The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-10

ry fur,tathers-we are writing on the
evening Of the glorious 4,h ! under the
roar Of cannon, the squibs Of crackers
and the glare Of firebal.s-- we there
fore emphas'ruiy say--thc revolution.
AIRY heroes Of the first crusade against
costume in our country would TIL us,
were they still living, that under this
mode Of warfare. skirts extended with
the increased expansion Of hoops 10
a size most wonderful to behold. And
if we look TO the more sangunary con.
hicts Of a later day--ihc suy,rring he
roes Of the late war'--wagcd agains,
Corscts, Bishops and Busilss--will give
Us, as the result Of their experience,
the expressive, tho humilia,ing lesson
thu, man is impotent and his ridicule
weakness in all attempts to guide or
govern fashion. Not single corsc,
string did ridicuic ever loosen; never
did Bishop shrink before its power
while those saucy Jastles absolutely
'waxed fat and grew big under its
warmest iire--and wagging their con-
tempt alike of all ridicule and reason
passed on their merry way rejoicing ;
and it was not until the final triumph
of the bu.tles was complete, and the
profoundest establishment was univer-
sally expressed, that bus'lss could grow
so big, that they withdrew from their
position and disappeared; either cx
ploding with their own fclpcss, or sink
ing 10y their own weight.
In view then Of the mighty force md
power Of the outgoing and the incoming
tide of faShion'-how weak and power.
less does man appear as he now stands
-paralizcd with drend-and waiting
in fearful expectation the threatened
coming of the 'Bloomcrs'--and not
knowing whether to interposc resistance
or to bow down before them. But Uill
they come! 1t is said to be true that
coming events cast their shadows be.
fore and oh such shadows as have
already passed a,hwart the vision Of the
tremblers. And still, nothing has, as
yet, appeared on the dial plate of time
to render their coming certain. All is
confusion and uncertainty. No petit
--skirt barometer las been invent
ed by which the rise and fnll' Of
dry goods can be indicated or foreseen,
and all that weak trembling man can
do is to calmly await the coming time,
when he shall see what he shall see.'
Some would fain run away,-only that
they know not where TO run TO- Others
would, like the Arabs before the Simeon
PROSTATE themselves upon the ground
and let the flying cloud pass over;--
while others more gay and giddy--more
reckless and daring--disturb the day
by their shouts Of come ahead Bloom
ers - 60 it Bloumcrs nous your time"
and make the night hideous with their
song Of
Bloomer girls nre you coming out to night
Are you coming ont to night I
Oh, Bloomer girls are you coming out tonight
To dance by the light OF the moon ,
But, as we have before said, their
coming is still question of serious
doubt +; the world is all agog, and where
the matter will end, or the skirts ter
inmate, none can tell. For ourself, per-
sonally, we look upon the threatened
danger with perfect GOODNESS, and sur
prsng equanimity. Like the old lady
who put her trust in Providence till
the britchcn broke'--so do we put our
trust in the highly conservative charac-
ter and mate modesty Of woman here.
totore spoken Of; and in case of any
break in the harness here, we shall fly
to the 9Th verse Of the 22d chapter OF
Deuteronomy as our final place Of ref
uge, and there await the issue.
As some of our readers may not like
to trouble themselves to look up the
passage alluded to. we give it below as
text for the above ;--reversing the
common order Of things to be sure, but
if some clergymen would follow the
same rule and give their text la.t---a
closer connection between text ind SER
mon might oftener be discovered. The
verse referred to reads a. follows:
a woman shall not be clothed with
mana apparel, neither shall man use
woman's apparel; for he that doth
these things is sIominable before the
Lord"
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