The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-01-05

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suppose, standing up at q bar to drink,
or perpendicular drinking" as the
English call it. 1t is not chewing to-
bacco, nor yet does it consist in becom-
ing a gentleman of hastily acquired for
tune and going to Canada without go
ing through the form of giving.a fare
we'll banquet. 1t ~is-putting the feet
up on a chair, stove, mantel-piece, top
Of a wardrobe, q seat, OF any other
article Of furniture, accordingly as the
length and ~dexibility of one's figure re-
quire. >
A well known French writer depicts
her CONSERVATION On first entering an
American railway car, where she found
herself in a forest, a wilderness, SO to
speak, Of shoe soles. She gravely adds:
that the first view one obtains of an
American is of the soles of his feet
1t is as well in forming the estimate of
u national character to begin at the,
foundation; but this fact, doubtless, es-
capped the lady's attention in her sur
prise at the
GREAT NUMBER OF GRAIN ELEVATORS
she saw poised on the backs of the car
seats. This habit has greatly stimu-
lated American industry in adding to
our household furniture the article
called a ssfoot-rest." This is.becoming
more elaborate as we progress, and the
cushion or top of it is deliberately en-
broidered by the young American fe-
male for the male object of her affec-
tions, and-has been found very bene-
fetal as a relaxation of u mind too long
and intently exercised in the embroi-
derry of slippers. Hence its hearty en-
dorsement by the entire medical facul-
ty of America.
The cause of this curious habit of so
elevating the pedal extremities has long
been the subject of speculation by scien-
lists, philosophers and political COMO
mists. Some said it arose from a dis
position to GOODNESS of the feet, which
has caused the separation of so many
husbands and wives who had otherwise
the warmest feelings for each other.
Some say it is to keep the legs straight
and avoid that unfortunate resem-
blance to a knee-sprung horse, caused
by the pantaloons "bagging'' at the
knee. 1t is
WHISPERED IN POLITE CIRCLES,
in Laramie City that Nye corrects this
in the Ease of his own pants by wearing
them reversed-front side behind, as it
were-and that he persists in wearing
them so every other day, despite the
derisive remarks of the little boys that
he is walking the wrong way" take
up yer slack forward there" etc. But
we digress.
The habit has now become one of our
most cherished institutions, the I'M
written law Of the land, and its origin
and true meaning were discovered by
us after long study and strict confine-
ment 20 a diet of the phosphorescent
fish and the heterogeneous bean and cab
bage.
Darwin and others have shown how
we come from a long line of ancestors
up to the
APE WITH FOUR HANDS AMI A TAIL.
After chairs were made cheap and
comfortable the ancestral apes, by Sc
dentary habits, wore off the tail. Then
followed the upright position. This was
the apex of progress !!
We r now going slowly over to all
fouls again, swinging round the circle,
! nn1u mt with nrpr. hopkc nm lilo tho
progressive ape, but quite the reverse.
The ease with which we put up our
feet and sit, as it were, upon our shoul-
der blades, and with which our circus
actors and supple infant prodigies lean
back and touch their hands to the
ground, demonstrate that our race, un-
der the action of an ~irrevocable law of
nature, is on the decline. We are fast
becoming four-footed animals again,
with our backs down.