The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-11


envelope with three postage stamps, mailed
at Red Wing, Mimi, April 9, which con-
tainCd the following interesting documents
OFFICE OF T. b. SHELDON & co.
General Railroad aud Steamboat Ticket Agents,
r SHELDON, RED Wine. MINI,
Z. Fl. BLODoETT. April 9th 1874
To the Editors Of The Rock Island Argus:
GESTs:-We notice an illustration in the Police
gard 10 a mishap % our old friend, John Warner,
OF your city. viz: bis fishing calamity. Enclosed
we send our expressions OF sympathy, which We
would ike YOU To publish In case the article oc-
cupies more space than You can spare ease cut II
down to such as You can zpare-and Ia case you do
not wish 70 Pu6irh any o. i please pass 1t 70 friend
j. II, WEBSTER Co.
We give the article below, in full
THE COUNCIL OF 'MINI-sNI," ANGLTcI,
COLD WATER.
Thermal status 36o Fareahett Red
Wing, MINI. TO the Honorable the
I'resident Of The PIscotorfnl Society Of the
'Doshie, near unto Rock Island, H.. !.
We send GREETING Cause Of our action,
report of Rock Island Argus-couse Of
our especial anxiety, illustrated Pol'.e
Ne,cs;
Permit us, dear friend, to offer you our
most heartfelt sympathies in the great
misfortune you have sustained. The his
toric shades Of the "Doshie," so famous of
peasurable incidents and renowned events,
are now rendered gloomy and mournful by
the action of malign influences. In exalta-
ton of the capabilities of human nature,
some one has said ito err is human,
to forgive, divine" the idea is cor
rect, but the expression does not do justice
to those of our genus who possess this
meek and Ihilosophic spirit. 1t is better
conveyed when we say that, to suffer Is
the sad consequence of human organization
and surroundings, but to bear the evils Of
our lot bravely and resignedly, is a proof
of attributes Of high order-an evidence
of evolution" as much above the average
genus homo, as man is above his ancient,
misty Adam, Of the mythical past-an evil
dence Of slow, sure progress in our race
to God-hke future.
Our sorrow is mtigated by the knowl-
edge that your ascension rObe was recognlz-
ed by you, even in its molecular condition,
with calmness and resignation There ale
greater losses than boots, cutlery, robes
and the daily provender you were forced to
subsist on, of black grdckIe Thank God,
our friend, that you were not called upon
to mourn the loss OF your best leader with
one of Johns red hackles and two pound
saln,o attached-tldt would have been in
dividual annihilation, and national mis-
! fortune.
To moralize: How slender is the ten
ure by which we are bound to life, to hap
piness and prosperity--a fimsy thread
an illusion of strength and stability
breath can make US, and a breath can
mar "a mere puff, and our airy castles
are dissolved into atmospheric atoms the
pleasures we anticipated are gone with the
wreck of matter, and our special senses
participate in the general affection from
the forced withdrawal Of their accustomed
stimuli. Alas being thus endowed with
capacities for enjoyment, why should this
enjoyment be entailed with the contingen-
cies Of great evils.
Everything in nature has its antipode<
for every evil there is remedy; and
analogically, for every good there is banG
the condition between either extreme
cannot be traced with mathematical pre-
cision. Who can outline the connection
between cause and effect, and an hgen
theoretically foreign to either? Wha
connection is there in a fish, a waterfowl
a stone bottle and its contents, and ''spOn
tdneouS combustion p Why should man
ufactured fabrics, furs, peltries, delfware
cutlery, massive hardware, etc, take wings
and soar aloft, at the bidding of the agen
ces Of evil? And what excited the spirit
ual world to manifestations OF such phe
nOmcnaP
A fter well considering your misfortune
we shall be cautious, in making astronom
zeal observations, that we do not gaze to,
long or too boldly on the planets, their sa
tellites, or the stars. lest we provoke tn
anger of their guardian genii to our seri
Gus detriment,in injury or aerial transport
ment. 1t is clear to our minds that tn
spirits of the ''DOshie, allow and aloft, wer
angered but at what? Had favored
spot of earth been encroached on? Wer
words (cuss Words and the phonic shib
| bOleth omitted? Or worse; was the OBJ
lative nectar contaminated with arnica, o
crude spices. or the berries of Juniper
Had the sacrifice of first fruits, as peac
Of Offering, been made2 The divinitie
are jealous of their rights, and the benefit
we receive from them must be acknowl
edged by the proper votive Offering;
cock to Esculapius wine and grapes +
|
Of the air and the waters.
Say, reverend friend, were any of thes
important duties neglected? If not the
we must look to your followers, of WHOM
you were the head and commanding gen
Jus, for the solution of the disaster. O
them we know not The artist has depict
ed the scene of woe, and thy once beamin
cOuntenance we recognize, but oh hoy
Lib i Al i: I
picture are unfamiliar to our vision, an
their paysiognomies, reveal not names an
but little of character-ot their religion
belief we could not surmise-nay, but lii
tie expressing the GntneuS of theologics
{ spirit Is to be detected-we are afraid tina
no well grounded orthodox sentiment ca
exists IN men owning such features as tn
artist has portrayed.
Our friend what has fame said of Buc
Hamilton, Jack Atkinson, George Lorto
or Camp Master Blanford ?-echo answer
''whatY" What's in a name? you may sa,
1t is this these names smack of til
times of rowdy Will. Shakespeare, or boil
Robin HOod--beware of being brought il
to contact with suspicious cognomens, bt
cause they are indicative of character. Th
very fact that the Police Ne,cs takes an il
terest in illustrating this remarkable pit
nomena, is sufficient to render us anxior
about your surroundings and future We
fare.
Come to us, therefore, land be comfortec
Thy favorite stler is longing for thy pre-
ence. Leave the crude maize and catfs
of the ''Doshie' to benighted suckers.
4 Why quaff gross decoctions of the India
!. cereal, where you may realize the concel
trated essence, devoid of its coarser mate
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