Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-11-21
FLOR the GUARDIAN.
"A REMARKABLE COMMUNICATION.
FIDDLE STICKS AGAIN.

ed the combined talent of the heroes of the
ballroom three weeks Of worry aud jug
Cling; and after all, Mr.. Rosiu the Bow has
not been able to expose a single fallney in
our arguments, nor to gainsay single CON
clusion. True. he uses the words "fnl.e,''
"audacity," etc, but Bacon, H-adly, Coop
er and other logicians. say thatis sot argu-
ment.
Mr. Rosin the Bow discovers an immense
amount of "ruigarity' aud -ineieganee'
in our review, and inadvertently givee US
sample of elegance" in this sublime
sentence: This will stir mp your liver, ami
leave your kidneys rs bright and shining
as lime-bl-achcd chiiterlings" This sen
t.nce reminds MS of two dusky hunters
who caught m opcssuin, and agreed to try,
eseh, his elegance in prayer-the mort elc-
M. began with the usual appellations Of
the Dciiy-as bc had caught them up
Almighty. Eberlastin', 'rernal, &c. Hun
ter No. began: 'Ebrrlastin', Ternal, In
fuchini,e Godr- "Dsr, dar," said hum
ter No. l, II GIBBS il mp. | nebbcr FAINT of
! dat word ''hnehin Here's your pos
snn.' So must Say to Mr.. Resin the Bow,
here's your 'po~sum"-I never thought Of
that elegant phrase, lime -bleached chit
! terlings-
Mr.. Rosin the Bow rad the article to
which he replies to very little purpose. Hs
says it WIS - bitter opposition to dane
ing" The Opposition" AZ indicated by
the caption, the head notes, and the article
all the way through, was To tbe e1trava-
CANT claims Of the writer n ,ic ~on,nuni-
cation reviewed by rs. II WA claimed in
that article, that dancing p promotive of
morality" This Vas asserted, and this o.
.crfo, was opposed. We aill oppose it,
aud Mr. Ro-in the Bow gives NJ the arsn-
ment. There is not IN effort in his article
~ sustain the original assumptions. lie
speaks Of "sr '-hrst proposition" We Isid
down no proposition. Oar argument was
against assumptions-base, blatant asscr-
tions. -.-...
Onr alinsion To the "biTling nnd cooling"
IN she ball room, strikes hi. delicate srnsi-
b,btie, with a sense of horror. Allow me
to explain 10 my frend, Resin the Bow,
that This figure Of speech is certainly elias
sic. 1t is derived from the habits Of the
pigeon, and signifies personal Josdaes', cio-'
nc-s Of contact and agreement Of pprpo.c-
So you see, Mr. Rosin the Row, it is cIs-io
and frse.
Let MS scc. Mr.. 4. invites Miss y. to
wal,z-sho accepts. They walk ont-bc
places himself ut Der left side, puts his
| right arm around her Inst, takes her right
hiDsl in his Lft-she plocrs keT left band
IN bis shoulder. and ,bos they rip. ehsrg-
aud eavort7 like Mr.. Rusin the Bow says
| David did. Mark the cfs-~rc-- Of contact.
the manipuIa'ions Of p,rs-sst CspIpc.,, the
anune,f - pn7s--, and say whether or
MT OR Llca F "lIliirg and cooling is
"fal>e." M MI Rsin tie Bow as-rrts
lie pro!sunsts y question which lie 10
donh: thought ronld b. - nail in sure
} -
ros,r. ibc audacity To intimate thrs onr
ladies ond gentlemen ipdulg- IN the bail
room. or rl~.whrrr. in Sneh Srrrpntablr
acts ~ r.i forth in his ariel, r~ErraS tor
~, has not only 'ti~ soincity to init
mate but In assert what fr before said
that the intimacy - ,fr ball room, AMI
rnneh 81 ballroom r,irne,t~, wonLl not b.
tolerated IN any web governed poylor
Kind mother, =" IN description ef waltz
and answer for Yourself
w. Ro>iu ,be Bow ns=k~s t'yv- gue~.cs
At our identity. We way rr}~ve hin mind
tn ZONE extent, Ivy s--uIng bin thai w
are Net "slub-foeteI," but have tive feet
and have ~ aItzrd" on them. Nor havewc
ever sold whisky. We do r.& belong TO tho
lame. family, rs nc Scms fo suppose, and
have at m time seen al Indian war-dsrrcc.
OF q Negro h~. -doen.7 w hsSc never
been the victim Of Brigh,'s Dises3c, and
ut present, have no use Tor his prvssrip-
ton.
by the way, from the familiarity With
which Mr. Resin the Bow sp~sks Of Roots
and Herbe, and the manner ri compound
ing them, (and using them in eonsection
with patent rnrdieiDcsl we are sati.6e,i shat
he has turned aside frum his regular pro
fession-that Of r Root Doctor-to cirain.
pion the cause Of the dance. Well, since
it requires abont the same amoant Of e,n-
cation To run the one, that il does to rnn
the other, he has not lost Rwch.
one Of the Kings Of Israel, we hive n fair