The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-04-22
COL. VANN ON SMOKE
He Gives "An AdmirCr" a Few Cen
tie Tips.
Thinks Smoke Is Simply ard Only
Paradise Lost.
WANTS EN- TO COME UP INTO TOWN
And Thinks That the Lonely Admirer
should BE the Supervising Cen
eral of the Outfit.

Walked by the clrcIlnE hours WIN rosy manu-
Untarr'd the gates Of light"
Paradise Lost.
IF it is possible for IAN immortal en-
ergy to perpituate an etc nal growth
then the infinite aspirations Of the rest
less mind-that latent principal of being
which forever reaches after the unattain
able-will yet be gratifcd in this life,
and not wait for the lengthenng web Of
destiny to uncoil before claiming the
fruition of hopes long deferred. This
reflection, drapcd in the chaste toga of
discriminating reason, was drawn out
by, and through the persual of all open
letter, which appeared in recent issue
Of THE GLoBE, from can Admirer" to
our phiosophic neghbor, Colonel Reu
ben. That doughty knight of the quill,
Major "Admirer," in truly chivalric
way slashes his intellectual scimiter right
and left among that fearless journals
corrcspondents-the administrations,
engcndered by the cyclonic impact, are
still murmurng through the convolutions
Of our brain Now that "the gates Of
light" have been "unbarred," and Smoky
Hollow is being depicted in its true but
revolving colors what more natural than
that the friends Of that ante chamber of
hades should come to its rescue? The
inference is "Paradise LOst"-thOrOugh
courtesy called Smoke" would be both
an individual, as we'll as a national ca
lamity, the baneful qualifications Of
which, in their insidious meandering,
would blight the rational siestas of the
saints who now patrOnize that Edenic
Bower-OtheQO's occupation would be
be busted, and paradise Regained" as
problematcally as ante-diluvianm morality.
The corrording sorrow that's now
gnawing at the heart strings of "Admi
rer' is, it seems, the ruthless thought
what will become Of the cooling doves
their presence? He pitiously asks, in
this fearful strain of Philanthropy
"Will you hand them over to penury and
want can the heartless christians of
Decentralization, the child of my vows
and prayers, see them perish and freeze
on her streets, and not make an effort to
rescue them from the billiards. icy
mantle, or the embrace Of unrelenting
death? Friend "Admirer,' don't let
your christian zeal run away with discre-
ton you must put stumbling block in
the way Of those bigotS who would per
pctrate this worse than heathenish
outrage; be moderate in your grief, and
remember that time and patience, like
croten oil, will have a tendency 10 un-
burden your mind Of its great load of
unappreciated, but nevertheless woeful
woe, You will allow us to suggest the |
wisdom, as we'll as propriety of petition
ing the powers that be, wicked junta,
truly to locate the prosecuted sisters in
the central part of town, how would
Main street sui; you? Possibly a place
could be leased for a long series Of years, |
but the price would, doubtless, be away
up-yulgar dollars and cents, however.
should be minor consideration when |
virtue, love and beauty claim our protec-
ton
Hitherto it must have been painfully
evident TO you, and the saints generally, |
that Smoke has been too far removed
from the soothing influences of its pa.
irons who reside in Durham-lions
proWled about the space that separated
it from the benightcd Bull city. Ourl
Itt4C ooNS III knee bIeeCneS, VINO mean
dcrcd down that way after dark, were
liable to be bounced upon by the savage
hrutcs-note the case OF those innocents.
Happier and Jones, VINO monkeyed in the
ncutra! zone. Get up the petition, Mr.
"Admirer,' there will be no trouble about
getting signers thereto at the same time
you might ask to be appointed resident
supervisor Of the schebaug-a hcfty
salary would amply repay you for the
outlay in obtaining it. Disinterestod
love is God-likc virtue, and never fails
to meet with the appreciation Of the good
and true the world over; then " hat need
of praise is due that one who alone and