The North-Carolinian., 1855-12-15
9 From the .Nitc Fork Piedyune:
Prof. Julius Cesar Hannibal Lecture.

e43-9 FROM the .nt,c Fork Piedyune.
Prof. Julius Cesar Rannbaps Lecture.
BLuBED S1srERs:-
AS my dscord dis ebenng am tended more
espeshiiy for de fair sex, de brudders Will please
advance backwards and luff de ladies ockepy
de front Seats and the f1utterln am
uber Ill begin, as the cook sed when she kid
de chicken. / is not agwane to borrow nobod-
les tex for dis 'casion, as got one OBJ my own,
hicly plickabic to de times, darfore can't refer
you to no book for inference as offin do. De
tex expressed in desc words:
Uu,brellr Pettcoat
Hoop Noodle, do!
Umbrcllr Pcttcoat
Wha!cbone Skirt,
u If dey ebber cOch beau,
He's sure to be squirt.
If de poit Cow-pur or Bullwer, or any odder
beas ly ritter had poured out his soul in rine on
dis suhck, ncdcr would hab inflated de cir
cumstance wild higher asperaton or larger cum
pis, darfore l is not ashamed to say mad 1t all
alone myself, and shall treat it logically
Fustly, Does not the ladies' wear umbrella
petticoats! For sartin dey do. What's de con-
sequence? Whalcbone's up, and l sometimes
trimble for de sisters safety when l see gust
of wind comm, for fear some ob dem will up
like a balloon and come down like d pankake.
De ladies' petticoats hab got to sch a spread
and it takes putty nimble fellow to make his
way trew Broadway oh an afternoon widout
skinning his shins the projectin hoops. He
has to pick his way like kitten ober slippery
fence, or crab on ii grabbed beach. It's all
VANITY my frens but didn't know how much
vanity dar was in modern pett!coat till brrG-
der Ike sombertli.lc axidently broke Sister Flor
midas bones lass lectur mite she tried to
squeeze pas his long knees to her seat, and it
seemed to me dad she, COLLAPSED and s!unked
down like an old dry umbrella wild de sticks
broke, and she dat mint before. come salin
in as grand man OBJ war, sat down as meek
as drcnched tom-cat--one puff and dc vanity
wus gone.
SecunIv, Why do you wear dem? Do you
spose dat US hc-fcIlows am green to be-
lebe dat Won am made much like a wasp as
your hooped petticoats would infer! If you do
you may we'll rip out de bones at once DO
YOU spose dat mankind don't dat human
nature nebbcr formed woman wild head like
an apple, Il bust like two potecarev globes,
waste like dc shank oh an urn and body like
a moIasscs hosshead. If you ebber find case
where nat tur cut up such shines wild de ''humuan
form divine" list let noe it and 1le Barnum-
iZe de kedentry at once wild her. Some ob you
ladies' I understand, am not conted wild de SIM
rle whalehone but hab absolutely sowed barrel
hoops in your skirts, and some look as II dey
had Young hoghead under deir dresses dey
stick out so in all directions. In fact, Hoop
iania'' RACES SO larmingly at de present time,
dat de omnibus folks am contemplatin rise in
de fare in consequence of de bubble room dey
ockcpv and de lumber each lady brings in de
omnibus wild her. 1t rumored i'll de Sew
ing Strike lass week, dat young Sister johnson
had actually bound herself in iron hoops, and
'spcct to hear soon dat de bucks will hoop de
tails oh dcir shanghai coats. Dis fashion wood
take bckase it will enable people Of slender
means TO make greater spread dan ebber.
Firdy, ! tink dat ebbry sister onght to be
taken up for false pretcnscs, for | tink dey am
posing 'pon good natur. (Dey saw we was
wiiin to stand de cotton bumps till it assumed
de size OBJ a camel's back, and now she seeks to
fool US all de way down. Dey tink by dis to
cotcl bows like we do crabs i'll wide "spread
scoop net" but any bow dat wood be cotched
in such net am a noodle and don't noe beans
hence de words oh de tex