The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-02
From A Child.
Ep1roR OF THE ADVOCATE:


alone not hate;' where multitude of
well-reputed literati crowd the col
umns of our weeklies, with produc-
tions of their stupendously profound
genius, the undersigned begs leave to
announce, with all due humility, that
he has no desire to stand Idly by while
they are having the fun to themselves.
The thought Of becoming involved in
controversy is not facinating one,
particularly if the possibility of being
array @5-aginst the opinions of parties
endeaTcd by the tie of friendship and
| fraternity arises. What, however,
may ordinarily he distastefui, can
| under circumstances assume shape
not only destroying its responsiveness
but, indeed, adapting it to our sIrp-
posed, sincerely supposed, most refined
tastes and rendering it source of en-
! chantment to the soul. Many times
| exterior forces, arising from Il pecuii-
arity of certain conditions, bringing
their influence to bear upon us, dictate
actions, which would never have
been prompted by any motive, self
created Not deeming it necessary to
describe the force bearing upon this
| particular case, il exists nevertheless,
and may prove at the proper time how
! strangely we are drawn into doing
what we mostly desire to avoid. Now
! that 1--WE are in fer it,n there breaks
upon as the ravishing bliss given
/ birth TO by the assurance that we are
surrounded by. and not deemed un-
worthy of, those Titans of deep
| thought, those mon of thrilling in
| teilect, those creatures of gigantic
mind, who so generously are advanc-
| ing an illimitable number of golden
! opinions concerning anything but our
late Teachers Institute, (ReQuiescdt in
/ pdce3 those men who possess to an
enormous degree the faculty of max
ing much ado bout nothing; those
men who, for the purpose of inn
mortalizing their precious little selves,
of course, under pretence Of benefit.
ing their fcllow-townsmen in par
ticu!ar, and ali humanity in general,
by indulging in violent personal
attacks, instead Of dispassionately
meeting the question at issue.
The feeling that il. is our privilege
to attempt adding an item is so irresis-
tible that, though aware Of our limited
knowledge and our prctemtions be
most humble, we are swayed into
availing ourselves of it.
How strange, how wondrously
strange, it seems 10 us commonplace
mortais that, although under the vast
canopy Of heaven, in any country,
cline and land, rs far as the glorious
sun sheds his rays and the mid beams
of the moon wake in his trail, wher-
ever the marveiuUsly beautiful stella
spheres twinkle sniingiy npon NOR
tails in sublime, oVerpoWering gran
dure, as they revolve in their orbits
seldom men can be fouud Who in an
animated discussion, will give their
entire attention to facts instead OF
pitiie.sIy slashing away at each other,
how strange, we say, that such a de-
plorable conduct should be resorted to
ny q host Of sages g!1cing the Boro. OF
Rmgway, Elk County, Pa. "A
! Woman having asserted the right OF
any free born American citizen, by
publicly expressing an opinion in the
, most becoming and lady-like manner
! provokcs the wrath of a self-styled
, Man (?) who presents to an amuse,
mentioning public, in your last issue
/ an exceedingly rich document, in
which he gives vent to his just indig
, nation ut the prepostCr0ua presump
ton of having been held "Institutes'
. in Elk county before the telephone
, era. What a magnificent punster this
, excelIeutiy great "Man" is, to be sure,
: Alas. that even he should be human
q enough to ere, for listen. In his glo
, rious harangue he manifcSts Il greaj
+ degree of surprise that ali ''cranks
E are not confined to Washington. Has
the great philosopher become entirely
oblivious of his own valuable cXis
tence that he should ignore the fact o
: there being one more crank beside.
the parties he so daintily handle,
without the city limits of the Nationa
capital? Is such an extent of unself
! ishness, innocence and modcstN
possible in this era of railways, tele
graphs and telephones?
On the whole the "Man's" ingen
iously written article is valuable
scrap of literature inasmuch as on
can read it from last to first, from tn
l.. bottom upwards, commence in tn
!, centre, peruse it ziz-zag- wise or stanr
Il all the words not containing over tel
or eleven syllables on their head ant
obtain as much information as whel
l. recIted from top to bottom. Thing
have come to Il Iamentahle pass, in
deed, if every person appearing il
public discussion is to be subjected +
a treatment which bestows upon hin
such surprisingly beautiful apellation
!. as crank" and "croak."
l. Why revile a man for having ex
:, pressed sincere opinions, Stroni
/. convictions? 1t may appear Manly
!. so to do, certainly, but not gentle, no
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