Daily national Democrat., 1861-04-20
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The shakers.

n, little article of ours denouncing
u,o.e odious shakers (bonnets) which hid,
tho nrettv faces we like to see, and look 81
,nucb like sugar scoops in the grocery stores
90 have called out the poet of Tehama, d.
witt Hubbell. He strikes his Tyre in a cor
u of the Red Bluff Beacon in other words
publishes poem, and heads it "a Rhym,
Cor the Times, dedicated to J. R. Ridge, edi
COR Of the Marysville Democrat" Here it is
T od;es take off your Shakers" and read it
c,rce the day when Eve first opened STYLE
pv donuing fig-leaf garment, the while
Zach year some peculiar mode has had,
Thot cot the women all running mad
To he of its charms partaker.
D,,t all the years that have seen "run,"
oo tbrown into the shade by "'8l :"
~ and 'completeiy is darkened the noted shrine
~ % Rloomer, Red Pettcoat, Crinoline,
VI Nv the bonnet la "Sbaker."
ponrots of silk and fine bonnets of straw,
D,"ts hats and hoods, of patterns score,
T,s's Tn.s' zach been the rage and passed away,
10 give to some other gear the sway,
W,th more of oddity on it.
prt of all the articles ever displayed,
lln
Tbe upliest, meanest thing Of the pile
0fa horrible shape and antique style
Ia tbe confounded Shaker bonnet.
Rptter the sun should darken the neck,
Retter that tan the cheek should ieck;
Retter the look of each freckle and speak,
Than this thing with which the ladies deck
The cranium's upper story.
II is shaped like coal-scoop upside down,
With sooty ribbons trimming it round;
And feebly dyed to yellowish hue,
With Joint behind and scollop or two;
And 10! the feminine gloryl
Ifthe sect from whom it takes its name,
Should bv chance cast eyes up N the same
Kind that on our streets appear,
IN bet two to one, without fear,
They'd have a grand kerniptiou."
Foriu all the years that have passed away,
Since the time of Eve, it's not rash to say,
THAT the eye of mortal never saw,
In all the world, a thing before,
Just answering its description.
Now, take my advice, dear ladies' pray,
And throw the odious " Shaker" away;
Gontrive some bGnnet--Fm sure you can,
That'll help your lot ks, and so please man,
Which should be your firm intention.
None of these things that smother the hair
And render ugly what God made tar;
But a nice little bonnet, jaunty aud neat,
With ribbons, wax flowers, all complete,
A charming bit of invention.
HoRsE BEEN Geoffrey st. Hilaire, the
naturalist. is now urging before the Acade-
Iny of Natural Science the propriety of the
introduction into the culinary department OF
the household the use of horse flesh, which
he says makes much more nourishing and
wholesome soup than beef, and that horse
steaks and horse roasts are quite as palatablt
as the flesh of cows and oxen. 1t is only an
absurd prejudice, he urges, which prevents
the general use Of this article Of diet 1t has
long beeu asserted that his ideas have been
carried into practical effect by the keepers
OF cheap restaurants in Paris and that many
a "beefsteak" and "bouillon," with which the
students of the Latiu quarter satisfy the crav
ings of the inner man, are manufactured from
animals which never wore horns. Snais and
frogs are luxuries here, and when "horse
becomes an acknow wledged article in the
French cuisine, | don't see anything to pre-
vent the addition of "dog-chops' and "ra-
gout de chat" which like the horse, are pro-
badly only eschewed in accordance with al
absurd prejudice -Alea'S Paris cor.