Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-23
For the Vermont Telegraph.

VIII De preacneu from PuipltS III feIIuoll III
twelve month.
For the Vermont Telegraph.
PHYSIOLOGICAL REFORM,-No. 2.
! Brother Murray A few Thoughts on
this subject having presented themselves
to my mind this morning. with your per-
mission will present them 10 your readers.
As passed through our pleasant village
on my return from a delightful walk,
saw occasionally, cloud Of smoke rising
from the houses was passing, and heard
the clatter OF stoves and kettles, showing
that poor, blind, infatuated woman was al
her accustomed slavery, preparing break
fast, over hot stove, this sultrY August
morning. So long as our depraved appe-
lites must be pahpered every morning
with hot coffee and meat, or hot bread and
butter, so long, woman must, from neces-
siry, be Inc most abjeet slave in the uni
verse of God. But the worst feature Of
female slavery is. that they arc aOilLtnS
victims. Thus showing in the most i'm
preSsiye manner possible, the unfathoma-
bic depth Of their bondage. la proof OF
which, turn your thoughts for few mo-
ments upon, those Who, from motives of
pure benevol ence and humanity, would
point out TO them the beauties Of Physio-
logical Reform. Are they not sure TO
meet with decided opposition, and bitter
invecliva from The whole community of
women! And what better evidence can
we have of their ignorance and wiliful
degradation Lit a relormer venture, in
presence of company of ladies, 10 drop
word, which is Identified in their minds
with dietetic reform, and he vii! be i'm.
medIately assailed with an incohereni,
motley jargon Of words and phrases,
among which, the following will be very
conspicuous -" Starvation - skeleton
shadow-mummy. Who wants to live
on nothing, for the sake Of living a little
longer? Pm sure don't. Who wants
TO starve to death, for fear of being sick
What is life worth, if we can eat nothing
good? What were all the good things
made for, if we are not to eat them I? If
we did not kill and eat animals they would
soon overrun and drive US from the EARTH"
and host of other things equally absurd
and ridiculous. : Is it not so z
I | shall not have room 10 say any Thing
of the effect which The killing Of innocent
animals must have upon our morals; or
Of the uses which might be made ofthem,
We're they permitted to enjoy the life
| which God has given them. Must leave
these, with many other things connected
with this subject, for future consideration
Our business DOW is with the appetite, in
its present depraved condition, and the OPP
position Of females, 10 reform. | do not
mean to say that man, as a sex, is ready
or Milling 10 reform, far, very far from il.
But it does seem to me, if on this point
there IS any difference in the sexes. the
females are the worse. But the greatest
reason why | dwell on the opposition
which reformers meet with from my own
sex is, they are the greatest sufferers.
They not only suffer with man all the
evils Of stimulating and overealin g, but
they have ali the drudgery and heat OF
cooking, which almost entirely units
them for the enjoyment of any intellectual
labor, if indeed they even find time for any,
which is very seldom. la sub>tantiatiou
Of this position, allow ne to draw an i'm.
aginary picture. 1t shall be an every day
af'ir,one which every candid person shall
say is true 10 life, aud no exageralion.
Look then, If you please, at the wife of a
middle aged l,borer of our town, = the
mother OF dve.or six children, when she
rises in the morning. Having retired
/ late the previous nigh, tired to death, y
she has dosed away the best part of the
day, the sweet and bllmy hour of sunrise,
and has now dragged herself out Of bed,
only Because The clock shows he: she will
have but just time to get breakfast ready
by the hour which has been appointed for
that meal. She has no time, 70: dispesi-
lion event TO enjoy the luxury Of bath.
for the restoration and invigoration Of her
exhausted body, but must hurry on be-.
dress as quickly as possible, or the coffee
will not be well boiled. Before she is
half dressed, the infant wakes, and, Of