Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-05-14

young grocer = mead, Efabhtd MI The money
within I,is reach, cody put tho grocer
gond hnt on his own head, and walked III
y whlsIllng, while The shopheeper wac blind.
ing. choking and smoIhering in bath u
moIasaos. ~ PIC. .
Durep Esttss .-~1he following Dutch
butts and ludletous observations ais sqaal
10 any Of tha irish. extant.
DE confederation VII pleeste TO sing
the Won dou=a ndlh and two'th psalm said
n Dutch pafaon az he gave out The morning
hymn.
There ato mol 80 mnny in tho book
responded the chofisier.
we'll. den, plessh TO sing 50 many as
tnre Pc
Nh and brodder %IIaunse aud too odder
toys went q hunting Won day next weet ;
va trtYe nine waodeInack into one store
heap, and We killed ten out oh dc nine fore
Won Rot ill.,.
A Dntehtnan l,sine present nj a military
meeting mud boing aAkad If he WINS in favor
Of The organization. replied: mo ! ,sh mol
IN favor oh dish ofpanisattsn~~tc fife and
irttm pc goo' and '""agh py Tam sight
W'nehrlfs D%ptehnan Speaks 81 n lnree
house dat aEsnysl' stsndsh right py 10 sitie
Of II little yelluw ihg.'
John Snntsoasdotsen nree remark Il.
Me pf,aidar Yaeob cotn'd to see me Won
taY, NIT II span ob plaeh horses all speekled
nit vito, aud init a sagpa behind 'etn 10
mako 'om 90 f~assor.'
TteHr LAcisa The following IL OK.
t'acted from n work recently published in
New York, entitled Personal Recokecitoas,
by Charlotte Eiizabeth'' -
my asnr father was
right; and il would be q happy thing for
girls in ge~ ncral, ii somewhat Of appearance,
and Of requirement too, was sacrificed TO
what God has 50 literally provided. and 10
the enjoyment Of which n blessing is TN.
doDbtedly annexed. Where, an1on fe.
males, do we find tho stamina Of ennstitu.
ton, and the elasticity Of spirit which TX.
iat in hose Of our firal population who
follow out door en- ploy mena 7 II positive.
" pains l'ie to sec n party Of girIs, II hon.
neiod and tippeted double. file of humanity
"That iJse II wounded snake, drags lis slow
length along"
under thd keen surveillance ofa governess,
whose n frvea would never be able to en-.
dure the shock Of seeing them hound over
a stream, or scramble through n fence, or
even toss their heads and throw their limbs
as all yon ne a%ninals, except that oppressed
cIass called young ladies', are p~rlviledged
to. Having venturcd, in n ft Of my coan.
Try aart, x, to break the ice Of this very
friged subject, | will recount another in
stance Of the p~aternal good senre TO which
owo, ,tnder God, the physical powers
without which my little talent might have
laid by IN n napkin all my days.
One morning, when his daughter was
about eight years old, my father came in,
and fonIld sundry preparations going Oh,
the chief materials for which was buckram N,
"aalehoi' be, and other stiff articles; while
the yourg lady was under mcasurennen
by the hi ands of a female friend.
"Pray what arc you going TO do to the
child Z"
"Goin e TO hther with a PAN Of stays"
"For what purpose7"
"To improve her figure: no young lady
cnn grow up properly without Them
n ben your pardon: young gentlemen
grow up very well without them, and 50
may yotmg iadie&."
"Oh, you are mistaken. Sec what a
stoop she has already: depend upon it, this
gITl will be both a dwarfand cripple, if we
don't put her into stays"
"My child may be a cripple nsa'an, if
such isAsod's will; but she shah be one of
HIS making, not ours."
All circumstances syas vain; STAYS and
every species of tight dress were strictly
prohibited by the authority Of one whose
viii was, as every mans oush, to be, abso-
luton is own household. Ho also care.
fully watched against any evasion Of the
rule: a rihand drawn tightly round my
waist would have been cut without hesila.
ton by his determined hand; while the ut.
tie girl Of tbe ars1;ous n.7ie1aa whose opera.
''ons hs had interrupted, enjoyed all the
fadyanta ges ofthat system from which was
preserved. She grew up a wander like fig.
IRE, graceful and inter- eHting, and died Of
decline at nineteen; while |, though not
able to compare shapes with a wasp or an
houT-glass, yet passed muster very fairly
among human forms Of Gods moulding !;
and have enjoy I'd to this hour a rare ex-
enptlon from headaches, and other lady.
like mala-dles. that appear the aIrnos. ex.
elusive privilege Of women in the higher