Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-02
yUBILAT0RY.
aHoms agin Home sginl
From . turin shore

And oh IL llls our soul with jy
To sling quill once more"
John Milling.
There may be . pleasure in the painless
wood, and rapture on the lonely shore
and society where none intrude, and
music in almost any kind of . roar, but for
good solid satisfaction, give Us seat on the
inkasorial stool, surrounded by 9 thousand
faithful minions in the shape Of sweet, salu.
brious exchanges. Ye who write sonnen to
ladies' eyebrows; who sit up late at nights
to stare at the moon who spout about the
excrucisting conglomerstion Of happiness
in loves 6rst kiss who sigh TO pay butcher
bills for somebody too ETHEREAL to ever eat
who say and do oil manner of foolish things
for you don't know what reasOn-have your
way. Go in on your nerve. Spread your
! selves. Wade in TO the elbows. Stew in
your own broth. As for our respective
self, our forte and our delight shall yet re-
main to grind out daily quautum of muni-
cipsl hash for the readers whom We are de-
terminsd shall love Us SO well. Ink is our
speciality. We scatter it, like the rains Of
heaven, on the just and on the unjust
Every man shall have his share.
There is 9 singular fascination in the
quill driving trade more aIluriug than the
song Of the nymphs OF the Lurlie-Berg.
When once the fated victim has yielded 20
she spell, his friends had best cut him at
once. He has gone TO the bad. He may
resolve TO reform and let ink alone teeto-
tally, but that only makes a bigger fool Of
him than ever. He is worthless at anything
else, and good for nothing on general prin-
ciples. he will Fever be easy, until, like
/ the canine mentioned in scripture, he has
returned to his accustomed dish. Many an
eloquent divine, many . sedste physician
many . sharp attorney, and many red ho
congressman, has been spoiled to make 9
oue-horse writer. And yet these shiftless
. migratory knsves are the hsppiest fellows il
3 existence. Few men enjoy life better, o
care less for the future. Like the hone!
flowers; live their little day like philosopher
l. die in duels, get hung by frontier mobs, o
:. 20 of with doses of cold pizen
And then, over their well rsckcd bones so
. ciety sticks an humble slab with Here lie
So-Gnd so" inscribed upon it. Not conten
with accusing them Of lying ell their days
: ii actually has the effrontery to state tina
they lie in their graves. The way Of tn
II trAnsgressor is tough.
Yet, know all men by these presents, tbs
b, we overshAdow Rock Island like g funer'
i pail. Nothing shall trSuspire that we wi
II not fish it out. Not dog shall howl b.
that we shall know it. The very beasts
the field shall be cstalogued for our sspeoi'
g benefit, aud held responsible for ell the
% eccentricities. Every alley and by-ps:
J shall be subject to q frequent dag nos
Every new house shall be talked sbou
:. Every accident chronicled. Every Bird
# complimented. Every groom congratI
m lated. Everything done up according
Hoyle. When we get into our new ofhC
our bazoo shall sound. For q few days v
shall be crAmped.
D. So get ready to go to work Break yol
se legs, whip your wives, get divorces, sus'
ID ouggies, burn up your barns, get drunk o
e. cssioually, 90 to jail, pay your fines, pail
your fences, get on heavy stocks of good
raise big csbbAges and send us specimen
breed the latest hogs in ihe county, bra
about yonr babies, have church festival
:. get up school examinations, run for aide
men, die once In 8 while, have imposing Z
nerAls, blow your brains out-s few of you
steal your neigbbors' dry gOods--in fact
of everything and anything to make thin
g. lively and keep our machine continual
to grinding out frst-olssS items. As Va
err Whitman says, "Let those Who sleep
ie wakedl Let murderers, thieves, bigots, a.
he fools offer propositiorsl Let faces and tb
cries be turned inside out Let contrad
!. tons prevail Let one thing contradict a
:. other! Let the people sprawl with year
=, ing, aimless hands! Let the sun and MOI
" gol Let there be apathy among the stat
:: Let there be money, business, imports, e
ports, customs, authority, pAllor, and dy
pepsia" especially the dyspepsis! Let's G
up = stir. The bellows will soon be read
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