Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-01-06

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Further extracts hereafter.l
FEMALE TIGHT LACING.
A Treatise aOn Deformities of the
Chest and Spine, illustrated by plates, by
VIM. Goulsonn (Hurst, London } has
Just came under our notice. The chief
object seems to be to point out the evils
arising from the practice of tight .lacing
among females and this he. does ina
mastery manner. He shows how tbs
practice is undermining the health of the 2
blk of young womensat the present mo-
Rment; how it is distorting their spines,
swing them high and low shoulder,
Treating an unnatural projection OF the
sternum or the breast bone rendering
them unfit to fulfil properly the functions
! OF mothers; and lastly, leading to the pro-
lduetion of weak consumptive race of peo-
| pie. Mr.. Coulson deserves the thanks of
The British public-the male publie--for
the admirable manner In which be has
treated this distressing subject. But it is
8ebyioGs that anything which he has said
will not be of the slightest use IN abolish
ling the practice of tight laeing. We con.
( slider this book as utterlydhroWn away
The press has for years been reprobating
tight laclng, and yet not the smallest
change has been effected women squeeze
/ their bodies, distort their spines, and ruin
their health, as much as ever. All things
in1arove but this. Tight laeing remains
"a fixed practice, practice. fraught with
the NEST Terrific, the most melanehply con-
sequences; yet one which is fiNsd with
more than The letters of iron by The fash.
ions ofthe times We might give an ex-
tract from Mr.. Coulson's book to show
how dreadfully injurious tight lacing is
but what would be the use of 1t? The
matter would be pefused no doubt by our
( young female readers, but it would have
no impression on their understandings; or
to speak more correctly. It's truth would
be theoretically acknowledged, but prac-
I tically denied. -. s.saz - fs.9
1 We have written about tight lacing ellis
We are tired. The conviction now forces
itself on our mind that, if any thing like
substantial reform in the practice is. to be
brought about, II must be by some more
+ potent means than the press. 1t is now
proved beyond the possibility of doubt, that
the practice is hurrying thousands of ac-
complished young females to their graves.
Within our own limited sphere we know
several who are dying from no other
cause. The mania has descended from
4 high to low life. In Edinburgh at this
instant there are hundreds of women In
, the class of domestic servants, who are
! as much the victims Of this execrable fash
: ion as the daughters Of the afistocracy.--.
In short, the crime is universal. Must
then whole nation SIT. down in despair,
: and see tight laeing. going on forever p
y }, We suspect it must, unless some reform
= may be hoped for from those mighty ladies
: who ST at the. helm of fashion, and capri
: ciouslv order the women eff Great Britain
TO wear whatever cut of cloth they think
: fit. These are the mighty personages
J who alone, out OF a nation OF some twenty
: or thirty millions of souls, have the pow
u er to redress this monstrous abuse To
} them the nation must pray to be released
e ! from the thraldom of tight lacing. 1.-THE
= ~ petition be refused, then our cause is
e hopeless. Buff gfanted-how instanta
= neouS the delivery. Quick l-Prcsto =
!, Begone And light lacing is. forever
ie banished from the earth. Ladies one ane
!. dH-dli women are Observation-Disclosures
=, ~ relax the Strings Of their corsets. The
~ wasp figure is abandoned Health, GOOD
9 shape, and good looks resume their 4egiti
10 mate sway. And our women are them
- selves again. ham5er's Journal
OF MIsER1Es OF iNDoLENcE-N None s.
ei little enjoy life, and are such burdens L
OF themselves, as those who have nothing &c
do. The active only have the true relish
d of life He. who knows not what it is TO
y Tabor knows net what it is to enjoy. Re
II creation is only valuable as 1t unbends Us.
e. The idle know nothing of it 1t is exer-
e. lion that renders rest delightful. and sleep
I'd sweet and undisturbed That the happi
e ness of life depends on the regular prose-
cution of some laudable purpose or calling
ID which engages, helps and enivens. all
e our powers, let those bear witness, who
le after spending years in active usefulness.
le retire 10 enjoy themselves. They are II
burden to themselves
le RUNAWAY PoND.s
y This is Lame given 10 place in the
4 town of1GIoyer, Orleans county. W.; mol
r where there is now a pond, but from
y which, as the name intimaies, a pond once
u ran away. The facts in regard 10 this
$ lspot were published in 1910, but may by
IS many be forgotten. There Was pond oil
g water about three miles IN ieggth, and