The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-08-28
LOUIS 0. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor,

AMI ren.lsrs her life 80 drear AMI dysPePue
That she. quite a rsclgss, aud almO,t skePte,
FoT shs t0uchlngly says that this SORT of grief
CannOt hni In Religion the slighissGIslisf,
Asl Philosophy has not mNnm . spare
Eor the victim. of such overwhelming despair.
Bu, .hs sadissJ by Ear q all these sad features
I, the cruelty Prassiced upon the poor ere tures
ny husbands AMI h,hsrs, real Buebearis and Tinon'
Who resist ihs most touching appeals miishr diamonds
by their wives and their daughters and leave them o
days
Unsuppuel with new jeTslry. fans, or bolusts,
Eveu laugh at their missres when they have chance
AMI irrile their demands as useless extr,yasance
Oue ease of a brile was brough, b my view,
. 7 o sal Cor belief, bat alas twas too true.
Whose hu,barl refused, as savage as charOa,
To permit her to take more than ten trunks 10 sharOn.
The consequence Vas, that When she gOt there
~ the end Of three weeks she IL no1hing 10 wslr
I And when she proposed to anish the season
Al Ne-port. the monster refused oai AMI out,
For nj. INFAMOUS eOaluet alleging no rvason.
Exe-p, that the waters w-re gool for his gOut
such tr.atm.n: Ss th. vas too shocking, Of course,
AM proceedings re now going on for divorce"
Our author thinks the case worthy thC
attention Of Pliilanthropists, and suggests
public iustitutions-a "Ldying our Hos
pitaI-lor these unhappy women:
Won't stewart, or some Of our dry goods Importers,
Take eon,rac, f5r clothing oui wives anl daughters
Jr 10 flrui.h the e..h t. sipgly thss' disiresse',
AnI us'. pathway sreE with sh,sIs, collars, and
drvsses.
nj ~ lrnfnr
Won, some O1c d.seovera new California
THE GRAND "MOGrAL."
On ladies' dear ladies', ths ueV, sunny LAY
Psass irunile your hoops just oui oIDr3tdway,
FROM .s Whirl aul is bas.l, O. f,shI1I auI prIle,
Anal tie temples % rr,l, whl.h tls1r oa each side
T, the alleys AMI lanes where Mis1r,ils AMI Guilt
Their ehihrsn have gathered anl their city have biili
Wherl Hunger anl Vice, lisc ,Siu beasts ofpNy,
Have hun.eJ their victim, TO g',1-u 1ul despair
Ras, he rich, dainty drc, AMI .ls lls Jmbr5 'erol
skirt,
PeS your delicate way through IN, dauP9s-- and
dirt,
GrOpc through ,ls DARK den, eI.ah ,,e rrs''y saIr
To The garrett where wretch - the yuuue aad the oil,
Hall starved and bal! uakcl, Ne cr.lchsd run the cold.
see those skeleton limbs, those lrJ,.-lt,sn Isst,
Al blc,iins ami bruised by the stones Of the street,
Ilsar the .harp cry oichlAooi, the deep oans taai
swell
Fr1 Tie poor, dying creature who writhss On the oor
Hear the curses that sound like the echoes Of hell
A. yOu sekyn, aiI shaIirr, an'l ny the doors
Then home to your ~arlrobs,, ant say Il you dare,
Spoiled ehi!lrgu oi hsaI1a-y0u'yc nothing to wear
Aud Oh, IL petcnnci, there shouli he a sphere
Where all is male righI Waieh 50 puzzles here
where the glare AMI the glitter, anil the unssl Of TINE,
Fade aud die In the light Oi that region sublime,
Who're tn soul dissnchinteI u hssh aud oI seuss,
UuscrveneJ by Us aPP,nss, anl ,hoss, and pretenes,
Must be clothed for the lie and the ssryce above,
With purity, truth, faith, me knes, AMI love,
Oh. daughters u slr,h. foolish virgins bs~Ars
Lest, in that upper verdi you have nothing to wear
The above "pomc" IN, called out an
other in retaliation. hom the Miss Flora
MFIinSy side. upon the idle tops whose
tastes arc suited by this over dressing
1t is cntitlcd Nothing to Do
And the cause of this dressing IN whisper to you
It's To suit the yoang ~ho npthiDs - do,
-ris fac undispute,i from Pskin to Calil,
rhag the taste q the men Is the guile Dr tbs hiies
The Flora WPumsys bsaJuneed anfbs''cel,
Arr jus, suited b many a a ascalins taste" &c.
Ii the Misses Flora M'FlimscyS dressed
to eater to their oySp vanity. it would bc
had enough, but to DO 1t 10 suit the poor,
s.lly, frivolous do-nothings, ycclpt mcn-
i, still worse. We think the answer ~
coils upon their own heads. Nothing
To Wca,, Is destined to have any mum.
Der of thousands OF readers in addition TO
what it has already had, from an attempt
OF one Miss Peek, a clcrgyman's daugh-
ter, only fifteen years old, TO take the
credit oi the first and last twenty lines,
which she Say> she wrote and lost in the
street. \ story so ridiculous has elected
a general discussion in the New lorl; pa.
prrs. 1t is, very evidently, an adycrtis-
in dodge, and the young lady will prob
ably h. rewarded Tor pccking at Buffers
l1urpl.