Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
THE WORLD HAS GONE
WRONG.
Criticisms Relieved to Have Been
Called For, Were -Uncalled Forv

/ ~As vvGEO OmC2uICO F0R.V
A certain individual in Boise
county, whose name we will refrain
from mentioning, not being particu-
larly dssirous of advertising, without
pay, his breadth and depth Of ca paci-
cy for forming correct and strictly
unerring judgment as to what con
stitutes the right kind Of paper,
gives US very valuable pointer for
which, in mute words in cold print,
we cannot express our deep, warm
and swelling gratitude. We are al
ways fond Of fatherly advice, es-
pecially when it comes from almost a
total stranger, and one who knows a
whole lot more than we do, as this
fellow does, and is not at all modest
about making US aware of that fact.
Such frankness evolved from a rich
and productive mine Of unsurpassed
erudition deserves golden medal
studded with diamonds OF the first
water, which we would quickly and
gladly award were our financial abil-
tiles equal to the equitable demands
and bowling necessities of the case.
Until fortune smiles more kindly upon
a depleted exchequer we will have to
content ourself simply with an award
of golden opinion and diamond dust
of high regard glowing with the
the warm effulgence of flaming graft
tude. This aforesaid individual
knows just exactly by what standard
a country newspaper should be meas
ured. He ought to know, for he has
a standard OF that kind made with his
own hands. AS he made it himself
he knows it is good and warranted
not to warp or split, or to bend to
other standards not made by such
skillful fukes. To make sure that no
false estimate would be placed upon
the correctness and faul,lessness of
the offspring of his fertile brain (made
luxurient through careful cultivation,
irrigation and stable fertilizers all
of which cannot fail to produce firm
and stable intellect), he accompanied
the expose of the wrong position of
the WORLD with the stern edct-
"Stop my paper!!!!" We are glad
OF this, notwithstanding it will prove
serious and irreparable loss. 1t
will prove valuable lesson-more
valuable than gold and precious jew
els and will the more potently teach
the lesson" dare to do right" and
first of all, "be sure YOU are right,
then go to the head of the procession"
We were partly right in that we
thought we were right. If this afore.
said Christian gentleman several
months ago had only dropped line
and informed the WORLD that it was
off on the wrong track, gratitude
would he doubly great. The WoRlD
would then not have made itself ridic-
ulous'y wrong by disagreeing with
him, the aforesaid. If he had only
told US what was right and what was
wrong we could have steered the
WORLD into his perfect groove in
time to save all this dishonor and dis
grace of building flmsy and unsub-
stantlal structures on false founda-
tions. His reason for stopping the
paper" is our "uncalled for editorials
on Governor Mcconnell" We are
sorry-very sorry. In our nightmare
of error weird sounds were waited to
our auriculars on the wings of imagi-
nation, there is now no room for
doubt, and those sounds were mista-
ken for call for criticism of Mes
public acts. But it seems now they
came from the bottomless depths of
the utter darkness of Nowhere and
were the hollow voice of empty
Nothingness. The great emporium
of high-grade wisdom, unerring cru
dition, free milling facts and advice,
etc, ETC., which is the subject of this
article, surveys" all things with an
all-seeing eye. This is meant in
fgurative, not a literal sense, for lit
orally, as surveyor, his reputation is
many degrees below zero. His lines
have habit of forming "horseshoe
bends" Whether intended thus, aud
for revenue only, or deviated from a
straight line as result of incompe-
tency, matters not. Some of this
sort of work was done at this place.
AS iigurative surveyor of the cor
rect course of country newspaper,
however, he is a decided success, and
if he would only embark in the jour.
nalistic profession, what blooming