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1 ' '"' j- NEW SERIES VOL. IV. THE LIVE GIRAFFE, IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY UPON WJIITAKEB'S POWJER PRESS, Raleigh, Ni tJ Terms of Subscription. The Live tjirafl'e will be sent to subscribers at the ollowing rates : A single subscriber, one year, in advance, $2 00 To a Club of Three " " 5 00 To a Club of Five " " " 8 00 To a Club of -Ten, the money accompanying1 the order,- - - - 15 00 When an individual sends us a Club, and the money has r ot all been collected, by making: him self personally responsible, the papers Will be sent ; but in this case, if payment be delayed more than two months, full price must be paid. In order to accommodate, persons ma' subscribe ,for six months only, at one dollar. Terms of Advertising. One square",(14 lines or less,) first insertion, $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, - - 25 Contracts will be made with persons wishing to -advertise at, the above regvlar rates for three, six, or tAierve months a liberal deduction will be made in the case of such contracts. A person .advertising for twelve months, will be en itled to the " (iiaSe " gratis for the time. All money sent at the risk of the Editor. LOOK TO YOUR INTERESTS ! Our Job Office now Complete. WORK DONE CHEAPLY And always with neatness. SATISFACTION GUARANTEE Plain and Fancy Can be done at Wiiitaker's Job Office. PAMPHLETS ; -SCHOOL REPORTS, . BLANKS, i Circulars, : CATALOGUES, i. SHOW BILLS, AND POSTERS, will be printed at a mo ment's notice, and in the best style, at WHITAKER'S JOB OFFICE. .m Jobs always ready for delivery at the hour promised. Call or send your woork to i WHITAKER'S JOB OFFICE. In the Old Temperance Hall on Market j Square. j Entrance from Martin street. Ki Mi WHITAKER. February 5th, 1859. RANDALL'S LIFE OF JKFFhRSOiV THOMAS JEFFERSON STILL SURVIVES THE LAST WORDS OFJOHK ADAMS- The Life of Thomas Jefferson, BY HENRY S. RANDALL, L. L. D. ! An Authorized Work. TTNDERTAKEN under the approbation of U his family, with an unreserved access to, and use of all the private papers of Mr. Jef ferson in their possession, and has received the benefit of their recollections and opinions at every step. Price ok the o r k " Ter Set 3 Vols. Neat Cloth Octa-, Gash, $7 00 " " ' " Library Sheepr " " 9 00 V 4 l" Half calf, or gilt antique, " 12 00 . I ! W. L. POMEROY, Agent for this Work, -f . Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 11. 26- ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. :o:- luecn's Second Message " Who first went to New York this season, bought his goods on the best terms, returned home 13 now open and ready for exhibition, and ready to sell them at ihe lowest pricis?" President's Second Reply. "ALEXANDER CREECH. 's Cheap Place. No. 27, Fayertevile street." ' W AS nJW reteivetJ his large and complete -B"a- stwk of Staple and, Fancy Drv Goods " for Fa'l and Winter trade embracing almost every variety of styles of Ladies' Drss Goods, from the lowest price to the finest qualities. ' Also a, large assortment of Goods Suitable fur .Men and Hoy's wear. - ' HATS. . , ' , CAPS, , BOOTS, .... , SHOES, Wilh a very good assortment of iVIen's Ready Made Clothing. Come along Customers with vyour money - and get the Goods. 1 0ccnpyin2 the enviable nosition thnt I An s . , uefore the American people, if I were to puff .r uiuw, ii would look like 1 were stepping chair, but truth justifies me in saying that cus-. van gei.u good uoods, and as chep Gwrtls, and as many Goods, for as little money t from Alexander Creech's House, as from any other establishment in lhe City of Raleigh .. . A stands for article, fancy and rare, - ' - B stand for buyers, with monpy to spare ; and n Ttdl 5r SCaler' Wil U er jour Gold. G stan g. f.,r Gentry, who never khouU fail - To examine the Goods which 1 offer forlrale V . But don't think I'm jesting when diking to you. O t?Trfy0UrSl e,nnd trlde, and , 4 -tands for Quarters which I am ready to take , R rta.nds for Rattlo for the Babie8 Jshake ' i j . , - t ALEXANDER CREECH? i ! Raleigh,N. C. Oct. 7, 1858. Missionary Travels and Researches in tvpi soth Africa, 1 TPPviNG A SKETCH OP SIX Afr ' j re 6 in the fnteror of Yll a?d a Jarney from the Cape of Good IIZL w ? :nda on lhe est Coast ; thence be T? '.I6 feM,tInen aWn the River Zam Se I TEanen 0cean 5 b' Dnid Livlng S'thf p'h0-1? ' C' -.