bracing the chest, or the back, or
Iany other part of the body. The press
lure, though it may afford relief at FIRST,
ldlsturbs so much the functions of the
body in the manner described In the pre-
iceding pages, that we are losers-great
llosers-in the end, in every possible IN
stance. Those who are copstiiu,onally
, feeble suffer most; and those who are
stronger, least, that is, directly. Yet all
suffer more or less, and sooner or later
:: There is no possible escape. 1t Is as Ut
a terlv impossible for the hinges OF door
!. or gate to WHICH clog or weight is hung.
# not TO wear out the sooner for 1t, as for.
). the "wear and tear" Of an organ IN the
: human body not 10 be increased, BY eve
+ nv degree Of pressure upon that portion
y. of the outside Of the body with which It
is connected.
=, One of the most painful considerations
IL arising from this subject is, that our er-
te rors in dressing are every day rapidly de-
d. terioratinp our race. Il has been said by
u one who has investigated this subject
oy profoundly. that if the present fashions
Vi are to continue, our race must De extIn-
ne rp;sbad in two or three centuries. Let
c{not this opinion be hastily rejected; Tor It
;" NAV be nearer the truth than many sup
t.y nose. 1t is at least true that every gene
III ration, as things now are, is growing
; as more and more feeble, and that, too, IN
on oeometrica rather than mere arlthmetl.
Ken cal proportion and that tight dressing is
VI one of the causes.
Ve" Two questions now fairly arise, one Of
s SS:, them indeed depending on the other, VIZ,
ar Whether any thing can be done TO pre-
vent further progress OF the EVIL we are
my deplorng; and if SO, what can be done.
Some suppose evils of this kind, if let
ugh alone. will cure themselves. This, If
VINO ever true, might be more true in relation
ue"- to the present subject were It not for the
,he i mental perversion which it brings along
iual, with j, to which we have already allud-
anu ed. We do not see how an error is like
'hce' lv to be laid aside, which is every day
eans less and less perceived to be an error
In But fashion change, 1t will be said; and
, we though fashion now requires taper
III Vi waist. it may not always require it
mo This is indeed possible; but does no
~ ol seem very probable. The greater prob
oe'ei ability is that if no eYtraneous effort i
mmo- made, the evil will 60 on, increasing u
rech- The manner already mentioned.
IN NJ The question, therefore, recurs-Csl
ndnc onv thing be done to stop the progress {
-, 81 terrible an evil! Much has been SAL
80 and written in regard to it. Several Pc
W.. WI" radicals have long and loudly declaime
ba or. against it: and few have endeavoreo
,uIt;no do something more than merely 10 y
!" ,hs, claim. The Advocate of Moral Reiorr
y tn" The Mothers Magazine, and several OF
,. 10 ers. have labored untirIngly for years
10 convince the community of the unhapI
;aoJ tendency of tight dressing. Still the ev
e. Goes on; and perhaps increases. Mu
A.: ~ ~. we remit our efforts because they ha
1e' ''S' Hitherto seemed 10 accomplish nothing
Z Or because we can at best do but htile
re said this way sLai VIC '''e'N
,nures, Our own opinion is, that our efforts
reform in the direction of which we IN
maui now been speaking, must be unremitt
, chief We must, in the language OF ScrIpiu
f those t. cry aloud and spare not" Nevertl
title. Hess mere defamation will not be So
lth and cieo,. any more than IT has been IN
xtent of temperance cause People demand 70
evils of shown the sVAys and acderef0res a
Y to en- thew are RIGHT IN so doing. These 70
ie phys- and ,,5erefores we stand ready to g
md des- Indepd thew are The very thing for tn
n. And we humbly conceive that worI
dacrod. done when the community are brou
own, on up to this point of inquiry.
long to The christian community appear L
g. But NOW ready 10 be enlightened on the
value losophy of dress We speak OF
slavery nortion Of the community in sPaFIcu
il nrove, because il is from them, almost excius
N to the ly-suggish and fearful Of innovation
ontrarv. ,bev NAV be-that we have any tnlns
n a most hone. in the way Of reform. a por
,viou4 of those who wear The Shfis''s" nA
rec born are certainly becoming :nteFes'eu ~
eedingly subject. if we can say no more. IL :
limos Of coning freuuen, topic OF discussion
!, she IS -, learn. in the meetings OF our mat
the want al associations.
port and But 10 knOic Inc pa'u. az. -, ~
Ioes this This or any otner eEii'
- - n,set il. Courage is not always G
pom porn. Se Gor lei with discretion. Many were NJ
,ba per- at the appeals OF Peer lne flefin'L'