The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-22
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Absorbing to the New York World and Col.
stebbins, some opulent citizen who chooses
for the present TO preserve his ~inooenito. has
volunteered to foot the little bill of a hundred
thousand or SO which will be Incurred in
transportingC leopatra'snsedle 1.-THE other one
of counsel from the banks of the Nile and
setting 1t up on ono of our public places.
Thereupon goes UP q chorus Of admiration
Tor the great unknown, in which we confess
ourselves unable to join. Whether in an utili-
tartan or an esthetic sense we cannot see
what especial benefit is to be conferred upon
our city by the possession of this monument.
While not at all ugly it cannot be'reearded as
particularly beautiful. 1t certainly has no
utility, and whilc it may, in the eyes of the
people who carved and erected it hare been
the visible embodiment of some spiritual
meaning, some divine aspiration of the soul,
noteven a triditionof such meaning has come
down tous through the countless generations
which have passed away while It has stood
like asentinel keeping ~i,ssileut watch on the
banks OF the mystericasriyo What reason
.henfor transplan;ing it rs it were, for remoy-
ing 1t from the environments which SO well
become 1t, wLere everything speaks of a
hoary antiquity. and setting it up in one of
our popn!onS and noisy th~oroughfares? Wo
have thus far aided to hears single one be-
yond an appeal u a c,r;ain chcap and hollow
~ iAA4NiiuA anu local VANITY which
is to lie gratiiisd by the possession of a costly
:uriosity, which no other city on the CONT.
tent can possibly procure the like of. OF
course the muniiicent ''bencfactor" will not
long remain anonymous the act on his part
ao-lt,it would seem, have been inspired only
by the prospect OF achieving notoriety at one
blow, and h fondly dreams that his name
VIII, until I'll" last sylla'le of recorded time,
"e in~diss"igily ASSOCIATE Will "A conspicuous
nbJrct,to E!Hch shall tGru:h ey 5 of millions
yet to be born, and which, coming down 10
us from out the mIs's of antiquity NAV be
regar:ed rs iniparirhuble, Mt least untii the
elements themselves shall melt " III fervent
heat. so We may yet sce the name of '.Johu
Jones, she Baton Maker. curved by the side
OF the nnmtsuf IEHtmcs andSesorties lust as
the nt'ue If another opul,u ut button maker is
blazoned forth on the image of tho dspartad
"eb.'ar himself by the way as grand and
colossal a figure aS ANY Sphinx CT Memnon of
Them all.
We would not take it upon ourselves to
say that the hundred thou and doilurs which
this fr, Gh is to cost shoald have been giyen
TO til" poor III winter. Though the hungry
waytarer nS he LEAFS rpon the iron railing
aud gas Erou the ob,liSk shaft might wei
DC excused Tor .lyiUHw" asked for bread and
he gave US a stone. Bot we well understand
that tho ~Annorncen u''' that n hundred lion.
'lru q liars "aSt0 hu given 10 feed the poor.
would set an army OF tranlrs II a]rching to
Ne"lorA I" swell tne numb r OF or uern.a-
teut plup'T Iuiuiltion. But wc capnot
aelp wishing tral II ha been given for some
moro prdgii a., and as it seems to us, more
lationsl end. We have had in our annals A
long line of heroes, a long series Of heroic
EPISODES as yet unmarked By monuments.
Lot those aiiiucnt citizens who feel strong
within them the desire to transmit their
names TO postority make an intelligent study
of these events. In lli, way they may mt
once achieve their personal end. nnh cener-
Ally benefit the community in which they
move.
They may do much to keep alive in future
generations the memory of noble deeds, they
may foster the cultivation of art and link
heir own names imperishably with grand
historical worth and with enduring forTns of
he highest beauty.