Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
Where is the Monkey?-By One Of the
MenkS

date has very able article from the pen
Of F. B. Gordon. converted spring poet,
against one Of the Monks who wrote for
the Cresset under that nom de plume. The
effort In the Index by this poet only
shows that Gordon can write better
poetry than he can write prose. and fur
ther shows that Bard can "prate too
often and too long" for his own good.
He says: Nov this herbivorous and car
nivorous being takes seeming delight IN
ridiculmg the few lines Of poetry that
have been written about the scientist,
Darwin" We beg this writer's pardon
and asseverate that we were not trying
to defend MIR. Darwin at all but were
simply writhing under the pains Of the
lash as administered by the alleged poets.
1t looks as though some people are hard
to satisfy. They torture their victim and
then punish him for complaining. Of
course we may not fully appreciate Nh.
Gordon. as we thought he was further
advanced then he really is, as poet.
His prose article leads us to think that he
is in the chart class yet. He says that
we take seeming delight in ridiculing
the few lines Of poetry that have been
written about the scientist Darwin"
Now we submit that the foregoing state
ment is not true, which is perhaps the
worst thing that could be said against it,
because we never said anything about
the poetry a. such; and all we said about
Darwin. we had gathered from the poets
Of this spring. We have not read OAR
win and hence if our information is In
correct the spring poets are the source
and if they have sorged us with misin-
formation about Darwin they should not
kick when we as poor monks expose our
ignorance throug ii the press. He thinks
that these beings who claim kin to the
monkey ought to sign their names to their
articles" so that the lofty descendants Of
the gods might be furnished further
amusement by making the comparison
more odious. The only real solid thing
about this poet is his claim to great
pedigee. He admits that he doesn't
> sing in choir, and that he doesn't be-
long to church, but he does make thi.
claim Of connection with something more
lofty than monkey. VIII the gente-
man please furnish the balance of the
common herd tabulated pedigree Of the
poets, so that we may have at least a
reasonable base to commence our exami.
nation Of his claimsa Up to this pom
!, the monkeys have fought the battles In the
i dark, because they have had no materia
t to work on. but now if this poet vii
l.. come down with proof there is a posi-
y bility that he may be duly recorded II
the herd book, and thus send Darwin
and his theory (whatever that is) away
! into everlasting punishment.
This poets article is not so remark
;. able for the truths that it contains, as it
= for many things that it says that are nc
so. For instance, the following: Th
gentleman said only poets were de
generates" If this refers to our article
then we never said it as any one VIII
y can read can easily see. Don't wee
" over fral humanity until you pull the sa,
IS log out Of your own eye, and show thu
}. you value the truth higher than mere pei
ii sonal victory. Don't shfen your nee
and harden your heart, and make broa
your phylacteries and thank God tn,
h you ale not as other men, and especial
"a that you are not as this poor fral monl
y If you are the superior being you clair
OF yourself to be, emulate some Of the vi
p' tues which attach to your high station
'e and don't get on the prod every time yo
come into contact with other inferior b.