Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-01-07
THE SMALLEST MEN.
WHO THEY ARE AN WIEAT THEY
FIND EIt DO.
The Surcst way for any one to belittle
himself is for him to try to belittie
what is always head aud shoulders
above him.
BY EDWARD PAYSt,E HALL
g-..-

! above him.
BY EDWARD PAYStsN HALL
FOR Tie SsDt5"n
The ancient poets were wont to paint
the pignlies and 4iants rs creatures
Of the widest disparity i'll size and
strengtlp--physicalIy considered. From
( the stanfroint Of intellectual compar-
ison. however, the real, mattcr-of-tact,
mental pigtnv IS and ever has been OF
such infnitesinal and indescribably
minnie proportions when placed be-
side the worlds truly great, that the
/ most spasmodic attempts have been
made by their delineators, time out Of
mind, 10 breathe this actual smallncss
into adequately descriptive language.
i thousand such souls as | have often
seen might find ample ballroom space
to hold the biggest kind of a dance,
guests. fddlers and all, in the interior
Of a nutshell Their ultra meanness
is something faebly described in the
the provincialisms which alledge that
they & would gladly and greedily skin
Il flea FOR its hide and tallow," $ steal
the coppers from dead nigeer'a eyes, .
and g squeeze q silver quartor-tioilar
tight enough to make the eagle-on it
scream Justify for help
Yet after all, choose to have
very little to DO, in the present writ
ing, with the generality of these boo
s,urs.'' / wish now to deal only with
/ the very smallest OF the small the
/ chuffiest slum OF the earth-the aver
age breed Of nothingncss, which, in
! the hope OF swelling from dimensions
indiscoverable by the forty-thousand
times magnifying microscope to the
size CT q mustard seed, seeks Oh any
and every occasion to turn up It's nose
at and fling ont its foolish criticisms
upon the newspapers
There Is an astonishing plenty o.
newspapers in these United Stutes
but they are not one hurlredth part
Is plenty - newspaper tritics. Now,
Of all things or the face Of Ibis earth
which are made, it takes just the
smallest quantity of material to
make this sorts OF critic. When
children are beginning r. learn to
read they often bluuder by calling :,
/ CFilic Il clIc>cl. Iii4S, L4i> S1i I
of critter" were well namcd q
"cricket " only THAT the cricket is
harmless and he-well, he would
if he could
Our poorly-equipped but honest
and hard-working country weelllies,
the educators Of the natiou's yeoman-
ry, the only heralds Of their towns
/ improvements, are the special targets
for their pop-gun practice, " The
Logtoocn Eogle,'' one Of these wise
acres will gravely remark, AND i'll so
doing shove his opinion ON you, is
the trihingest paper in the State, dc
believe. There amt nothin III it.
Another confidently asks your opin-
ion, and in so doing expects You 60
corroborate his notion ot the Lumbe1.
rUe Heruld, whether its dom any
better yit than it useter?'' Perhaps
you hopefully reply: Il think its i'm
peoving rapidly" and in return fol
your information you get fiat contra
diction flung back at you in this shape
by Mr.. Critic When / saw it last
] borrowed it from Dick Snipes, ano
| got so tired of readin' it | sent il
back to him at last without readin
mor'en half love our Republic, but
such men make me SO mad | ottel
wish | was Emperor Of Russia fol
awhile, Just long enough to be able tC
send them to Siberia, and make EN-
do without newspapers and severa
other comforts and luxuries for a few
years. Siberia, did [ say? No, III takt
that sback China would be a bette1
place for EN-, where, shut in by tn,
great wall of non-interc0urse, they
could not know there was any othel
people on earth
Shame on the bigoted ignoramu:
who, because it is free country, ex
ercises his liberty in discouraging it:
best guardian, the bravery country
editor, paid il ''chips and whetstones,
yet fighting personal poverty and pub
lie tyranny like the knights Of ole
fought the Turks.
The trifingest newspaper | eve
saw was worth reading, and Clay, Web
ster and Benton and Lincoln have al
expressed the same opinion in differ
, ent words.
Pay for your newspapers, you small
fry on earth and quit talking about 'en
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