Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-09-25
New York Correspondence,

NEW York, sept. 20,
After some OF the most beautiful O
days, the Equinoctial has reached Us.
Not so very fierccly does it come, but
still with very considerable quantity
of drizzlc, rain, storm-winds, and um
brcllas. The streets are muddy, the
bellies have forsakcn the promonadcs |
somber tints take the place of the blighl
and varied tints of days ago, and alto
gethcr things for the time being are
''sort o. dull" But probably all thi.
won't last many hours longer, and then
New York passes to the gay again. The
city was in such Il sparkling good humOl
when the sunshine was here, that she
now looks doubly wretched in these
Equinoctial times.
The Autumn season here gives prom
Use ofpeihaps more than usual brilliance.
Fashion is just as arbitrary rs ever, and
perhaps disrorts herself more in glitter
and dazzle. 1t is impossible to chroni-
Gle all her freaks, some Of which, by ac
cidcnt, are somewhat wise, the create.
part, however, being far otherwise
Among the ridiculous, the Grocian bend
still holds its own. o for q Dean SWif,
or a Butler (not b. f., but the Z" HUI
dibras Butler, to write its history.
Tie thing seem to be breaking out
worse than ever in this city, and the adj
dlc-brained folk who affect the hugo
busties and camel humps and crooks,
and an Undesirable mincing Stiffness
of walk are the more frequently to be
met with. So widespread is the conta-
gion that it is difficult to treat the thing
as it deserves. One is 50 likely, you
know, to stumble on somebody's corns
Your faithful servant, just the other
day, denounced the thing in Il most say
age way to a lady, and, behold, her
charming daughter proved to have the
"Grccian bend badly The small-waist
fashion, too, seems TO be gaining pow
crs. Waists would appear to be getting
smaller, which means, Of course, ans
amount of pain, crushed ribs, early
deaths, and all that, but lsliaW what
all this, it's the fashion! Paralysis from
tight lacin9-such ching las been re
corded hcreabout. And the other day
we heard some sensible women taikil
about young woman who was Eoi
quite 50 sensible, who laced III sucl :,
Ireadiully outrageous way that she coulC
lit in one place but short time without
ainting. Poor fool! What do thesl
misguided creatures do all this for
Not for the purpose ofpleasing tlleir own
sex, surely, Tor these same know al.
about the humbug, know that Natur,
never made such Il stupid mistake rs to
make a waist the size of a pipc-stom o.
cigar and, as for tie lords OF creation
they don't or shouldn't admire these
wasp-lilIe formations the least bit
Therefore, as hereinbe.orc asked, what
is all this done for?
We might speak of other foolish fash
ions-we are just in the mood, all OWNS
to the rainy weather, probably-but il
would take too much time. Among
the more legitimate sensations Is that
caused by the importation and showing
on the Avenue Of genuine London
dray. Miss Braddol, too, you know, is
speedily coming to this country, and so
we already have the " Braddon neck
tic" in the shop windows, &C., &c.
Whole chapters might be written about
the more recent Vagares Of fashion, hut
pshaw they would have to be written
all over again in about q fortnight, 50
what's the use?
The "Wiclledest Man" and his neigh
bors of Water Street are still talked of 4
great deal, and there is about the same
diversity of opinions respecting the same
and what is and what should and what
SHOULDN'T be. MIR. Oliver Dyer, the
gentleman who first limncd the portrait
ofthe " Wickedest Man - in Pdckdrd'S
Monthly, has just had published in the
Tribune Il NGy 'adable article on Kit
Burns and / dog pit. Mr.. Dyer is a
very pleasant VIZ .er The simplicity OF
his style is All praiseworthy. lie lee
lures tomorrow evening in Cooper In
stitute on "What ] Have Seen About
New York." and probably will have a
large audience.
The watering place season is now
about over-so the proper authorities
. say. The larger number ofour summer
absentees ut least now seem TO be here
We hear Of few stragglers at Long