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

|Slou.l re. .NDel z i0N, lf9t3tlN ''InNef
twelve yeais az acc,n learned that spaak-
ers attention should generally lie IN The di-
Teclion Of lis gesture; but If | wS-'s 20 I'M
sdertake the task would expect to wear bat
lmy constitution and "kick the bucket" be-
fore learning that the speaker should look
a hls gesture Can't you "comprehead"
the difference between looking nj q, thing
iand looking in the Direction Of IT.? Where
is the authority for SAYING that speakers
attention should "olsg9ysn lie directed sbg
Supposs Iwere to oyertake YOU coming
down street, and, pointing over my shout
der with my thumb, should tel YOU to
I"LOOh BEHIND" should /" look be-
hind" too The rue s general aot uni
yersa
In the next paragraph Mr.. Critic dis.
Icomseth upon "Critquos" .l,rohetic eve"
tbevcil Of the poets, aud ends his winged
phrases with The exclamation, "Sagacious
mani" Coming down 10 simple deani-
tons, what relation has sagacious to proph-
ecys
That idea that al boys arc Just allsS and
one can become an orator as well as ;noth-
er you have echoed from some quack elocuI
ZIONIST whom you have heard trying 10
pump dimes outof the pockets Of stuttei-
ing, atleminate, short breathed heys. Ma
tre did not design all men to be orators;
she designed some to be poets some TO be
printers, some to be editors, some to be
school teachers, some to Use thr pen" and.
some "to gain livelihood by the use of
other and heavier implements.n
| cannot ask room in the paper to on.
tighten your comprehension on the subject
of latent talent although you do want il OK
planned.
In K gard to the praise Of E'4clg Eaton's
song it is sufficient to remind YOU, as I.
might have dono-in dispQsing Of the ques-
ton Of elocution, that to misrcpresent is no
part Of a gentleman, and that il is as easy
to misrepresent by leaving ont commas 50
ias TO warrant yoUr own transposition Of an
others langjiage, as TODD SO directly, The
sentence rs have ii is correct and ihc uso
of the word, intervene, as / have it and not
according to your "literol misrepresent;sf
tionis authorized. Toopen the door ofyour
comprehension / will state that the word,
"charmed,p is used in the sense Of aroused,
and may be credited to an older head, more
experienced pen and to person Of moro
repute than either Of u.s. After an, am
firmly Of opinion that if You had been puff
ed and fattered' throughout the article the
shoe would not have pinched, but the pub
lie would have hooted at such "empty"
praise
Your article i piece Of SurpIusagc
without excuse--mine hisring heen intend
led only as a creditable notice Of the insti
tlite and written in such way as to do it
more good than if it had been "puffed and
fattored." You would do better to write
sonpets on "ehaimed squirrels and other
Yankee notions,e and could probably use
better grammar on such subjects.
There is no use in our getting into a
mental ccaEtb, because, first, if we should
keep ii up till Gabriel's Trumpefing, each
would think himself ahead at least (
should, and the "publicp would stand byas
the old woman did when her husband was
lighting with the dog--they would clap
their hands and "boOopp for which ever
Is at the time "on top Second, one ofus
might hand Mr.. EDITOR finished and
reviewed" article which he would put I'M
der the tabl4as rejected 'Aj just as certain
somebody's was not long since. Have you
made any late discoveries concerning
"Comets9 However meeting little
dog il the street the other day, ! said tc
him what one says when he Fuckers his
lips and sucks in air; but lie answered mo
with '.Pow, VOW then threw a ss6lse
at him when he repeated, "Pow, wow.
Finding he would not .'dry up" | gave
lin no further notice. This matter win
probably end the same way. After afi.pndy
" salute, CRrmc has barked al mcs Ihaye
now thrown a stone at Iilrani expeet him
I'd bark Ikea regular old Towser; bgt can
not further notice him.
CRrrIcUE.