Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-03-25


Uncle Sam, but they would obeyneither.
Gold is an irresistible magnet. 1t is a
universal fetish, and men render It pri-
mary allegiance. .'...e:
Written for the Herald !.
Noses. >@
If any one imsgines for one moment
that this is subject which has no claim
upon his attention, he deceiyes himself,
his intentions are false, his eomprehen-
sion of truth and justice bHghted. A
man may be dead to every sense of
moral obligation, he may fail in his du-
| ties to society and his. wife's relatives,
but, with any remnant of self-respect,
he can never, no, never cease to hold in
everlasting remembrance his indebted
| ness to that organ, whose utility we ac-
knowledge, and whose charms we sing.
| From time immemorial it has been
customary TO vilify, lampoon and reyile'
the nose; to. ignore both its beauty and
usefulness, to heap upon it all manner
of contumely and abuse yet this faith
| full friend never forswears allegiance TO
the ungrateful face whereon it rests, is
| always at the fore in any fight. and is
ready and willing to bear the brunt of
every battle, a fidelity which reaps its
only reward IN the stigma of offieious-
ness and the sanguine sequel TO the fray
! for alas
''Those who in battle interpose,
Must often wipea bloody nose" T.. r.
! Lavater, in his day, made desperate
effort to clear away the nebulas of igno-
!miny which floats around this belied APP
! pendage. II any of our readers question
the motives of this old party, who at
tempted to diffuse an oder of respectable
4 ity about the human nose, they have only
| to turn to any picture of his face, and
read the answer thereon. 1t has come
down to us, as recorded by his pen, that
tthe nose is the chief ornament of the
countenanee the abutment of the
! brain. +" KS 4. r. =.
Lest this expression should give rise to
an erroneous conclusion, ii becomes nee
essary to explain that nose may a6ut.
well, and still not be Indicative of extra
ordinary intelligence. While it is. con-
ceded that powerful noses are seen on
faces of every stamp, il is equally true
that small ones seldom accompany in
| tellect of an unusual order. However
handsome or ugly, the features of the
man of dominant intellect may be, the
nose accords with the brain in magni-
| tude. That Napoleon recognized this
| physiognomicai fact is evidenced by his
assigning men with large noses to re-
sponsible positions, asserting that full
inhalation promoted clear thought.
Where mind ends and matter begins,
in other words, whether the brain in1u-
| ences the form of the nose, or the nose
| affects the formation of the brain, are
questions too deep for the writer's phi
| losophy; but that there exists relation
between the two seems indisputable.
| Audubon's nose is said to have become
beaked. The idea occurs to the shall
low investigator, that if he had contin-
ued his pathological studies long
enough, he might perchance have devel-
oped talons and plumage.
When the nasal organ is set up on a
narrow base, bringing the eyes closely
together, we say it indicates marrow
mini" The owner of snub nose has
feelings, it is supposed; nevertheless, he
is not apt to be sensitive, manifestiug
withal an righteousness of speech, which
| might lead one to surmise that both his
susceptibilities and his nose had become
blunted by banging against the opinions
| of others.
The pointed nose -a09ir bon mex, as
the French says an index of cunning,
wit and satire. We see this nose in the
face of Voltaire, which is said to present
a combination of the eagle and the mon
key, an analogy extending to his literary
productions, uniting as they do, the
range of the former with the malice of
the latter.
A hooked nose, after the manner of
the conventional Mephistopheles, shows
a tendency to chronic diabolism, hypo-
! chOndrla ana meIancHUly. IL you, lutel-
ligent reader, wear upon your face
such an outward sign of a. spiritual
faint, tweak it, cut it off, or do any
thing else to eradicate its predlspositi0n
to gloom. / am of the opinion that the
man or woman who canRot be .wretched
without making those around wretched
too, ought. to be sequestered till the evil
hour has passed away: Under the dew
ish dispensation, the nose was held IN
higher rephte than at present, only those
with perfect noses being eligible to the
Sarcedotal office. Lev. 21:19.) As q
child, the old nursery doggerel made a
| strong impression upon my mind il. con-
nection with this fact.
n '.Says Aaron to Moses. Er#
Let's cut off our noses '-re
4 Says Moses to Aaron. 3.tEE.
Il @ It's the fashion to wear 'em p