Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-11-22
MEN.

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BY the general condition of a mans
apparel, one may form a pretty correct
estimate of the disposition OF the man
himself. A man whose shirt always
looks clean, and the other parts of his
dress neat and orderly, has either those
qualities inherent within him, or he is
fortunate in having q smart, neat wife,
who has a commendable pride in the
personal appearance of her lord and
master. Some men, however, naturally
look dirty, whether they are so or not.
That is their misfortune, and they "a
help it; therefore we will not hold them
accountable +; dress them as you please,
they always will look dirty in spite Of
themselves or anybody else. Then again.
there are plenty of men naturally in
clined to put on clean clothes as often
as they can get them; yet they seem
totally devoid of all faculty to keep
those clothes clean. If there is any dirt
at all anywhere within reach, they arc
bound to get into it, and whatever dirt
there is in the work they may have to
perform, they are sure to rub into it,
and hug it as closely to them as posi-
BILE ; they can't keep or be kept clean.
The normal condition of the Digger
Indian is dirty; so with the Washoes
the Piutes are q little more Clearly and
respectable, yet We have seen plenty oil
white men whose personal habits, rela'
tive to cleanliness of person, are nc
better than those of the Digger Indian
not so good, in fact, for the Indian doe'
take a bath sometimes. We knew o
fellow in Santa Clara county, Califor'
MIA, who used to wear a hickory shirt
in the sweltering heat, dust and dirt o.
the harvest field, until it became so DO.
grimed with sweat and filth that the
original color or texture could not be
distinguished, and when he came to the
conclusion that it had got to looking toe
bad, he would go to a store and buy o
new one and put over it. This process
he followed the year round, pulling out
the old shirts from underneath as fas,
as they rotted away sufficiently, thu:
avoiding the payment of any wash bills
He never bathed or washed his fragrant
carcass at any time yet, notwithstand'
ing all these adverse conditions, he found
o woman who fancied him enough &c
marry him. She said, "She'd seet
men a heap pootier than Julius, bu'
none more sensible" S~eents-Gble! Shit
was right.
We see plenty Of men loaiug abou'
town, whose reputation for cleanliness
would suffer from close inspection
They generally wear q sort Of gray o.
brown wooden shirt-some color which
will not show dirt scadily-and seldom
60 to the trouble or expense of washing
it. The collar is glazed round inside
with dirt, and vermin inhabit the seams
the coat is ragged and out at the elbows
pants worn completely out in the seat
and they cannot YEA socks at all. II
may be that is their only shirt if so,
they might get a bucket of water and
wash it out occasionally Of an evening
it would dry before morning +; mean
while, q coffee sack with holes cut fol
the arms and head, makes q very good
temporary shirt. Dirty men personally
are very liable to be dirty also in theil
language, thoughts and natural procliv'
tiles. They have a talent for telling
and appreciating dirty stories, doing
mean tricks, and should they ever
through any freak of circumstances, b'
elected to any prominent public posi-
ton, those who placed them there viii
be ashamed of them. Such men do no
seem to have a realizing sense Of how
dirty they are, or that others perceiveit
A dirty politician, let him be ever sc
we'll and Clearly dressed, will, like the
vulgar apple worm, deile anything ht
ever gets into or undertakes, and is NOR
ally sure to leave a dirty record behind