Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-18
For the Yindicator.

For the indicator.
My friend paul Poplin" like an angry
snake, seems Inclined to bite himself, me,
and all the world because, seeing COM
munication in the .Spectator' before the
last, and suspecting what the author would
be at, | good naturally came to his aid, and
am outrageously abused for my pains. L
is but another illustration Of the old saw,
.'attend to your own business" In future,
no matter how | see my neighbor founder
ing about in the mire Of words, l shall new
er come to his assistance with an idea. Il
| were not afraid to give him another piece
Of advice-instead Of saying, applying
the thumb to the tip Of the nose and man
ipulating the atmosphere with the digitals,
|. would advise him to say, putting tic
thumb TO the tip Of the nose and giving
the fingers twist-tAis while It Haight not
be as classic, and have as many pretty words
in it, would be stronger and more to the
point. Paul finds fault too with my attri-
buting "feigned and SINISTER motives TO the
conduct Of others How my poor friend
got that idea is more than | can imagine
only, as I said before, thought ! saw what
the fellow was at, and helped him-T he
did not intend to attack the Board Of Di-
rectors, what the devil did he lntend to do
But Paul wants to know how in the world
happened to find out the Board passed q
resolution inviting on the dualistic princi.
| pie, 4 suppose that's = pretty way he has
Of saying two apiece.) Nothing is easier
accounted fort was the street talk two OF
three days before the dinner.
Paul winds up this literary curiosity
with sage piece Of advise to Henry A
Wise, the Governor Of Virginia he
seems to have concentrated, with mighty
effort, the whole force and dignity Of hi,
remarkable mind in this closing paragraph
listen how it sounds: .''When Governor
Wise shall again PROFOUND searching inter.
rogatories to the Directory in reference t
the management Of the Institution over
which they preside hope he will not for
get to enquire the number Of these Alder,
manic feasts during the. year, the number
Of guests usually present, the principle
upon aohich they are selected" There
s'the cats out Of the bag" like lady's
pOSICTlpU, tut Slol VI Cu0 WuoAc AdA COlumL
he has taken the trouble to write is con
tanned in the pithy little sentence above I'm,
derscored, found almost at the end Of his
communication
1.-The principle upon which they are Sc
lected," what food Of light is thrown
upon our friend Poplin's motives by this
pregnant little sentence, and as I'm never
willing to attribute to mistake what may
be accounted for in any other grounds, I'm
willing to allow Paul the credit of having
scome fairly and squarly up to the scratch.
Yes, Paul honestly asks how the Directory
select their friends, 50 that he may bring
himself within their rules. I think too Tn
fairly entitled to little credit for this re-
suit, as had it not been for me the worlc
would have continued in blissful Ignorance
Of what he was striving at
And now Paul can't bid you farewell
without complimenting you on your taste il
poetry. The lines you have selected have
been greatly admired, and deseryedly SO
but I have never seen them loom up sc
grandly as now, among the surrounding
with which you have invested them-like :
brilliant damon in chalk bank, it shines
more splendidly from the contrast.
PAUL POPIIN'S" FRIEND.