The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-09

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TAIL MEN.
D- Our correspondents X. Y. .of Cedar Rap
ids, is apparently in q good oddondisfon u weather
the hard times. His temper appears perfectly
placid, owing, no doubt to his being a Jolly dog
Of 4 bachelor. Having no doMesfic responsible
tiles resting upon him, be takes NO note Of inan
cial crises, but in his own cosy sanctum, with
his pipe in mouth. bis feet approaching the YER
teal, and his head the horizontal, he ruminates
and rhilosophises upon the peculiarities Of that
race Of bipeds yclept man. Here's his thoughts
under the above head - .
1t is well known that the tall man per-
sistently carries high head. This is
no anomaly of nature, but easily demon
strated by the most orthodox philosophy.
All substances show : disposition 70
soell as the external pressure is removed /:
and the man who flourishes bis Uranium
in upper air, and grins complacently in
to your second story window at hori-
zontal angle. feels this x;!gd-zarity. not
only from the elimination Of atmospheric
pressure, but BY his nearer approach to
diviner things But would not wish
it understood that think every tall man
is. therefore, a swell-head for there is
slight difference between mind and mat
ter. There is proverb somewhere
which runs. " Every man is tall enough
who stands uprightly = but ! have seen
men who stood "uprightly"-for what
little man does not--who were not tall
enough by at least two feet (and head.)
Yet these men are continually striving 70
rise in life. and will stretch up their necks
and walk quite briskly when man pass
es. Did you ever see little man in a
crowded standing assembly Of hot sum
mer evening? He IS in distress his
flag is at half mast" (if l may be al
loved the naagAty(cal) phrase. No
wonder he follows his nose, and elbows
and squeczes vigorously to get that
st )eat-entious appendage somewhere IN
to fresh air. The public speaker is well
aware that to give force and vitality to
his argument, and an elevated tone to his
oratory. he must be Fitted by artificial as
well as natural expediences. above the
level Of the "common herd" Many OF
our most brilliant public speakers, whose
remarkably Tin temperate habits were
disputed by none, found their declama-
tory powers vastly increased By getting
high and the young debater, who has
astonished himself, (and the screech owl
also) at the mountain-top. is sorely vexed
that he cannot discourse in his spread
eagle style. when brought down. in the
club-room, to the level Of his class mates.
But. aside from his elevated position in
life. there are other things which de-
mand. for the tall man, our unqualified
respect. He is universally known as
man Of great mort )ality-ncver stoop-
ing to any low OF vulgar act, being kept
above all petty tricks by a characteristic
his own perpendicular ten
denotes. He harbors no personal animos-
tiles. and i would be singular sightin-
deed to see two large men cutting and
knocking each ether about in mortal
combat. for tits plain that fight cannot
occur unless the belligerent parties be
little (beliHle) themselves. But do be-
think me now Of one Hyer than any Of
my companions, who has been knowa to
engage in personal broils. He is ahead
(by at least q head Of the age and his
polished manners and graceful bearing
are matters Of general admiration--cir-
cumstancos which render Hynseu espec-
tally favorable to the ladies'. But, though
invariably blessed with long life. our star
of the first magnitude must give way to
lesser stars that shall rise in the gal-axy.
till at length they arc developed into the
goodly proportion Of s,sas
The expansive force generated may b. tech
nically expressed thus: Directly as the size Of
the head, inycrsely as the square Of the body.
See elementary works On philosophy yolulne
and page according to the work you git hold u.
Cedar Rapids. X. X.
" II there is a person in the public SER
vice who does not voluntarily contribute
the amount. at least. of two dollars and q
halfa year on each thousand dollars Of
his salary. to support the causeof the De-
mocracy, he should be dismissed at once,
and his place filed by one who Is patriot
10 and liberal enough to double tho CON-