The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-15
NEWSY NOTES FROM RURAL TOWNS
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Hehry AIiehas III tewatts Bun
is siowly fecoyeiag from 9 serious w.
attack ot bowel complaint
solomon Howell Is confined 70 bis
room with4a broken RIB and other 10;
juries as the result Of q fight With bis lI'
bull.
Mrs: Anna Fol-, Of near zoaE, con:
tinnes IN a critical condition
Isaac Kennedy made a business TIP
to Faf4mont Tueslay NJ.
Several teachers from Rsane conn
IL have secured schools In this SEQ
ton Of Teddy's Kingdom and the
FairmSpt Times should Issue another
furious editbrlal against the habit
Of sending money away from nome 70
mail order houses for dry goods, gro,
ceries, teachers, etc.
The Lone Stars gentle rebuke 70
those who use quotations to point, a
moral or adorn q tale was perhaps
deemed sufficient by himself but be
viii pardon us when we say that We
Ifeel convinced that his dirge would
have been fer more effective had be
used this whitening, blighting, fight:
ing thought from a famous pompous
pessimist:
Some for renown, on scraps OF learn
ing dote
And think they grow immortal as they
quote"
How often do We pause and think
Of the fate Of the worlds greatest
benefactors? Truly IT seems that the
best have received the worst treat
ment. Those that have been in adj
vance Of their time and have tried
to make this world better, to leave
more light, love and liberty have been
persecuted, burned and imprisoned
while those that were content to re.
main, stationary mentally and moral,
" were allowed to live and die undis-
turbed. Let us notice a few that re-
ceiyed flames, swords and scowls for
the priceless gifts they gave man.
kind. Socrates, the philosopher, was
compelled to drink poison; seryetus,
the loving searcher for the truth, was
burned at the stake by Calvin and his
allies. Shelley the poet, one Of the
purest and noblest of men was COM
PEELED by the furious fanatics to sur.
render his children. Now we hear
people denounce him for his views
and say nothing Of the stupid blgOts
that tore his children from his home.
Thomas Paine, who fought for free
dom in both hemispheres and who
first wrote the words. THE free end
independent states of America" was
denied a grave by those who pretend
| to love their enemies. Robert Burns:
the sweetest poet tnat ever sang on
scotland,s sunny plains, was almost
driven from his native land by his ipn.
grateful fellowmen. Charles Darwin,
whose name and fame defies the
hands of time aud who knew more
about this planet and all forms of life
thereon than any other man, has been
and is denounced as though he was
the father of all lies. yolatire, "a
star that superstiton's darkness can
not quench," one of the most inter.
.esting characters that ever touched
this 'bank and shoal of time the
man that cast more peals before more
swine than any other man, was plac-
ed in the Bastile where hope de.
parted from breaking hearts" AMI
whose body was stolen when life had
fled. objectiyes that burn and bis.
ter with venom and bile are poured
like sewer slime on Rousseau's grave
and yet this man gave mankind the
greatest Of all works on education.
From these few facts and many more
that might be given the conclusion is
irresistible that Byron was right when
he wrote, "He who surpasses man,
kind must look upon the hate that
frowns below" and Macaulay was cor,
rect when he said, "The world has
cruclGed its sayIors and crowned its
oppressors." PAGAN.
Words Of Praise