The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1864-06-15

| Fashion sorrows by rule;
- Atour mansions de deu >-.' IL E&."'
She 'kssps color >ssrgeants her dar]ings It
scheOt. 81 H. zf,- A. - n gf: >; Yancs
lnN0lumineus Grapes t., -..,,,.r
i Her rich widows she draper,
And curtains bright eyes whence no tear
drop escapes. =; ffa.:g 12:.n.'
The crspy cloud lightens, as time Wearl
awsv 5E:<....-' '.e. .'.@ >'..:.
From ebony blackness to twilight-to.day
Soon JET, SO lugubrious, to purple gives
place. So, .~. -
And ths,series oflaveader follows apace
Till thsstwelvemonth passed ovcr-that
! sad ssbridge OF sighs''~ =. - .'.# = -
For widows Of fashion in sorrowful euise-
A carhivalgay the long penance succeeds.
And the suea Of tho flowers take the plrce
of the weeds" -,
The sorrow stores, where tender remem
b'ancs is sold by the yard, do an immense
BUSINESS. The death fashions change
quarterly, like the ordinary modes, and the
disconso'ate spend hours together in gazing
through their tears at tho latest ''sweet
things in the diminuen1o apartment Of
"trappings and the suits Of woe.'' Far be
it from Us to say ,ha, fashionable mourning
does net serve to keep the memory Of the
loved and lost green IN the souls Of fashion
abls widows; but tho question occurs,
Why should their sorrow, if deep and gen.
uine. need keeling alive with emblems ?
Why is it not permitted to 60 out by little
and little in quiet way, without the hoist.
ing ofa new aag every month or so to indi
cate the state Of the lachrymal tbermoms
ter.
Can it b. that the sumptuous changes
which mark the gradual transition from 4
chrysalo,d state of black ard and all -bla, k
to full blown butterfly hood. are intended
as hints that widowhood ON the wing ia
social and desires companionship ? We have
noticed that good locking widows are almost
invariably dressed with great care. Their
attire is fitted to Their shap,s with nicely
tha. the unaffected cannot rival, and their
drarery has ff,wing grace about it that IS
rarely seen in the robes Of gay and volat lie
aidens whqse happiness has known no
cloud. We mention these phenomena
without attempting TO explain them.-
They are beyond. our philosepy .-.
| We men have no such opportunity to ex
press sense Of our bereavement in An
elaborate way. Our tailors uniform Us in
funeral black, our cla1el;ers encircle our
hats with Grape, and there An end. A wid
over cannot advertise the freshness or
stalsness Of his sad condition BY his clothes
It is impossible to judge Of the state of his
feelings from his hue. In fact the taste o)
mankind in this country runs 80 generally
to black that tits only now and then that
Iafiiction finds one Of ua in motley. In
nine eases out Of ten. all We require to put
US in all in full mourning is weed around
the beaver. CanLot this be Iemsdisd
Why should there not lie sorrow Stores foI
the stupider sex 4? Is there any just reason
WIZ aioneIv man should not be put through
a course Of French serays and puces and
] lavenders as we'll ss woman? Do not ou,
gr'efs become fine by degrees and beautiful
ly less in the same way as those Of queens
Of creation ? Certainly they do. Their
let the progress Of tho sequence be made
manifest in our coats and vests and pants.
Icons. Let US have the gradaiions Of fad.
ing melancholy denoted by our hat cinctures
% that the public. and mere particu arly
the angelic PORTION, of it, may understand
how W are getting along vi h our tribula
ltion. How can the fair creatures know
IuRder present rcuustances, whether 4,
unfortunate widower has baen plunged int
inconsolability, Or is emerging from it in /,
lively and appnoachab'e frame Of mind !
Who can say how many, many male mourn
|ers Of nearly years standing may hav'
missed eligible Offers this blessed leap yea
on account Of the !o-bidding character O
their sable suits and love-repulsing hat
bands We submit to society The propri
Isty Of sliding scale Of funeral hab'liment
for nrs. Nothing can succeed il .hi
world without advertising, not even grie'
y Who viii take store on Broadway On,
open dry goods tribulatisn shop for be
lreavsd muscul,nity - Roynd TaNe.
Il Fsensst Aeeepes CsaAstloaaliy.
John G. Pssnopt has writes letter
which W pabiih 70 day. thst vii sadl
disappoist his Western friends Il = ! y
slnarkab,s letter. No 6se reading il vii
sIfaii 70 discover tie notivs tbst aniuaie
liz au,hn. n writing i. Psrsonsi hostiiis
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: 1.-The Whole msatAr. Mr. Pn10ot tells 1