Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-08
About "OId Boots T" sc.

GEORGE GINTY has recently written
one of his cbatty, readable letters TO JACK
Turner of the Portage State Register,
wherein he Giscourseth Of many things,
and from which We clip the following:
Lutte TAYLOR.
By the last Prescott Journal, / see
that Lutte TAYLOR has withdrawn from
the editorial profession. And when l
read bis farewell in the columns. my
heart grew kind o sad to see the old
"stand bys" of the Wisconsin press
throw off the harness. l have an affec.
ton for Lutte, JACK, for we both started
out writing ambitious leaders for coun-
try newspapers about the same time.
He has souI-and when he "hghts
out" Abraham will have soft place for
him in his bosom. The pleasant wan
behring's Of his pen into dream-land-
the voyage over the stubble field of sar-
casm-have become so familiar that his
retirement is like the departure of an old
companion. That the &" horn of plenty"
may always foot blessings on him, is the
wish of his many admirers.
OLD BOOTS.
Stand up here, old friends, kind friends
friends that have stood the brunt of
roughness-that have worn off the cut
ting edge of cobble-stones. Attention.
Nay, forgive me, companions, | forgot
that you were on the invalid lst-forgot
that tedious marching and Virginia
sidewalk peregrinations, have made the
feeble-failGG TO remember that thv fab
by sides that once stood up so firm, are
now at "res. "--overlooked tho fact that
thy heels. instead of being stiff and
straight. are Topped over and as NOSE
STRoNG's line of march.
Don't you hate TO part with comfort
able old pair of coS-hides, whose :" fit !"
was so easy and close? A coat or vest
NAV be as easily discarded as the relig-
ious habit of going to church, or the
wicked one of paying your debts. Il
never will be indicted for an excess of ell
ther-the latter because of coustitu
tional absence Of "bloated bonds" and a
conscientious scruple. When pray dali
" 50 70 rgive us our debts, as we forgive
our Debtors" | mean it. AS my debtors
are all forgiven, of course that futils one
part Of the contract. A man that has
two good shirts, anil hair on the top of
his head, certainly can't plead poverty.)
But you can't dispense with the old un-
derstandings" without a lingering look
of affection rs they get slowed away in
the rubbish room.
And pair of boots, too, are not un-
like the life of.man. When new, they
inclose the ambitious toes. and hold them
tight, just as the bonds of propriety and
policy fetter the soaring ideas of youth,
or the scheming plans of politicians; they
pinch worse than want and poverty, leav
ing marks on the feet similar to the scars
that sorrow and disappointment place on
the brows OF all. When in their" PRIME"
they are comfortable, and no thought en-
tiers our mind, but that they will last al
ways, in our easy way of life-in the
full of our enjoyment-we hardly real
ize that the cup will ever be taken away
or emptied. When the soles are good,
but the heels running over that's
like those humans who have good hearts
put poor judgement; j. e., in good bodily
health, yet contracting those bad habits
of intemperance that we don't notice, but
which are apparent to all. The first
break on the leather is one call for the
doctor. And then when they get old
and fiabby, and unable to " shed the
wet, and cease to be useful, they're laid
aside like played out men whose days of
influence are past-whose deeds of pow
er are only echoed down the musty COR
ridors of the past. Cobblers patch 'em
up, and polish them, just as political
parties pick up WORKOUT cross-road pol
iticians and try to trot them over the
popular course at fast gait; but
faint no use-they're both pegged out.
There's a kind of romance round a
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