Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-08-22

liz paSiBIS, IT 4H'l-iS' 20
- ma, Is re can recolIoct, the unpretend-
y, 70, slizhtiy comprehensive motto in which
I'M irie tsay quiuquagesimo} affair inxuriated' in
-.,;.I i,oa- Juvenile days we spOrtedas a quill
hi, heading, which being Interpreted, reads;
-,,..rni,.s all things, and particular things, as
elias some other things it has occurred to us,
-, We TOW at all ambitious Of a standing cap
~, s3t tlis column, would be altogether vague
"A ;,Jefuitc enough to set forth the known pre-
t,,i9ns of this rarto a newspaper
To do the local properly is feat; and in
,.,,..itsn, of certain events is not Il whit less
,.a,i,.abe and altogether As ercaitable as that
a. ious old Augean performance of Hercules
,5s.alf The LEGAL seems to be a thing OF life,
,.,,r.l with regular instincts and propenstties;
its geneaiosy and idiosyncrasics are of the
,sa, nond,script. 1t not only changes color
sfl all the facility of a chameleon, but changes
Il, entire essence at least once in every twenty
Elr hours.
l.hrs an Cxpansivencss equal to double
Grinder telescope, yet cn contract itself, accor-
lin, to hurnor, in the smallest imaginable space
Wien senial hulnor is upon it, it becomes
,.sc.amis and presents wonderful variety
s,s. il become moody, and it cuts the visits
1t Is friends, and gives very laconic and cold
Information. The Local, as general thing, de
lights strangely in the terrible; the 'nishaPs o
humanity are lis forte. Even an iuconsiderablt
are.hgrse runaway thrills it-causes q s"rdon'
,ui!., half suppressed by the thought that tn
,...strople NAV not be sufficiently thrilling
Erlosion, and collisions beset grins Of tn
...sest size on the face of the Local-grins de
rtisal which have no parallels, save pcrhap
d tie sybiIiistic sneers Of the Macbeth witches
iathen,hc Local, when it comes to jot dow
a,a9s.rya;ianS in its diary, which generally
r, gber second thought, sometimes feel
.=s,iiracs perhaps affects, . very different M
L. 1t seems tremuIOus, heart-hrOken, wit
es most sympathetic emotions. 1t takes u
Ii most lamcutable ieretniads; seems like IL
7..cs in Raraah to refuse all consolation; talk
e i7reparable losses, and how it is ''pained,
tisrea" and distressed" to hear of thcs
free
lls Local is very much Of n Plarisee, HlthouS
~ sl.eE the strictcst sect; but still as : gener
;iac has leaning to the publican style.
rs,s,ss them who favor it, or what is the san
Tag contributes to the other branches of i
a.aiy. over which it exercises the function
seasur-,eneral. The Local, although penetr'
lug and astutc beyond all common aPPrehe'
,ioa, sees particular gems of qualities in thu
aaa wh, visits it with an oyster eau or la
ket ct straNherries-a melon, or any thin
ii palatabe kind. The sight of dollar, b
Gets emotions, of which old Mammon himse
lad no conception, in the head Of the Local.
The Local becomes moyed-pathetic, killingl
'''Iched directly as the square of the remuner'
ion which comes within its view. Along (casl
advertisement placates the most deep seatt
Astsed in its heart; it sees that mans wares
Al aPpFeciltiSe Tiew: handles them before Il
Po6ae eye with magic that signor Blitz in b
pti'Hies' day would have coveted. No Pet
FUNK sSss more dextrously concealed galvar
7ias Of any kiad than can this same Local \
pIe'e OF animated creation is 50 much thong
q by city people; more dreaded by evil doe
tan this same mysterious intangible Local. HI
FFe-ioi the Local hears the cry Of fire.