Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-06-21
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FOLLOW THE FASHIONS.

foolish, dangerous, RIDICULOUS, soul-ruln-
Gus; follow the fashionable the popular
course I! No matter whether the bonnet
was trimmed with white blue, red or
scarlet, turned up or turned down, on the
back side of the head or on the front side,
stuck on the forehead or the back of the
neck--it looks beautiful -.l ga-.s.a-s
No matter whether the dress be long or
short hoped or not hoped, Bloomer or
not Bloomer, up to the knee or trailing
in the mud and dirt, SO be--it is the
fashion. If it is fashionable to wear
tight shoes, pinching the feet and toes,
wear thcm-corns or no corns, all the
same. :, If ii, is fashionable to wear jew
elry, wear itLoll the breast the arms.
the fingers, in the ears, on the nose-load
them down, Bible or no Bible, cost OF no
cost. cog If dress or shawl cost fifty,
hundred or two hundred dollars more, in
stead of five or ten, on with them, bank
ruptcy or no bankruptcy-its the fashion
we 60 it, sink or swim. ,.,.n
If high crowned hats are in vogue,
wear them-if low, low. If short brims,
wear short brims--if long long. If bob
tailed coats are the cut of the day., wear
bob.tailed coats-if long, long. 1f'stocks
to choke the neck, and high collars be-
come popular, buckle them on, tight as a
drum head, breath Or no breath, bron-
chitis or no bronchitis all the same. y If
the fashion comes round to wear long
boards and mustaches, cover the chin, up
per lip and lower lip, stop the mouth,
look like beast, bear, wolf, goat,
or an OWL All right, minister or no
minister, church members dcacons, class
leaders, all the same-it's the fashion.
If it's fashionable to write, puff, and
read novels, 60 to the theatre, the dance,
and play the fiddle, follow the wake
son with the dance, let joy be uncon
fined"
If it is fashionable to pay five, ten
twenty, or hundred dollars for ticket
to hear Jenny Lind sing in q theatre or 6
church, to fill Barnum's pockets, hurral
for Jenny Lind, hurrah On they 60
ministers and people-it's the fashion
it's popular .fasFs "
If it is fashionable to make holiday
feasts, New Years calls, load the tables
and side boards with wines, cordials, ricl
dainties, poisonous confectioneries, cat
drink, gormandizer play the glutton, thu
drunkard, and starve the poor, 90 ahead
it's the fashion--no matter, all right =
"Like priest, like people" If it is fash
ionable to hold fancy fairs, tea-parties
solrees, oyster suppers, pic-nics, &C., t.
raise money to sustain the pastor, pay Of
church debts, cushion the pulpit, &c.
have a jolly time of it, eat and drink t.
the full, return home before the mornin.
dawns-no matter, let us do evil tina
good may come. Sometimes, also, sin
ners, men Of the world, have balls, dan
cling parties, &C., for the benefit of tn
poor, the widows and orphans, on tn
same principle-it's the fashion.
It's the fashion now to have high stee
pies, away up in the air out of sight. tina
cost two, three, four, perhaps ten THOUSAND
dollars 1t is the fashion, moreover, t
have fashionably ornamented churches
costing one or two hundred thousand dol
lars with fashionable choirs, organs, in
strumental music. after the temple wor
ship, or popish worship-sing by proxy
pray BY proxy, live by proxy. This j
the fashion, Once it was customary t
kneel in prayer before God or rise up BE-
fore the King Of Kings, but now the cas-
sitting posture is the fashion. Once tn
house Of God was open to the poor, bu
now the fashion is to sell the slips, rer
the pews, knock them off under the au,
tioneer's hammer to the highest bidde
make Gods house, a house of merchar
disc "0nce, twice, three, going. goin,
gone"--two, three, five or ten thousan
dollars for pew rents is quite an obie'