Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-12-12
WEDNESDAY, DEC. ID, l849.
E'..sssi0ysa,ic Girls.

( Mrs S~i>,'ien. oi ne P,'i,birs Sd'ur-
! iy V..!Ier. yes tha iotosrn. 'r"i'c'-pi
&c. information n one o: her son,'fabir
- lc;ier- To coIu1ry g'r.S:
& l'h.re are hundreds Of girls in every
| Lrce riy S:,l parade he s'ret,S III ieai:'-
cr,, >ias ard iaces, whose hands are soi!
a.. white as uselcssness con make tsern,
! whose mJhers keep, boardess 10 gel Il
Eyinl for their 'dlc d'ush'er,. The,e
III ,he.s wifi cook, sweep, waii Oh The tn
l..es, carr. loads of marketing, do the
! frs, eu',i Grudgery, toll la'e and early
,vih lite more c!oIting than would he
allowed to IA Sou bern Save, ~hie their
l.apeliii Daughters spend TIER mornings
! luungir. tel bed, reading sn.re silly book,
jaNi1g :es.ohs ~ music and Ffench. fiNlns
fne.y. ana The like. VAr evenings are
devoted t" drr>s!ng dis. pa ius heir harms
and nc 'ouipiishmen;i 10 lbs he's, adsan
,age, for the wonde.ment aud admiration
of knights Of The ward stack and yonrs
s>pivans Gg prof sslonal hGnors-d c.
tors wIhou; patients, lawyers without cli-
en.s-w no are as brainle,s and sou.iess Us
themselves. Afer While the p.ano
sounding sinplelon cap'vale. ,ape-mea-
>uring, la~-expoJndny. or pil!-,nakins
s,mpl-ion. The i~o minnie. spend every
cent tina, can he raised Ly hook or crook
-.et all that can be got on credit in
broadcioth, sa'in, flowers, lace. carriage,
attendance, &c hang their emp'y pock-
els On somebod IS chair, lay ,h,ir emp',
heads on snmebpdy's pI'ow,and commence
their empty life with no o'her pros..ci
than living a, son.eb,jy's espense-w'h
10 higher purpose ihan living aen'eel'y
aud sp!'ing the neighanrs. THIS i. sv-
Uop>is Of the lives OF thousands of stree.
and ba.l-ro1.n bell. perhaps Of some ~ fose
shining costume ven have envied from h
passing gisnce.
Thousands of women in ci'rs dress e'e-
gantly on The streets, who have 10, SUI
ficiency of wholesome food, comfortable.
ted. or fire enough To warm their room
| once boarded in "sen,-eI boarding
house, in Louisville. There were two
you.g ladies' and IL piano in the house;
halls aud parl"rs handsomely furnished.
The e!des, young lady, the belle. wore a
summer honnst al $40. silk and blk ude
concern hat would no, los, more Than ;wo
or Ihrfe months ; silk and satin dresses a,
i"c. hfec and four dollars per ysrL, and
Sd a piece inr mskin, them, and The cni,se
family ,w"ncr bows and t,t;"s pipc in all.
slept IN one saeii 'oo'n,~.th iwo cir,y tags
OF PINE shav;ng>, two straw bo.,l-rs, ard
three dirS quits tor bedding no sheets.
~ slips, and there un the wall hung the
ie,gr- ~ aJd "'i;ic satin. ,se rch silk and
lawn dresses. beSc ladies did no, work,
bu' played tie pano, .ccordcon ard ca I'd,
aud nearly broke their hearts the week
before We were there, because ano,hes,
Who ! presunes. lied just as they did,
called on hem w!th great, clumsy gold
cham On her neck. None OF them had
one, and Mss tabalinda, the belle. could
eat 10 supper. and had a bad f, of the
suiks 10 console her Tor ihe want oi cham.
au'. dear ne. had no notion of run.
n'na away off here. was just thinking
hos busy you country girls are apt 10 Be
in ll.e fail, ana this led me To think wha'
a l:ess;ng !, is ihs, YOU have something Ia
,In,an Inn, you ,h'nk it a disgrace 10 i've
:dy IL is a great b'e.s'ag Ia live in II
country where 1t is credit 10 work. E,r
iitness is the paren, Of vice and misery.
81 do not get weary or think your in ID
hard one shrn putting up pickies or pre-.
serves, ap'lebI,'er, sausa.es aud ssuce>
tor future use"