The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08
Bull Dozed English


owner is supposed to have broken each
blade in order and replaced 1t with
new one and finally the handle itself
is d scarded and another made to do
duty III its stead The question IS,
how long will the knife retain its iden-
titv With equal propriety it might
be asked how long The English language
will have any right 10 its present name
IN view Of the unceaslng assaults MADE
upon it's integrity. We denoHnce The
dairv-man who serves us with Wa
tered milk. md the grocer whose
mart measure is 4 gill short OF the
standard, and the poultry fancier who
seilsats the eggs OF the dnnghiu fowl
for pure strain Of partTldge-cochin
but we deal very gently with the writer
who initiates or contracts the language
of on fathers beyond all recognition,
Or gives us a phrase which contains d
vast volume OF sound and scarcely any
meaning.
The newspapers OF the day are much
TO blame for The degeneration Of the
English tongue. The writer OF this
article once asked q farmer who was
an assiduous reader of the newspapers,
what he purp0sed doing or q certain
dav. lie answered that he calculated
to conduct a series Of excavations,
and so forth. What the man meant 20
say was that he expected to dig row
of holes but the pages Of his taYorlte
journal had supplied him With such q
stock Of rich and rolling terms OF
Latin origin that lie had almost forgot
ZEN the plain speech ct the English
Id
3fnu OF = western newspaper IS chrOn-
iciea tie departure from town or d CIT
izen VINO II described a5 "the popular
rniyOlogi st - while from notice IN a
ueigbb0ring column we learn that this
person is the keeper Of 4 dram-shop.
Another sheet contains . cara from q
maker Of grayest0nes announcing thai
his ssmonumental studio and exhlb-
ltion galleries. are open 10 the pup
llc we venture TO say that the
most imposing "monum N" this man
ever designed was the monument Of
had taste handed down To posterity IN
his card His case is matched. now
ever. by that Of Il person who informs
the world that Board and residence
Glberai and SUPERIOR with comIoIta-
ble and refined home, is guaranteed 10
unexceptional parties lN the establish
ment Of widow lady who formerly
moved III the moss elevated circles o.
metropolitan society
The foregoing are examples OF inila-
ton. The opposite fault is notable III
tha hnsier parts oil our country, where
The disposition Of the people to think
fast. work fast, aud speak fast is re-
"a Il :. Il "a
Journals and OF their private CORES
pondence Thus, we reao I'D % news
raper whose circulation extends tar
beyond that part Of the union in which
ii is published that runors are atloat
affecting the good repute of the u.
II. and G.. S. Rolling Mil company. on
that misplaced switch has caused q
sprt0ns accident on "the ". and ,.
hranch of the f., z. H. and T.. rail
road The reporter Tor a rival print
is In such hurry 10 have his budget
of news nut in type that he tells US
how uthe residence OF MI. J. n. 0gles-
hv was entered about dark last even
ING, while the family was al supper,
ard. onening a trunk containing some
family clothing. jewelry, tfinkets, etc,
stole several articles and escaped be-
fore anv member Of the family entered
the room We are naturally aston
ished 10 learn that stately respecta
BE s.residence is capable of such an
tics but our surprise is Increased at
reading, little further on, that
..Nessrs. John Smith s Co. viii re-
main omen till III y clock during holiday
week n II Il il to he feared that
Messrs. John Smith i 10. Will suffer
from some internal disease next sum-
mer as punishment Tor remaining
open ia the cold nights Of late Decem-
Der. The local editor under whose eye
these paragraphs passed would doubt
less write such q letter on the state Of
the country western correspondent
once sent to The Evening Post, in
which i vigorous attack on existing
evils ended with the sentence This
biz sh3no longer be contd by govt.
There being considerable uncertainty
as to whether cur correspondent meant
THAT the "hi2' in question ought not
to be controlled, or c0ntemned, OF con-