-Fellow of the Iember8f Vhi Gec-graphical ana8;Sl,ncalrSoCle,y f: New YorlcGoId Tg ft "d, C"rre?Pding Member V,f the Uuk ROMERO Y. For the Giraffe. The Lyceum ; Introductory. BY ELM A. (Continued from lad ice k.) The ; President was no great fool, after all His decision shows that he was Capa ble of seeing and grasping the real points of the question. His Latin makes him ob scure to very small school-boys; but he was talking to large school-boys, and they un derstood him. In plain English, he meant, that though there were many things (which every body may reckon up) that one can not order orjconfrol hfotehand, yet, after wards, when they occur, or exist, he then has the power to mould them to his purpose; and, therefore, he is still the builder of his fortune. So it is at last de cided. There is no appeal from that tall President. You need not seek your for tune. Truly, in a restricted sense of the words, you who read, or I who write are the architects of our own lives. As we de sign and labor, so will our destinies be. The President was no fool, after all, I tell you. He suggests an idea to me which will immortalize me; that is.Tif no one has ut tered it before ; and what right have peo- pie got to forestall my good things ? He suggests, th at it is more difficult hover come our p'ist than our future. Revolve it, ruminate and meditate upon it ! The Lyceum is before you, ladies and gentlemen ; and I hope you like the first glimpses you have got of it. Nearly a score of years ago it had its birth : a few years since it died peacefully. Its memory, con nected with many sweet reminiscences, is in the hearts of its scattered and surviving mebbers.. My prfefatory article has shown the organization of it, and its first debate. These introductory paragraphs will briefly sketch its history .to its final dissolution. Afterwards, in a desultory way, the Ly ceum ,at large will be presented to you. It is quite possible that I may be able to Interest and amuse you ; and, perhaps, in struct you. For I have in my possession the, journal of the defunct society, and it offers rich ore, requiring little skill to work it. During the first year of the Dialectic so ciety of Cross-creek, everything went on prosperous y enough. The members were punctual in attendance, the successive Pres idents faithful to their post, and new que ries were abundant. It was in this year, too, that Ja Library was begun. The mem bers contributed as many volumes as they could ; and then a committee for that pur pose, solicited the aid of the eitizens. A great many books Were speedily collected : for those citizens who did not give money, readily offered old books that were thank fully accepted. It was curious to see how easily people parted with old rare tomes, that were invaluable to a bibliopole or a lit erary man. There were many such con tributed to that library. I recollect, among others, a copy of the first edition of Mac Pherson's Ossian. It was printed and pub lished for subscribers, whose names, in a long list, occupied the first few leaves. The nobility and gentry of Great Brittain were well represented among the subscri bers. Some canny scot brought it over here. There were Potter's antiquities the only copy I ever saw quite an antique thing itself. The Miseries of Human Life, or the Groans of Samuel Sensitive and Timothy -Testy, with the supplementary sighs of JIrs. Testy first American edi tion, I believe the only one, 1807 : a queer medley of wit and learning. And there wa also Martin's History of North Caro lina, which I mention, because I once heard thatJames Banks, Esq., of Fayetteville, had searched through the town in vain for that work. I fear that the Library, once yrci filled is vacant; its treasures scatter ed and destroyed J J "ijimong many hopeful projects, whichI entertain with a view of growing wealthy Dy them some dar, is that of getting a cart load of the gilt trash that is published now adays, and driving through the land cry ing, "new books for old!" I know that way I should become owner of many a literary lamp.equal to Adladin's. People judge books as they judge each other, by their dress. The only well-dressed books among my favorites is Shakespeare; and I like him all the less for his gilt-morocco binding. I'll give the whole of him, any day, for one torn play of the early editions. The rest of my favorites are old, torn, dirty. and it requires great watchfulness on my part to keep, the women about tbTiOuse from making way with them. They (the women) have a chronic desire to tear them up, to put them in old boxes under the house, and to stuff them down barrels in the kitchen. The other day I noticed a piece of paper in the ash heap ; digging down, I recovered the fragments of an old book that I feared I had lost forever Hereafter lock and key shall preserve its ruins from the vandalism of the daughters of Eve. But I am digressing rather too far. - Atthe beginning of ;he second year un propitious. symptons appeared in the Club. It was difficult to get any one to the office of President. Those who had any fitness for the position had already occupied it in the previous year, and they were not ambi tious to be re-elected. The fact is, they had learned, during their term of office, that to sit silently for four regular meet ings (the length of a term ) and listen to the dreary platitudes of a lot of young talk ing machines, was a most irksome task ; and one, too, that they would not willingly endure again. The honor was not suffi cient compensation for the trouble and vex ation. Moreover, Presidents of clubs have the cacoethes loqendi in as rabid a torm j as ordinary members do; and merely to listen is torture to any one