The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-05-06
AN ASPIRING EDITOR.

There is paper published somewhere
in Alabama which has a vignette with q
big eagle spreading his wings, and the
sun rising behind his back. This, though
may be typical of the character of said
paper, as the drift of its remarks, like the
sun, is not wholly visible. When the sun
gets above the eagles head, we expect
something lucid, very. This paper (Which
bye the bye, is denominated Southern
Mercury) is ambitious-exceedingly so,
and, as every individual who has become
distinguished has followed some pattern,
SOFT adopts some models. From what
the editor says about Prentice, we are in
clincd to think he is no great admirer OF
that celebrated X. NJ; but from his TAX
ing little extracts from other papers and
trying to make sharp hits, we think he
is an assecIe of the style of writing called
Prenticiana.
The PRAIRIE News is watched very
closely by the Argus-eyed Mercury, and
very frequently line or two is copied
and under it scintillates saw" which,
when read, no doubt, causes many to MUIR
mur, powerful assay, that ?" Ambit-
ion is very eommendablc-indeed, we
have no regard for any who are not am
bilious, and will do all we can for those
who desire to get in the "picters." 1t
is in this accommodating spirit we aid the
Mercury in gratifying its thirst for noto-
riety. Here's part of comment on
one of our says: "Neither of you has
gumption' enough to know what is the
n. Y. coat of arms" Well, it has been
sometime since we saw the N. Y. coat of
arms, but, if our memory is correct, about
the only difference between this N. Y
coat of arms and the vignette used by the
Mercury is, the eagle in one may have
one eye half shut, and in the other both
eyes may be wide open, or they diff
fer about at much as tweedledum and
tweedledee. Neither of you has," &c.
Amt that beautifully expressed. Where's
that ubiquitous individual, the schoolmas-
ter? You has done it, Mr.. Mercury -
you're salivated with your own pill
Talk about its being advisable for PosEy
to go to Souf C'lina-probably a trip to
the same State would improve your gram
mar. We have known many a Souf
China darkey who would have been ash
AIMED to say, "you has" That's bad
grammar-very, but it was Topographic
cal error-of course. Wonder if the
Mercury KS with the Marion american ?
That's a gay paper, that same Mercury.
We presume the editor is an admirerer
of that snob, N. Parker Willis, as he eff
fects the withstand mode of writing his
name.
The following is "notice" of the Mer-
cury, which we find in BrOwnlow's Wig.
RATHER SMALL GAME.-Therei is dirty little
lOcofoco sheet published in Alabama, edited by
one j. day barron, in which an abusive article APP
pears against the Editor of this paper. A friend
sends us the paper, saying " give him lift" The
want of ability as shown in the columns of the
paper and the poor style in which it is printed,
all Indicate that the game is too small Beside, we
have brought several obscure scribblers into no
tce, and added subscribers to their lists, by gring
them lifts. We have resolved to let such men slide
This fellow we never heard of before, and when
ace have failed to hear of man, he must be little
and unknown