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SCARBKO', 



Probably, in times gone by, when flowing gowns 

 were seldom worn in England, some fashionable 

 dame of high degree, having splay feet, or gammy 

 ankles, might have put them under cover. If so, 

 she would become the admirer and the advocate 

 of a new fashion ; and her weighty example would 

 be imitated by the multitude. Thus we see, that 

 when one sheep takes it into its head to drink, 

 every sheep in the entire flock, will do the same: 

 and, when a pig (whose head and shoulders are 

 formed by nature to brush through a thicket,) gets 

 its snout into a hole at the bottom of a hedge, 

 every individual pig in company, will perform the 

 same feat, and pass through it. 



But, after taking leave of our American Bloomer, 

 let us ourselves just look at home for a moment, 

 and at once condemn the act of English ladies, so 

 noted for their cleanliness, — sweeping the filthy 

 streets with their trailing gowns. I, myself, in 

 walking up and down the causeways, have witnessed 

 what my pen positively refuses to describe. Wei], 

 indeed, may ladies who are fond of exercise, com- 

 plain, that there are far too many dogs allowed 

 in Scarbro'. In fact, these brutes are the soilers, — 

 and our females, the scavengers of the street. 



The cure is short and simple. Apply the whip 

 to the hide of the dog, — and the scissors to the 

 skirts of the female. 



