The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
6Iunder--Bust-ed! Misfortunes
of Literary Petard winch
Invariably Blows Down
it's Own Door!
E.Eit Enf EumN

Invariably Blows Down
its Own Door!
-Fse,Ffi Fo, FUN,
smell the gore of Won leet'e D"tchmun;-
Mother Goose's Melodies
A. kind hearted CO laboreur IN the
cause of Popular Education. We beg
leave to extend to our venerable irieid,
the ..Nestor'' Of Horners School,, Ok
ford. Granville punty, \. u. our most
profound coincidence! We recently ex
dressed surprise that he should have
established a certain Blow-Gun Battery
on his classically scholastic premises
but TO surprise must pow be added
Sympathy tr%aternai' s"eet
sumpathyl such as noble minds fee
for them that are dead, or drea''fniii
damaged, by the backward blowing Of
their own petard!
In establishing the Oroaida as an
Advertising Blow Gun, u friend
showed some genius and, had the gun
been properly handled, the result might
have been beneficial to their School and
not inimical to the State. Alas, III an
evil hour, they gave it IN charge OF a
strolling stranger
blown by grabbed Fortune
Aud CRUEL juno etc, etc
to seek a refuge ION our hospltable
shores and alas, and ALA = for the
consequence :,
Mvnehelr Won Carpetbag, imbued
with the traditions of the Rhine famed
for Rhinosceroses, and other one horned
'oSses - speedily converted the
Pnfoaidn Battery into an instrument
of Assault and Battery fashioned
after the old-fashioned Dutch Blunder-
buses. dds ever see a Blunder-
buss Well, it is a big clumsy smooth
boer, remarkable for the size OF it.
mouth" and its extraordinary capacl
ty Disqualification y As a weapon
it is noted for combining the largest
amount of noise, with the smallest
amount of execution. In shooting at a
barn door with one of these fog-horns
you would hit both ends of the build
ing, disturb the roof, and pepper
all the fences for half a mile around.
before you put a speck any where near
the door. Moreover a Dutch Blunder-
Buss has always been deemed more
deadly to the fellow at its breech than
the person aimed at. 1t Eliminates and
kicks but that is all.
The aptness Of the comparison mus
readily strike the readers Of the Oxford
.'Blunder-Buss'' above alluded to.
The OrOnian has issued eight monthly
numbers of which we have seen five
Blunder-Bnrst, number one, was the
conversion of a journal %ostenslbly
devoted to Literature and Education
into a vehicle for putting one school
the one by which it is published and
for sneering at another school-lt sue
cessful rival.
Blunder-Buss, number two, was It's
throwing cold water upon "Immigra-
tion," by detailing all possible draw
backs, instead of specifying the advan-
tages, and helping to remove the draw
backs, which are more imaginary than
real.
Blunder- Bust, number three, was its
attack upon the Farmer and Mechanic,
and other State papers which stand
among the first of our press. The I'M
pudence of a strolling Dutchman taking
upon himself to rebuke any reputable
paper of the State within whose boun-
deries he has found a livelihood and
decent treatment. is disgusting. 1t re-
minds us of the Yankee carpetbaggers
who set themselves to reform us all,
for their WI good, at our expense. 1T
Mr.: Jasmund dislikes our State, gu
his own country, where the Iron hand
of Bismark throttles "a free press and
free people?
Blunder- Bust, number four was his
attacks on Maj. Moore's hook. Honest
criticism is not only admissible, but de
sIrable but when it is remembered
that the South is abused the world over
for the paucity of her literary works,
and when it is considered that even a
new volume by VIM. Shakespeare would
scarcely pay expenses in the pres ent
crushed and depleted condition of our
people, a Southern Journal, "a North
Carolina paper if it did not seek to
encourage our writer's, might at least
withhold needless and sneerlng illusions
to one OF the few North Carolina books,
by North Carolina publishers.
Blunder Bust, number five 1--WE have
is the sheer at Gen. Cox, and his Exam
Ining Board, just issued of which we
shall take more serious notice in another
column.
The last sentence reminds us that the
Orontan complains that we will
not argue with twill not treat it's dla
tribes as worthy Of serious answer.
Singular, ism it, Jassie? But for our
part, We try to obey the scriptures,
when bid us -'anSwer a fool according
to his folly" You must recollect, too,
the reason the Old Indian Chief declined
to contend longer With the miners on
the mountain. He felt there could be
no glory gained by responding to a gun
which belched .'au uhoie Ire las.
mund at a time!
Ia. Ia! Putfie! Adhere to your
school books. or else go to school Your
self, and try to learn some Of the first
principles OF American gentlrnanly-
journalism.