Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-31
A Prince-0f Liars.

At the city, town, or village of Flush ing, on Long Island, which is part and parcel of tho great State of New York. lives one William R. Prince. son of William Prince. who left this sublunary sphere some years ago. The elder Prince was a garde- ner and nursery man; horticulturist, florist and all that sort of thing. While his spirit tabernaced in his earthly body the elder William made lots of money He was proprietor of the Flushing garden, owned seed store ih New York, sold vast quantities of seeds, cuttings and roots; in short, made many an honest penny, then took to his bed and died The son, Wm R., inherited his fathers business Wm. k. is, therefore, gardener and seedman. He is also spiritualist, and declares that his father directs and guides him.
 Wm. R. tells the following story: Last year, in passing through his garden, he discovered remarkable grape vine, appar ently three years old, growing in place where there was no vine the day before.- It was in part of the garden where no vine could have grown without being mo- ticed. So William R. piped all hands, from the girls who put seeds in papers to Mrs. F.; from the man with the spade to him who attends to the exotics in the con servatory. But not soul knew how the punches of grapes. William R. plucked and ate. He says: "they were the most delicious I ever tasted" He stops not here, but adds, "they were but little less delicious than the nectar of Heaven. '- This, it will be seen, mingles christianity and organism What does William k. do in this extremity but call upon his father to solve the mystery of the vine. At the summons, the spirit of the elder Prince came. It being forthwith demanded of him how the vine got there, the old gen. tleman or gentle spirit, said that he had procured it from the planet Juno and sent it down for the benefit of the world; that his dear son William must attend to and propagate this Heaven descended vine; must distribute it all over the world that others might eat of these grapes, only little less delicious than the nectar of Heaven.
 Obeying the paternal command, William R. offers cuttings from this vine for sale for five dollars. Think of it. A sprout of a grape vine from Heaven for such paltry sum of filthy lucre as five dollars. Only five dollars for cutting from vine that once grew in the planet Juno; that was dug up by spirits; carried through the abyss of space plantedin Yankee garden and that bears grapes only a little less delicious, etc. Grapes from IIeaven-wine from Juno.- And all for five dollars.
 Decidedly this Prince is man of genius. There is a sublimity in his lying that bor- would have hean plasphemous. When we read his statement 1t occurred to us what a splendid old liner editor he would make. In this connection, we give the old liners the benefits of suggestion. Calhoon, the editor of the State Rights Democrat has left Helena. Left, we are told, hugely dis gusted and So angry that he neglected to send us his daguerreotype or even a lock of his hair. The very man to succeed him is Prience-Wiliam R. Prince of Flushing, Long Islanc The only danger would be that the chief of the disorganizers would grow jealous of his mveracty, envious of his superior falsehood and oust him before he had chance to display his genius fully. But we want to see Prince on the tripod for while. We like to see man excel in whatever he undertakes. And as falsehood is their principal weapon, they should en- deavor to procure the services of one who has shown himself such master of the art of lying.
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