The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-02-07
Pssgni T'ry for the News.
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Tho exclamation was incousiderato
aud ihoushtlcss for, from being an
editor of o. country town paper ss',hc
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There was once, when Orangebure
was little Ctisn't supposed that the
place was over young) about forty yenrs
ago, on q sale day morning, humorous
scene! enacted in, its one street, which
one cah easily conceive to represent gen
erailyy the role of IN editor. The ,prin
ciPal actor in the play was a backwoods,
man who had been around seeing the
elephant, and had contrivcd to get n
good sized modol of the quadruptd un-
der his hat. In tho same way in which
some commodities aro supposed to in
duce spontaneous combustion, he had
worked himself into violent pass ion
although mo- one would appreciate it's OBJ
jcct! And as he oscilla.ed up and down
the crown ofhis hat worked from two
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suc'isn pump. His costume was of that
lndcscribable, yet now somctim IS sen,
"Sukie Blucskin" color, iu which dis
perntc attsmpt is made to come out clear,
but fails, and is II mixture Of all sha les
from that of the first dip in an iudigo
tub up to the black and dirty blu, Of
thunder cloud-a southern first cousin
of that fabric called reper and salt, SO
we'll known "dpwn east" The cut WAS
that of the steel pen, or claw ha nmer
style, which, Of itself. from old a.socia.
tions is nowadays almost cxpoot ed to say
Get eout' all hanging limp and thread
bare, seemingly astounled at the sudden
anil furious outbreak of the usually so
Bheepi.h mutton which it covered
Three inches Of each boot was unac.
counted for, looking like batteries re.
Gently unmaskod, and tho toes protrul
ing tliercfrom might be fancied to be
war worn veterans about to dcploy as
administers against the assembled crowd
OF spectators. But tho Big toe only
was on duty. That was occasionally
sent out with its corpora's guard to
describe dead line, over which imagin
any combatants, as it seemed. (for all
and every one of the assembled ring ap
peared to be III the best hunor possiblc)
might not pass occasi sionally vt is said.
Tor when tho feet Ct the curious crow,l
oblitsrated the mark, corporal toe imre
diately incribed another, inside within
this all the concentrated profanity of
many supposed years of volcanic liro
(over which had becr only thin crucst
OF Peaceable corn cracker rxis,cnce) was
elected Mt some absont foe, who, iudg
ing from the direction Of tho actors
eyes, was expected t, sprout like n hill
OF corn, out OF the circumscribed ground.
d Nowr it isn't held that an editor is
very profane, Nor i it held that editors
toes are always out, but as to the n,oy
ab"e arod Hnc, aud the coruriing that
may be done inside bis particular stamp.
ing ground, the comparison will hold
gool. He is roped in like circus
horse; to be sure he may go any speed
he may choose, but he must be carsful
not to trample on the toes Of any of the
,sovcTeirn people. He may roar louder
than any lion under the canvass, or out
growl bruin himself, if his erowl be
not directed to any particular one of his
happy audience. His check, which is
generally admitted to be hi, best stock
in trade, shows to tho audience behind
the rope all the serenity of perfectly
happy potentatc while the other side
shows concentration Of care, mounting
to "neuralgic contortion." The edit.r
is in tha predicament of the man with
two wives, ono young. tho other old
some of his friends pull out his gray
hairs, the remainder pull ou, the bl.ck-
ones lie is afraid to side altogether