New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-01-06

A corresuondenf of the New York Evening Post
,xrt;ng froo al Paul Min. Furnishes The foI,ow;rg
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dissertation upon an accomplishment not very gener-
ally acquired east OF the Mississippi:
Believing that there IS no subject SO little under
stood among the community in general as seslping
ask the favor Of small suace Il, your Invaluable
Journal for brief treatment Of theme 40 long most
afraneely and undeseryedIy neglected. While have
met many men eminent as scholars, poets historians,
sfafeannef. rnerchanf nrinees ana hanksrs who an
this subject were Ignorant a osfriehes you viii IL
astouslei and lisei,stel when stale Ia Won on NV
honor as gentleman land every word inter Il trne
as the termination of plants and the procession Of
= the eou1noxes} that have met also villa Indiana
every instinct Of whose nature and education should
have Taught them beterAwild Indians in their own
hannts and homes, who had vague loose and Illogical
scaD victim aid the thing with ersceess. so.
veniy INDIFFERENCE dsfgurng the features DESTROY
ine the nobility Of the head And brow ana All the
delicate beauty OF the face, and sometimes even
Now what Il worth doing at all Il worth doing
= wel-land, besides, there il the bad tendency ana
moral effect Of doing the thing ill., If an early in
ulgence in murder leads TO arson, burglary, larceny,
inntil the party finally becomes guilty Of nciyity
and pfocrastinaion how conspicuously win sloyenly
scalpng lead to slovenness in the toilet in the daily
speech. habits and mode Of living Of US all 4 He or
she who scapa without neatness trimness Or tender
every operation Of lfe-hair hanging In frayed edges
about the shoulders shoes down at the heel absence
Of galIowses, unclean cuffs and undersleeyes etc,
etc, win him or her, then and there, ever mark and
distinguish. VIII nv lady and gentleman readers
then give me moments attention while teach
their young or mature ideas how to scalp
lst l suppose you have your victim before Won
passive and Inactive though believe me- be Is rarely
3d. Nov with your len hand, grasp firmly the cen.
trail ffont hair. not pulling Il hard enouof 10 cause
pain, only grasping II with hrmness and decision.
With your right hand seize your keenly4sharp HINT
ing knife (Wostenholms is not bad for the purpose1
and swiftly a. wind (fy George how have seem K
fash through the air IL the hands Of an expert seal
per y cut ring-Gut around the head, beginning al
3 point behind Just opposite your grasp, cutting
sfound from LETT to right and making a conplete
CIRCLE except space OF about two inches in width
for hinge where the hair Is thckest at the back OF
the head. Do this In the " twinkng of a second.
hand coffinn
3D. witch up the scalpsock drop your knife, (you
will not want it again. II you have made YOUR frst emit
property insert the fingers Of either hand into the
aperture, and swiftly run them along the ent to the
right and left raising the scalp gradually as you do
so at the time hold the scaplook in your teeth
and pull upwards steadily. Polling still with the
teeth the fingers again under the scalp TO right
and left aud almost invariably the whole scalp will
detach itself and with the exception az The hinge
connection, become entirely clear Of the head
Your scalp Is now off for you can cut the hinge AZ
your pleasure If you wish TO carry the scalp away
Young gentleman or lady nearer viii AZ or AZ
Having told Won how Ia take the scsio ~ sho,a
be recreant In NV duty If aid NOT tel von how 10
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the let hand the scaln HIGH au Az fr, sa 49,
slap It down again with great violence and instanta'
neousness then press Il close into is nace with
both hands firmly, leaving no wrinkle or ineaualitv
OF any kind whatever Then hind loosely arnnnd M
cut band OF spperyelm bark moiste9ad WITH h ss
water law your victim on his hack give him half a
fumber Of raw bourbon whisky and ri him seen q
long as be likes From beginning 10 end The wbols
process depends as YOU see for jts success on the
flashing swiftness of the stroke fhe etrenotb anJ
steadness Of hand the eyenness Of The emit and the
delicacy OF the manipulation.
Once on the South Pass saw borrid brute Of a
Blackfoot seize liz victims with great ,snsss ~ = t
ear wrenching it half oil, while he gashed along the
forehead so roughly as TO cut into one III the eves
Ihaveofsen prayed that that utterly nndlsciniined
savage was under the influence Of snjrts ~ ~ tins
,nI thrae ves,s 90 ss ,nst ssey - us nature
mic Jaw one Of ire LONG hydtbsrs f.au s. lara
Qudes n thai recionl WIN ma ma AZ 49, -
half Indian edneation tale Nc ,i ~ ~ ~
Mace Nv the nose and then ee :, ~ wi ls'
soap in three paees before he anita Sasao 'e
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