The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-12-09
oLD FoeIEs.

There is probably no expression that
that part of humanity that considers
itself exceedingly progfessiveie fonder
OF using than that of cold fogy. And
yet the application they make OF tho
the term oftener reflects upon thea.
selves than upon those so whom they
apply it, and the impartial cbsarvcr Il
principally struck with the self-suf1l-
cheney OF these would be stprogression-
Ists.''
old fogy who elings to the simple faith
that he received at mothers side,
when his lisping tongue was tirsttauglat
to utter the name of his Creator and
Redeemer. Cherishing the faith thare
received, along with precious memories
of the purest Joys OF earth, no can well
afford to turn deaf ear to the sheer Of
the ssrationalist," and ofthe uadvanced
IthInker.n
In literature, the designation of old
fogy Is bestowed frequently on those
who prefer the classics of the past to the
ephemeral productions of the present,
who choose rather to drink nom wells
of cooling and refreshing water than
from shallow and babbling brooks, and
who do not value poetry in proportion
to the difficulty of understanding &C..
These old fogies in literature prefer
ideas to mere words, and are not salts.
| fed with glittering generalitles.
In society, people are only classed as
hold fogies who do not consider it neces-
sary to adore every new style in dress,
ETC., simply because 1t is decreed to be
/ the fashion. Who issues these decrees
nobody seems TO know or care, but they
are by no means like the laws OF tho
4 NGorI ,,,A Oh
often. tits most edifying spectacle
Ito see the upper crust of the civil
lied world bowling slavishly before mill
liners and tailors In Paris, from whence
the fashions mainly proceed. The term
old fogy Is also applied by many young
people to those who have come to the
conclusion that life does not conaIst en-
tirely OF unlimited tra-la.la, syilabub,
and round dancing.
In business, those are deemed old
fogies by "dashing" operators who
have managed to remain conservative
in the midst of the temptations to gam
bling that surround them, and who
stick to legitimate business, instead of
Looming the multitude of spectators
who live life of feverish excitement.
The course of conservative business
men Is a rebuke to these wild operators,
and they seek to be revenged by dub
bling them old fogies.
In politics those who stick by prin-
4 ceple at any cost, and who have fixed
convictions and adhere to them, are de-
4 nominated old fogies by those who
have no political principles or convlc-
tions worth speaking of, except per-
4 haps that 1t is the correct thing to
always look out for number one, and
thnt might makes right. Such gentle
men rs these make valuable citizens,
and are the hope Of the Republic.
Finally, the expression old fogy Is
used by many in connection with q
person, community, an association,
and sometimes a journal, when the
user of the term is sonewhasat @ loss
exactly what to say against them.
Frequently II means that bis own
interests have not been sufficiently
studied, or his own importance sufh-
GENTLY acknowledge Upon the whole
, the term old fogy may be considered
, to be in many cases the refuge oi
inanIty, and to bring no discredlt upon
those 20 whom II Is applied.