"It is an ornament to the female sex, a token of subjection, an
ensign of modesty; but modesty grows short in men as their hair
grows long, and a neat perfumed, frizled, pouldered bush hangs
but as a token,--_vini non vendibilis_, of much wine, little wit,
of men weary of manhood, of civility, of christianity, which
would faine turn (as the least doe imitate) American salvages,
infidels, barbarians, or women at the least and best."

Prynne, who wrote in 1632, considers men who nourish their hair like
women, as an abomination to the Lord, and says--

"No wonder that the wearing of long haire should make men
abominable unto God himselfe, since it was an abomination even
among heathen men. Witnesse the examples of Heliogabalus,
Sardanapalus, Nero, Sporus, Caius Caligula, and others."

He refers to the opinions of the fathers and the decrees of the Old
Councils to prove that--

"Long hair and love locks are bushes of vanity whereby the Devil
leads and holds men captive."

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In a Boston paper, Aug. 11, 1789, we find the following ludicrous
account of the unfaithfulness of an officer in the duty of whipping
a culprit:--

On Thursday, 11 culprits received the discipline of the