The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-07-08
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The Buffalo Commercial ADVERTISE has
chapter on the propensity Of editors of
somc cheap papers 10 constantly thfus,
thou individual. private. and domestic hf
fairs into the public incc--Jusi as though
the public were nightly Interested ~ inov.
ing all about 1u editors business uiurr than
any ones else, and expected 90 hc prompt
IN ADVISED accordingly. Then the admira-
uon these chaps have for each Others SO de-
lighted arv they that two such excellent"
STUART witty" whule-souled bricks "
fellows have found each other out,-aud
the familiar manner an which they post
themselves up before the public. by the
Jones saws" Smith SAYS and Brown
says'--how interesting. and how uneNcep-
uonable the TAsrI OF all tins. Most pco-
pie quietly laugh at 1t, and pity the N.
breeding which It displays while in as
many more It cNcites unaffected disgust
The knickerbockcr's "Bunkum Flag Staff
was by no means fiction. |, says:
Let IN look into an editorial column or
two, and see what we can find there. The
hrst paragraph, Hs a general thing, that
meets our eve, Is some very witty remark
respecting some other editor, whose name
is known 10 the writer and used iamillBrly
In the article. We ARE told perhaps that
Jones Of the Capital City Rescrpt Is
deuce Of fellow after the pcttcoNis, and
he had not better come this way after our
Bison girls. or there will be a row in the
house" To which Jones IN his next issue
replies that, "Smith need not be 80 hufiy,
and take ON so--the little piece Of calico
~ is after Is saie--and If he SHOULD lose
IT, lac has only TO come down TO the Capital
City ON wet day and he, Jones, will show
HIM Il pretticr face and ncatcT turned ancle
than was ever seen IN Bison" And then
out comes Smith again, and declares that
fellow Jones Is incorrgible--he has been
taking rde on the railroad with some fac
tory girls and has run cuzy, lie ought 60
J get married aud settle down." Passing on
TO the next editorial article of these "spicyn
young gentlemen, We find that the writer
has received friend Higgins note and
will be up there soon,' and wonders when
friend Higgins will come down the lake"
and " longs to shake him by the hand"
To which friend Higgins" replies in
similar strain. Lower down in the same
column we find something after the follow
ing style:
"Here isl gem from the rich cluster
thrown together by the hand of our accom-
plished and poctioal friend Boxer of the
Ethiopian:
, Wandering by moonlight last evening
the almost deserted streets, We beheld Il
female dressed in homely garments, with
an infant child clusped to her throblng
bosom. As we passed, n tear drop fell
from the females eye on the infants nose
glistened for moment like n diamond III
an Ethiop's ear and disappeared. We
hurried on. May not that tear have been
proof that that female wept? And may
not that female have wept because she had
had secret sorrow in her heart? Alas I!
such IL human nature :"
OF course Boxer, being duly grateful,
copies the next morning into the Bison
Ethiopian the compliment by which his own
paragraph was preluded. But TO return
of the particular column under examination
and we find the balance made up Of mott
ces OF delicious Strawberries, tempting clar-
ct or ice cream, sent to the fortunate edi-
tor by some puff seeker and few very
funny savings by some mysterious person,
known only To the editor, and by him In
troduced TO his readers under the pleasant
~ IappellatiJn of Hobbs" or Dobbs, ,"--or
+, " Snobbs.' As specimen of this re
I, markahle individuals wit we select the
=, following;
b. Miss Smith and Mr. White have Ueer
Y married whcreupon " Dobbs' teaA hi
n friend the editor that he fears the bride /,
IA unwcll. for lac noticed she turned "White'
ar Immediately after the ceremony. Dobbs /,
I'd a dreadful fellow.
it We woald seriously ask the own
,e crs of these " spicy little sheets and 'po
er ctical minds how much they imagine tn,
public care about Jones' passion for dimity
o. and calico, or their fnend Higgins letter
10 or the mutual admiration" pufls of silly
ID young men, or the excruclatlngly iunn,
q sayings Of Dohbs, or Hobbs, or Snobbs ?
a Business men take daily newspaper fo
O. the purpose Of reading the news, and gath
L. ing commercial and general information
r. Their time is precious, and the few mo
v mcnts they can spare from labor is devoted
- eagerly to the morning or afternoon Jour
ID nal OF how much interest 10 them is
m column Of the silly twattle we find 70 gen
orally introduced into the daily papers o
the present aee' Half Of them-perhap'
be a greater portion-are disgusted with sucl
lis trashy nonsense, and after glancing at th'
,n markets and telegnphic news,--throw asld'
It, the paper with disgust. They have growI
he weary Of such articles as II invariably con
tains, and a strong convection IL forced up