The Robesonian., 1897-11-03
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terms of the..most. .elegantsdictlcn.
andRgreatestkc tkcourtesy, s.and. .thIs
time, as if:to:eclipsc.aI former el-
egance and courtesy, you add tho
poetic and fancifuI statement
wheels making thousands of>Soy
olutions TO the minute. This,l (
know, sir, is polite and pollshe e5
way you have Of calling me a :doi
and publishing it broadcast TO ths
| world. For three long years | haY3
submitted, with patience, to youS
high-tonod and complimentary aiS
lusions, and without once opening
my lips, but now the time II 4
como when even q fool shou.d3
speak. In view Of this, and shA
more significant fact that were 7
the yllest cur in all the land, with
none of the refined feelings of !,
gentleman, | would still be On
titled to justice, respectfully asz
the use of your columns to make
few eimple observations. Your
stock and trade argument, in IL
ultimate analysis, means, in plan.
unvarnlshed English, simply tin.
The Rev. Charles Henry (as yoa
courteously call me) ia = cranlL
and fool, with wheels in his
head, and worry big fool, because
hls wheels make thousands of rev.
olutions to tho minute. ] ask anv
fair and candid mind if this is no-.
the essence of your argumen-
whom boiled down and reduced to
IT'D primesai clements. You spesk,
of my writing book. You havs
called me fool, sir, and would
yon have fool to write books.
| This is something new under tie
sun. II [ should write bock.
who would read it? Would it not
be cast, as common rubbish, upon
the dunghill? But if you will
hear mo, | will answer the ques-
ton, Who should be an author
AnBwer-A wise man and not g.
fool. As you are the wise ne,,
land | am the fool, the writing Of
books is work for which you ars
better qualified and a task lor
which you possess native and AZ
) perior gifts. If | should become
| al anthor, nobody would roei "
works. But if you should ~ris5 &
book, Inen and maidens ana old
ladies would hang delighted On
your words, saying "Great i,
Caldwell, of the Observer. sas
: gifted author of worldwide rs
nown. Jool Joe! forever and ever /
Hurrahi Hurrah for joel" Yc,.
sec, sir, the effect of your boo
will be electrical, and the most IL
tense and widest enthusiasm vii:
; prevail among the people. Young
men viii throw up their hats, fait
maidens toss up their silk bonnets,
and old women fling up their nigh,
caps, shouting, "Hurrah! HurT&l
8 for Joe! Joe! forever!" These oad
. ladies, mind you, also threw ~
= their their Sunday bonnets il ~
day time. when the fair yonnE
naidens tossed up their SRn6-l
hats, but your book was 80 tnEt-
:, ling and 80 wrought up Tie olc
Z women that after going TO l'sd
. night, having nothing elre Qiss {.
= throw, they snatch off their n:sn
Z caps, and fling them i'll .he 1iE
y still crying, ''Hurrah for Joe
i Hurrah! hurrah y Az Va hes
e the shouting of the multitude AZ.
= gee the old women in bed taTgv
- ing up their night caps and shoaI
~ ing "Hurrah for Joel" we cannc
is but e1claim, Wonderful! Won
Il derful! Wonderful Joe" Yoc-
% will be literary reputation. 81.
OF which she most gifted Sutho
~ may we'll be proud. Your booe
III will not be cast, as mine would Ia
" upon the dunghill to lie ths-3 IN
rot, but would be found adornln
no the shelves of all the Libraries ,
AZ the land. Your qualifications. t
10 an author, gathered from g. 4,
q alysis Of yoar late pcetio -
oi blooming editorial, are 80 znan
e fest that wayfaring man, thoGl
II fool, cannot fail tc 3is.l5.cs.rt
ou your superior and magnificent .!
III dowment. In my next cclnmnr.
= cation will set forth, il dats,
2 sha specific attainments and qua
Z tiles of your mind, which VI
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