Smyrna times., 1885-02-18
TUT IUt .WIJT ITI IIWItFs
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS
DUE"

For tb, Smyrna Times.
- HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS
DUE"
Here is an ancient fable which we
would like you to publish in your
paper for the benefit of the editor Of
the Record -
When Zeus, half in sport, half in
cruelty, made man, young Hermas,
who, as all Olympus knew, was for /
ever at at some piece of mischief, in
sisted on meddling with his fathers |
work, and got leave to fashion the |
human ear out of she'll that he |
chanced to have by him, across which |
he stretched fine cobweb that he
stole from Arachne But he followed !
and twisted the shell in such fashion
that it would turn back all sound eX-
cept that which FalsehOOd would blow
in very loud blast with brazen horn,
whilst the impenetrable web would
keep out all such whispers as Truth
could send up from the depths of her
well. Hermas chuckled as he rounded
the curves of his ear and fastened 1t on
to the newly-made human creature.
" So shall these mOrtGiS ARRAYS hear and
belieUe the thiRgs that are not, he said
to himself in glee-knOwing that the
box he would give to Pandora would
not bear more confused and complex
wars to the hapless earth than this gift
of an ear to man. But he forgot him
self so far that although two ears were
wanted, he only made one. Apollo
passing that way, marked the blunder,
and resolved to avenge the theft of his
milk-white binds which had led him
such a weary chase through Llmpe.
Apollo took a pearl of the sea, and
followed it, and strung across it sill
yer string from his own Tyre, and with
1t gave to man one ear 10y which the
voice of Truth should reach the hui
man brain. You have SpOilt all my
sport" said the boy Hermas, angry
and weeping. Nay said the elder
/ brother. with a smile. " BE comfOrted.
| The brazen trumpet will he sure to
drown the whisper Of Truth, and ten
thousand mOrtais to one, be sure, will
always turn by choice your ear instead
of mine"
If the dyspeptic editor of the Record
can digest the subtle sarcasm that the
dDOKC ldUlG COutdlllSs L luillh ~ WOuANA
not only be beneficial, but profitable for
him to take it "untO himself" and
allow its influence to be kind OF
tutor.
For many months all the readers of
the Record have seen to their dis
gust" Il have heard scores of them
use this very word in speaking of this
affair articles supposed by the editor
of the Record, but not by its intelligent
readers. to contain sarcastical witt
concerning our policemen, who, il
seems, have done something to dis
please this ignis fdtuus of the newspaper
world.
1t is the privilege, we are aware, of d
newspaper man, to draw the attention
of his readers to nuisances that may
exist in the town or city where his
paper is published, but Is il right tOl
the same gentleman to continually bt
driving his pen of wOuld-be sarcasm
out of personal spite into the hearts o
innocent men who do not deserve it, a.
we have reason to believe the case t(
be in this instance
Our Commissioners have selected
these men to look after the Legitimate
peace and keep order in town and d'
they not perform their duties as wei
as t,CO officers can? We cannot reason
ably expect two men TO do tre men,
work, and be all over the town at once
to see all things that may occur, for i
is impossible for human being to b'
in but one place at once; unless h.
has the spirit of imagination that tn
editor of the Record has, and no re
gard for the whispering of Truth Ia
some of the articles that the Record ha
contained show its editor has not
But a. they have not this wonderful
power of being everywhere and seein
everything, or have not the audacity t
, presume they have, we must judg
them and their works by Reason an
not by Fallacy; or, at least not
: allow personal spite to cause a cloud t
r envelope our reasoning powers, am
2 make all their actions cOmmendabl
and worthy of public attention.
We have been out all hours of th
night in all kinds of weather, and haV
t seen these men at different parts of tn
r town attending to their duties-watcl
r ing over the sleeping town, and I'll
n property of its inhabitants.
If the precOcious editor of the RecOr
. who, it seems to us, in this case partl
Il ularly, acts more like GnguiSe IN herL
r than an upright and honorable editO
IS would leave his warm bed some col,
q disagreeable night, he could get I'M
terial to fill his sheet that the majOriI
of his readers would peruse with plea
+ ure or, at least, not with " disgust
8 If he would listen to the mellow VOl'
% of Truth whispering in his ear, an
IS would not allow the brazen trumpet
is Fallacy to drown out its sweet vOic
il and would conquer the monster pc
- sORGl spite, he could get the facts tn
~ would enable him to write an item tn
e would read something like the folio
le ing
rs "I4ast evening the editor of Il
"a Record robed himself in his great Goa
. and, leaving his warm couch, where
:, had been resting in the gentle arms
VI Morpheus, walked out in the cold al
OF darkness of q Winter night. Il
n- streets were covered with sleet tn
er made it almost impossible to walk
en- safety, and the cold, penetrating vii
that came ladened with snow from
=, far away ice-bemantled home, pr
III meated the blue blood in my veins a.
sent it tingling back to the great rest
VOir that beat under the protection
my great coat. While walking slow
about Commerce street, we saw by
: dim gas light of street lamp, viii
~ shed its mellow half-golden light O
upon the snOw-tilled air, the form OF