Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-24
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IS FRIDAY AN TNLrCKf DAY?

IS FRIDAY AN TNLrCkf DAY!
| From time immrmoral Friday has been frnwnel
upon day Of i'll omen. AM! though thI- prejudice
i- less prevalent now than it has beer ol yorc when
| superstition had general sway, yet thrr" are many
even i'm this matter oi fact NJ" "i ours who woal h g.
itatr on II DIV so suspicious, tn bcin an undertaking
| "f monlrntnua import. And how many brave mari
ncrs, Whose hearts unqUa!ing 'nuit! meet n" wdcst
fury of their ocean home, would bnnch Ia even hcr
their sails Friday. But I" show with how much
rrason this feeling i. INDUCED, L.: examine the l
lowing important facts in connection with our rev
settlement and greatness as nati"n aud We VIII seq
how little cause we Americans have to dread the !Gal
day:
nn Friday, August 81, 1892 Christopher Columbus
-riled on his great vovayr Of discovery.
On Friday October II, lir2, liz first discovered land.
On Friday january (, l9} he sailed Oh his return
To Spain, which, fhe had not reach" III safety the
happy result would never have bccnknnwm which led
10 the settlement Of this vast continent.
On Friday, March H. 1893, lie arrived at Palos in
safety.
On Friday Nov I'D, 1893 he arrived at IIspanio-
In on his second voyage To- Amcrcn.
On Friday, June 3D. lioi, he, though unknown 10
himself discovered the continent ot America
On Friday Marcl ), 1906, Henry VII. Of Englan |,
gave to John Cabot hi, commission which lr' Ia th.
discovery "f North America. This wa. the first Ame-
rran State paper in England.
On Friday, September !, lJ'1, Mel"nlcZ founded
ST. Augustine, the oldest town in the United States by
more than 80 wears.
On Friday. Nov. IN, 1920, the May Flower, with the
l''Sti 'i', '''' t'' "',' ~ ~ '", NV w.
tr s,.i.c .''i ''rt .-"'" nm ""I n,' '"'
On Friday, December -, l'i2D. the Pilgrims made
their final landing at Plymouth Rock.
pl frlu"F, rrn - ''""rGr " iShil-'"" ''c r"'ei
| OF American Freedom, born.
Dii friday june lO, bunker lilii WIS s'i"ed "i'
fortified.
On Friday. October, liz, III" surrender of Sara
toga wis made, which had such power and influence Ill
Inducing France Ia declare for our cau>r.
On Friday, September ~ lISU, the TREASON at Ar-
mold WAS lah bare, which saved us from dratructiun
On Frillny, October -, ISL the surrender oi
Yorktown. the crUwnng glory u the AnrrIrun arms,
! occurred.
On Friday July /. l7,6, the motion in Congress
was nude bv John A,a- seconded by Richard len
ry Lee that the United States Colonies We're and ut
right ought to be. Free and Independent.
Thus, by numrrous examples, we Sre, that however
il may be with other nations, Americans need never
dread To BEGIN on Friday auy undertaking, however
momcntor, it may be lI;ckfy Lrad,r.
From III" Home Jourunl.
LADIES HEALTH :-"Ihi- subject is one that
ought 10 interest all.--not the ladies only-but as,
thns,. who have sisters ar wives or who mny day
be blessed with "f the latter. \ Young mal
may become Interested in one OF the lovely ones IN
| our lnnd POSSESSED OF every quality tu make him
happy yet, from carclc.sncss, procce linz either from
though cs,nc-a or want ui knuwiG.,c tine rich
surc- Of Il loving heart and brilliant intellect are Ell.
shrincd in a fragile caSkct He may wun and win
her 10 his heart and home. while the seeds of death
are lurking in her system and in n few brief wears be
lrtI to mourn over the wreck of blirh;cd hopes ana
wonder II; I'll. LiSp.usaIious Of pr.yrnc,' it'll,
lraon, ,hut nil this ur.,..,.I from carlv neglect;
Sud il is when after wears of patient loving care anJ
wutrhnlrcs, his home is thus dnrkc.d; hut far md
der is it, when the cause cum Le traced directly back
tu known inpr,l!"nc.. in cnrv YOUTH wh,.n in ord,
| to dress it,hiunablv health had been endangered.
! "Wnuld that the wuIncn Of America would arouse
To- consciousness Of the responsibility resting u,"i
thrIn AMI firmly ,iisconIii,nnnrt ANY demand %
fashion which can seriously affect their health q
shat consequence will h SDnc twenty wears hence
! whether they now srictr conform To IL every on
price or not bu it, lv So doing their health is III
urcd. how l-ariuy will they then see the effects O
their made folly not on!y in Themselves, but it may
be. in their children as". IN world where we be-
! gin with mothers, II Is mol asking Ia" nltrI that
they should sec that their own duty is accomplished
"l"nk at the 'Sternrr sex, who, though they vary
their "wn IrSs ~ fashion "!rta'.F seem /" hnvr
more sensible" Lender t' ii"" i"r, III wh"' particular
can you mn 'le'il "arrhcmS health 20 II. d'mahds'
lhry may wear communications nf III" lrSuru' pat
.crl cnats ioS or shnrl"alSteh YET il'S are care
iul IL dress ~ as 10 Keep warm and dry
Look nt iher tcct You d" NOT 80" one III hun
drcd venture forth, III damp, chilly weather. with
thin.S"Ird r!"th h"ni. No! they w"hr bn"tS VIII
iilcH smic' hhd hl%h Reels Whc, On thc "tcr iIiii'