The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-04-28

| deacon, thrusting his hand throw
| hay-mow of hair, sis a remarkabl
one.D
| Remarkably thick" said Tosspot
| Here Smlpps, WHO had been rebuffet
by, the blacksmith, Uttered and revived.
"Shut up, Tosspot, and let the dea
con feel" exclaimed Slashbag, angrily
~ believe there is something in it, al
ter ALL"
| Anybody might know in the dark
that man with this head was sure Il
make noise in the world.n
"He made noise in the dark, the
other night,n said Tosspot, "when he
went home drunk" Here Smipp:
snickered again. r.
"No more jokes, Tosspotw growled
Slashbag, "or I'll hammer your Gala
bash.n s...
| "Well, I believe we'er square now
said the other, good humoredly; and
so let's have something all round.n
| Nobody made the slightest objection
and the deed was done, elevating the
spirits of all, particularly the landlord
and they returned to the subject with
renewed zeal.
"This head" resumed the deacon
burying his hand again, :; has several
remarkable bumps Here is the bump Of
decision, very prominent on the throat,
which shows he is a man not to be tri.
fled with"
| Slashbag shook his head knowingly
like menacing bull, and the other
parties winked, as much as to say,
That's fact"
The eyes being very small, leave
more room for these bumps of loue, just
over them, which make the eyebrows
so shaggy and big. This signifies that
if he ioves anything: he is determined
to have il, and the small eyes mean, he
viii 90 ii blind till he gets it.n
This clear explanaiionwas received
with an admiring murmur from all
This smashing great big bump
close TO the ear is the bump of loeality,
which We have all heard SO much
about"
"What does it mean :" asked Sc
veral.
''The bump of locality means that
the man knows where to find himself,
and is always 10 be found"
That's true,2 said the blacksmith,
very much pleased. Il believe Pm
always to be found when anybody
wants any horse-shoeing to be done, or
anew tire put on. Besides Tnever was
lost in the woods, but once ~
I" You see neighbors, he says so HIM
self. This bunch, exactly in the CEN
tre Of the top Of the Uranium, as the
professors say, is the bunch of strength.
Whenevera a person has this, you will
find him very muscular
THE blacksmith here held out his
brawny arms, and slapped his chest, as
convincing proofs.)
But then there's Josh BoIdwig,"
suggested some one, " "he's powerful
strong, and the topof his head is as fiat
as a pancake p
40, that's nothing" said the deacon,
little puzzled for moment. "Some-
times-not often-but sometimes, the
bumps grow aanards, and can't be
seen. But they are there. But, as L
say, such cases are exceptions"
" It's curious science any way,n
said Boldwig, feeling his head.
{ You can bet a pile on that, and
win" said Tosspot, admiringly.
s'But how would the thing work"
added Smipps, who had recovered his
holiness, /" if feller had bad bumps,
and wanted the good ones TO press dotcn
the bad bumps, by machines %
30, that wouldn't do at ALL" replied
the deacon, decisively. "Don't you
see that if you pressed 'em down,
they'd grow iaassards as | told you 2"
aOf course y said everybody else;
and Smipps felt very sheepish again.
" The thing has been tried and failed
years ago. It don't do You might as
well drive in a rams tail, TO make his
horns grow"
1t must take long time to study
into all this 'ere, so as to be a perfect
freenolliger,n said Bill Maxwell, the
shoemaker.
1t does indeed, I promise you,D re-
sponded deacon Nixy; shut when a
man once gets this free knowledge, all
at his fingers end, he becomes as wise,
e'en Almost as Solomon. He jest claps
his hand on your head, and he knows
you, all at once. It's like witch-work.n
But how can a phrenolliger tell,n
said Dan Doug ughboy, the butcher, what
your character is, if one bump tells one
story, and another tells right contrary !"
How's that 90 asked the learned
deacon.
aWhy-spos'n' he has the bump of
'rfthmetie big, one sideof the head, and
that says he's good at fggurs, and then
has the bump of forgif ful,aess ekully
big, on t'othsr side, and that says he
isn't-what then? How can you cal
c'late %
"O.n exclaimed the deacon, anow
7 see what you're driving at. Why,
IN such ease as that, where one bump
contradicts another, you've got to feel
around till you come to another bump
that contradicts both on 'em; and the
one, it contradicts the most, you mustn't
depend upon much. Now, for instance,
if 'ritRmetic contradicts forgitfulaess,