Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-09-07
The RAcISE ADVOCATE makes the follow.
ne quotation from the Herald:

ing quotation from the Herald:
mex, Racine-which has more promp,oes.
union. energy. and public spii;, iton any o,be,
young town in the world-havloe already a.
chieved much. and being capable Of achieving
almost everything"
The Advocate comments thereupon as fol.
lows: and concludes with a grand pangyric on
e. the protein editor of The Herald; pane.
gyrlc containing about equal proportions of The
double extract ofirony, and of the quintessencs
Of Irish blarney.
The above is rather too powerful for sines
dose. II should have been either diluted or ad.
mlnlsiered piece meal, or concealed in soma
sweet meats. However, for the good of The
place. and considering the writer's honestv Of
Intention, we have concluded 10 swallow i,
with the following conditions, qualifications.
and substraciions, viz: First. Although all
works OF fiction are founded upon fact, yet the
foundation Is generally very small compared
win the superstruclure, Second. We must
allow tor the poetic license. A writer, in or.
der 10 make forcible. striking, foil. and har-
monlous sentence, must be permitted at times
10 give 10 truth all the expansibiIity of India.
rubber. Third. Our town Is united because
there but one place for harbor, one place for
business, and one great interest in il. Fourth.
We have been en.erprising and helped our.
selves, because no one else would help u.s.
A visl.er complinenting Voliaire on the growth
and fourishlng condition of some trees in his
grounds, 'Ay,' said the French wit, rhey have
nothing else TO do The Raciners have MOTH
ing TO do but to be enterprsng.
Now that the morsel is down and partly d.
gesed, let US turn TO the pro.iem Editor of the
Herald, and lecture him on the laws Of coarte.
sy. You should make your approaches more
circuitously snd insinuatingl say the
thing itself, but the thing that implies it,
make out circumsantial case, and not one Of
direct proctor where a compliment meets
one full in the face, and there is no ambiguity,
and no room for implication. it is exceedingly
embarrassing. In the warfare ofcouresy, The
castle is never taken by storm, but always by
siege. Er gratia.
There is a certain writer who has all the Vi.
vaciy and eccentricity of Randolph, the sound
common.sense of Madison, the naluraness and
simplicity Of Irving, and, wilhal, continual
and abundant flow of the choicest humor.
Wherever he paints. you will observe the good
hue and his writings are perfect picture gal.
lery, Including portraits, landscapes, carica,
lures, heroic and historic pieces, and sketches
Of fancy and Imagination.
'sHis mouth he scarce can ope,
But out there flies tropen
There are, on every page. so many Scinillations
of w.t. coruscations of genius. bright flashes of
Imagination, that The reader is entranced, and
imaglnes himselfin some fairy garden. here
walks, trees, flowers fountains, grottoes, stat.
nes, paintings. shows. plays, music. and fire.
works are so skillfuly arranged aud united as
TO produce one harmonious and dazzling effect.
Could we make our pen drop ink into such
curiously wrought sentences, We would WELD
no other instrument
So then it seems that our handsome and
accomplished friend, the Editor of The Racine
Advocate, has become a sudden convert 10 Tho
homeopathic practice CT praise; forsooih he
deals ont ha'tery in "infnitessimaI quantiiies.''
as tutor Smell dealt cards! He recommends
broken doses Of flummery-: praise IN small
potions, well gilded and by way Of a speci-
men Of refined adula,ion. sends rs boius Of
irony as big as an apothecary's shop, inge-
niously done up 10 the manner Of DR.. Sher-
mans celebrated lozenges, which "children
cry form so many newspaper ADVERTISE
ments. A poor fellow in The mines, ventures
to scatter few divergent reflections along the
shore of lake Michigan; when suddenly he
finds himself scorching in the focus Of burn
ing glass;-singed, crisped, cindered! We
certainly said nothing in praise of Racine
which we did not fully believe. We do no,
deal in antiquities. Wesay "the thing itself"
Language of such express import may send a
blush manliug over the face Of Racine; the
dose may seem to produce slight nausea, but
these symptoms are not alarming. Racine
will thrive; and when the nausea turns and
La Belle begins TO be convalescent. let her
hunt amongs, The late files of the Advocate.
for that rooster; 10 make herself a EHk chieks'
broth for diet! G.
THE PRAIRIE FARNER.-The September
number of this admirable Agricultural period
ical. is before us. If,his paper is true ex-
- 10 ia-of tho sDirit al