Widnes Examiner. — 1903-03-06 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

FURTHER EXTENSIONS CONTEMPLATED. ; The Chairman briefly introduced the lecturer who re- At a meeting of the Water Special Sub-Committee I marked that the aim of the lecture was to trace as far held on Monday afternoon it was resolved that on the , as may he done in the existinz state of knowledge, the relation between the apparatus of mind—the brain— recommendation of the Water Committee the tender of I . ! and the processes which occur within the brain. In the Messrs Bennie and Thompson, contractors, Warrington be accepted for the laying of the new distribution ' year 1880 ,two eminent doctors 'a tttended lectures i having undertaken to complete the work with Paris by Dr. Gall and they thought that the mind and mains,they soul displayed the activities of the I.l:ain. Mind conin a period satisfactory to the sub-committee. A letter was read from Messrs. Read and Waring with respect to ; 1 sists of a number of different organs and faeulties which i are assigned to it. One had only to got the head of p , the roper laying of the new mains. It was resolved someone and find out which part was prominent and I that Messrs. Bennie and Thompson be requested to give ; then see which of these faculties distinguished his an undertaking that they will employ experienced men ! : character. This we call the bulk. The manner in in the laying of the mains to the satisfaction of the ! ! ! which they search for these bulks or faculties Council's engineers. The Chairman reported upon his was somewhat haphazard. Fo: example what is the faculty that distinguishe the pickpocket interview with Mr. Leslie as to the obtaining of additional land for the purpose of driving headings and i ! ' , Pickpockets are distinguished by acquisitiveness. Dr. read a letter from Mr. Leslie stating that he 1 Gall had amongst his acquaintances a lady who was in was willing to let the Council have an additional 1 business as a milliner. He found that she was prominacre of land on the north side. It was resolved that the Council be recommended to lease an acre of land ent about here—indicating a spot at the back of the ' head—this was called the bump of constructiveness. , from Lord Newton on the terms stated. The question , Then he looked at the head of a dog and found that a • of the appointment of a suitable man to superintend the prominent bump in the same position denoted destruct: laying of the new mains was left to the Chairman iind . ' i iveness. They would always find that men were in- ' the Water Engineer. I variably distinguished by that mark, viz., a small lump! Dr. J. Campbell Brown, the County Analyst certified just above the nape of the neck. At a result of this, it I that the quality of the water from the 190 feet heading ' was pointed out to Dr. Gall that the murderer Thirskill lin the red sandstone, was "excellent," and Dr. Percy I had a bump of benevolence b3caase he had once pre- I Frankland, F.R.S., Birmingham, certified that the "water ' seated a friend with 10s. These bumps can never be iis of the most excellent quality for drinking, washing j displaced. But he was not going to take up their time : and manufacturing purposes; indeed it would be diflii with a lecture about phrenology. He could very well . cult to find it water possessing a composition better j leave that part to the chairman. Mind is the display suited to the purposes of a general town's supply." The minutes were approved on the proposition of Mr. lof the enormous activities of the brain. One could get ! Ithrough life very comfortably without giving the brain : C. B. F. 13orron. any work. Looking out of the window is not thinking. i