Connecticut western news., 1878-07-04

Ipondents, whose corruscations of genius. and brilliant accounts of all the activities and varieties of life going on around then, ] give such charm to his paper. What hasI the devil to do with this? Of course, as the| old ons himself always does when the op-l portnnity offers: make them appear ridic-| ulous by perverting their language, mis- spelling their words, or misinterpreting| their meaning. Of course, again, cores Spondents are never at fault. It is only the editor, who perverts the lines or letters of their faultless chirography. Hence, Il would repeat the suggestion, urge a1 cor respondents, both old and young, to write plainly, and perhaps the editor wont allowl unruly typos to say "men," where man isl written. nor the word ''trapeze" for transit, <, ''prancing'' for rushing. Much less will he| allow that human hands lay out peaks" on the mountain tops when his correspondent writes ''park." Mightier than human hands rear the peaks on the mountain tops, but man may surround them with beautiful drives and parks as they have done near many beautiful city. Perhaps you will say to us, MT. Editor: write better, and there will be no cause for complaint. H
 [The above from the pen of the outrage ously abused, and justly indignant H. tells
 it's own story. We acknowledge the com l mission of the ''perversions, as insinuated, and meekly acquiesce to the justice of his censure. But, there are two sides to every story, and this case is no exception to the general rule. Ills handwriting ranks prominent among the most miserable chirog- raphY that ever bafaed the skill and wound up the ''swear" of typo, being disagree able scrawl, strikingly resembling the course pursued in the somnambulistic wan derings of a tipsy spider. We have actu. ally spent five minutes endeavoring to de- cipher one word of his s'copy," which at tests the exalted estimate he entertains of the value of 8 printers time. But the successful translation of the enigmatical characters bringing out the completely rounded sentences, the pleasing descriptive language, and the euphony prevalent throughout, inspired us with respect for H, which might enable us to overlook any discrepancy manifest in his chlrography, but which respect is badly shaken by the above sarcastical insinuations. His illegi-
 ble chirography is a sufficient explanation for the perverted" words. There certainly can be no reasonable excuse for such hier
 oglyphics az distigure Ills manuscript for any living man who can write his own name, to say nothing of an accomplished politician. and who has occupied exalted position in office, can write in plain, legi.
 ble hand. It is evident that Ills ortho-
 graphical accomplishments are not above the average, and it is questionable whether
 the hlercglyphic style is not assumed to
 cover up bad spelling. A corroborating circumstance is the fact that some of the
 more legible words to be found, are spelled
 wrong. It may be mere matter of taste,
 but to us, the word ''decipher" looks more
 in proportion spelled with an ''i," unexcep
 tionable, with lex" instead of "ac." etc. %Then again, with regard to ''the devil mak ling It appear ridiculous, mis-spelling words Ymisinterpreting their meaning" etc. When .za whole sentence is so completely distorted Has to render all attempts to extricate s
 meaning, like bringing order out of chaos |Sit is preposterous to presume to be able to
 make them "appear" even ridiculous. That
 there is q meaning, and sound one too, ir tevery character of H's manuscript, there Iacan be no doubt, but the characters. rival Eling the hieroglyphics on Cleopatra's nee Ndle. wonld require second Daniel fol 3thelr literal interpretation. It is necessary
 to draw differences from the subject matter, 8sto get the idea intended to be conveyed ir 3certain sentences, and when confronted by sa word that is insurmountable, to 'scoin" g asubstitute to preserve the equilibrium ot the Repression.
 Our temerity in presuming to criticise the Kemanations of the learned H's pen, may ap #pear to him like brazen impudence, but we
 are actuated by sense of justice and fail
 play. "The race IS not to the swift, nol E the battle to the strong," how many titles E ssoever may be pre6xed to his name; ano k &coupling the language of genius to thai k of inspiration
 k "Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just" But never mind, H, old boy buy pho &nograph, and buzz it full occasionally anG Essend it along, and as your articulation is un & &impeachable, any ''perversions" and "mis b binterpreted meanings" may then be justly &attributed to-THE DEVIL.