Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-10-26
A Chapter on Females.

! We look upon a stout healthy woman; she
is prodigy OF lhe 10Th century. Wherever
you go you see scores Of spleeny, slckly, Tee
Bile girls, who can hardly muster courage to
make their own beds, wash their faces. or
drive an utrudlng COW from the yard. Tel!
them about early rising, fresh air, and healthy
exercise, aud they have sigh as long as the
moral law, and about faint away. You ex-
pect them to get up before day 10 wofk 10
the kitchen TO brea,hs the fresh air of morn
ing PrepOsterous aud absurd.
/ They never have seen the sun rise, aud
would hardly know but the sun continued 10
shine forever, were it not for the almanacs
and their grand-mOthers. No wonder that eve
Iry year sweeps to the grave SO many young
wom.II, who have been srkly and eiiemlnaie
ever since they were born into the world and
death will continue 10 select them ds hls VIC
Tins till they learn thei! duty and pursue that
course which lnsures health, strength, and
Il long life. Our great grandparents lived to
great age, and never thought OF complaining
or laylng down to die, ill they reached the
merldlan of life. They we've stout, sIrong,
worked like beavers, aud never spent the
midnight hours in dancing. Instead oI beng
frightened at d little mUrsa at their feet, a
arms, in the absence Il thei fathers and hus-
bands they would load their guns, shoot bears
and catamounts, and keep at bay party oi
savages. How have their daughters dcgcn-
GRATED What female is there nOw-a-days
who would not run from gun even II 1t had
10 lock The ladies' Of oldcn time oCllivcd
ller husbands Years and years. How IS II
now Widows are few and far between. ii
was not a singular thing for our grandmo,hers
10 have three or four husbands III the course of
their lives. Now II is the reverse. Men have
about as many wives, diseases have been SO
fatal among the female sex. DO you know
the cause II is found IN llsiIess idlcncss, in
activity, late hours. thin shoes, muslin dresses;
a horror Of the ircsn morning air, and that de-
tostdble stiff, stitched in pink and yellow COW
ers which is flooding our country. III they
will do nothing else, young girls VIII sli aid
read from morning Ill night that slckly, sen'i-
mental, impure, llcenlous trash that is nOw
in such abundance from the press. lhIs
shrvcls The mind warps The affections, chllls
Inc better feelings. and makes the life wretch
ed beyond description. lie, females look mo
this subject, aud act like reasonable and ac-
coun,able beings, and We should see a different
state Of things. We should hear of no faint
! ing away, no sicEly constitutions, no affection
of the lungs, no elopcmen's, and no suicides.
| THr FIRrMAN. "Slicer" Of the y.
i. Tribune thus discoarseth of and concerning
the Fireman.
In the famous Middle Ages, there was a
man who separated himself from Society, put
his head in a steel cask, his body IN a steel
jerhin, aud his feet in s,urrups, and prlcEed
forth through Europe, with has lance, to res
cue danscls, quel dragons and the work Of
righteousness generally-at his own charges
This ancient cheyaher for long time lived in
history. an example Of pure benevelcn'e and
dl>intercstcd virtue, without successor. In
fact, il was not TIL the Nlncteenia Century,
that one having anything Ike rival claims WAS
to be found. This more recent knigh-crrant
cncascs his head IN a leathern cap, his body in
red flannel shlrt,and with turned up trowsers
and heavy boots, rushes forth, on foot, to do
execution, without hire or reward, on that
frery dragon Combustion itself The only
pure specimen extant Of the unadulteraied man
of bcncyolencc Of modern times and the pres
cnt mixed state Of Society is the fireman.
What motive has he--what motive can he
have (unless pure madness) IN rushing from
his bed at midnight, snachlng at his clothes.
tunlhllng duwn Stairs, sad IN hall distract !
condition pulling hot for the EnClne-house,
tearing open It's doors, hustling out the Ma
chine, and, SEEING the rope, hurrying away at
the rate Of ten miles an hour, shouting HIM
: If hoar by the way, "flre-f-i-r-e-Flrc :
Fire ire throw ing himself like SaIa-
mandcr into the very thick of the raging ele-
mcnt-and in a couple of hours walking home
10 bed, sweating like porpose
We look upon a Fireman, IN his diSinterest-
cd integrity, as all that survives unlnlurcd
from the golden age Of Man, truly noble
character, despite his errors. To he sure,
some little remains of mortal frailtles hang a
bout him Poaple Of "a ccnsorlous turn have
said he loves smasher-raiher stliI. lie rs
seen often in company with a strong-tIavored
long-uine. lie cocks his hat upon his head IN
a manner "A lulle IksOme 10 the sirlctest taste.
He sometimes chaws, and perhaps, occasional
" swcars llue 1t is one of the pccuilarl-
ties into which he has no doubt fallen, from
being pitched in the midst Of the corrupt clyll-
cation of oar times. that he hangs about cor
ners, AZ night, IN gangs aud that, somehow oI
other, be slides with marvellous rdpdty into
a 'muss or row. lie even alleges thai he
must BE- INDUCED IN one ofthrsc, nov and then,
or he will spoil But IN the great, manly
,rtucs-uhlch the slony-hcarted Nineteenth
Century has little faith ln--of DONG an nn-
mehse amoUUt Of work Tor no pay--he can
be beat.
ABUNDANCE % WIVES. 1 "reliable' cor
responder, of the Tribune writes as follows
"There Is village, IN the land Of steady
habits and wooden nulmegs called "Chr'H,on
H0Ho,c, =" where may be found eight very rcspec-
table. enterprlsng rn.n, mostly farmers. who
have been married to twenty women. One is
now living with his foJrIh wife, two with their
third and five with their second wives ; ami 1t
Is a singular fact that these families comprise
almost the whole population.
This is certainly a rare instance Of unequal
distribution.
TrB,OHf The official vote for Governor,
rs declared IN the Legislature on Tuesday
last, IL az follows
Coolidge, Wing. c2,o07