The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-08-19
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1874.

sss-The accd,n, at Lcmont on Sun
dov adds another to the list Of railroad
and steamboat saughters which have
been 70 fesriully frequent OF late. II
seems Ms il s,anothing ought to he donc
TO lessen the nunta't ui these accioen's.
I'm this lsst uue II j. sufficiently evlde't
that some one was most culpable Tor per
mit,iug two trains going at full speed to
meet each other gu the same track. But
it seems as if the car,lesspess oil railway
.f,s:~is .-h;nh loads RI en"h ar"'da"tS
would never be eradicated by anything
short of stern though lega! and dis
eriminate use Of hempen halters.
Our quiet village seems to be hon.
ored with its usual summer quota oil city
visitors. who come for the various pur-
poses of resting, seeing, and being seen,
all strictly legitimate ohjccts,and we have
no doubt the said rusticating urban dent
zeus are quite satisfied with their success
ia obtaining them We hope they are.
H. is pleasant to see the latest styles per-
,mbulatiur our streets, and the weorers
ure. no doubt, benevolently conscious OF
the feelings they excite in the bosoms OF
the hucolic bcholders. We follow with
intense interest the fortunes Of the daring
youth who, ou piscatorial thoughts INTENT
arrays himself in gorgeous sporting SUIT
straps his game basket to his side, aud,
with invincible Conroy rod,be praised OF
Murray projecting over his shoulder Ike
a tipsy lightning rod, sets forth in the
dewy morn. and returns in the calm twl'
ESLf "itL sporting uniform torn u"u IA uu
dy, Couroy broken, countenance dotted by
interviewing mosquitoes, and game basket
occupied by half pound Of mute and un-
complaining clubs and sinners. We
view the immature youth OF dowuy upper
lip dividing a buggy seat with fair CIVIC
maiden, driving over our pleasant roads
and now aud then stopping to levy for
himself and his charming companion a
contribution from the hospitable farmers
milk pans, and We speculate with tender
curiosity upon the probable end of this
lovely summer idly, We deeply sympa-
thize with the 6l1Se idlers who lounge up
on hotel steps and growl at the JlawSted
wet and the beastly heat while the cigar
smoke hovers over them like crows over
far.distant lifeless carcass, and We wish
we had the ordering Of the weather, that
we might please them.
But what most excites our notice and
impels us to speak, is the change that
comes over the lairer portion of our own
iownspeople with the influx of city visit
York 6FhfH5 sb6h fir tesAIp rHchfeGRds FK
church, what turning of heads and
s,rainng Of eyes mnniiests itself to see
what they wear With too many the
worship of the goddess Of fashion ipter.
feres utterly with the worship proper to
the day. The result of this study is seen
ing out Of our ladies' and would be bellies
in Undesirable new head.dresscs, un.
heard Of puffs and founces, and undream.
Ell OF bright ribbons and gay colors. Per-
baps this Is all right, but we wonder it
our ladies would not be quite as well sat-
isfed with themselves and appear quite
as well in the eyes Of their visitors il
they retained their own individuality by
dressing to suit their own tastes and
means. Imitation is a sign Of weakness,
and imitation in dress cannot but excite
the plying contempt Of the initiated. Oh
course the iudles plead that ,hey must
follow the fashions; but can it be that
the goddess Of fashion is so supreme as
TO over-,ue all good sense and sef.re.
spect? We hope not. The goddess OF
ashton why, she causes more heart
burnings and petty notifications and
jeaouses than We like to think Of. May
the time come soon when she shall be
dead and buried, and ladies in the city
aud the country shall dress only as taste
aud common sense dictate. We fancy
that we hear many husband and father,
as he puts his fingers upon his lightencd
purse, respond to our sentiment with a
feryent " amen"