Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-11-01
AUNT MAGGIE.
"Pstent Outsides" and What tho Old Lady
Thinks of Them.
Especial Correspondence Of the Sentinel J

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lEIDsvILLE, N. c., October, 30
Nearly every thing one meets with
nowadays wears patent outside, the
business is not altogether monopolized
by the newspapers though it is great
pity that we can't find brain work
enough at home to run them without
going up North to get reading matter,
they don't know, nor do they care,
what will suit us Tarheels, so they get
the money for their patent outsides
they send our editors. The same mon
ey might be given to some poor hum
cry printer, or journalist, and enable
them to make living. AS it is they
make no living at all-but who takes
any notice of the unsuccessful in life's
1T is the thsians wiansrs who are noticed
r!aInaf Carried away with the State Chron-
icle, published at Raleigh, it looks so
independent in its own brain work of
generous, intelligent and cultured body
Of ladies and gentleman, that I cor
daily wish it success.
Last year we had an overdose of
patent outside in the person of young
Irish gentleman who was shrewd
enough to see chance in false and
snowy ideas of art, which were then
just rising into popularity. He en-
braced this chance and kept ahead of
the popular movement made some
money and gained some newspaper no.
toriety, before our people ever discov-
cred that Oscar was a fraud. He's
gone back to Europe and hope he
will stay there, and we'll try and re-
turn the compliment by shipping few
of our fools or our knaves over there
and get some of the money back he
took away for his big sunfowers.
Then here comes Mrs. Langtry, and
every body, newspapers, and Freddy,
went wild over her. Well, my opin-
ion is that gold is not the only thing
that glitters Much the greater part
of the sum total Of daily shines comes
from substances decidedly more hum
BILE and more common. She wore a
patent outside, but didn't she make
money! Well we'll ship some of our
beauties now and see if we can't fool
Europe out Of some money too.
Jay Gould ght be termed pat
ent outside. The newspapers say that
he prayed once by the wayside when
he was poor and needy. There is nc
record of his having prayed since he
became millionaire. guess if there
is any occasion for him to communi
cate with Heaven now, its done by
telegraph. Praying is the passtime O
poor man. A man who gets two
dollars a second for his time, cam
afford to waste much of it in praying
I Iyonder what he prayed for that day
If Il was for money, certainly no pray
er was ever more efectually answered
: / guess the experience of Jay Goule
will be calculated to give boom t.
. religion, and no doubt many are pray
: ing to-day who never prayed before
{ Most praying is too much on the pat
| ent outside order. It can be fixed III
) in nice language-thrown out to tn,
; hearers with feeling, and pathos, bu
just turn to the inside of the praying
: machine, and the print is all blurred
: up-there is an overpowering redun
dancy of adjectives and adverbs--ther
: is silly nothingness and we are drift
t ing away from religion in consequence
f Of it. Some beautiful residences W
pass in our walks, where flowers bloom
| in bright and beautiful colors-wher
r the merry laugh of youth can be hear
and sweet sounds of music float upol
5 the ear of the passers by, are paten
). outsides. They are filled up ON tn
: inside with GROWERS, who find faul
: with every thing and every body an,
$ the tired and weary wife who has t
s bear all moods is earnestly wishin
: and waiting for the Master to call he
3 up higher, where there is no paten
5 outside.