Blue-grass blade., 1890-10-25

down some, the Judges poetry
would be appreciated if the Press
would publish it again.
Bat what 1 was going to say
abovt you is, that you damage
the journalistic reputation Of the
whole State by failing to make
good points. 1 don't know you
personally, do not even know the
name of the editor of the Com
monwealth; but, from the tone of
the article, l think l may safely
assume that | am writing to some
one who is quite a youth, and !
hore that the frost on my head
viii pardon my presumption in
thus addressing you.
Thales of Miletus said, "Know
your opportunity" If you had
only stopped after you had made
your first point, that the gentle
men about whom | spoke dis
paragingly, in the too great ardor
of political discussion, were those
who had been honored by the
people of this, the finest country
in the world, with the usual
"pennyrile" tribute to bluegrass,
and finished with some such
Latin quotation as "Vor pop
uli. ror DEL" you would have
had me annihilated.
Or if you did not happen tc
know that particular piece Of
Latin, almost any other Latir
quotation would have done, TO-
there is nothing that so excite
tAs admiration of the average
ewspaper reader, as for an edl
tor to write something that thu
reader aforesaid can't under
stand.
/ have done this with grea
effect for years, and if the BLADl
does make journalistic success
/ will attribute it largely to thi
happy discovery of mine.
Turn over in the back part o
W-ebster's dictionary and you cal
find plenty of these expressions
ami you can attribute them t
Livy, Sallust, Horace, Virgil
Cicero or any Latin author tina
yo,' may happen to have hear'
about.
But you must learn to "4ui
while your credit is good" lo1
began to spoil the effect of wha
YOU had already gained by tn
statement that l was persecutin
men because they were ''poor.
That might pass down abou
Covington perhaps, but it sound
ed,awful up here.
| suppose any one OF the gen
tlemen l was criticizing cOul
pay you from five to ten times a
much as you would be willing t
take for your paper, without an
special financial Inconvenience t
him.
One ofthem is the only heir t
a handsome estate, and owns tn
Whole town of Granard all t
himself.
Another one lives in elegal
style, has a good fortune now,
better one coming, and has
splendid salary.
yAnOther one has one of tn
finest farms in the country, fines
stock in the COUNTRY and a fin
office.
What you said is calculated I
inlaye their financial standing.
Then you went on to say tina
1 prosecuted some gentlemen ''b'
cause of their rrligion, or the
waSN Of religion"
Now you see the ldea OF III
prosecuting a man tor his religlo
and. bis want of religion at OF
) and the same time, is SO incon
} preSensible to the average un lie
standing, that your readers can
not clearly appreciate what it
thar you mean to say ! did.
j. you had stated that ! pc
secl ted them for their religion,
} thaH1 prosecuted them for the
want of religion. Either on
wouId have been accepted as trt
by The press and politicians Of IL
St.tgx but you fixed it so thi
eaci1 clause of your sentance ne'
traiized the other.
ILyou will observe these su!
gestions you may succeed
journalism when you arrive
yeas of greater discretion.