Show the country editors life is not without its amusing incidents one of the most amusing is to learn the different constructions put upon his e efforts orts within the past two or three weeks we have seen this illustrated at least a dozen times A little disagreement took place in town a month or two ago and we wrote up the affair given by a reliable man A few days later one of the principals called on us its and wanted us to modify the article so as to reflect less upon him we refused believing ourselves sufficiently advised advise in the premises ind and that anything more said would simply commence a personal wrangle A week or two ago after we had nearly forgotten the matter the other party to to the affair called on us with a written statement of the difficulty and demanded that we print it so as to reflect less upon him ind and more on the other fellow we refused to print this statement also for the same reason that we refused the first there is a diffee difference ence too in the way people read an article A famous student has said to read a book the same as not to read it at all those who have tried it know from experience that the second reading often changes the meaning een a third reading will throw some new light on the subject so beffie we make spectacles of ourselves it would be well to read carefully two or three times anything that may at first make us its feel disagreeable it if there is any real cause of offense we ve will be sure of it while it if there any cause we will 1 escape the humiliation of folly |