Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-02-02

bempoacBtca.
Ma EDfroR Tn IN qaaBdary. The piatka
on which I have been wont 70 stand and which
I hoped were reform proof. are Of sudden alid-
ing from under me, and like old Brown, issi
the hesitatiug discomfort preceding state ~
suspense more eievating than comfortable
had been taught that men were only nortal4
bat women angels IA disguise,s and luBocenI.
y supposed that the msn who should ape q
feminine dsIIeac1 should be SOundly drubbsd ios
bis iuPudeDee. s0d 10 like manner the lady who
should ssOoP 70 display bolsisFous mssoailne
disposition, should be served The ssms Zoe be
folly. I had been charued with The singing ~
Juvlpelia, and I really thought It owsd maoh 81
It's sweetness to the modest. lady-iiks depoft-
nent Of the singer. Bot alas the spell Il broh.
On, my former ideas Of propriesy Knocked iate
cooked hat sod Ieft "a the aods, The W.
man Of fact. sud the woman Of fancy are anti
POdes The former bss jost visited our aulet
little village, aud quite disOompossd oar ecu
snimity by proving that men and eeasa sre oss
50 very different after all that The volcs WHEN
chsrms with Its sweetness. may IKE MIltoo's a.
sernel hinges rgrsfs harsh thundsr.s aud has
the modest face divine usy become e ineapahla
Of blush a. the gable cod Of g barn. Nov,
It may Be the vine shouid stand bolt uprighs.
while che oak makes awkward attsmpls 70 oismh
Il, It may be The ssrOng minded hon Leaving the
cares Of mediation to her partDsf, should plack
tbs long feather from BE sail. sDd piaeieg q d
her owu. strut Of growing pbrsuology. II ms9
be. that being an old beeh, do nof fully nn1se.
stand the domestic relation, and nsy b. q llttle
squeamish, but do think e were the cd
reosssf. would sOliloqaee somswhat afler this
fashion Il have great antipathy TO c'osklngs
door believe was made for Il !, Idont q
the aest" / might suy msskly, MY dear Top
py, yoar voice is very sweet, indeed. rather tos
much 80 for Q shrill crow. Yoas legs ere very
pretty, but why donf yOa sroe . pair of spus
sioos yon aes rooster o. "a saa lh6asssts
She might Ia her sbicke0ksafssdosss esteem
It rare luxury to exercise her talents Fgdloasl
90 the heads Of aeighboriag chautisleers, te'liag
their inordinste propensity for polygamy %
strip the feathers from her neck and bzeass thso'
pure devotion Va 'nstur,' aud Ia prasersbs fsr
the gspsi 10 others whils gaping herself, butis
sssms to ne deeent regard fop the old eecaas
feelings shoald lesd her to indulge 10 is sparlna
ly ss possihle. He has ais prsjudieea and
have mine. at least against sudden ssssssion
Of our natures. a.. $50. ras
The Roman natrous, when shsy fvas sn isfe-
sistabis inclination to dance the Baechansl and
stand on their beads, did 90. bus Hrst retired n
the lonely mounssins and woe bstids the luok-
less lads that watched. Bat nov the perform.
ancs 10 varied BY lecture ou phsooiogy and
given at ten cents sight. What Q faror there
was among the natives What rush pen
nell to the lectureI Bow the boys "shelisd
cat" the hard earned Omar. Dolls. to get little
maps Of their bumplssa little headsgith little
"Y You.loved dogs-better-thsn cats," marked on
each. have heard Of eels becoming 90 accus-
toned to aaying as to be quite Indifferent. but
really this readiness to dof ones own euticie.
is becoming q serious matter. The emigrant
shanghRis which fell upon their backs and cross
ed their legs to be tied, at the sight Of cover.
ed wagon, are not to be compared with thess
intellectual chicks who do the same at much
less imposing sight aud are submissiveiy picked
up and dumped down wherever the caichpeusy
itinsrant pIeAsea As for phrsnology itssIf !
have no very serious approximations. It is
sort Of harmless epidemic like measles, yoa
know. which we must expect to have sometime.
but being most malignant in Juveniles imbscils
aud dime lecturers, you and I. Mr.. Editor. ere Of
course quite safe. But isn't It a little odd. thar
II should always make such eousummate bigots
OF its disciples Dill you ever bear what
Msssrs. Splurgs Tobb aud Mrs. coEeepot say
about phreDology : Not . Well thsy say
"phrenolOgers are like green oases 20 anss y
10 DESERT sod hold ths key Of the Universe. ea
the general prevalenes Of which viii spring up
spontaneously Of their own accord grsat hnmps
Of libsrty and sslvatioa all over cur hsads snA'
but call at the nsxt lecture and yoa viii have.
the rest But sobsrly while the stady Of eel
snes generally snlargss the mind. phfsnOlogy
belittleS it. Take its profsssed teachers one
and all and where can yea hnd . more illitsrats.
narrow minded class that make any prsisniiouI
to scientific Attainments Ths astronomer
contemplate the vast circle Of kn0wlsdgs Of
which his science Is but link. and be feels bis
Own insigni6Oanee. bat the phrenolegist lo0ks
. on It as a chain Of three links, two hooks and
swivel all bat the last chronological. aud be y
> exalted. Ask the former qnsstlea hessssf
simple. and be psases before answering bat ask
!, the latter oDs however difsOalt and be ansEsFs
on the spot. whils oDe may be known by his
4 modesty and lack Of assumption. the otbaF :
. arrogsnt, and pot Osly 40 expert 10 judging Of
faculties. but wilI at short neties fnrriAh such
, commodities TO order. Yours traly.
snsoE PErER.
: A SrRAEsE CONTRAST. the Russian
New Years day. which occurred on 6Afur.