The Worthington advance., 1882-03-30
LONCFELLOU. WILDE.


LONGFELLOW. WILDE:
Mr.. LOI gfeilow was - years Of age
on the .7th. In Il number Of places the
good people vino are fond of the g,,sn-
ing verses Of the old bard celebrated
his anniversary with some Interesting
exercises. "There IS no accounting Tor
tastes. ."-Davenport Gazette.
America greatest and most honor
ed living poet, whose Cambridge home
is il shrine to which all that is nobIest
and best in the land pays hearty rcver-
ence, once Wrote:
God sent his singers upon the earth
With songs OF >:,ItHpSS and OF Inrtf.
That they might touch the hearts Of men
And bring them back to heaven again.
There may lie persons whose hearts
are incapable # being touched hy the
songs Of the heaven-Sent singers. and
the synical critic Of the Gazette seems
to he one Of them. Verify. "there is
no accounting for the TASTE Of the man
who finds it in his heart to Sn-er ut
1.ongfellow. Probably nothing less
''soulful'' than the "utttrly utter"
rhapsodies of Oscar Wilde is worthy of
his atteEtion.-Belle Plaine Union.
There you have it. The Gazette
sneers at I.ongfelow and the Cnion
takes him to task for doing so. and
then sneers ut Oscar Wilde III the same
breath. True, true, ''there is no ac-
counting for" the inconsistency Of ed
itors. Longfellow has done more t."
''write up America in verse than any
author. Ills lIiawatl,a, Miles Standish
and Evangeline cover the whole field
Of American scenery and early Ameri-
can life. without being positively
great, lie is wonderfully clever, versa
tile and graphic and is the deftest hand
Ter OF English words among modern
poets.
But the same man who WorshpS at
the shrine of I1ongfeliow, takes up the
flippant and ignorant snecr 1T Wilde
which is just now in vogue among
those who cannot distinguish between
beauty and beafsteak. Wilde has AL
ready written some of the noblest po-
etry in his language and his art theor-
les are Il step nearer to the perfectly
fine and beautiful than anything which,
has been advanced. Those base bail
idints from the Cambridge, Rochester,
and other colleges who have been at
tending his LECTURES and making dis
turbances by their ridicule aud brutal
manners ought to be beaten with their
own base bail bats and shut up until
they have sense enough to appear il
CIVILIZED audiences.
DANCING;
EDITOR ADVANCE: In answer to
Rev. G. Brown about dancing, we have
i word to say. lie says, lit requires
neither brains nor good morals to bc Il.
good dancer.' In this We cannot
agree with hitu, for if it does not re-
quire brains it takes years of practice
to become good dancer. AS for uor-
ais or manners we will say that il per
son can learn more manners in going
to one good dance than to 20 to church
year.
Secondly. The old saying is, "wl,ere
Il few Methodists are gathered in their
midst will be Il cnlitctiun" Some.
times they get Il dollar and something
else. Why, have heard OF people put
ting Il penny III the hat us it was passed.
The church people even 90 81 far some.
times us to burn their churches to yet
the insurance nulity 10 pay their
preachers.
On the other hand, we e" to Il dance
and it the ticket costs 50 cts. ur $l.W
it is paid and not Il word said. Who
ever heard of Il fiddler being cheated
out Of his p,y?
Again. wI'tn we get up u dance we
invite the ones we want there because
we want only the best.
At your churches you have all grades
Of society. You let it I've known in
Wortlington that there will b. il dance
and 4 church meeting the same night
and 50 50 will be the admission. Tie
result will be the preacher will talk to
an empty house while the dance hall
will b3 crowded.
One more point. lie says: ''young
ladies' allow gentlemen privileges 1T !,
dance which 1T other places would be
improper" We would like Nj. Brown
to state what he means by this. Does
he consider it improper for gentle
man and lady to take hold oi hands? l
nave seen things happen III church that
IT the same were t." happen in Il dance
they would be kicked out doors. Why,
the preachers themselves would not
dare to do ~ 4 dance what they do in !,
church aud if you are anxious to
know what they are I will tell you
s"metima, but consider it too tad to
put in print. and yet it is all right he
cause snch is religion and such is the
way to heaven. More anon.
DANGER.
Renew Your f.eaSe.-Thcre are
times in every ones life when energy
fails and a miserable feeling comes ov-
er them, mistaken for laZiness. Danger
turks in these symptoms. as they arise
from diseased organs. Parker's Gin.
ger Tonic will restore perfect activity
to the Stomach. Liver and Kidneys.
purify the blood. and renew vo,r lease
at health and cOmfort.-Alvocate.
A new comet has been discovered
with tail five minutes in length. "
That is model comet. Should be
engaged to furnish five minuto t.los