Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20
NOTES AND QUERIES.

lngs, entreat1es, denunc1at1OnS and sarcaSm
anent personalism in the use of the editoria
eve" We, chat is all of us), are often tolc
that the said editorial "we' is not persona
pronoun at all, but rather nondescript par
of speech signifying something which never
grew, which is lighted from within and with
out by light that "never was on sea or land
and which stands for sort of usher or spon-
sor, or pew-opener, as it were, and altogether
an irresponsible and intangible thing. Also
that this eve" should never mean "I'' when
dealing with broad principles and the discus
sion of matters and things of general and
not an individual character. Of course all
this refers to the people whose business it is
to write for newspapers and not for moral and
educational and religious vehicles like the
MORNING APPEAL. An editor dealing with
ponderous subject like the French Elections,
the Transit of Venus or the Effects of the
Reno Fair upon the Destinies of the Human
Race has no right Cnder the laws of good
taste) to make eve do duty as procurator
for his egotism and so take the place of the
inconsequential pronoun al But, as every
body knows, these Notes and Queries, except
as the whimsey asserts itself, are IN nowlse
subject to any such regulations and arbitrary
dicta as this The fact is this Collector only
lets eve" into place in this column as an in
formal guest-just as one receives her aunt or
her sister-in-law in the kitchen-sort o one
of the family. But rights is rights Here, in
this space and place the pronoun does mean
something The times when it is a dummy
are the exceptions The beauty of your well
considered Note or your categorical Query
lies in its egotism. William Hazlett (the
most admirable essayist of his time), speaking
of the 'ETattler" and similar writings, tells
us that ''Montaigne, who was the father of
this kind (the Tattler" kind) of personal au-
thorship among the moderns, in which the
reader is admitted behind the curtain, and
sits down with the writer in his gown and
slippers, was most magnanlmous and und1s- |
guised egotist." Now here is high authority |
for taking the most riotous kind of liberties |
with the editorial ''we," even to laughing in |
its face, standing it ON its head, or leading it |
out into the hall and showing it the door.
But one may keep this convertible and adap
tive bit of editorial costumery within reach,
and use it as the humor takes him. SO,
when it is said here, as now we say, that we
are greatly panied to hear that ex-senator
James Small, of Douglas county, is lying seri-
ously sick at his home in Lake Valley, a very
general and widely experienced sense of solicit
tude is expressed-not alone this Notary's,
but that of far-spreading constituency,
roundabout. From Mr. Maish, who returned
from trip to Gilmore's Springs day or two
since, we learn of Mr.. Smalls Illness His
disorder is inhammatory rheumatism. When
we think of the yards, yea, acres of cuticle
and membrane and tissue which the Senator's ,
broad anatomy presents to the incursions of
that dismal, grinding pain, we cannot with
hold our sympathy. We understand him to
be very grievous sufferer. Also Mr.. Mash {
thinks there is decided danger of fatal re-
suits. Very much in earnest we hope the '
cry; for there is many square foot of the a
best kind of material in Jim Small. ..... Z
Speaking of the Soda Springs, Mr.. Maish says I
that Mr. Gilmore has already begun his prep
arations for building house there. 1t will G
be log-cabin of commodious dimensions and ,
substantial structure. Those springs one of
these days will be in great favor with the
watering place seeking public The water is
almost identical in taste and chemical proper e
ties with the water from the famous Congress e
Springs at Saratoga. There are many instan- W
ces of it's effectual curative properties. By a.
and by when Lake Tahoe is trimmed by wide
and level turnpike and elegant public houses s,
dot the shore from place to place, Mr.. Gilmore W
Or somebody else will widen that beautifully
situated road which leads from Yank's to the
springs, grade it nicely, and possibly, extend 81
It on round the other side of Falling Leaf u
Lake, making a delightful circuit of that 1o
ovely sheet of water. eve have an indis- Oh
inct notion that there was promise made in m
he MORNING APPEAL some weeks since that "
II Lake Literature should be suspended for Ii
he season and so in effect it has been but 1t
IL signs fail in dry weather. J. -. .Notwith no
landing the prolonged drouth and the lack of pa
igns of a change in the weather there seems Ell
o be an instructive movement on the part of a
ouseholders to anticipate sudden and vio- OF
emit change So we hear the busy thump of ar