Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-04-07

fNfoElfetl lIt0 the afLGfWtW clIice ana DeiCltI-
led a hasty notice Of the entertainments al
THE Institute, that if friendly reference was
Inade to one Of the "rea5 faults7 Of tho Ii.
ltors, which was apparent to every spectator,
lit would offend even one III the "iads under
twelve Years Of age.' But an older "lad''
lis ofieaded- IA man whines beeauee lis corns
Fare tread upon The notice has met With
zone only onc--who, because the name.
Critfque, was subscribed, thought the arti-
lcle was therefore a criticism, and attempts
ITO Justify the error which the lads perhaps
lunknowingly committed. tt is to beregret-
tied that the columns Of the Herald and the
better feeling Of its readers, are eYer sought
Ito b trespassed upon by illusions 70 Per-
lsonal as that entitleds Critiqae Criticised,
sia last Tteek's issue But it is a PERSONAL
attack, and when one is mdely assaulted id
IS natural % claim privilege 81 defense to-
purge away odors caused by an offensive
animal.
In order that the whole public might
fully appreciate his article, the writer sho'dI
bne given us realname; aud there Il a hope
chat the desire to have full credit Of his
wonderful literary discoveries will induce
him shortly to do 50.
/ have an assailant who has "analyzed
land parsed eydly word in my article, and
has trumped up number Of grammatical
mares nests and published them 'lest the
public should be deceived" When school
boy "under twelve years Of age / used to
practice this method Of becoming familiar
with grammar would laugh at the boys
and the teacher when they spoke or wrote
incorrectly, and have pointed out ingram
maticisms in newspaper articles, because,
sswhen was a child thought as a child
and spake as a child but have long since
learned that whea boys encroach their
grammals (Ahother intransitivg, eh lupon
good mahners, it Shows bad breeding; and
when men take the trouble to write upon
errors III grammar IN oa-hand news articles,
it shows miniature potatoes. ! must, how
ever, address the MAN personally and give
him dig with his own weapons.
In trying to make tie public believe
that | reviewed and finished my ''produc-
/ ton" (which, under a pressure Of other du-
ties, Was in fact handed to tie printers pen
Icilled on piece Of waste papers you give
lis to understand that YOU 'rpiewed and tn
listed yours Doubtless, then, you tho't
lit correct; but /, whom YOU have found so
full Of bad grammar, and the public, whom
lyou imagine 50 easily deceived, can assure
you, if this lie a specimen, that It would not
hurt your articles to pass thro' other hands
before going to press. You sought to
build your fame upon that YOU ironically
credit to me allowing me at the same time
to assume "nom de plume" Don't you
know that critical writer styles the use of
that phrase "a Yankee atfectatioh which
our authorlings, who ought to know better,
Will persist IN? You say, owe are not
going to censu1e &c" You are most nler-
cifull but who gave You license to put your
1--WE" into the Grant Co. Herald2 and tci
stuff your article full Of imposing '.WEag
Did you ever consult yom grammar on the
use OF that word 1t will tell you chat it
belongs in newspapers only to the editors.
If YOU are presuming to drive Our valiant
Editor out IF his chair, | II ''caye.' A
popular and very excellent Grammar, says
'.what writer lacks ii argument he can
supply by calling il the aid Of nc instead
of T." Possibly this is your expedient--
Another valuable publication entitled,
Gltesses at TTath, which is commended to
your peusal, has the following: "Therc is
a tribe of writers who are fond Of merging
their individuality il a muItitudinous soe.
They think they may pass themselves Of
unnoticed, ike the Irishman's bad guinea,
in a handful of halfpence. Using the plu-
raj ne inpresses one with much such feel
ing as a mans being afraid to look one in
the face" What do YOU think Of it!.
Your ndghtiness win not allow me tol
use the ren but will put into my hands
s.other AID heavierimplements' Little 'we'
must take up ode shovel and de hoew-
Humphti
Il beg to inform the public generally
chat the closing exercises Of the Institute
did take place at the time spoken Of and To
inform the man whose surname is CRTTIct
.sin particular" that if the public construe
closing exercises to mean the closing Of the
Institute 'yor the next five years o. 'for
any other time, the public is blockhead. 4
In the hurry ia which the article was
written, | made "blunder' in not noticing
ihe essays BY the young ladies. There
were some Of them well worthy Of praise,
sentences which would enlarged
yoar prudence if stored away for your own
application, and all were well fit for the oc-
,asion. But Oh. you embodiment Of plu-
al sinners. You want toappeal to the ladies
D be SHOWN on me, DO you? Ii you'll
nave secured your matrimonial bIesselncss
ant you give "we' chance!
As to whether the Rotations assumed a
character, "WE (yel leave the
audience 70 decide But you afe the crit
c and have promised to tell the dear spub-
ic' any "blundels." Moreover you can't
leave' it to what has no existence: the audi /
snce has disappointed, o5sgaatploted, re Il
tered, and if you say, "The ayes wil please
rise" they isn't thar. {
In tie notice Of the performances there
xss only one thing on which wer nut any +.
frictnFes-namelys the boys deelametions.
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