American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-06-15
HUMOROUS GRAFTON ON NOSES.

| lege of Philadelphia, July 17th, 1890, by MIR
| Henry Hutchns.
! 1t having become my indispensable duty, ladies
and gentlemen, to address you to day, from this
place, have earnestly endea' ored 10 lind topic oI
discussion, which should at be new and lnteres
ting but, alter painful search, cannot lind 6
single subject which has not been handled before
nor one on which by happiness of composition OF
delivery, think could interest your feelings. An
experiment however most be made-such as 1t may
be, II solcits your candor.
There two ways, one Of which all speakers
must adopt, to arrest and fix the public attention
The one by an exhibition oil sprig hiness and in.
lgenuity-the other, by sublimely stoiming the heart
The FIRST class Of speakers like little stream that
runs babbng along, making queer simple Sounds
THE latter resembles the falls OF Niagara where vast
torrents OF water come laundering down the rocks
below. dashing and bouncing, and houncng about
most tremendously. Now as ] do not pretend tc
be one of your thundergustlcal Demosthenian ora
tors, mean ust to give you few simple thoughts
on noses.
his is subject that you most all acknowledge
to be vastly important. Not one who hears me bul
lis personally interested IN H. 1t affects every ndi
vldua present in very tender part. trust il will
therefore meet your partlcUlar attention.
Noses then are of remote origin They art
lineay descended from as ancient family, and pos
sess as noble blood as any upon earth. We receive
mo particular light upon he subject, to be sure from
the book oil Genesis; but we have every reason tc
believe that both OF our first parents had noses
This deduction is drawn p0SteriDri. The phioso.
Ipbers say-ior if we cast our eyes over the whole
Iedrth, il trace the annals oil antiquity shall
Ineher see read OF any nation, generation, ibe
Tor class OF people that without noses II must
therefore, BIZ taken matter in proof before you
that noses have been appendsnl to the human face
ever since il was first created. But these noses, al
hnugh SIMILAR IN substance have been dsslnlaT il,
shape color and size, among the various inhabitants
of The world, from ume immemorial to the present
day. In point Of substance they have generally
been composed OF cartilage, bones, muscles, veins,
arteries, skin, sc. Some noses, 10 be sure, in mod.
ern times, have been made OF paper, OF leaih-
Ter, and some of wax; but these have been depar.
lures from The general law OF noses, In respect 10
color, shape and size there have been and still exist
many rGriytieS IN the world
The one most noted in history, and of which
there are many specimens remaining is the Roman
or aquettne nose. This is most astonishing species
OF nose, for It's appearance and uses. In regard TO
The FIRST, namely, its appearance, behold it project
ing from the face like the bow of ship, or like the
sign and signpost oil an alehOuse. Such nose can
not fail to attract our attention and command our
wonder. Look back, Oh Americans, to former
ed by the Roman noses. Whole armies put to
flight, trepldalon Infused into enemies and disorder
into their ranks al the sight of the Roman nose !!
Remember hat Hannibal SAID on the plains Of Can
nae, when he raised the head Of slam Roman and
beheld his nose " With such soldiers he exclaim
ed, could subdue the wold'' This nose also
imports genius. Did you ever see a man with al
hne aquillhe nose that was not possessed Of superi
or intellects When this excresence is large, i'll
er room lett Tor the expansion OF the brain. Pray,
there fore all fathers and mothers that hear me, that
your children may have long noses pinch them
and pull them, end mould them to high aqune
construction, ii they happen unfortunately to be
small Dung people OF every description, choose
your sweetheaus by the size and signature oil their
noses. II they be not high and properly proper
toned, depend upon it you in danger OF getting
into hobble
There are other species Of noses whose generic
or specific qualities time will not permit us 10 par
tic uIarize lad we leisure could treat of the
broad fiat nose, dcnoting lazness and stupidy--the
clumsy, bulky nose, indicative of a thick skull the
little snip nose, the sign OF perness and wit the
long carved nose, mostly associated with good ns
ture-wlth many other current in society, which,
we will omit mentioning at present, in order to de.
scribe the curious uses oil the nose
The first great use of the nose is giving bread
10 thousands. Give bread you VIII say The nose
give bread !-Ay, that it will. ] say thousands off
our species get their bread, and their beef and their
grog 90, by whimsical propensity OF the nose.
Look around you in this city and how many to
bacconsts shops there are where rapee and SCOTCH
snuff is manufactured: and how many tradesmenI
acquire wealth by the importation OF ST. Domingo
and Maccauoau. Consider how many old women,
and Tors and beaus, draw great par, of their
temporal enjoyment from hearty pinch of snuff.
See here then what source OF pleasure is discover
ed, and how many honest laborers are kept IN EN-
Ploy by this queer hankering OF the nose after
stimulus
he would but follow its direction. We are often
told. hen we innnre Tor q nac TO lnllnu OH nnse