Year: 1859




lies. the Democrat, as if planning itself
upon having given indubitable evidence
of brains in enunciating so original an
idea, proceeds to discourse somewhat
in extenso on brains of which evidently
it has only an acquaintance with the
deviled Or bedeviled article, which, once
upon time, may have started on an
uphill journey to the empty Uranium of
its editor, and possibly might have made
the rifle but for an unlucky turn at the
;esophagus.


The every day history Of the world
proves that errors arise from the use of
brains--tbe every day history of the
Democrat demonstrates that worse evils
are generated from the want of them
1t also exhibits another important fact
in animal economy, that the look of
wisdom in an owl is not an infallible in
dex Of the attainments Of the bird, nor
the garrulousness of a parrot an evidence
of superior intelligence, ar profundity.-
"For instance" we are snapped at for
calling the late celebration one in honor
Of the birth of Saint Patrick and told
"most" any one could have informed US
better. In looking over our exchanges
we find several of them have placed
themselves within reach of the terrible
criticisms of the Democrat in respect to
this same question of st. Patrick's ma
tivity. 1t is unfortunate for them as
well as for us, we admit. True, it is a
pity-pity it's, It's true. But if one can
offer word in opposition to SO high
critical authority, and so profound scho-
lastic lore, we would humhly suggest
the propriety of the great receptacle of
knowledge informing people in ignor-
ance what the recent celebration was
designed to commemorate What great
event in history was it in honor of ?
After dispelling the innocent allusion
that it was not in honor Of the birth
of St. Patrick, could not the sap-ient
editor of the Democrat deign to give call
the world and the rest of mankind"
little instruction on this all-abs orbing
question ?


Much as our neighbor may assume to
know about the matter, we challenge
him to prove from any standard history
of Ireland that the late anniversary
was in honor of any other great event
but the birth Of St. Patrick. Name the
occurrence that took place on the 18th
of March, which the Irish commemorate,
wiseacre, and then take a certificate to
teach history through your columns.
Come out now, and make a display of
your erudition, and astonish your readers


About the prices ofpassage-an error
which occurred in fixing the separating
point between the fgures-we have
only to say that nobody but an incorrigi-
bic ass would make so much ado about it
as the editor of the Democrat twas
scrap clipped from another paper, put
on the outside, and was perfectly intelli-
gible to any body but the egregious min
compoop who is cackling over it.


But the error we pointed out in the
Democrat, was one that needed correc-
tiop. 1t was matter of talk and Won
der. Men with money loaned on bitches
were running to the lawyers to know if
any such decision had been made, and
were told it was onlya silly mistake of
the Democrat, and the decision could
not have been made without overthrow
ing all understood rights of property.
AS in duty bound we exposed the blum
der, and the Democrat gets eUen by call
ing attention to typographical errors
and Irish mythology. The proprietors
of the Democrat are probably trying to
wipe out the remembrance of their for
mer Know Nothingism by their devotion
to Pat-agonian history.


GIANT GIFT Observation-Disclosures
| Sheldon, we learn will treat the citizens