The Osceola times., 1881-02-19
VILE HUAOE.
InnN NclNlnsH.

There Wa, a Western man--J hu-
morist. save tine mark Who wrote
for musical monthly, and Benson
was his name. T.. evidently was an
admircr Of Par-oH Nasty, initiating that
corner grocery politician a- hc did in his
signature. "P. Benson. ~. which the Sr
stand. for Singer" 4 most lame and
imp0tcnt lester. How the fellow sue
ceedcd in quilting mc with his mcandcr-
iug- 10 the extent hc did. is among the
complex questions Of the biologist. Ii is
fact that. on getting the paper from tine
pot office. the Hrst thing J did was %
turn To Bensons lctter-it purPorting q
come FIRM some obscure 'lpur-cornors
i'm Indiana. His theme at al times
was his experiences rs q practical teach
/ or of music; calling himself "sinu-t'
the ninnN babbliug in misspelt words
oyer circumstance 50 trihlng that
people blu-hci 20 read them aloud. -
| thorough became my contempt for Ben
son that | was. 50 10 speak. ob-esscd 81
him. and. as if 10 exercise him as foul
Gend. | wrote the following tribute % hls
peculiar mastery
Vile shadow Ola l-f,r gH0,t oI "iIt
ON fIr cunlrup' Do "'rd,. I" give Il.r il'.
Finished conception ui Alufll't -A4t-
Iuhutt--imal. mo-t WORTHLESS p...
Farmaying LAUGHTER. Ifdd pr Ny,-
Compounded such ibrmuiu- other 'hft,,
What gain % tloaoiua would llltrl be.
Idiot hsus' tctitcar Benson. Thee.
II is quite likely that Benson would
not have been 80 yencmOusly dealt by
however. had II not been for sometime,
with me. a seriously felt conviction that
there was in the community growing
ambition 10 bc funny; an ambition, too,
against which no one. WIKI the exception
of honest Bayari TAYLOR, seemed disposed
tn caution aspirants; probably on the
principle: Grind fool in a mortar
etc.
There !, no more deplorabIe aspiration
In the catagory of folly than o. seek the
reputation Of giving a ludicrOus aspect %
an ordinary phase oi human life, partlCu-
larlv if done t. make merry over ulSiOr-
time or poverty And yet there j. hard
| ly q newspaper in the land but employs
H. Wpup,v for that purpose; the verbal
Merry Andrews seeking the distinction
ufpopularity from their low trickcric- oi
language.
\ humorist like 10 Artcmus Ward j. q
national calamity, stimulating every
weakliug t. drolery Let NJ assist the
GODS onlv ia their best efforts. This ten
ienry tp the humorist. j. q colossal
grievance. Jukcst as they call them
selves. abound everywhere; and, Ike
mangel worzcls, they are most abundant
In the country. Rustic Wit Reminding
one of Gpidsmith'S famous line.
And the loud laugh that speaks 3D., vacant
mind
llumor cultivate grp-sne>>; giving % il @
lacquer of pleasantly, q, pills are coated
with sugar.
ann tempted to suspect that the rea-
son a comic paper cannot bee sustained
among us is because our people are I'M
pressed that for them % carry such
publication 10 their iireSidc- wuUld be, %
use am old phrase, carrying coglst 70 New.
castle they having Ut al times a super
abundance uf WittIcismS and such ike
goodies of the brain, while IN reality, the
reason j., their every day life i- So sea-
sunel with low jc-t> and disturbed hy
explosion, of surface mirth-thc mere
holahiug~ Of humur-that there is no rel
i~h left for fine Wit. 4 large degree OF
culture j. needed 10 sustain publication
like Punch. How ch8stc the language.
how elegant the >tyle 0f aIl the tit bits
served up in it, columns, 80 unlike the
low slang Of the ordinary new ~rapcr hu-
muri~t All this say more in sorrow
than in anger.
can point to q whole bushel Of iu.
stances giving me to understand that the
hahitual jokisi j. q dcprayel citizen. and
is quite in-cn-iblc to the Wit which. ike
old wine. mounts me % the brain" In
l.....l
the current vclp Of the modern humoriSt
a. dctcriorating, that it holds the same
relation To- the growing mind that the
wrcjrhel literature of the blood and
thunder school d0e--penirious and
poisoning TO the last degree.
Remembering that ! had biz Of vile
doggcrll at nay tongues end rm.
bracing an incredible story of military
experience; an cNtrayagaut yarn uf the
simplest order of haliudy ! rcciteJ it
10 family quite prrtcutious OF literary
taste, aud was aStpuishci o. find thatthc
loose nonsense took down the house; pa
discovering his entire palate in unctuou.
enjoyment, the Younger members each
mating - the extent ofthcir lungs: each
winding up with "fu-t class" ] copy the
trash blu-hing at heading IL:
BALLAD uf TIE IATE WAR
s. Yankee and q Johnny once.
Quite unDdeuily came
pom each other lu a wood.
When each AZ each tupAuim
Aud .0fhey mli ten minutes stood
When both began 20 tire
Zach one of them stiI wund ring why
The other didn't fire.
40 length out,poko the NorhcmNlght
'Ii You fire, So Will /.
but guc-, It's harily worth tlv while
tor both % risk tu die"
The southern brought DIS gun down
WI haf would you do' quuih be-
Jy>i flip q cent, said lauk "aHd Hnd
Who must the Vris.ucT be-