troubled with that kind of flux. What a happy time the Speaker of the House of Representatives has ! Ha ii pa tience on a monument smiling at grief. Queries were getting rather scarce, too. Nearly all noted questions had been set tled once, and some twice. The power.of lore had been investigated divers of times. Brutus bad been justified in stabbing Cfe sar ; and Elizabeth had received j ustice for her injustice to that most profligate of wo men, Mary of Scotland. The result was that the old queries had to be used again ; and so it came to pass that Brutus was de clared a traitorous felon, and Queen Bess a justified sovereign. The novelty of the Lyceum bad worn off, and the young fellows grew tired of wast ing their sweetness upon the desert air. They longed to command the applause of j listening Senates, and to read their history in a nation's eyes. Generous ambition where are your trophies ? I affirm before high heaven, that the boy is a nobler .ani mal than the man. Manhood moves to the ancient tune of, " Money makes the mare go ;" but youth marches to no such measure, until the world forces it into the sordid ranks. Ye poor creatures who force a laugh over the crushed yes, crushed feelings and impulses of your younger life, are greater fools, and more to be pitied. than the simple lad who chases a butterfly till fte is lof-t m the wilderness, and there perishes of hunger and thirst. What a piece of work is man !" says Hamlet. " How noble in reason ! how in finite in faculties! in form, and moving, how express and amiable ! in action, how like an angel ! in apprehension, how like a god 1 : the beauty of the world ! the par agon of animals!" O, my dear young prince of Denmark, what a joke! God help us, we are all acting Shylock and la- i go,, with the devil to bring on the catas trophe, i The natural consequence of the causes already mentioued, was that the club lan guished. Of course those who desired to see it prosper, labored hard to prevent a premature death to it. Public debates were had ; ladies and gentlemen invited to hear the! rising hope of the State ; and new members were obtained with a view of in fusing ai new energy, and, also of providing a fresh squad of unsuspecting Presidents. , ! - . - ,, , , . ; The raw recruit suddenly elevated to the highest office m the gift of his fellow-mem- ber$, thought at first, with much satisfac tion, that the world was beginning to ap preciate him : but, alas, he gradually came to the mortifying conclusion, that he was the victim of a practical joke. So uneasy is the seat of the President ! By such means was the " Dialectic So ciety of Cross-creek" prolonged from sea son to season, from year to year. The orig inal members were replaced by others and they gave way in time,for a still later gene ration. Anniversary festivals, quarrels and fights, diversified! the usual tenor of affairs; and finally, when a few generous souls pri vately supplied cigars and liquors to the members, it was thought that the perma nency of the institution was insured against the viscisitudes of time. Alas, it was not , RALEIGH, N,.C.,-SATURDAY. long before.Uhe club was turned into a Thespian corsheo, revived again and men, alter a ntlul struggle for sometime,, deeeasedY as al lcn crtif Matters. mosfcr-Ifc departed this life in the winter of 1856-57. T? . 1 J A "I T 1 xiaic uiu lilies i x nope to recall you to those who weVeanpare, the iniatiate of the Lyceum. The iniatiate are scattered far and near. Theyfare Lawyers, Mer chants, Mechanics,vSch6ol-masters, Doc tors, Farmers, Parsons, and, alas, that I have to say it, Editors and Politicians ! Bless you, old fellows ! how are yon ? None have attained eminenSe, yet, save one. And he was pure in heart and pure in deed. Of fine natural capacity, learned; he was one those christian spirits which j demonstrate the necessity of heaven. In nis tresh hope and promise, he is gone. Such w;is Archibald S. McCormick, late of the county of Cumberland, but now of the Kingdom of Heaven. For the Live Giraffe. WHERE IS MY WIFE ? BY ELM A. Where is my wife ? O, where is she, Whose heart is ripening rich for me? 'Mid Northern snows is she tm6re fair Or does the South wind lift her hair ? Ah, where is she ?0, tell me where, For all I live for, all is there ! Where is my wife? O, answer me! Is she beyond the billowed sea ? Or, in some modest vail, so nigh, She weeping hears me wish and sigh? Ah, where is she? O, answer me. For tears forbid my eyes'to see ! Where is my wife ? Can she be dead ? Angol ! avert a doom so dre'ad! But if she be, O, guide me where She and my hopes find sepulchre! . Ah, where is she ? If she be dead, I long to die that we may wed ! March 30, 2859. For the Giraffe Mr. Editor. In a recent communica tion we stated that a certain professed min ister of the gospel, was dealing in ardent spirits in the county of Johnston ; an oc cupation which we did not think consistant with his profession . We brought forth no proof to convince the world off the correct ness of our statement, because we