Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-11-08
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.

vi JOuIoJ IctlI bCI1 y va bLlC oCC1GG
of your life," answered a visiting
phrenologist, who was running his fin
gers nimbly over the oblong Uranium
of downtown cletk last evening on
Chestnut street.
Tell a young man what sort of a
girl he ought to marry" queried a re-
porter who had accidentally become
an unlimited guest.
Certainly. There is a prevalent
pinion that phrenology is a humbup,
and that all phrenologist has to do
is to run his fingers over the bumps on
the humrn head and figure out the
mind by them. This, however, is a
great mistake. | can tell this clerk
the kind Of a girl he ought to marry
BIB an exact scientific course of reaS-
oning.o
Based on facts?"
''Of course they are facts. When [
get through with the examination of
this young mans head I will take
pleasure in explaining them to you. :"
The phrenOlogist carefully adjusted
the tapc-lIne over the frOntalis mus
cles Of the clerk, drew it back to a
point even with the top of his ears,
and carefully noted the measurement
on q ten-cent Fowler & Wells chart.
That will do, )" he continued. BE
sure, now, and don't forget Blue eyes
and light hair She must not weigh
over $50" The clerk carefully pocket
ed the chart, put on his hat buttoned
up his overcoat and stepped out.
Do you have many persons consult
yOa as to their love affairS2o asked the
reporter.
Eyes, more than you could i'm
imagine, only they hate to be seen
coming il here Any body would
think the house had an indicate repu-
tation to note the way many of my
friends shoot into the room.
Men prefer to keep their love
affairs secret !" suggested the repor-
ter
"Oh, yes; but still I see no reason
why
How do you find out the special
lOve-bent OF the mind?"
In this way: | first Judge of the
temperamentO of the person who enters
the room. This | am enabled to do in
simultaneously. If theyoung man is of
vital temperament, and his mind runs
in matter-Of-fact channel, he is apt
to look with favor upon a young lady
OF mental temperament. Knowing
this, l draw the philosophical inference
that young lady of deep blue eyes,
flaXen hair and eyebrows is the fate
intended woman for that young man. "
What about the form?'
'Well, a young man of vital tenn
fNt1t ~ L,
as he does on that ideaIistic formation
of the face which the physiognOmists
call the Grecian, which is nothing
more, however, than an imaginative
excellency. On the other hand.
young man of motive temperament
always prefers a girl of vital tempera-
ment, Who cares less about the ideal
and takes q more sober view of life.
This Is also true of young men of
mental-mOtiVe temperament.
AS A RULE,
the more angular the temperament
The greater the admiration for the OBJ
pOslte extreme"
But how do you weigh the rela-
tive phremoslng patient [ first fix
the names of the chronological organs
definitely IN my mind, and then draw
from the general appearance of my
visitor an inference as to the extent of
his or her development. In this [ am
rarely deceived. The same phre-
biological organs, of course, apply to
all classes of visitors. There are some
thirty organs in all, which can roadi-
ly be localized and remembered. A
phrenologist's skill depends, of course,
upon his facility of adaptation. A
phrenologist, if he is any account,
will not depend so much, however,
upon this specific scientific principle
IN unravelng human nature as upon
his knowledge of the world and intui-
tive grasp of character, from the hints
the are inseparably linked with the
general bearing of man.
Have you any special principle by
which you determine the tempera-
ment?'
yes, sir. The phrenologist CLASH
fies the temperaments in a way dis
tinct from the Psychologist. If man
IS made up mostly of bone, sinew and |
muscle, we denominate him 3 man OF
motive temperament. If he possess
es large abdomen, lungs and vital |
force, we denominate him a man of 7
vital temperament. If he is built on
the nervous principle, with large
brain, poor digestion, small bony
framework, and general refinement
of bearing, we denominate him a man
Of mental temperament. The thing
of temperamentsl lies at the basis of all
our observations 1t would be diff
cult to clearly state what we mean by
temperaments, though it lies at the
bottom of everything we teach.
Made much of a haul this week?'
well, can't complain [ have
sold quite number of busts, and
chronological upward af hundred. +"
A Terrible Encounter.
From Monticello n. Y. comes the
following dispatch: