The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-20
short. Scientific Lecture.
TUE NOSE.

MY HEARERS IL ne ABOVE IS q SuDlect
upon which there has been a great deal
written and said. nigh, assert, without
fear Of contradiction, that no organ of amy
sense has received so much blowing as
the nose. 1t IS so prominent that II IS often
the first feature that strikes you in stran-
ger, particularly if you come III contact
with him face 10 face. Small noses are
said to denote indecision Of character and
narrow views. 1t follows, then. that big
noses are attended by broad views-caused
probably, 10y the increased width between
the ewes.
1t isn't always the person who has the
most nose that knows the most The ele-
plant, (which. gentlemen and ladies, is the
largest animal in the known World,) has
got a remarkable development OF nose. 1t
is very convenient for picking crackers ont
of the boys pockets at shows, squirting
water through, DC. but the elephant isn't
half so knowing as the monkey, who has
not any nose at ALL only "a dent in the face
and two gimb let holes.
"Plain as the nose on a mans face, is q
common and at the same time very in
correct expression, for the merest tyrO IN
geography will tell you that the nose is a
promontory and not plane. unless II has
been planed of, in which case the compa-
rison would hold good.
The nose is the only organ that can
sneeZe, hence, no matter now homely ii IS,
it is not to be .sneezed at by any Of the
other organs.
The "Roman nose was very popular
among the ancient Romans, because the
most of them had it. With them, not 10
Know the pride in q Roman nose
was not to be a Roman. Romulus who
founded Rome and hence was the first RO-
man, was the first one who had that pecu-
culiar nasal formation. His nose was
straight originally, but his brother Remus,
u spiteful little devil, pushed him over a
heap of limestone rock from Sandusky,
with which he was intending to build the
city's walls, striking upon his face his nose
was broken in three places.
Thus originated the Roman nose, after
ward mark of distinction. A writer on
noses gives quite different account. He
saws the original form for that style of pro-
boscis was roaming nose" indicating a
disposition on the part of the possessor to
roam about, poking his nose into other
peoples business. / am inclined to the
| former explanation, and consider the lat
ter SANDER upon large and generally
respectable class OF community.
II is not considered polite in good socie-
ty for one gentlemen 70 wiring another gen.
tleman's nose with his thumb and finger,
though different views are entertained up
on the subject in different localities. In
Arkansas, il is no unusual thing tor man
|
urbane and gentlemanly manner, when q
little heated in debate, "a taste that GER
tainly cannot admire.
The shape of the nose leads people of or
the wrong scent, frequently, i'll Judging
character. Individuals are often called
naughty, proud, stuck up in short, when
in fact they are quite the reverse, and have
merely got stuck up nose. A man can.
not be snubbed with IMMUNITY simply be-
cause he has snub nose, nor are pug no
SEES invariably attended by disposition Il
pugnacity.
Snuff takers are the only ones, my hear.
ers, who are literally lead by the nose. y
They have been known to pinch them
selves for the necessaries Of life in order t<
| give their nose the accustomed pinch. II
is no unusual thing to see an aged couple
closing q life of usefulness by degenera
ting into a pair Of snMrers, and smut
themselves out at last. Upon this subject
"ts) nuff ced."
1 Ny youthful hearers, you see number
about you every day whose noses have
..passed the Rubicond," and are fast Ia
king to themselves the hue of the red pep
per pod, dead ripe. Remember that thu
puggiest OF pug noses is far more Fespecta
BILE than bottle nose, and that nose paint
ing is the most extravagant and ruinou'
way in which you can cultivate an &C
uuaintance with the fine arts.
You hear me, 10 Bows.