believed it to be unnecessary; however, an article appears in your issue of the 20th, over the signature of " Leon," in which the writer seems to doubt the correctness of bur state ment, and calls upon us to bring forth the proof and make good our charge. He, after presuming who we are and what we are, asserting that he is as much apposed to the liquor trabc as " Cloton, or any body else, says, " we do most solemnly protest his (Cloton) preferiug a charge of so serious a character against any minis ter, and publishing it to the world, Unless he has the proof at his command to sustain it.' It is a great mystery to us to think why " Leon" should conjecture, that we have no proof at hand to sustain our charge, when he acknowledges himself -that he does not know who we are, nor; where we reside. Again he says, ' we are not wil ling to believe that " Cloton" would mis represent any one. The probability is, that he has been misinformed and there fore is honestly mistaken." Does Leon" take us to be a person entirely destitute of mother-wit? Does he think that we have no more" gumption," than to prefer a charge of so serious a character against any person upon bare rumor? upon mere flying reports? If he does, he is very much "mistaken. No Sir! i we 'have the proof at hand and eW produce it when necessity requires. Again be savs,T " ye have been a citizen of Johnston for quite a number of years, and are well acquainted with all the ministers of each denomina- vU vt , uu uaic uerw urara h were .pered among the people of that county, that any one 0f them has ever been guilty of profaning the sacred desk, by preaching to a congregation on the sabbath, .whom they themselves had ' made drunk the pre vious week, and thjfjfQeng gain. " Now it seems to us that any per son, who is as well acquainted in the coun to of Johnston as " Leon" would have the public believe him to be, and have s not heard of this liquor establisment,'is cer tainly unapt in forming acquaintances; and we will take this opportunity of asking " Leon" upon the honor of a gentleman, if he does not know of a certain minister, dealing in ardent spirits in the above Darn ed county ? If he does not know of him, has he not good reasons for believing such to be the fact? and if so, will he have the honesty to come out and acknowledge APRIL 9, 1859 such ? True, this minister is not a resi dent of Johnstou count y, nor did we allege in our former communication that he was ; We only asserted tbat-Au estalUshment icos in thai county. Again he says, " The truth is, Ave have among us but few minis ters of any denomination. Our people are a christian people and have but little Need for them." Truly are we glad to learn that such a reformation has taken place in the county ; the people are a christian people, and have but little ne-id for ministers. Wonder when this great change took place ? Won der what the cause was ? why its influ ence did not spread over the adjoining counties ? Now -wo presume "Leon" is a public, or, professional man, and is courting the good will and favours of his fellow citizens, else he never would have taken upon him self the heavy responsibility of defending the morals of Johnston. We hope how ever, he is not of that class of individuals, who believe it to be a mark of genious, or of a gieat mind, tc get thc-ir names into the public journals ; for if such be a sure index, the world is certainly in no danger of suffering for the want of genious and talents. We presume the above is sufficient to convince 4 Leon" of the correctness of our former statement ; if not, we will only say unto him, that if he will visit the western part of Johnston, he can have the pleasure of beholding the Rev, gentleman with his own eyes, and of inhaling into his olfac tory nerves the perfumes of the barrel ; and in conclusion, we would seriously ad vise him, that for the future be certain that a person is in an error before he at tempts to set him at rights, and when he again feels like writing for the public press, procure one of Mr. Smith's English Gram- Lmars, (as that is easier to comprehend than Mr. Bullions.) and carefully peruse it, that be may not present unto the reading world as many grammatical 'errors as in his former communication. CLOTON. A SICK SWAIN ON HiS KNEES. A correspondent from Wayne county sent us the following letters which he says are I rue copies of a correspondence lately held between a gentleman and lady of his neigh borhood. Really, we pity the young man, while we can but admire the independence of the lad'. She is not one of your sen timental sort whose better judgement may be overruled by pathetic appeals, but, what she says, she means, and what she means she sticks to. We doubt whether she'll ever find a lover more devoted than E- Y , yet, we hope she may find one worthier, in her es timation, who can win her love without the trouble oifcdlinj on his knees. But, to the letters : 'I would fall on my knees at any time if I knowed I ceuld get you by it. i State op North Caroline Wayne County Dear