Litchfield enquirer., 1857-03-12
LrTcHfIEID, THURSDAY, MARCH 1e, 1857.

z Ami Philosophy has not mQxull tQ SlaIc 1 For the victims of such overwhelming despair. But the saddest by far of all these sad features Is the cruelty practiscd upon the poor creatures By husbands and fathers, real Blue Boards and If- mons. E..--- Who resist the most touching aprsals made for dia- |, . monds # By their wives and their daughters and leave heps fpl days 4 Cnsuppi;ed with new jewelry. fans, or hoqusss, Even laugh at their mseries whenever they 1ave q - chance.
 And deride their demands useless extravagancc One case of bride was brought to my view, 1 Too sal for belief. but alas twas too true, Whose husband refused, as savage as Charsh. To pcsuit Ter to take more than ten trur to sha- rons = The co,,sTn.nec was that when s!e got there At the end of three weeks she ha: nothing to wear. And when she proposed to finish the season At Newport the monster refused ont and out, For his infamous conduct alleging reason; Except that the waters were good for his gout Such treatment this was tco shocking, of course, And proceedings are now going on for divorcc But why harrow the feelings ny lifting the curtain From these scenes of woe? Enough, it is ceI tan Has here been disclosed to stir up the pity Of every benevolent heart in the city, And spur Up Humanity into ca.ter To rush and relieve tEtse sad cases instanter. Won't somebody, moved by this touching desclip |. ton,
 Ioihe iof~ard to-iaofroW and fead subscription! ont some kind philantEropint seeing that aid is So needed at once by these indgent ladies' Take charge of inc matter? won't PETER CooPEn, The corner stone lay of some splendid super Structure like that which to-day links his name In the Union nnendisg of honor and f:.me And found charity just for the care Of these unhappy women with nothing to wear. Which, in view of the cash which would daily be
 claimed.
 The Laving-om Hospital well might be named1 Wont STEW ofc Take a contract for clothing wives and cur
 daHghtelsl
 Or. to furnish the cash to supply these ,istrcsscs And litcs pathway strew with shawls, collars, and Ere the want of them makes it much rougher and
 thornicr Won't some one discover new California: Oh ladies. dear ladies. tho next sunny day Please trundle your hoops just out of Broadway, From its whir and it's hustle its fashion and p,i,le And the temples of trade which tower on each side To the alleys and lanes where Misfortune and Guilt Their children have gathered their city have built Where Hunger and Vice, like twin beasts of prey, Have hunted their victims to gloom and despair; Raise the rich, dainty dress aud the fine broadered
 skirt
 Pick your delicate way through the dampncss and
 dirt,
 Crepe tn, ough the dark dens, climb the rckcty
 stair
 ID the RHfTSt, WneTe Arctcnts ~lUe young aQilIfAG
 old : Half-sarved and half nal ed lie crcuched from the
 c.ld. See those skeleton limbs those st-hittcn feet All bleeding and bruised by the stones of the street Hear the sharp cry of cldheod, the deep groans
 that swell
 From the poor dying creature who wiithes on the
 flnor,
 Hear the that sound like the echoes of He'll As you sickcn and shudder and fly from the duor Then home to your war'lroHes and say. if you dare Spoiled children of Fashion, you vc nothing to wear And oh. ii pcrclance there should hc sphere. Where all is made right which so puzzles Us here Where the glare. and the glitter a,id tinscl of Time Fade and die in the light of that region sublime, Where the son. discnchantei of flesh and of sense. Cnscreened by its trappp pgs and shows, and pre-.
 tense,
 Must be clothed for the life and the service above With purity. truth. faith, mcckucss. and love; Oh. daughter of Earth foolish virgins beware Lest m that upper realm you have nothing to wear