The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-01-27

dern Belle 8 toilet, now all lHe Presept Sehe
Grafton of girls happened TO be crooked.
Perhaps if you could get snugly hid in
the corner of some Students room at
College, you might hear the various opin-
ions that have been mooted on this mys-
tcrious subject.
when 1 was little boy" would q
somewhat oldish senior say, "girls that
! had straight spines, held their heads up
and walked erect as militia corporal on
General Muster-day; and those who hap
pened to be little crooked, weather.
boarded themselves up with whalesbone,
and with the aid of straight jacket, tried
hard, at least, to seem straight; but the
girls nowadays are all crooked; should
not be surprised if it was the Rheumatism
that has seized the universal female ma
ton, and bent them all up double in this
way. 1t all comes Of girls wearing thin
Shoes" he continued, clapping his foot,
shod with FENToNs double-soled brogans,
on the table.
"Pho, nonsense, Ned" exclaims a
sleek-looking Junior, famous for pigeon
aoing physiology. "This is some of your
old-Bachelor notions. 1t is all owing To-
the rapid advancement Of Female Educa-
ton. In your young days, the girls had
nothing in their heads, and it was no
trouble to hold them up and walk straight;
but nowadays their heads are stuffed full
of Chemistry, Botany, Physiology, Geo.
metry and Matrimony, and the conse-
quence is, that it bends their backs to
carry such load Of science"
"In my opinion" joined in rather a
medcal-looking Soph, "Ned is not so far
wrong. think it is spinal affection,
brought on by STOPPING down 10 try and
peep through a milestone. Girls have
deal of curiosity, can tell you. In fact,
DR.. Bolus told me the other day, that spi-
nal affections had increased wonderfully
of late years: but he says Thrtar-emetic
plaster applied along their spincs, would
bring all the girls up as straight as RAM
rodr'
"Afler careful analysis of the human
mind" breaks in metaphysical little
Fresh, with soap.locks-"After careful
analysis of the human mind, l have been
led to the conclusion, that this physiolo-
gical phenomenon has its origin in the
spirit of the age. The motto of this won-
d.rful 10Th century, is 60 ahead; the girls
have imbibed this spirit, and are crooking
their backs they must er necessitate rci,
go head. foremost, which is pretty much
the same thing as going ahead"
What pity that auction sale should
have upset all these various systems of
philosophy! But so it is; the cat is out
of the bag now, and it turns out that nei-
ther Rheumatism, heads full Of science,
spinal affections, nor the spirit of the age,
has any thing 10 do with crooking the
girls-it all turns out to be-a Bustle.
"Do tell us, Mr.. Editor" exclaims
score of inquisitive young fellows, "do
tell US what iha, wonderful Bustle is like?"
Why, young gentlemen, we only saw
them at distance, but they looked to US
a good deal like big Bologna Sausage,
with rufled shirt on!
P.S. Curtain Lectures tonight for GER
tain Editor, gratis!-lemperancc Ad0o.
The GREAT MIssoURIAN.-Thef follow
ing extract off letter is from gentleman
formerly of this city, now on a tour
through the Western States. and at pre-
sent in ST. Louis, from whence he writes;
i went the other night to look at the
geatest curiosity that | have ever seem
Il is called the great Missourian, and is
the skeleton of the greatest animal ever
known. 1t was found about 200 miles
ives, Of this place, in this State by Ger
man. II measures to the top of the ribs
16 feet high, is 80 feet long, has two
tusks that are from 10 to IL inches in di.
ameter, and are l6 feet apart. The head
and tusks weigh 100 pounds. The joints
of the knee in the fore legs are inverted,
so that he bends his knee the contrary way
from any other animal. He appears to
have been web-footed, has no hoofs, but
toes about 8 or 10inches long. The own
er has computed its size, in comparison
TO the size of an OK here that weighs lOOO
pounds, and he is just 100 times larger
than the OK, so that he must have weigh
ed when alive 100000 pounds, $50 tons.)
I should think he would have required FIVE
or six buffaloes for breakfast. The six
musicians, who play at the exhibition OF
the animal, sit up in his ribs.
"The owner has been offered S20, ,oOO
cash for him. He leaves in few days
So. N,u, Or1e,ps from thence New