Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-10-16
STRUCK BY A BOOMERANG.

h''' VI Jul ic"uciS hHoW, perhaps,
what n boomerang ia weapon in
vented and used by the Native Aus
tralians-a curved stick, round on one
side, fiat on the other, about three feet
long, two inches wide and three
quarters Of an inch thick
The popularity Of this weapon is
that when thrown at an angle of forty
five degrees, it describes curious evolu-
tons in the air, and returns TO the spot
from whence it was thrown. The
thrower generally stands with his back
TO the object he wishes to strike. 1t is
fact, we believe, that the Australians.
the inventors OF this curious missile
are generally deemed TO lowest in in
telligence of any race of mankind.
The word boomerang" has been in
corporated into our language TO signify
any act or word, which intended To in
iure or discount any person, cause or
institution whatever, rccoils upon the
source from whence it originated.
Who has not seen, heard. or per-
haps felt, boomerang The air is
full OF them. Their return is of daily
occurrence. No walk of lifc-no pro.
fession or occupation is free from them.
During political campaigns and
elections the air is thick with these
home coming missiles. 1t is then that
they get in their best work. Chickens
come home TO roost at night but these
inanimate messengers have all times
for their returning, and, like the grim
monster" knows no seasons. but. dur
ing political contests seem Ia be more
numerous and persistent. We hear q
several OF these curiously shaped mis-
slles whizz last week, and saw one Of
them strike n candidate square in the
mouth-a big one it was, too. one that
he let fly sometime ago, at one of his
neighbors-so long ago that the throw
er has forgotten all about it perhaps
but it came back all the same. lust NJ
the wrong time-for the candidate
but at time when il would do the
most harm. Said candidate will. Der
haps be defeated at the polls. and. like
Billy Patterson, never know what
struck him. In fact, he would be very
much surprised if some one were 70
tell him what hit him, for, like the
Australian, he threw the missile while
his back was turned. as all these
heathenish weapons are generally
thrown. You may talk about party
loyalty and all that, as much as YOU
please, but the voter who will stick to
a candidate at the ballot box who has
injured him by work or deed done
him some dirty trick or spoken sland-
erously or disrespectfully of him or his
family, is as scarce as hens teeth. and
rs few and far-between as angels Wis
its, in this section OF the moral vineyard
and the candidate should not LET This
slip his memory.
The boomerang" after all, acts in
either accord with the laws Of gravita-
ton. 1t is built on unerrlng, scientific
principles. 1t was made to do exactly
what 1t does DO And the individual
whose mouth is mashed and Tooth
knocked out by boomerang" of his
own throwing has no body but himself
to blame. He has the comfort. cola
though it be, OF knowing that there is
at least one thing he knows well. and
that Is just how to grip and at what
angle to throw club in order that il
may return in due time to its source
A boomerang" thrower has no husi- |
ness in public life. He is an unfit man
to entrust with public affairs. He is
unsafe, and let the people be glad
whenever fellow is knocked ont of
the ring by club Of his own man.
ufacture and OF his own throwing