The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-04-17

l looked at him the hardest, and he
left another ink mark on his fore
head, from a pathetic motion of his
left hand, to quicken his apprehen-
sion of this meaning. why, yes
he reiterated, in a tone Of florced con-
fdence, as ilasserting an idea which,
though having been current a hun
drod years, might sdllbe countorfei-I
ted, for all he could show on the
spot, we print thoughts, to be sure
But, my boy,' | asked in honest So
bcrnass, what are thoughts, and how
can you get hold Of them to print
thom?' Thoughts arc what como
ont Of peoples minds hereplied:-
Get hold of them, indeed? Why
minds arn't nothing you can get hold.
OF, nor thoughts either. Allthe minds
that ever thought, and, the thoughts
that minds ever made, ,wouldn'tmaka
a ball as big as your fist. Minds, they
say, are just like air; you can't see
them; they don't make any noise,
nor have any color; they don't
weigh anything. For Doopcut, the
sexton, says, that a man weighs just
as much when his mind has gone
out Of him as he did before. No, sir.
all the minds that ever lived wouldn't
weigh an ounce troy.'
Then how do you print thoughts?'
| asked. 'if minds arc thin as air.
and thoughts thinner still and make
no n2.so, and have no substance,
shade or color, and arc Ike the
winds, and more than the winds,
arc anywhere in q moment, some
times in heaven, and sometimes on
elrth and in the waters under the
earth, how can you get hold Of
them? how can yIu see them whom
caught, OF show them to othcrs?'
EzolieI's eyes grew luminous with
a new idea, and posing his ink-roIl-
or proudly across the metallic pages
Of the newspaper, he replied:
Thoughts work and walk in things
''Iwhat make tracks, and we take
7 them tracks and stamp on paper, or
: iron, wood, stono or what not, This
is the way that we print thoughts.
Don't you underestimate
Il The pross:ian let 90 the lever.
" aad looked interrogatiVeIy at Ezeki-
;, el, beginning at the patch on his
d string!oss brogans, and following up
with his eye to the top Of the boys
: brown paper buff cap. Ezekiel com
pretended the felicity Of his ilIustra-
l. ton, and wiping his hands on bis
n tow apron, gradually assumed at
2 li!ude Of earnest exposition. / gave
$ him an encouraging wink, and SO he
o went on.
= Thoughts make tracks, he con-
7 tinu3d i4nprossiyoIy, as if evolving
Y a new phase of the idea by repeating
I it slowly. Seeing wo assentcd to
! this proposition inquiringIy, he step
, ped to the type case, with his eye
fixed adnonishingly upon Us
! Thoughts mare tracks, he repeat
, ed. arrangingj in his left hand score
or two OF metal slips, and with
these letters We can take the exact
impression Of every thought that
went out OF the heart Of human man; !
and we can print it too giving the
linked form a blow Of triumph with
his fist, 'wo can print it too. give us
paper and ink enough, ttil the great
round earth is blanketod around with
: a coverlid Of thoughts, as much like
, the pattern as two peas Ezekiel
! seemed to grow an inch at every
! word, and the brawny prossman
2 looked first at him. and then at the
J, press, with eyident asJonali,Iui,;.---
Q Talk about tho minds living foroy-
} 2rn exclaimed the boy, pointing pat
v ronizingIy at the ground as if minds
were lying there incapable OF I'M
G mortality until the printer reactl,oedci I'd It.
. a helping hand, why the world is \
: brimiuI OF live, bright, industrious
> thoughts, which would have been
D dead, dead as a stone, if it hadn't
J been for boys like me who have run
J the ink rollers Immortality indeed |
l. why peoples m:nds,' he continued,
: with his imagination climbing into
+ the profanolysubIimo.p .peoplo'sminds
S wouldn't be immortal if 'twasn't for
: the printcr3--at any rate, inthis here
! planetary burying ground. We are
tho chaps what manufactures inn
mortality for dead men, he subioia-
5 ed, slapping the prossman gracious
d y on the shoulder. The latter took
: it as if dubbed a knight of the legion
I of honor, for the boy had but the
mysteries Of hisprofessionin sublime
7 apocalypse. Give us one good
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