Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-04

PHPENOLoGY.

Nfur, Elton II have been constant
listener 10 he lectures u Mr P0Hlef. inrs Ne
coNmsnc-d bis course u Washington Hall
And not vitb splsnslic feelings, nor vith the
spin, n hypsfuiuchm 90 proceed 10 make
brief and very general anaiysis Of some striking
add pr1m,hsht points In bis course Of lectures
I.wli. hosstsr, take occasion here 20 say.
that an friend, ard perhaps sincere be-
lever 10 Phfen0lJsy, ~ iar, a least, a. Il Is
known and understood. ard believe it is 20 be
science, ihOugh As ys, In ip mere Infancy
There o. unfortunately or that science. think.
too much tlpgrGr.alIiy about Mr FoHltr lie
o. evidently not that scientific man and deep
thinker that you nigh, II tlr,i take him % be.
IN the ths1pms IT bis lectures be lays
d1sn, be leads YOU 10 expect much, but in
truth gives you i,ilc.
You know that much has been said, bot 30
examining closely, YOU discover that il Is Oh
light. mu5h u q iu5levelt, and sill more Of II
J., foolish and Silly anecdlle, which, 10 &, true,
knowledge q the subject Is leit
To illustrate with single Instance
IN speaking OF "cOujugal love or union ior he. -
be told u young lady who loved mamie
dd not love her-he married another wOman--
she loved him still, until he, the lecturer, told
her he could cure her Of such an unhalloWel
love. Attention vas all on the gut ere 10 hear
the mOment1us cure, and-mlrable dIc,u -
what do you think II was Why, "to get
downright mad At the fellow, and determine
YOU would bate him And she done so. And
-still more strange to relate, he, the lecturer,
introduced young gent 10 said y0un: loving
dam,el, aud IN three weeks she was married
And again. Among tho various other won.
dcrlul aud strange revelations 10 be made, was
10 learn you how to become an orator What
were his iu,trusdon,s why simply 80 open
your mouth aud lei the Lord ON Il with words,
and they would come out 10 spite Of yourself
'tNould be like the boy that shistcd-he didn't
whistle, il whislIrl ITSELF Grand otatory
Magnificent figure?
10 show also, a want Of even ordinary shrew.
cduess on the part Of the lecturer. He spoke
Of the old man who had built for himself house
in the country And who had been extremely
fond Of said house aud home. But he, the lee.
turgr, 10 putting his fingers upon the old mans
| head discovered he wanted 10 leave that old
home tor his Fathers home in Heaven. Now
what is there In all this, Arrant humbug' Had
his organ Of "lnhabiiiyeneSs' changed? And
changed so much tha~Mr Fowler could tell that
change; out upon IL
Mr. Fowler ought to be too good an anatomist
no. to know that such a change could not take
place then. And besides Mr. Fowler knows full
well that It is perfectly natural for us TO i,arc
this world aud still more natural when we bad
spent good old age here, to wish for an ever.
lasting homeherealter.
Mr. Fowler desires too much to please. Mr.
"Suayity" very foil. Human Nature'-irom
long and constant contact-almost perfect
Appropriateness and SelEesteemp almost as
large rs they can possibly grow.
Twill venture to declare he reads the charac-
ter Of his subjects more by PhyHognoTy than
by Phrenology- by his eyes than by his
fingers. We may instance the character given
Of DR.. Hullihen, from the Ambrotype Here the
aye Of thelrclurer read the PhySiognomy Of the
man, lie could not get at them the dumps"
| or organs, few OF none at all Of them could DO
seen, and Of course there could be no scientific
chronological determination had, and vet the read.
ing Of predominant traits Of character was
| stTikingly correct Which reading was perhaps
entirely due TO his shrcwed knowledge Of Au.
nun nature, for every human being carries
| upon his face more or less OF the internal man.
And again; The lady whose head he examined
/ in connection with Mrs. Thomas Hornbrook, in
his opening Fg,H45ks he saiI, t"this persou's
| head is remarkable for nothing in particular"
| When, apparently alarmed at what he had said
he went on to give her really an extraordinary
| head.
There is too much coctHcy about the ancc.
dotes of Mr., Fowler. He Is also autologistic,
If may be permitted to use the word; he tells
too much the same thing over and over again.
/ II also appears to me that Mr.. Fowler used the
name OF Deity too freely and frequently
!, myself, do not pretend to much piety.
I But with what uatural reverence may have,
the above struck me as being the fact
! ! do not wish to be understood as cndcavor.
ing to convey the idea that Mr. Fowler does not
say any good things Far from it. lie saws
both good and instructive things And have
no doubt is in the way Of doing great deal OF
I good-eSpccially TO himself
OF course Mr. Fowler lays claim to at least
some degree Of scholarship; and vet, in his lee.
| lures, he does not show very high respect for
the common laws Of grammer.
| lie is most frequently very unfortunate
in his application Of the too numerous in.
cidcnts he is constantly relating to Illustrate
some iayorite point, or some peculiar organ.
Take m instance, In his lecture of Saturday
evening, with his very practical and sensi.
bic remarks about locking up things from chill
dren and servants, &c, he was not satisfied, but
either not seeing or knowing that he had made
his point, he would have you believe the reason
why robbers aSSailed our banks more than other
less monied places, was bseduss they were so
bolted and barred, and thereby tempted the
more certain organ Fudrel Tha SitnnIe