Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-09-21
For the Teleg raphs
MR.. GRIMES AND HIS PHRENOLOGY.
He knew what's ever to be known,
But much more than he kneto sc0uLd 0srH.'

MIR. sEdIiOr;-ln common Win MANY vi [
my fellow citizens, believing somewhat IN
the science of Phrenology, attended sew
eral ofMr. Crimes lectures, recently deliv-
erred ia this village. And must confess,
Sir, that if The general tendency OF those
lectures is TO make community better and
wiser, can not perceive II.
Mr.. G. had the assurance to Introduce
himself 10 the people of this place as
Temperance lecturer, and large numbers
came together out Of regard for temperance,
to hear lis principles discussed and lis truths
enforced. But, Sir, what did they hear
venture TO say that if one. individual Can
be found who can give the performance
! local habitation,' that no one would be able
( to give it "a name.' Il was crude, undI-
ges,ed medley of ideas, or rather assertions,
which would have been very forcble, il
je5ticuldtion and grinldce could have made
them so! When assert that this was the
general character of the performance, do
no: mean to say bat what there were
particular statements and principles adVanc-
ed which should be met and refuted; and
which, hope to be able to do on some tu-
ture occasion, if time permits. Suffice it 10
saw that on the occasion referred to, he I'M
derook TO denounce and ridicule the efforts
/ and principles with but few exceptions of
those engaged in the temperance reform
throughout the world, = including, OF course,
in his maledclions, those of the American
Temperance Union, our State, Town and
County Societies. OF this | do not COM
plain, if he succeeds in proving what he
asserts to be error. But if, instead of this,
he is guilty himself, Of the grossest errors.
and utters the rankest heresy, and shame
fully perverts the truth, he ought at least,
to be lille modest when he denounces
the opinions of others!
+ Mr. Grimes closed this lecture by giving
notice that he would deliver free lecture,
the next evening, on Phrenology. Here,
then, is the stepping stone from temperance
to phrenology.
Yes, MIR. Editor, this lecture aDas free
free to all wEo wished 10 see the finer feel
ings of morality and -raEsi~- sruuually I'M
derminel and giving way to the baser feel
ings of human nature,-.JTee TO the loose
and licentious, for all such found plenty of
food to satisfy the most craving appetite, in
the many indeicate illusions to the sensual
lpropensilies Of the two sexes,-FREE TO all
who loved scandal and gossip, gross person
al illusions and attempted caricature; for
all such must not only have been highly
4 gratifed, but amply repaid, for their very
laudable efforts in introducing this precious
specimen of vulgarity and egotisnl, into pub
lie notice in the place; and furnishing him,
as they'mnsr have done, with materials for
the onset.
/ And, by the way, this must be COM
mendable business for stranger who had
just set foot among US; and still more COM
mendable IN the vile pander, whoever he
might DE, who was instrumental in getting
him here, besides collecting into his cor
rupt sewer all the tainted food within his
reach, wherewith TO glut his morbid appetite
for ridicule. And when these materials failed,
these fdrdgons of gentlemen! mot 10 saw
black iegs,) invented the most bare faced
and unblushing falsehoods, and palmed them
off by means of their monkey mouth piece,
the lecturer, in manner calculated 10 make
| the audience believe they had personal
! application. And, lest the ignorant public
might make wrong application, misera-
BILE TOOL is employed, as runner, the next
day after the lecture, to let the people know
who were the favored individuals selected
| BY this junto (of one or more y to whom,
} these false and vile insinualions OF theirs
were to apply.
But think, after all, that Mr.. Grimes, III
making garment to fit others has, unwit-
tingly, delineated his own character in no
very favorable light. In depicting the little
ness and grasping propensiiies Of the miser,
he speaks with great contempt or the little,
1 IL cent fellows as he calls them. Now,
Mr.. G's object in visiting US is, coneessedly
to make money. II can be nothing else /;
aud have been informed he admitted this
10 be the case. The difference, therefore,
between himself and the little. q cent
fellow is only cents for, had he cents
more 10 enable him TO pay Mr.. Grimes 12t
eenls,-lhe price of each lecture except
the first, which was ffee,-he would then
be, like MIR. G. himself, the noble, eaaHed,
GENEROUS, II 1-2 cent fellow and not the
little, poor, coNTEMPTlBLE, 3 l-2 cent scamp
| who is unable TO pay his fee!
Bat Mr.. G's naodesty is his Distinguishing
trait After getting in a multitude 10 hear