would crawl out of his bed, after he became extremely feeble, to help himself, rather than trust the key with another, lest they should eat a mouthful of it.

His brother married, but kept his family on the most economical fare; and when old, though worth several hundred thousand dollars, picked up and pocketed nails and pieces of iron, found about unfinished buildings.

The cattle of his son strayed into a neighbor's yard, some three miles off-perhaps because not fed at home-who, not knowing whose they were, weighed out their hay, and charged its usual price, which this acquisitive son of this acquisitive sire refused to pay; to say nothing of the labor of feeding. Many similar stories of his meanness are told of him; and the entire family, for three generations, have been miserly. of their heads, which I examined, was short, and very broad at Acquisitiveness, but small at Self-Esteem-just the organization which usually accompanies penuriousness. They are all close, though honest; yet GIVE nothing.

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The W―s, of West Fallowfield, Pennsylvania, in all their numerous branches, are close-fisted and tight in their dealings.

The M- families, of ER, Vermont, are exceedingly acquisitive, very penurious, and all rich-so much so as to give rise to the neighborhood proverb, " Any one who has but one drop of Mblood in his veins is sure to be rich.' To keep their money in their families, they have generally married COUSINS.

Facts everywhere abound, in which this desire to get and keep money is transmitted, from miserly father to penurious son, generation after generation, and also extend out and down through all the side branches of their relatives and descendants. Whoever will observe this point, will be surprised at the many illustrations of this hereditary law found in every community. And in general, those who most resemble the old acquistive stock in likeness 312, also take after them in loving money. The converse is generally true of generosity and extravagance.

Yet the descendants of the rich not unfrequently squan

der lavishly the earnings of their acquisitive ancestors.

This is accounted for in two ways without invalidating this hereditary law. 1. The CHILDREN of very acquisitive parents generally love money, yet less than their parents, because, having had all their wants supplied, and not been obliged to earn money, they do not know how to spend it-Acquisitiveness having decreased from inaction 215. In their children it is generally still less, while their luxurious style of living has weakened both body and brain, and hence they make a poor use of their fortunes. 2. The second generation gene

rally marry those more extravagant than saving, and this leaves Acquisitiveness weak by inheritance in their children. This provision in nature against the accumulation of property in the hands of the few, is inimitably beautiful, and confers more good on society than is imagined.

LOVE OF PARTICULAR KINDS OF PROPERTY,

As of given kinds of food 356, is also entailed. This has been already incidentally shown in the case of the Jews 349.

GEORGE LITTLE, who emigrated from London to Newbury in 1640, and was remarkable for physical strength, great shrewdness and sagacity, and extraordinary power of intellect, selected two of the best tracts of land in the town, one of which he and his descendants have occupied above Two CENTURIES. The Newbury town records direct that "The Select-men shall take care and see that George Little fences in no more land than his due." "And this passion for acquiring LANDED property in preference to any other kind, has been transmitted unimpaired throughout his descendants to the present time, most of whom own immense tracts of land, of the very best kind. There is hardly any end to their real estate. For two centuries they have also ranked among the first in town for sound judgment and strength of intellect."

Similar cases of the descent of love for the same KINDS of property from generation to generation, are as common as hat of oaks from oaks, or sheep from sheep.

THE FORGING PROPENSITY.

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PROPENSITY TO COMMIT GIVEN CRIMES,

Also runs in families, and the same families, as in transmitted insanity generally perpetrate the same class of crimes. Thus Capt. W. G., one of the first settlers of N., a man of superior talents and much influence, in 1676 FORGED a military account against the State, in order to put money in his own pocket. He left town soon after his conviction.

One of his descendants, Col. S. G., cheated a soldier out of his pay, and when exposed, wrote a most humble apology, which is now on file in the Mass. State-house, Boston. Capt. S. G., his nephew, forged a deed of land, and some of his living descendants still manifest a like propensity, namely, large Acquisitiveness and Secretiveness, and small Conscientious

ness.

