Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-03-28
PROCRUsTEAN.


In old times there was 4 celebrated 10.
diviiual called Procrustes who used to
make living by taking advantage Of the
weakness of his fellow man; in other
words he was a robber, not one o, your
snsaking. eanting Christian bandits like
Howard, Harlan, Poneroy, and the TEST
OF their tribe, bat a straightforward,
stand and deliver sort OF a man. who
made NO precautions that he did not
carry ont to their fullest significance.
This gentle youth, besides the usual Gu
dearing qualities incident TO men Of his
persuasion, was afflicted by a kind Of
emotional insanity, which was TO make
all his eapiiyes, and they were many com
ply with his standard. All bis prisoners,
whether short OF long. fat or thin, had 10
sleep Of they eould) in certain bed,
and they lad to fl the bsd, no, the bed
1T them. In the exercise II his soytr
eign will, he had the bed made OF the
dimensions that, he thought, all proper. all
decent. all veil meaning men should suit,
and if they didn't, that was their fault,
and not his OF the beds, and straightsay
be caused their size to be accommodated
to his standard Of excellence. OF course
this inflicted q good deal OF suffering and
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ness-he didn't feel it. So he chopped
of any superabundant length and
stretched out the shorter OF his victims
until they fitted his bed and his
ideas Of the beautiful. Though
this benign friend Of the human
race has long since gone to his ac-
count, he still has many representatives
on this good world Of ours. These
folks mean well bat, as an old Marysville
friend Of ours says, they have a poor way
of showing it. They have picked up GER
tain notions about matters. This thing
is right and that wrong. Such and such
matter should be settled so, and SO on TO
the end OF the chapter. II you happen
to agree with them, and, OF course, you
do occasionally, for they sometimes have
lucid interval and experience a spasm
of sense, 1t is all right; bat il you differ
with .hem, then there is the old fellow to
pay, anu no pitch hot They forthwith
pour out their wrath. They eKcommun-
icate you. The anathema maranatha is
too good for you. Your crime is the one
objectionable sin. You have dared
to think for yourself and your conclu-
sion does not jibe with theirs. There is
no more to be done, but to cast you out
into utter darkness, like the rest OF the
wicked. This is all very well II the man
will stay ont but some OF Us won't. We
say, that we shall do as We please, and
not consult or think abou. our anxious
friends. They have their ideas, and We
ours. What Is one mans meat is an.
others poison. They may fall down
and worship before their own idols, bu
is that any reason they should compel III
to do the same? We will try and se'
that We don't without it suits Us. Thi
thing of compelling all men to fit thu
gauge of particular clique's notions i:
played ont; it won't do, people won I
stand it. Jack Noakes thinks and say:
this thing is right; Tom Styles says and
thinks something else. Each of then
has right to form and express his Owl
opinion, aud the man who quarrels with
the exercise Of that privilege is a goose
and has no more sense than goat hai
of its grandiad. The fact Of the matte
is just this, As Barns said, "A mans
man for a that and every man has tn,
right to and should do his own thinking
reaches, no other man should qusrre
with him because he does not agree will
that conclusion. The days of the inqui
sition and prosecuting men for opinion
sake are past; we have the right to form
and present oar opinions, and are goinI
to do it. No intimidation, no considera
ton will deter US, and if any one object
to the ventilation of what we conside
best for the public good, whether local @
general, why they needn't put, that's al