Miss inform you that I do love you better and better the more I think of oiir at home I think so much of you I can not tell you what I want to when I am where you are for I have something to that I have never told you yet it is love that causes A hard fire for fray mite not talk ri e for the more I think of you the better i love you so for i would give myself and all i have got for you and i would give ten times more if i could i want you becase i loves native body for i do not care for property at all for i have got a plenty to live on with care and without care nun will not no good but i want you for a wife to enjoy my life , with so long as i live for i have never bin such a fool about no one ele'yet before i had rather have you than all the worle besides for as time is changin there is always sumthin new. E Y ' ' . THE LAPIS BEPLY. To E Y , I think you said you would fall upon your knees if you knowed you could get me. If I knew yoa would fall and break your neck you could not get me. You said you had never been such a fool about any one else as me. . I sincere ly believe you told the truth for J think that any man that has got the sense of a louse would know better than to keep com ing after being kicked as often as you have; furthermore I want you to let this be the last time of your coming here untdl you are sent for and I am sure of one thing and that is you will not be sent for often by me for you well know that I do not want your company at all, or at least as I said before if you had the sense of a louse you would know it and if you don't know it I want you to find it out and that quickly besides and jf-Ttrn dont find it out you had better than to wish you had before it is too late. I want you to read this letter and if you have got any "thing more to say I want you to say it right now for ! am neither ashamed nor afraid for any body to hear'it. So mote it be. Z C- March 21st, 1858. For the Giraffe. THE BIRD S SONG. BY LIT. Mother, I have heard such a sweet, sweet song. In the wild, old woods to-day, Where a little brook runs babbling along, And the pretty wild flowers stay. The brook has smooth, pretty stones in its bed ; They glisten in their nestling place, While above them the lily droops its head, With its pale, sweet, beautiful face. On a moss clad rock, in this wild wood dell I sat watching the ripples play. As over the steep they musically fell, Then joyously sped on their way. , When suddenly, from the leafy boughs, Of a tall overspreading tree, Came music such as our spirits arouse To the rapture of ecstacy. The songster mother, was a little bird, And its song was a lay of love, Like those from angels' harps are heard, In the realms of the blest above. On Dress. 4 Why don't you get married ?' This question we put to a younrr man, not half a year ago, in the course of a free and friendly conversation. He is an in dustrious, sens ble young man, c resses decently, keeps to good society, of steady habits withal, good-looking. After laying before us his finances and business prospects which were moderate and hopeful, the idea was suggested to him that he was now at a point in life when he ought to marry ; and as it was evident at a glance that he could if he would, there must be some un known difficulty in his way. Why don't jou get married?' ' The fact is, sir, I would like to, but I can't afford it." 4 Can't afford it ! and getting $1800 a year salary, with certainty of its increase, and, at no far day, may rise to a partner. Surely, that will do to begin on.' A difficulty did appear, and that in a few words. He was clerk in a drv-eoods J o store-where fashionable ladies most do con gregate had seen, across the counter, many a young lady who fancied fine dresses and fine things, and made such bills, with a matter-of-course and easy air, that it scar ed him. 4 Never could stand such licks as that. One day's shopping would use up a month's wages. Other things must be in proportion. And yet I have a feeling on the subjeet of this sort : I would not like to marry a young lady who had been used to luxury, and not be able to keep her going at the same rates. And I see they don't lose the taste even afterward.' This put us into a brown study, in be half of an institution which descended to man from Paradise. Marriage is a matter , of statistics ; and Mr. Buckle and writers in his line declare, notwithstanding all the poetry, the sentiment, and moonbeams floating on the surface, that it is regulated, as much as any thing else, by the price of corn. In this talk with a sensible young man, we came right up to one of these ma terial and prudential ; barriers- And we thought to thank him for a text,' and say a few words to women; . t?:(; we prefer tha word to ladies, when Beriousii is scriptur al.) The substance of all we have to say is, that fine dressing defeats itself. : Delicate subject; we know it. J Our contemporaries of the press touch it with tipends and an apology. For instance, a staid Calvmistic paper has a word of cau tion. See how be says it ' With your leave, ma'am' 4 Hope I don't intrude i ' We have always been rather shy in touching upon the subject of ladies' dress. - 1. Becaust it - is rather a delicate sub ject, by intermeddling with which we might stir up resentful- feelings where, we would prefer smiles. . "'. 