The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-02
SALISBURY, TENN, Juno D, IS.

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EDITORS BULLETIN
Some person who signs himself "Gran>
GER Thought he would give you a
short sketch from this portion eff Bell
county 1t has rained since he
sketched. Most of the wheat has been
harvested since the "heavy odium of an
election" By the way, let us pause a
moment to drop a word in praise of the
originality of expression of "Saulsbury's
sketcher," You may search Shakes
peare, Byron, Addison and Burke, and
you will not find such an expression as,
pass through the heavy Odium of an
election" There is originality in that,
to say the least of it. and Salisbury may
boast of her "sketcber" Well, soon af-
ter the "odium was passed through"
everything became quiet, everybody
became calm and serene, except one
shower of "bar-shear Bar shear Is
there such a word in your dictionary,
Mr. Editor2 Bar>shear - new and
beautiful CD. Webster never thought
oft; Worcester didn't put it down
how wonderfully original in thought and
aVord is our "sketcher !" But, why has
he not as much right to make word
as any body else He certainly has as
much right to call it 'baroshear" as the
fellow had to call rhinoceros a rhin
nastysferocious. Now, Mr., Editor, all
though l can thus praise the originality
of expression and the matchmaking
power of the "sketcher," there is one
thing in his production of last week
that cannot speak in praise of. He
shows too plainly that his piece was
written to crafty a little contemplate
feeling of envy, jealousy, spite and
spleen he shows that he is mad, Vexed,
sore, because the citizens of Salisbury
and vicinity would not vote with him for
Grand Junction. Since we come to
think of it, it as strange tbs passing
strange when the people of Sauls-
bury and surrounding country knesO that
this man wanted them to vote with MIN
for Grand Junction, that they should
have had the temerity, the outrageous au~
dacity to vote for Salisbury, although it
is their own town, their own market,
their own homel All they II repe Mt it yet
if he sketches" at them a time or two
more. The only thing that can possibly
console them under such an Affection is
the thought that the literary world is be
ing benefited by a new application of
the rules of grammar; that philologists
will be delighted by new an unheard
Of words, and that rhetoFiciaDs will be
reioiced at the introduction Of entirely
new SinliIes. That Leviathan siBsile
isn't it good? The old sea morstsr
comes up on dry land and goes fer the
farmers right and left.
There could be nothing to prompt tho
"sketcher" to make this unpFovoked att
tack on the merchants of Salisbury but
feeling of Vexation and envy What
if they were not born with silver
spoons in their mouths 2" What if they
did make their rise from a spike team
or a clerkship p Does that make them
objects of contempt? The ''sketcher"
may have been born with a silver spoon
in his mouth cant tell--but if not,
I'll warrant his soup will taste of pew
ter or brass as long as he lives. If he
is a driver of a spike team his last
movement before death will be a jerk of
the left hand, AID his last exclamation,
"GeeW Give him a clerkship, if he is
capable of clerking, and he will never
rise above it. The world is coming to
realize, Mr.. Editor, that it is better fog
a man to be born with a bright brain 10
the head than with a silver spoon In the
mouth.
Only one thing more. am sorry the
"sketcher" signs himself Granger" He
had no right to disgrace the name of
our Order by afhxing It to an article
written to crafty his spleen, to give
vent to his spirit. In the name Of all
Patrons, protest against the use of
this signature for any such purpose. He
did not write for the information or i'm
provement, or in the interest of the Or-
der, and should have used some other
pseudonyme, and not have prOstituted
the honored name ofGrangeF to the pur
pose of giving weight to his fiimsy and
value less and vindictive composition.
In conclusion, l advise this young
"sketeher" to apply himself assiduOusly
to the study of Buffers Primary Gram
mar read something about Leyiathan and
learn to calm and control bis petty pas
sions. If he'll do these things like he
means business, then, in the course of
twenty-five or thirty years, we'd like to
hear from him again.
CITIZEN,
With this reply, we propose to close
this discussion in our columns, as our
object is to promote good will, and avoid
ali approaches towards personalities in
the columns of the BULLETIE We hope
our friends on both sides will be con-
tent with this conclusiOn.-[E Eds.
Tennessee Republican 1--WE UNDER