Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-06-03
For the Arkansas Intelligencef.


for a more troublesome dog never existed. B.
For the Arkansas Intelligencef.
Faith, Hs all LATIN to me-" guoth Pat
During my absence an idle scribler rather
unceremonousIy pounced upon my comet ar,ic!esarr
but should feel grateful for his considerate mag.
nanimity, in Offering his bilious structures
whilst was out Of their reach, so as net to wound
my feelings.
We'll, and in what had offended tho sapient
critic Banks!" Why, faith, by having tha tpre.-
lmption" (Which should be chccked'') to let
drop, in an unguarded moment, u phrase or two
Of latin! Well, now truly, as | understood but
half dozen words of latin myself, | was sure
these were familiar to every school-boy, else |
shouldn't have known them but our friend, who
has no doubt g Iarned the hull ont" and has it
pat, at the tips Of his fingers, as tho multiplied.
lion table, fully appreciates the absurdity of pro-
tenders dabbling in what they don't understand.
And, troth, am Of the same notion myself: as
proof of which, but look at my second communi.
cation, Banks, and you'll hardly find syllctI.
latin gbberish"- ID p-iGe whole "gided BALL"
! But protest moro ignorance than malice--I was
unaware of tho danger | was in of being cotch
at my tricks TO deceive "untutored and credu.
!ous minds" but now that | know we have a con.
frmed critic amongst US, I'll be on the look out,
| warrant. However, though conscious of a fault.
"once was kit,en,'') that it was mortal "sn,
to quote "larned' phrase, just by way Of '.show.
| ing off, when so many others. not merely Of the
''gded," like his humble servant, but of tho "si.
mon pure" writers, were constantly commit ting
! the same crime.
But I'll just whisper in the ear of friend Banks.
SOS nobody may hear-and I" hopin' no offonce''
that ken the cause Of his sticking so much at
| latin" phrase-l fear ii ,cas ALL latin 10 you
Ec. LII r Al -l--l-
you understand, trow: perhaps IS lunar rain.
bow was before your perspicacious eyes. But
that telescope happened to mention-how it graf
ed his delicate ear! beg pardon and plead ig-
norance so now, good Banks, please favor us with
the meaning Of Telescope" you are furnish.
ed with "cyclopedas-' was so sap-headed as
to think them optical instruments for viewing
distant objects;'' and didn't know that nothing
could be a telescope whose price wasn't near
twenty thousand doIlars,''
Howbeit, the gravest charge is yet to COM
lie has found out that in my remarks on Comea
had the downright impudence to express thS
same facts, in my " own wording" that were to
be found elsewhere! looks founders bur what
discovery! And mark the disinterestedness Of
'mpartng it all to the world " free gratis for no.
thin !'--he ought to have had patent right, these
hard timcs. for such laborious resea rch. Well,
that beats Aunt Kale's whipping machine, all hol-
low. So evcry writer who undertakes to give /,
the established theories on any subject, Is gnihf
Of plagiarism if he expresses the same ideas
though in " his own wording' that are to be ioun'
in other works! Poor fellows all our eiemeh''
ary authors have been 'moon strucNE,~~ as wen Us
some dozens of newspaper scrbb!ers; AZ during
the late phenomenon, there was scarce a peri la'cH
but furnished us article or "comets," hen'
" shone in borrowed light" yet should guesJ\ \hf
one of them suspected I" master spirit wodS
cd t,r1
press untutored and creduous minds that tho
IDEAS were all orig ginal with them. Till this late
''developemeut," for ono (sinaer as wns) tho't
every body would know that | hadn't lived
through all the past ages to make the discoveries
and calculations there enumerated.
The first article wrote IN bedcnce to the re-
quest of some worthy friends, because. as they
said, many were entirely ignorant Of the c6freaat
theories of comets, and rather looked upon them
as harbingers of some dreadful event, than as na.
tural phenomena !: yet, lest | should be accused
Of assuming more than intended, was careful
to indcatein the first paragraph Of the first piece
that wrote for " such as had not at hand some
treatise OIL the subiect;" Of course, giving to un
dersiand that the same could be found in asro.
nomical works" cyclopedias,' perhaps should
say. But suppose this remark had escaped tho
observation" Of neighbour Banks for he discov.
cred that was" toiing hard to impress my rea.
Gers with show Of n tarnal sight Of larnn."
Men of such deep research will no. be deceived;
and am now pleased that creditGble witness
has stepped forth and voluntarily teslifies that
what said is to be found in his encyclopedias
was before afraid some might dispute the au'
thentici,y Of my notes.
i will be understood Of course ms referring 70
the general remarks on comets or will 'Banks' :
say that my special notes and telescope q mean
y-glassie) observations were also " extracts IA.
From .y..INr H. ur..L nf
these, the only originality dreamed Of Tor
thought of being accused of) claiming, was the
latter part Of the last number, where hazarded
the opinion, how absurd soever it may 90, that tho
:" tails Of comets are not substances at all, but
mere eoioured rays Of igM or saadops; to which