The Penn's Grove record., 1886-03-13
Live Oak Scatters Orange
Blossom to the Wind.

him with such force rs to turn
his brlstles the wrong way. Look at
him with head erect, distended
nostrils, 6ars set back, and with fiaim-
ing EYES. Perhaps a few nuts from Live
Oaks boughs will relievehis distress
hence l will proceed to give him some
to crack, which may calm his brain
and quiet his nerves, as they need rest,
especially after his labored effort at
writing what he thinks an article OF crit
icism OH Live Oak. No doubt, Or
ANGE BLOSSOMS vanity has led him to
think he has writteh,a mastery crit
on my article, entitled "Anothor
Breeze from the Sunny South"
am willing lie shall enjoy all of the
pleasure that car be derived from his
own production, which no doubt eman-
ated from a brain filled with egotism.
| term his article an out burst of ran
corous, bombastic v~ituperation. As l
to be charitable towards him, l
am led to believe this sickly condition
of his brain is due TO his vOracious ap-
petite for grits and indulging to freely
in this article of food. 1t has soured
on his stomach and somewhat disturbed
Il e equilibrium of his brain. In view
of the seat of knowledge being in such
II feeble condition, Iforhear dealing too
harshly with him. think he has laYed
dormant too long. 1t has impaired
his intellectual powers somewhat. l
I'm sorry that in a former article, /
spoke Of ORANGE BUD as having a
bright intellect.
Right here L will apologize for do
ing him such an injustice as that. l
gave him a little taffy and he has al
most slobhered himself to death over it.
Now | make no claim TO any great
wisdom, neithardo make anypretence
10 be vrrsed in tic mystfies of journal
but try and use ordinary common
in all things. In regards to my ar
icle which SO irritated ORANGE BUD,
| made but little effort to criticise his
1t is true critic was used still
| have no objection whatever in
ORANGE Bud critcising my writing in
| fair and inst manner.
Now as he took great liberty in criti-
my article, 1 shall feel free to
use the same liberty in my criticism on
his article. In the first place this self
literary pigmy has lofty as
pirations to become something great in
The literary cjIcle;aa ETHEREAL height he
will never reach. l think u better ap-
pellation to this gehl4s of tie pen
be il consumer of grits. Now
This self supposed giant of journalism
in on my article with the swoId
If criticism, suspended above my head.
In this position lie holds himself n mo-
ment aud like the bird of prey he at
TO swoop down on his victim
and bury his critical taions deep in my
but is foiled and in his descent
he is caught in Live Oaks boughs. IN
his endeavor to extricate himself he al
most looses his life. Evidently he
trieS to make it APPEAR that my article
was almost unworthy the notice of his
critical pen, yet the fact remains that
it terribly irritated this self conceittd
critic. How carefully lie examines
different sentences in my article and
vainly attempts to destroy their force.
lie even eXhausts his vocabulary and
closes with a rapid verbosity of
words. | will show ORANGE BLOSSOMS
stupidity and ignorance as IA critic by
referring TO Il paragraph in my article
relating to historical writer's. made
the distinction between modern and
ancient writer's, but he charges me
with putting them all on the same foot
ing. Poor withered ORANGE Bios
SOM. Thy mental vision is becoming
dmmed. Evidently this mighty Go.
lath of criticism thinks it is impossible
for me to make any sensible criticism
his article. / shall notice only
his weakest points lie charges tC
me, ny utter inability to criticise his
article. lie throws out a challenge and
C Iarges me with c0waIdicp. l viii
not De too harsh en- hin as lie did not
deny my stetemcnt eff his planning
great financial schemes and Of yisOn'
of great wealth looming up before hin
in his sleep. This seems like a bite
dose Cor him TO swallow aud il lie dee'
ever ripen into an orange it will be {
natural frait sour and bitter. and toe
soft in the Uranium for any one t,
touch. lie says l compare the nigh'
of The eagle to the unfolding Of the
The petals Of the orange bud, which il
false. l made 10 such comparison
whatever. lie inserts a comparison
to suit himself. think a better com
pIison weuld be this which applie
to Him. An owl seeks to perch q
Live Oaks boughs, but gels lost in TIN
dark labyrinth which surrounds him
He boots and boots and boots bu
fails ana falls 10 the ground GroyeliHl
in the dust. In another sentence il
his article Ire says: Il shall hope en-
the harvest shall have passed to grow
10 a large ripe orange that sou ma.
have a ,as g Of MY luscious juicy sub
stance" How TIE EougAs Of LiFl