One of them was examined by the author in 1844, and found to possess this organization. Two Captains and one Colonel in the same line, and their forging MILITARY accounts, indicate the transmission of the MARTIAL as well as cheating disposition.

A FAMILY OF FORGERS.

The Barre (Mass.) Patriot, says that "a box containing $125 in counterfeit bills was discovered in the cellar wall of Thomas Winslow of that town, who was ordered to find bail in the sum of $1000. He has for many years been suspected of dealing in counterfeit money, and has been once or twice arrested for the offence, but escaped for want of sufficient evidence.

"The family with which he is connected is not a little notorious in the annals of crime. His brother, Mark Winslow, was a noted counterfeiter, and probably the most ingenious ever known in that State. About twelve years ago he was sentenced to the State Prison for life, and on the eve of removal committed suicide by cutting his throat. Edward, another brother, was also a counterfeiter, and for that and other offences has been an inmate of the State Prison, and of nearly half the jails in that State. He is now at the poo house in that town. Lucretia, a sister, was connected wi the same gang, and signed the bills. She was wonderfull

expert with the pen, and skillful in imitating signatures. She married a man by the name of Chapman, who was murdered in Pennsylvania some years since.

"She then lived as the wife of a noted imposter, Mina, and they were both arrested and tried for the murder. Mina was hung, but she was acquitted, although not without very strong evidence of having prompted or connived at the death of Chapman. She subsequently wandered through the South, connected with a strolling theatrical company, and died a few years since. One of her children is now in Barre. She was a woman of great talent, if it had been honestly applied, and of singularly winning manners. Another sister of the Winslows married Robert Green, and still another married Jesse H. Jones, and both Green and Jones were connected with the gang of counterfeiters that used to infest that region."

The parricide DUBARRY, recently condemned to death at Tarbes, France, was to have been executed on the 12th February. The criminal archives state that one of his ancestors, named like him, Jean Marie Dubarry, was executed for a similar crime on the 12th Feb., 1764. Singular coincidence of crime, name, and date.

A LYING GIRL was brought to the author for phrenological examination, who, when talked to, appeared exceedingly sorry, and often said, "If I could always tell the truth, how many more things I should get by it, which I now lose. I dont want to lie so, but somehow it seems as though I can't help it." Her uncle evinced the same deceptive disposition, even when truth would have answered his purpose equally well. Kindred cases are to be found in every town and neighborhood, and the annals of crime bear abundant testi

mony to the same point.

But why enlarge?

CAUTIOUSNESS AND APPROBATIVENESS ENTAILED.

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CAUTIOUSNESS, APPROBATIVENESS, SELF-ESTEEM, AND FIRMNESS

TRANSMITTED.

359. CAUTIOUSNESS ENTAILED.

THE author, in his professional practice, has seen thousands of instances in which excessive timidity, irresolution, procrastination, and cowardice pervade whole families a parent, and all the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, who take after the timid ancestor. Especially where the mother is full of fear, are her daughters apt to resemble her in this respect. Such mothers should therefore bear in mind, that in their children Cautiousness is almost certain to be too large by ENTAILMENT, and therefore should not be re-increased by being told perpetually to "take care;" and also that their own excessive timidity apprehends danger where there is none, and thus perpetually cautions them, whereas they should be soothed and emboldened. Being too large, all possible pains should be taken to DIMINISH it by inaction, instead of still farther developing it by being constantly cautioned and alarmed. This direction appertains equally to all the other faculties. Many parents punish their children for faults, which these very children inherited from these punishing parents. In such cases they should punish THEMSELVES, and pity their children instead of chastise.

The love of praise is likewise transmitted. Excessive vanity, and desire to swell and make a great bluster, also runs in families. Thus GOWARD, who, in his advertisements, claims to be the greatest teacher of writing, book-keeping, geography, history, languages, painting, music, vocal and on all manner of instruments, dancing, and the whole round of the sciences and accomplishments, has immense Approbativeness, which, unrestrained, boasts and swells; and several of his cousins, whom I have examined, have possessed, like him, an enor