The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-23
Airy Tongues.

The owner oil :" " ilSkcTS, iauV = tcllic',
has been urging me to write something about
him. Every time the pet has an attack OF
bronchitis or rheumatism, or puts out his
tongue to learn if it has healthy color, its
owner SAYS Airy Tongues should say some
thing about it, Well, this lady has been told
time and again that Whiskers' is not
pretty; that it is not useful and that no one
has vet been able TO ascertain why NhSk-
crs" should be allowed to exist. But tie
creature lives nevertheless, and few days
ago his owner had him washed, dried, tied
piece Of pink ribbon around his neck, parted
his hair in the middle, and, starting for the
photographers, requested representative OF
the Posr to make announcement Of the fact in
"the paper" The photographer looked at
"Whiskers" and then at his machine.
"Madam," said he after some hesitation,
" fear the consequences of taking that dog $
picture"
"Why," asked the lady, it won't hurt the
dear little thing, will it,"
ono, Madam" replied the artist, bowing
respectfully, "but it may break my ma
chine"
GLOW horrid, for YOU to say such thing
exclaimed the lady, and she threw such fiery
dart, from her beautiful blue eyes, " all filed
with the helpless wrath Of tears" that the
photographer determined to risk his en-
tire establishment to paciiy and please the
LADY,.
But no sooner did he get focus on the deg
than, bang the machine was smashed. and the
photographer, who engineered it, fell PROSTATE
from the shock.
When the photographer recovered he said
that his camera had stood many test; it had
been worked without injury on baby; it had
withstood the strain Of certain LAWYER:
it had even been tried OF. JEFF Dillon and Henry
Robinett, but that Scotch dude of 4 dog had
at last smashed it.
The Louisville Commercial points out i'll its
own rude way an error which appeared in this
column applying Shakcspearcs description OF
clean and hungry look to Antony instead Of
to Cassius. The Commercial is right, though
plutarch describes Antony also as being
spare. 1t was an error which resulted from
haste in writing, and | deserve rebukc for
careessness: but what surprises INC. is that the
Commercial discovered it. \ paper that is
constantly filled with errors Of its own and
whose critical column seems edited by q coal
cartdriycr, is not expected To discover
literary errors am glad to learn, however,
that one of its staff got IL dead-head ticket to
Booth & Barrett's performance, and has ca
pacitv to remember sentence or two OF what
he heard DUPONT must have bought the
smart Alex with the long primer tyne with
which that rural journal is now printed.
Senator Faulkner, who has been speaking
" against time in the Senate in order 10 de-
feat the Force Bill, is 4 clever fellow about
forty five years Of age and is very popular.
He attended the law class at the University Of
Virginia in &c and 20, was not very studious.
but naturally bright and had the oratorical
gift He fell in love with Charlottesville lady
and married q few months after leaving the
University, and they now have happy family.
Faulkner was 'onc of the boys at school.
He was generous to fault, ardent, suscepti-
Bile, and at one time was desperately in love
with Lynchburg lady, the daughter of an ex-
Speaker Of the House Of Representative and
4 brilliant girl. But he had an amostlTurk-
sh fondress for both ladies and tobacco, and
he was out and in love in quick succession,
tipping little upon every change that oc-
CURED in his heart affairs. But he is sedatc
Senator now. a very hard worker and useful
representative Of his State, and all his boyish
indiscretions should be forgiven and for
gotten.
And this reminds me of what most dislike
in large class of Louisville people, including
quite number of Louisville journalists. They
arc toadies-not toadies by instinct, but toad
les by election. Some years ago Henry Wat
terson attempted to quote the Lords prayer
in one of his elusive, insincere and sentimental
editorials and got it all mixed, not By the slip
of the pen or thoughtlessness and haste in
composition, but because he was not sufl!c-
iently familiar with the subject. Yet not an
owl stretched his neck, not an ass lifted his
heel: and even the clergy, who must have first
detected the glazing error, snickered in secret
only, and few years afterwards several offered
uppublic prayers for the health and long life of
one whose neral influence was so valuable to
the community, particularly about 3 o'clock 0.