Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-30

N. Y. Cry, August 81, '43

10Th inst, a. 4 P. ~. with horse and car
riage, and stopped for the night in Castle
ton with former acquaintance and friend.
On Thursday morning. passed on to Poult-
new for breakfast, and thence, during the
day, travelled to Cambridge, aud from
Cambridge on Friday to Troy, reaching
the latter place at p. VI. Went on
board the steamboat, Swallow, at the
wharf in Troy. at 6, and reached this
City on Saturday morning.
Suffered much Inconvenience on board
the boat. for want ofsdficient ventilation
in the sleeping apartment. The Captain
was kind, and furnished me good berth,
compared with many others. But there
was a want Of ventilation throughout.
which was a serious Inconvenience to me,
and must have been sadly unwholesome
10 oil. Too little care has been exercised,
generally, in constructing sleeping apart
mcnts, with reference to proper circu-
lalion Of air. They are built TOO low, al
most invariably. They cannot well be
built too high. And then the habit, al
most universal. Of keeping close doors and
windows, 10 prevent "laking cold,n as
the saying is. is. TO say the least. horribly
unnatural, and vastly destructive of health
and life.
But this is only one Of numberless out
RACES upon nature constantly committed.
One Of the worst OF them all is an unnat.
ural religion, which teaches that nature
in man, the noblest par, Of nature, is cor
rupt and mast be waned upon and over
come. This matter has been touched up
on in the Telegraph heretofore, aud will
be examined thoroughly hereafter. !
propose now to occupy a little space, and
q few moments. with attention TO an un-
natural practice widely prevalent, but
hitherto lillle thought of generally. 1t is
the practice Of
Sharing and Shearing The Human Head.
shall moi undertake to determine the
comparative importance of the subject.
And shall not probably give it extended
or often attention. But deem it worthy
to, occupy brief attention. Ihave for some
time past been thinking 10 notice it. but
have allowed other things to crowd il out.
My mind has been called to it now. from
the attention my own present appearance
has everywhere attracted since l left
home. III had the faculty. peculiar to
some organizations, Of retaining words
and phrases, and the power Of others fol-
description. would undertake to amuse
my readers to some extent with what has
been sometimes amusing 70 me, sometimes
snnoyiny. and sometimes matter Of in-
difference. But shall not make the al
tempt.
On the part of the great Plumbers whose
attention have attracted unavoidably but
without desire, there has been generally
manifested amusement, and sometimes
delight, with curiosity. But now and
then spleen and a variety Of i'll feelings
have hal 10 have vent. These cases
have passed with as little notice as posi-
bic. Coming down Lansingburgb hill, |
met a man who was driving a pair Of
horses and lumber wagon, with two well
looking and well dressed young women
that might have been his daughters,telore
whom it appeared to me he ought to have
set better example if they we're his
daughters, but ifthey were not and had
been accu stoned 10 witness more decen.
behavior. it appeared TO me he ought. for
their sake. ifhe was susceptible Of no bet
ter restraint, to have foreborne such wan
tonness and barbarity as he Displayed.
The words he used, to be sure, were moth
ing. The ugliness Of the transaction all
ley 10 bis tone. enunciotion, expression Of
eOuntenance and personal bearing. All
he said vas" why don't you shave o.
The growing, dictslorial tone. The inso.
lent air. the entirely in human expression
with which be said il, / shall never IN
dsrtake to describe. A being in such a
mood was really an object for pity. My
reply 10 him was. in as kind a tone a.
possible, /" why do you shave 2" He al
tempted an answer, bat got oul nothing
(which understood. 81
I would put the same question 10 reply
"A All xvh<, nslr me- WIN do NOT sha va m a