North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-04-13
For the No nth Iowa Times

For the North Iowa Times.
EDIroRs: - That principle in the
genus homo called MIND, how worldwide
it differs in manifestations and ramifca-
tons in different individuals. Some men
seem to be so constituted by nature, that
they will take nothing for granted anless
it be some creed or dogma, handed down
from parent to child, from generation to
generation, and which has been thorough
ly impressed upon their infantile minds
by kicks, cuffs, coaxing, or some other
kind of "moral suasion." They are hes
tile to every newly discovered science,
fearing that some one has become "wise
above what is written"-to everything
that might conflict with their "old fogy'
notiens-to every measure Of reform-to
all new sects and creeds, based upon more
liberal and enlightened platforms, as un-
natural and worse than useless innovations.
In short, to everything that conflicts with
their own branded, stereotypsd, contracted,
and "dark age" ideas. Every important
discovery in Science or Art is looked upon
with distrust or alarm, fearing that it may
clash with, or prove the unsoundness of,
their own bigoted and illiberal views. And
those very persons, too, as general thing,
with self-inAated vanity, imagine them.
selves to be the intellectual portion of a
benighted "humanity''-the great ''lights'
that unerringly guide the ignorant and
stumbling into the pathway Of Truth.
Such persons may, indeed, be ''intellect.
ual," but their slight like the latter
end of the lightning-bug, is only calcu-
lated to make the darkness their igno-
rance) more apparent. 1t was the pro-
fessors in this intellectual school who
denounced the discoveries of Gallileo,
Harvey, Newton, Franklin, Gall, Fulton,
Morse, &c. They will believe nothing
unless it be proven to a demonstration,
and perfectly satisfactory to every reason
able mind, and then they won't believe it,
should it happen to conflict with their
own narrow and primitive ideas. In
ninety mine cases out of one hundred
when you hear them denouncing or ridi-
culing some new science or ism, upon i'm
vestigation you will find them to be most
grossly ignorant of the principles upon
which such science or ism is based. Oh,
no they have too much sense to fool away
their time in the investigation Of such
"humbuggery," "quackery," &c.
And such are the men, too, who will
not believe that an airline railroad will
ever be built from Elkader to the moon,
(for the benefit, in part at least, of moon.
struck maidens, and hair, Drained editors,
or that there are telegraph lines and rail-
roads connecting the planets together, in
order that their respective inhabitants
may be social and neighborly. l think it
not at all unlikely that this same class of
individuals will cry ''humbug - "imposi>
ton p 'irnpossible!" ''can't be did ~
contrary to natur!'' etc., Especially
gan,mon) when announce the highly
important fact (which desigaed doing at
the commencement Of this article, but
forgot it, that genius of this village,
after exhausting prospective fortune
and his animal economy, has at length
discovered the modus operandi by which
silk purses may be manufactured ont of
hogs ears. He designs taking out a pat
ent. BY knowing ones it is thought this
will create a rapid rise in pork.
Yours doubtingly,
SINGLETUs SIcCA.
ELL adar A nril ST 1870