The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-31
For The Democratic Advocate.

MEssRs. EDITORS Il notice that your new
neighbor, Mr.. Nicholson, editor in chief of
the Syndicate Organ, the Carroll toRy-dn, is
developing into first class wit, and that office
holders, aud all the relatjyss aud connections
ot utilce holders, even 10 remote degree.
are his especial quarry, and give poiHt io his
piquant pen; cide his report Of the Court
House meeting, to oppose the iniquitous ger
rynlander. That iacetia is his ruling passion
is further evinced by his handsomely Illus
trated article on the $40, 900 school bill. How
aptly and appropriately was ''Bloodybones,
his bull dog, introduced by the funny editor
on that occasion. THAT was quite English,
you know" Wasn't it IL palpable hity OF
course it was. Then again, look at his Ger
rymander '.What Is Itl''
whence, and what art thou, execrablc shape?"
Who but the possessor of the genius of Mast
ing productions from the great store house of
his brain? Why, he appears to be gentleman
Of most wonderful versatility, and Yields, with
equal facility, the pen, the pencil, the brush
or the BURN. AS u linguist, too, ! am told
that he speaks more languages than were
spoken at Babel-a very Admirable Chrichton
among newspaper men in his numerous ac-
complishmentsl Isn't it strange that a man
of such parts should cramp his genius over u
country newspaper, when he might with great
propriety say:-"1'he world is mine oyster,
which with my pen | will open" Richly
endowed by nature with such rare gifts, every
avenue to fame and fortune stand wide open
before him. Should the Carroll tony-dn dis
appoint him-should it not spring into success
at single bound, and should it fail to root
out the Sentinel and supplant that old long
established journal in the affections of the
| Republicans of Carroll, and should the Syn
| dictate begin to look blue and wear vinegar
aspect, wishing they hadn't done it, and their
organ find itselfin ertremis, like its ilustrious
predecessor, which the bogies forefend,
| why, he could at once secure an engage
ment with Puck, and that astute parsonage
would dance a rigadoon, or the Highland
/ fling, at the prospect of having so valuable an
acquisition to his staff. There could be no
doubt that the editor of the Carroll l!tony-
an would be able to take care of himself,
| whatever might become OF the Syndicate and
their organ, which in the outset announced
that it had ''come to stay" but whose staying
qualities will depend very largely upon the
Willingness of its Syndicate hackers to 60
down deeply and frequently with both hands
dexter and sinister-into their respective
repositories, and draw thence the vitalizing
ora In that condition of things they would
soon begin to soliloquize, after the manner oil
Hamlet
To stay-or not to stay-that is the question:.
| Whether It's nobler in the Syndicate to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune;
Or TO lake up arms against host of troubles,
And by opposing end them But to die
To seep-as did our predecessorstartlins thor ght!
o who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Tn oppreSsors wrong. the proud mans eontumely =,
The pangs of disappointment at delay of patrons.
The insolenee of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When we ourselves might our quetus make
BY closing up our ofice-who would bend to earth
And groan and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of such n fate
Makes us almost quite TO bear the ills we have
Than fly to Others that we know not Of.
Thus adverse circumstances make towards OF iIs all
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sickled DER with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment,
Such as this our CHERISHED Cdr-r-0-l-ltO AN,
With this regard their currents turn awry.
Nora.