Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
TtcHT I,.c1NG.-The Chester &C


ter gives the following account OF the
death of young lady in that town
from the effects of tight lacing:
The cause of the death proves the
terrible hold accursed fashion has on
the ladies of our day, and among It's
victims are the pure and good. Tight
lacing killed the poor, foolish girl
To such fearful extent had this prac-
tice been INDUCED in, that the ribs
were found Tapped over one another,
and the breast bone was pressed over
one lung so that she had entirely lost
its use. For several months previous
to her death, this one victim has been
obliged to sleep with corsets on and
frightened to the last notch, for the
loosening gave such pain in the inter
nal expansion that she could not bear
it. This is but one instance; we have
heard of similar cases within a short
time. There is a child not out of
Windsor county whose head is fat
tened on either side as though a pair
of squeezers had been applied to it,
and there has. The mother has laced
her child into that inhuman shape
Who can tell what misery is caused,
not to this generation alone, but on,
on, by the unwomanly passion for d
small waist?
PEACHAM.--One of our subscribers
in Peacham, who was a boy at the
time of which he writes, but remem-
bers all about the cause, sends US the
following item of Peacham history,
which will be remembered by many
people now living in that town:
On Friday, the 8th day Of June
1916, snow began to fall in the after
noon, and by dark there were several
inches of snow on the ground. A
man in Peacham, named Walker,
nearly so years old, who resided with
his son. Caleb Walker, took his grand
son, II years old, just before sunset,
and started after the sheep in the pas.
ture. The storm increased and the
wind blew and blinded them so that
they lost their way, wandered into
the wilderness, and finally crawled
under tree that had blown up by
the roots and lay there the remainder
of the night. The next day the neigh
bors all turned out and searched fol
the lost ones in vain. On the follow
) ing day Sunday the whole of thu
male inhabitants Of the town over II
years of age, with many from Cabot
DanviIle, Barnet and Ryegate, rallied
' with the full determination to find tn,
/ lost ones either living or dead. Tn
Y large tract of woods converting nearly
? one quarter of the town of PeachaH
Y was alive with over 1000 people
= which was at that time large pro
y portion of the male inhabitants @
these towns. The lad was found abou
II o'clock VI. on the shore of OHIO
=, River Pond. He was wild and ra
= away from the men like frightener
l deer. He was soon caught, but cou!
give no correct account of his grand
= sire's whereabouts. The old gentle
man was found soon after, lying i
- the same place where he had lodge
- the two preceding nights. When h
IS laid himself down last, be said he ne1
n er expected to rise again. His fec
- were frozen so that his toes had t
e, be amputated, but he recovered an
lie lived several years afterwards.-LI
st ion.
IL CAUTION TO MOTHERs.-The deaf
of the little daughter of Mr.. Alexal
in der, recorded in our obituary colum
lie this week, was a very painful affai
rs Some seven weeks before her deaf
,e the little girl had swallowed a ha
oil pin with which she was at play. 81
n was eating an apple at the time 81
# got choked, and when the mother ra
V. her finger into her throat to reliey
her she thought she felt a hair pin, bl
as no one knew of her having such
III thing, it was concluded it must hay
d. been an apple stem. The child ha
II frequent spells of choking, grown
" worse and worse for seven weeks, u
d til the night before her death, aft,
~ she had become very much emaciatt
~ and quite worn out, it was conclude
u to have an operation performed. {
'e Wednesday, the 9th inst, Drs. Jan
u of Waterbury, Hall of Morristow
~ and Stowe Of Hydepark, undertoC
." the operation. The child was put u
der the influence Of chloroform, al
an after about one half hours cuttil
of without finding anything, just as t
g. surgeons were about to give up, t
n hair pin was found the bow end dow
ne and as low down as it could get in /
be trachea. One end only could
n reached, and as they attempted to pr
vo it up the other end appeared to sti
i'll in the trachea, and it required gre
to dexterity to extricate it at all, a.
probably some little injury must ha
= been done to the back side Of the Il
y chea. The operation of opening t
~ ~ trachea is a dreadful one at best, a
n0 in the weak condition of the chi
= there was little to hope. The chi
~ died next day-though much praise
~ given the surgeons for their skill
~ and delicate management of the op,
-; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
IN MISSNG.-The town talk" for {
De. last few days has been the sudden
"a appearance of one of our merchan
NJ Mr.. Mark Banister, who was owl
as farmers in this town and merchal
,r. in st. Adams and elsewhere 5000
ne more. He has been in the groce
10 business for the last two years, a
hos hoan L..