Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-04-23

MICAWBER TURNED UPD AGAIN |
PHRENOLOGY AND POLITICS
New YoRK, April II. 1868.

on Trinity Church steeple. It's
tip-top sport. Being built on
fine site the sight is fine. What q
spectacle is the North River, as
also the East, which makes two
spectacles. There are villages
and towns farther than the eye
can reach. There's New York
bay over the left. People are gen.
orally dizzy when they are high,
I'm told. / was SO high that /
got dizzy. Icould see so far down
that / got down see sick. Icould
not see then. Things took such
q turn. At one time the Herald
Office was engaged in Waiting with
the Astor House, while the City
Hall was making desperate at
tempt to enter st. Paul's Church.
1t was a failure. Probably the
Common Council was in session.
| I waited few moments for my
hotel to. come around. But it
didn't. / had to run down and
walk up to it.
Visited Wells's chronological
Museum yesterday. It's free in-
stitution-filled with"dead heads. .
Professor wished to feel of my
head. Told me to uncover. |
told him to feel of it with my hat
ion. The hat was felt. / then
took it off. He examined my wig.
Said he knew there was some
thing in my head was full Of
life. He dwelt long time on a
bump caused by a sidewalk falling
against it while l was taking my
roommate home from a primary
election. Roommate was very
drunk on that occasion. He
thought he was taking me home.
/ had an awful headache next
morning. l felt dragged OUT
Professor said large lump denoted
great inquisitiveness. Said | had
a searching mind. Told me to
search if l had q quarter in my
pocket. Called that experimental
phre-nology. Professionalism ]
had mentioned my name-con-
Quoted me round the Museum.
Showed me all the heads. Some
were plaster casts. Said they cast
lots. Told him / was opposed to
gambling. Showed me the skull
Of Mulligan. Mulligan was an
acrobat. Made his last appear
ance on a tight rope at the City
Prison for the benefit of the public.
Broke his neck in the perform
ance.- Next, showed me skulls of
men killed in the war. Professor
observed as a curious fact that
those slain in battle were general
ly aged-having balled heads
In the next row was skull of a
boatman; it was not for sail. 1t
looked oar-dinary. Poor fellow
he had run his race. We next
paid our attention to the females. |
They were seemingly old maids
being laid on the shelf, in tiers.
l couldn't tell them from the heads
of the males. Professor said they
had a little more jaw. He did
not speak of their signs.
In the above paragraph l incl
dentally referred to a primary cleo
ton. / have no curiosity left to
see another. Roommate intro
duced me to Grand Army Hall as
"sound Republican from Boston"
Gentlemen present apparently glad
to see me. "Young Bruiser" and
Fourth ward Pet" retail oyster
merchants, were quite boysterous
in their greeting. Permit me to
indulge in saying they were clam
orous. Asked.me to try their mus
Gle. Gave my hand grasp of
friendship. Felt like preliminary
move Of juvenile earthquake.-l
They were probably laboringunder
lelusion that they were shaking |
he huge paw of the whole Mas +
'achusetts Radicalism. After +
wards insisted upon my drinking. +
Called for ten kegs of lager beer. r
Threatened to thrash me if / did =
1T drink two of them. Prospect
Thought my time had
ome. "Bruiser" borrowed my b
watch. Knew my time was gone. 5
Told "Pet" l was a tee-totaller. h
said / ought to go in then for put a
ing liquor down. l "put down" t,
he two kegs-under protest. e
soom-mate drunk and placed in d
hair. Imagined himself chair
IAN and called meeting to order.
Bruiser" made several motions in Y