The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-04-10


Justice to Thalbergs execution Of Beelho-
,rns most heavenly symphony, The use Of
hyperbple Is 10 common among women TINT
o womans criticism 10 generally without val
no, Now let me insist upon this thing, 30
more economical In the use Of your mother
tongue, Apply your terms Of praise with
precision use cpiIheta with some degree Of
best and highest words upon Inferior Objects
and hnd that when you have met with some
thing which really II superaliVe great and
good, that Che terms by which you would dis
uugush Il have al been thrown away upon
Inferior thing that sou arc bankrupt Ia ek-
precision, # thing IL simply good, say soi
II pretty, say 10 II very pretty, Say SOL II
fine, say soi If very fine, say 10 II grand,
Say soi II sublime, say soi II magnificent
say 80 Il splendid sny 80. These words all
have different meanings, and you may say
them all Of ~ many different objects, and not
use the word perfect once, That Is avery
large word You will probably be obliged to
save Il for application TO the Deity, or to his
works, or 70 that serene rest which remains
for those who love him,
/ Young women are very apt 10 imbibe an
other bad habit, the uso Of slang. was
walking along the street tho other day when
/ mer an elegantly dressed lady aud gentle
man, upon the SIDEWALK My attention vos
tho more attracted 10 them because they were
evidently strangers, At any rate, they i'm
pressed me "a being very thoroughly refined
and gentec people. A. came within hearing
uf their ,oiccs--lhcy were quietly chatting
along the way-l heard these words from the
womans lips '-" You may bet your lie on
that" | was dsgusicd. could almost have
boxed her ears, remember once being
Ia the company Of bello-one who had had
a winter, reign ia Washington, Some Kind
Of game was in progress, when, in "a moment
of surprise, she exclaimed, q" My Gracious {"
Now you may regard this as fncal notion
but tell you that woman fell a. fatty Ia ny
esteem as II she had uttered an oath Let
as see how YOU l.se this Kind Of talk.
i II you wish t. be an "a No, woman.
you have go, to toe the mark" and be less
hifalutin." "You may bet your head on
that" You may sing "slightually -" like a
marlnPalc" you may spin street yarn al
the rate of ten knots au hour, you may " talk
Jikc book you may dance "a, il You were
on" regular break down." YOU may "turn
up your nose At common folks" and play the
piano mighty fuc,' but " ftrli-you" YOU
r1r't ruJur tn ten. % -'' oo-r,ay .hsBdseme,
but YOU can't comc in.' You might just as
well ll"clvc in," first as last, aud "apsquutulatc,' %
tor you can't pat il through" amy way YOU
- can fla it, II You imagine that YOU MAY
"go it while YOU are young, for when YOU are
= Old YOU emit" YOU won't" come it, "by a
long chalk. "Own up, nov, and e do ttf5
struigh, thing" and IN " set you down as
one Of the women we read Of" If YOU can't
come up to the scratch" why must "lct
YOU slide" But il YOU have "sncukiu' no.
ton for being regular brick" there is no
other way" not as you knows ON -" no
sir-rcc-hoss" If young man should Kind
o shine up TO you," and YOU should" cotton
to him. and lac should hear YOU say "by
the jumping Moses, or by the living jim
go,' or "my goodm css," or IL VOW or go
it BctscN I'll hold your bonnet" or mind
your eye" or "hit i'm agin,' or d" take me
away" or" dry up, .now," or "draw your
slcd,' or cut stick or give him particular
fits, he would pretty certainly "cvapora,c."
would by no means iusinuatc that all
young women use slang rs coarse as this, but
/ acknowledge to have heard some of these
phrases from iricpds ',hom | really esteem.
Is not.thc use Of the phrases, and of phrases
like them whose number is legion, a vulgar
habit II seems so to me, and | can hear
them from the lips of rte prett, woman except
with pain and certain degree of dminuton
of my respect for her. The habit certainly
detracts from womanly dignity. 1t can be
dropped without the slightest danger Of going
into that extreme OF precision in the use of
language, which takes out all the life and free
dom from social intercourse. Slang is bad
enough in young men, and they indulge in far
too much Of Ill but in young woman, it is
disgusting. 1t is not the outgrowth of fine
natures; it is not accordant with refined taste
Any yyoungwoman who INDUCES in it does it al, a
very sad expense 10 her mind, aud manners,
and reputation. Therefore, beware of il
discard it guard the door of your lips, and
leave it to those coarse specimens of your
sex of whose natures and habits of thought
it is the natural and fitting expression.
One more bad habit of your tongues, and
l conclude. 1t is very common for young
women to imagine that all tradesmen have a
desire to cheat them. They, will talk to the
provision dealers and peddlers who call at
their doors, and to tradesmeu in their shops,
/ with harshness that would not be forgiven
in man. Men become hardened to this
kind of thing, and expect it; and very nat
urally choose those who suspec. them. and
accuse them of cheating--who chatter, and
cheaper and find fault---for the victims of