The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-23
Ashe their father we're
Fer naming h.EtoI hlna

break the game laws.
"He loves the dappled deer
As be their lhtheF we're;
For manning hartoF hind
Full many man goes hiind,H
said the old English rhyme about
William the COnquerOF. The same
lines constituting rabbits and hares
for stays and hindsl applied 20 the
British squire Of Sydney Smiths
time. To protect his game he was
permitted by law, II not to blind the
lieges, at lieges, at least TO make his
park about % safe to walk in as the
outskirts Of PleTna during the siege.
In the Museum Of Scotch Antigua
Ties, when was g boy, there used TO
be an object which was very attractive
to youths. It was q large block Of
heavy wood, in which was accommO-
dated q stout gun-bRFral. with an old
fashioned fiintrOck. This mechali-
ism was attached TO wires and chains,
and the whole was called q "spring-
gun" These spring-guns the squire
was permitted 30 conceal in his covers
with the wires cunningly spread, 90
that the trespasser-artist, pOscheF or
whoever he was-might trip Ia the
meshes, pull the trigger, and so get
himself shot. The law, as one studies
Il In Sydney Smiths essays, appears
only to have required that due notice
should be given. Beware Of spring.
guns" the warning used 10 run and
man-traps, with or without sharl-
tOOthed edges, were alsOIemDlOyed to
capture the wayfarer. The printed
warnings Though attended 10 By Mr..
Jingse's learned dog POntO. in Pick
tUick) could be Of little service 10 q
peasantry destitute Of elementary ed
ucatiOn.
while these were the amenities Of
the country, the towns were not free
from barbarism. Sydney Smith
draws a horrible picture Of q great
London party-every one merry, the
table bountifully set forth with
flowers, glass and silver, the dinner
exquisite, and q small climbing boyn
being roasted to death up the chin
neYi When ehimneyB caught IRE
las they seem often 70 have done on
festive Occasions), the practice was TO
send "a little lad who cl0mb and
crOpe" up the fiue 70 extinguish the
flames. This was but one Of the dan
gers incident to the lives Of young
ehimney-sweeps. OF smaller social
changes, those produced BY steam.
electricity, gas, education, e weaver
need no longer be "a beast as sgd
ney Smith says he too commonly wal
Il is not Necessary % speak Not one
Of the changes, nom che enanCipa-
ton Of the Catholics to Tie abolition
Of spring guns, and man-treps, from
humanity to climbing boys % the
drainage Of that then horribly nIalo- 1
dorous city, Edinburg, wa unaided /
BY the humor and el0qUence Of sgd
ney Smith. As CetYtnles "lauFhed /
SPANS chlvalFy away" 60 the Rec /
ter o. toeton laughed 1pfing-FunE, I
cies, the worst features Of the rame !
laws, dir, ignorsnCe, enobhishnesl.
&c not quite away atlll into dark
eornc-S and 9 subteEranean nfe Of
shame. n doing al this, sgd ney
Smith deliberately placed himself for
the time beyond the reach Of clerical /
pFefcrment. he was en- ambitious /
man, q man fond Of power, and vet /
he threw in bis lot with the side /
which, though certain 20 win In the /
long run, was by no means certain 20 /
win during his lifetime. His chosen 4
mode Of ettack, ridicule. ashooiinR /
abuses with sparrOW-shot," he prob i
ably could not help choosing. His j
splendid endoWments Of wit and In.
tslieetual high spirits lei him no /
other course. But he knew as vel 90
any one that his Wit was all but fatal b
his professional chances. His daugh-
ter. Lady Holland, used 10 say that
among her earliest recollectiOns was
the following incident An aCqualnt-
ance met her and said, TELL your
father that the King has been readlng
hie books. and eay6, Mr.. Smith Is q
clever fellow, but he viii never Be q
bishop" He never vas q bishop
ANDEEw LANG, In Hoyp6f's Hdga-
efae for November.