| Show an amateur phrenologist our neighbor col ool S tells a capital story atory of a certain wa wag g in in enie erie pa a jolly publican u lican who contributes a good deal to the life ife of that pleasant but sometimes obstinate borough 0 one it morning a traveling phrenologist arrived at his inn and took up lodgings the next day in the village paper appeared an advertisement statin stating that professor B was waa in erie and gouid would make for a consider tion examination of the heads of the citizens and accompany the same with accurate and reliable charts of character for three or four days the calls were scarce but on the fifth day there was a rush of five or six to the apartments of the professor 0 one e morning a countryman entered the inn where the phrenologist had bad his rooms and said to the landlord aforesaid Is this the place where the phrenologist holds out who can tell a mans maws ka facter b by y the bumps on his liis skull yes replied boniface with a reserved and dignified manner wal I 1 want my potato trap looked into a little where is the man 1 I am the man said the landlord ohl you be eh wal put in feel ol 01 0 my bumps and gin us a map the swindle there is no swindle sir phrenology is a scace science sir a liberal science 0 yes so but the price for beelin a fells head one dollar with a chart wai wal go it what do ido I 1 do lie iia down aown or set bet up does it hurt not in the least sir take your seat in that chair I 1 I 1 there were four or five morning loungers in in the tavern who checked a laugh as the countryman took his seat havin having first as requested removed his coat vest ani ana and neck cloth the wag of a landlord ran his hands through the hair of the patient for a moment and then said to the bar tender dir nir mr air flippins Flip kins take a sheet of paper and dra draw w four lines jines down the whole length and put down tha figures under the head I 1 mention to you it was done have you got it yea yes yea yes all right very well ald said aid the landlord who went on with an examination which was rougher perhaps than there was any necessity for put down sixty down sir 11 very well reverence two booked sir I 1 Ir comparativeness two hundred tharl said the victim ullo no matter sir yon will see on the chart caution one credulity four hundred the last bump asked the patient never mind pow now understand it by n and nd by and now to the barkeeper lir mr flippins Flip kins plit these in separate columns a as usual yes sir bir 91 very well add em up add yem lem em u ii p pill pl exclaimed the subject is that the way you do of c o u X el how else could we get your balance of mind of intellect wai wal cwaig go a heads how do 0 s it D b 11 mr flippins Flip kins the three columns are equal foot up precisely the samel the landlord looked solemnly and thi singly towards Ws his subject it is very strange tige said he but it i t is lis so phrenology never lies you have no predominant character sir you have no intellectual status you dont know anything sir excuse me sir but I 1 must state the truth whether ther you tale tate take a chart or not but sir if there is any truth in in phrenology you are a natural ia tural fool fooht under theas circumstance circumstances sir I 1 can scarcely expect you to keep the chart which you have that is a matter of small consequence aa as it will be a valuable illustration of a unique species which I 1 ican lean can car use in my lectures with real name and residence the charge of deception in science is one which wai was never brought hyou against me and never will be sir never 1 oh never mind give ue us the map said the subject heres the swindle for it is a swindle but id rather pay it than to have you going goin ground round the country making a fool of me everywhere else as you have here heie you blasted bumbu humbug youly you with this explosion the subject retired SST Dad why dont you take a ride in the cars card some day take a ride in the cars why I 1 aint got time my son got time th thu tinder ader you can go anywhere in the cars quicker than you can stay at home dds answer is not recorded gloo ADVICE those orators who give us much noi seand many words ant little ment and less wit and who are most loud when they are the least lucid should take a lesson fromi nature she su often gives us the lightning even without the thunder but never the thunder without the lightning lacon La lacoa cong conz ga 63 the emperor of austria is one oC atthe the best linguists in the empire it is said that ile he speaks beeaks thirteen languages perfectly and that I 1 he i in the imperial co council acil the only min man who understands all the languages of ol his vast domains aa mrs partington thinks the pillows of liberty are stuffed with the feathers of tha the american eagle opposition there tb must needs be an opp opposition 0 in all things no good thing can be fully appreciated without contrast |
