The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-10-08
i. LECTURE I ON MOI TIIs.

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TnE mouth il essential III ba,oa,n
Happiness; and consequently ii al ina.
lpertaIt item III the human person. I'll
is situated nearly midway between tie.
bottom oil the nose and tic projection.
fof the chin. When closed, il presents.
the appearance OF d line drawn between.
two ridges, called the lips. When
opened, as in the net of gaming, 4
caYernous passage may Be discovered
set round with ivory, and pctlduIous
lump Of red flesh, called Inc tongue,
HAops about in tie centre. In order ID
open the mouth, it Is essential that the
hinges of the lower jaw be called INTO
action; hence lawyers, who. do much
speaking, should keep those hinges we'll
Egreased, lest, getting rlIsted, the mouth
should refuse to open, and It's proprie-.
tor become dumbf founded For ever. 81.
The utility OF the mouth may Be
Judged Of by the circumstance that no
lone could enjoy q Thanks giving with
out il. Noone could put 4 rossst t ,ir.
i key into his stomach without he had d
/ hole 70 poke Ii through.
Being elastic, it may be stretched n
ans ss.I az AL, Sc
# whistling. In blowing hot porTidge.
j the mouth is Indispensable. And there
would be an end to the tobacco trade,
HE there were no mouths to chew the
ARTICLE with. Indeed, the great import
Eance of the mouth is So Mell under
stood In this enlightened age, thateYen
e the poorest classes Of society do not
/ think Of getting along without one.
| For my own part, / shoulda soon think
Eof dispensing with my spectacIes, al of
getting through the world without 4.
mouth. 4 .:.=-. y ..=s5::
There are, however, various kinds Of
mouths, and they are put to various
uses. The button mouth IS The small
est sample, and were it not elastic, and
/ capable of being stretched to almost
any size, the person having it would
stand the hazard OF being starved to
death for want Of an aperture large
enough to thrust in his yietuals. IT IS.
believed that people possessing this.
mouth, first introduced the fashion of
eating sonp with q Fork, taking: two
bites Of a cherry, and sucking chocolate
I through a quill. n. ..-
The donble-lipped mouth, in which
the inside of the lip IS turned outward,
/ belongs ofoLks who have eaten soine-
thing so sour as nearly to turn their
I mouths Wrongside outward, and have
never been able to take out the twist.
People possessing this mouth, however,
must have a great advantage in a
! quarrel, as they can give lip ut the rate
OF two to another PERSONS one.
/ The thin close-dfawn mouth has the
appearance of slit through the face
without any lips at all, and belongs to
gentlemen who have completely worn
away their lips by kissing the ladies. |
The thick biubber lips are great Mt n
feast, as the individual can carry of
gravy and sweets on his lips sufficient
| to support him a day or two by the
mere act Of licking his chops. =.
The great frog mouth is the mag I
nifcent prince of. mouths. IL does not
extend quite from ear to ear, but it is
fprodigious, and is regarded with hor-
/ ron by the tavern keeper and boarding I
house keepers. Some persons are SO
highly gifted in these respects, that
when they open their mouths there is |
almost an island. On seeing an indi- |
iividual of this description open his |
mouth, on board of steamboat, the
other day, several ladies nearly faint
I ed, under the apprehension that the top
Of his head was about to drop off
Such persons run great risks Of being
chnkeA TO death while eating.- Enr RE