Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-10-05
THE DODGE CITY TIMES.
ABOUT FAT MEN.


tempor,ries. The world has accepted fair
amount Of fssh on q man's bones as good
sign. Cesar wanted about him, he said,
''fat, sleek-headed men. such as sleep O.
nights" He distrusted the lean and hun
cry Cassius," and with good reason, for
Cassius afterwards helped 10 murder
him.
70 be fat, no; obese, but just reasonably
fat, is sign Of contentsd dispotition, Of 4
body kept healthful by congenial and con-
slant employment; Of man who is at peace
with his fellow men, which implies sense
Of justice on his part, for men do not patient
ly endnre injustice Fat is the outward and
visible sign Of a man whose life suits him,
and whose ambitions are grati6ed. When a
man's luck is against him he begins to lose
flesh; disappointment is the great "Anti-fat"
prescription. When man begins to live
precAriously, or by his witt, with alternat.
ing fortunes, he gets thin, if he was ever fat,
and gets thinner il he was not. There are
few fist gamblers. or adventurers; it was .
long.nosed, thin-lipped. csdaverous dead
best who murdered President Garfield.
Fat men, if of quie: turn, sometimes
acquire reputation Tor sei6shness which lie
not entirely deserved. 1t has pleased Heav-
en- to surround men with certain near in
erests, their families, their personal friends,
their chosen occupation, or the city in
which they live. The quiet and even tenn
perej fat man confines himself to these-in
short, he minds his own business. He
takes little interest in windy schemes for the
benefit Of humanity in general; the condition
Of Patagonia and Of the interior OF Africa do
not interest him. He seldom, therefore,
becomes prominent as 8 vague, wild eyed.
wandering. wordy, windy "reformer." He
fails to spread himself over the face OF the
whole earth. His own immediate locality
is to him the sufficient field OF effort. Peo-
pie with thin but elastic stomachs when
flied al somebody else's expense, with skinny
necks and long hair, do not like him. They
think he is callons to the woes of universal
humanity" they are afraid he does not love
the Being whose name they pronounce
Cord"
The fat man lie not usually quarrelsome.
He is not so fidgety and nervous that he can.
not sit still and think, and the result Of his
reflections, meditations and observations is.
that most things are hardly worth fighting
about: that after world OF contention the
thing fought for is not always attained; and
the contented and wise lat man believes that
the mos; fragrant fool on earth is the little
man who snsps aud snarls, and cavils and
back bites, and is abusive and insultiug, not
with view of gaining anything in psrti-
cular, but merely to make somebody think
he is smart.
The common consent OF mankind has
settled on ii, that it is a good thing TO be
fat, as lar as weight indicates sound body
inhAbited by a sound mind. The two, wh,n
associated, will usually manifest themselves
in disposition to take on fat. II men
would dismiss needless worry, the result
would be an increase all around in avoirdu-
pois. The general rule for getting fat is to
dismi all vague projects and useless am
bitions; TO be not greedy Of wealth, and to
cultivate friendly relations with ones fellow
men. The greatest foe to flesh is q mean
and meddlesome disposition; spirit which
leads man to foment quarrels, when his
own bones are not in danger; to feel hurt at
the prosperity of another and TO prevent any