Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-09-09
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Boards and mustaches.

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A correspondent OF the London Daily
News, writing under the signature of"A
Working Man." has the following sdmi>
rable observations on this subject -
As the above movement appears to be
engrossing some of the public attention. I
trust you will not consider the following
observations in relation to the growth Of
the hair on the face unworthy Of your
notice.
Each hair is furnished with distinct
gland, elAborately and beautifully COM
plete. Under the facial hair are innu.
merable nerves, Immediately connected
with the various organs of the senses,
ramifying in every direction, and per-
forming mos, important functions. This
hair, when in full growth, forms a natur.
al protector to The nerves, and also holds,
as it were, in suspension. a quantity of
warm air through which the cold air in
breathing passes, and so becoming rarifi.
ed or a,tempered, enters the lungs with>
out giving 10 their delicate texture that
severe shock which arises from the sud-
den admission of cold, so often the fore.
runner of fatal disorders, (any one put
ting his finger under the hair Of his head
will there feel warm air.) The hair al.
so wards off cas-, winds. prolific source
OF toothache and other pains, and so tends
to preserve those useful and ornamental
oppendages, the teeth.
| 1t is said that an intimate Connection ex.
lists between the moustache and the nerves
Of the eye, and that many diseases of the
eye are traceable to shaving. Who has
not felt his eyes smaIt under the applica.
lion Of dull razor!
May not shaving, by depriving the
lungs of the male of their natural protec>
ton, and exposing them 10 the uninterrup.
ted action Of cod air, tend TO weaken the
chest, and that weakness being transmit
ted in an increasing proportion from gen.
GRAFTON to generation. at length induce
consumption or consumptive tendency.
Persons who wear hair under their
chins, do not, except in rare cases, suffer
from sore ,hroa's.
There is in the crypt Of Hyth Church
a p;le Of to"oo, --i,ivir urre guthUrru
many years afer battle fought on the
sea shore, between the Danes and Saxons,
about one thousand years since, and
amongs. Them are skulls of aged warriors
finely developed, the teeth in many of
which are so perfect, so beautifully
sound, and so firmly imbedded in their
sockets. that you cannot move them
The owners of these teeth wore boards,
and the writer remembers Witnessing, sew.
eral years ago, some excavations on the
site Of The old priory a, Spaldiug, when
many stone coffins were dug out whose
inmates had almost without exception,
sound, entire, and elegant sets of teeth.
DID not beard g.ow on their chins
Shaving occupies, OH an average, fif-
teen minutes. A man who shaves every
morning for fifty years, thus employs in
that time upwards of $50 days. l2 hours
each. Is this profitable application of
our Aeeting moments
The face, exposed to a miseroscope
Immediately after shaving, presents a
mos. unsigh,ly appearance, the stumps
assuming the forms of marrow bones
sawn transversely.
Do not the most scientific men approve
Of mustaches land are they not of
opinion that they play most important
part in the animal economy?
Is it not probable that by unduly slim
ula,ing the growth of hair by shaving,
we draw too largely on, and so cause an
unnatural action of the nerves, producing
an injurious effect (no matter how slight
on the braini
Did not the patriarchs and sages Of
old wear boards, and were they not re-
markable for longevity, as we'll az for be-.
ing exceedingly fine-looking fsllowsi
Is not shaving bore !-and does not a,
man whilst undergoing the operation.
look extremely ridiculous! And If il il
right 10 rasp ,hs chin. why not the eye,
brows and ,he head also
| Does it not appear foolish 10 shave, on,
] a cold morning, that which nature has
provided to project us against the cold )
Do we not at once despise and hold too.
cheaply benefcent arrangement, and in>
fringe natural law, when we cut or
what Providence says so plainly shall
grow, for the more a man shayes the
more the hair grows, even to the hour Of
death' The head shall become bald,
but the face never.
| In conclusion, when man was created
he had given TO him beard and who will
dare to say that il was not good gift 2
j Turn to the FIRST chapter Of Genesis, and
you will find that God saw every thing
that he had made, and, behold, it was
very 6 cd. g-s
could 60 on almost indsinitely but,
4 for fear Of being considered too prosy. I
will only ask Are We justified in shaw
ingl "
4 Il often happens that they are the best
people whose characters have been most
injured BY slander--as we often find Il 10
) "a tha sweetest fruit which tha hirds hava