4 2. Because it being a subject not strictly within our editorial provinoe, we Selections. NUMBER 12. might hazard being told in rather rough terms, It is none of your business.' 4 3. Because fashion is a capricous nymph, who will not amend until she pleases, and when she changes, it may be for the worse instead of the better ; hence we stand aloof. 4 4, And finally. Because we do notfan oy spending our ink, in vain, as would be the case in this instance. 4 It will, however, be no deviation from our rule merely to' suggest to the ladies that the present fashion of sweeping hoops, so material- modifies the relative distanc es between the wearer and other objects, as to make it important that ladies should modify and amend their former notions of distances. To explain our meaning. A j lady in former times might very justly con- I elude that her position was a safe one when , standing two feet from a fire, while the in troduction of crinoline requires that dis ; tance to be at least doubled. Forgetfulness of this has caused some painful and even ; fatal accidents. Nothing is more frightful ; than a blazing dress with an interesting I woman inside of it, and especially if that j dress be so constructed as to defy the ap ! plication of the ordinary modes of extin ; guishment. Lady Lucy and Lady Char . lotte Bridgman, daughter of the Earl of ! Bradford, have recently fallen victims to j this fashion. Surrounded by all the lux j uries of high life, gay, fright, and happy, j little thinking of danger, their light and j gossamer dresses, sweeping beyond their j reach, are suddenly in a I'aw ; scarred i with burns, and agonized with pain, they j linger for a few days, and then become j tenants of the tomb! Surely we may at least warn our lady readers that the pres ; ent fashion is a dangerous one without un- ; usual caution.' i I Somebody who visited the Springs last season and he will be apt, if he lives and j gpes, to see the same things next season ! gives this description of a fashionable lady : j 4 Indeed, the fashionable lady at the j Springs comes to a task of dressing which j is not to be envied. Most of her waking j hours, even if she has no balls or hops to j dress for, are laborious hours. For dres ! sing is her substantive employment ; it is for this she has come to the Springs. So she must, on her first waking in the mor ning, dress for her walk to the Springs, then she must come home and put on another harness for breakfast. Then she must unharness and harness up wholly anew for dinner ; then, for tea, all the la bor of changing her cumbrous harness must be repeated. This often involves more than she can do alone. The hairdresser must be called in, and there must be a toil of currying as well as harnessing. This is an expensive as well as laborious work.-i Judge of this from a single case. A lady was here not long since, and, when about to leave, she told the landlady, in all so berness, as if it were a matter of course, that she had been here thirty days, and that she had only thirty changes of dress, and therefore the could stay here no lon ger ; for she could not wear the same dress twice at the same place. She must now, as a matter of economy, go to Newport where, with the same dresses, she could spend thirty days more. This is a fair sample of the fashionables here. Every summer brings thousands of just this class of miserable creatures, slave's of absurd fashion, here.' We commend thfe reader to imitate the example of a lady in one of the leading cir cles of Washington. A gentleman com plimented her upon the simplicity and taste of her apparel. She replied : 4 1 am glad you like my dress ; it cost just seven dol and I made every stitch of it myself. It is very evident, from the foregoing, that dress is a good or evil educator, in tie family. As such it demands the attention of parents,. that it may not become a snare and curse to children. Perhaps, the best rule to regulate dress is that which New ton gave a woman who asked bis opinion . 4 Madam, so dress and so conduct yourself that persons who have been m your com pany shall not recollect what you have on. ; Wo jierald an approaching crisis. Look out for sights ! A Paris letter-writer gives the following description of an article which has just .been revived by the ladies of that citytini:which . will, of course, pre sently cross ihetiantiq : - I am half inclined to say that the great est of all events just now ,ia the invention of a new dress But such a dress t. If husbands' andfiithers ; were ill-advied enough to raise an outcry about crinoline, what will they lo now ? The dress I speak of is one to make which about f wen ty eight or thirty yards of stuff are required, and i
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