Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
For the Freem1l.
A Cry OF Distress.

Inc Water6uFJ Enterprise (Vol. |, No
D. lifts up its h'ndS in holy horror. Il. tt,
moral depravity of the $50 called re
Specialize people Of this place. 1t llat
supposed that it WAS coming into q decen
community, but 10. it finds that the IS,
called respectable people. purity composed
OF church members" ali, indeed. are no
what they should G; but, on the contrary
show many N nift stations of human de-
prAvlty and moral corruption, in the mos,
ridiculous form conceivable" If one
half of that article is true, then we. as :,
community, must be i'll Il condition bu,
little better than Sodom and Gomorr,b
For 1t says. among other things. that * the
bride stands IN mock night-gtrb, in the
presence OF the multitude and the unrodlv,
and thus morally exposes her vir.initv TO
Tie leWd and lHstfIl, who have only de-
PRAYED nature to control them" 1t would
certainly take Il grave oflense to Justify !,
pure n IN il using such vulgar, obscene
L'n-u'ge Is this. AMI if il is eally true,
if the bride " dill thus "st.nd," it is ;,
crime that is indicjable, and the State 5
attorney should be Immediately employed
10 work up the case. And the Eutr1risc
ought TO know no doubt Il WIS there: it
would not bring such positive accusations
upon mere hear>ay stories. So il knows
how it is itSo'f. Its sensitive feelings know
the effect of 4" sheet and pillow case ="
upon depravcd human NATURE For it
says =" The sheet and pillow ease sug-
Eest~ -@own,an! Il nj ght GOWN.
Bat torhcar. viii not gust the read
CT by repeating such heavy logic.
Now then, Il, to hlvin. exp ,sed sheets
and pillow c.'se-, this community plead
guilty AMI no doubt this delicate, .ens,
tive thing has had such things paraded
before Us eyes, occasionally since coming
into the place. And not only on the even
Ing IN question, bl. every Monday after
noon, do this " depaved community" ex-
pose TO the public gaze, their lines fNod.
more or les. with sheets and pillow
c,Srs. if not some female garments of a
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eyes, and tlte rs for life. even a rrltcou.
Lot escaped from the cities of the plain.
If The fat that some of the voanr folks.
IF er being fully dressed for a party. did
umu~c themselves for a short time. bv
win,linr 4 sheet abour Them if thar fact
.ho,l,I ca1-rthi, S,1s .eo.ibl,. Fo,.r1,jse,o
have I.ll thoa1,,rs ", J., mot SEQ why
il >hnulI Give ,n,h n3bIi,itv to them,
l. i not ,lv,v. best for ono +, y, n,,t
every fho,,ol th,t comes into ora..
head AMI we are certain th,t IN.
ynIr.,r expressions Of ,he E0t.rnrj<>
Inv, Given some of I'M, yo,,nr n.on,.
,honrht> and ,ure.s,ions that they never
kne,v anvth.rr .,hnIt b..f,rs ar c,.,,.s.
We o,,. .,,.,.,, ,h,t t},. Pa, ,.o..;s.. .I,,1l
have. b,.I dreams. Vet n1ttinrtl ON h.fnr..
rL, ,,,Il;,.i !. mot ,l,,. hos. ,ol;..f
Better consult rbc (,n;Iv,by.i.i,n Uo
,n;,h. ,,..s.r;I,n . .o.,.,,;,.o r...;,
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then af.cr 4 refreshing ,Ie,p r4pc,r ,b..
PRAYER. Cleanse TLou me from evil
-no9rh..
We have nath;nr further 10 "a. u,on
the >ubicct uuI,S. we >Inu]J otf,r rho al
vice tia. Il ,rool lady IN Burljnr,on o,vc
:, bychoIor friend who WI, ,Iv,vs ont of
SORTS. she advise him 70 wear aropp1 his
neck every uiu't th. sleeve. of , ri.b,
GOWN, with an ayn inside If i, e,yiuo
:. For richer. f.. poorer. for better for
worse.
GEoHpE W. KENNEDY.
February =. ls7J.
-\"Riilt II LII N''INlh f"fh~Wolth has
solid fil> nous" GA S@hoo Street 10 DR.. {. {.
DtVIs.WHo III turn has sold 1t To l'Hiph ll"l-