Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-06-10
No. 35.-WMOLE No. 500.

tretr nPariv twI wears when he induced
printer 10 come M and prlni hin a
~erk" paper, 0I y b ch be- vas editor.
Spur S. Was mu b pleased, for while.
with eiiring n paper lie was a mao ol
We v small staiure, but he used The ,di-
Iorial "~e" as frequently as ii there were
a dozen Of them. and each as big as
Dahiel Llmbert, or the Kentucky GI-
ant.
Strange 10 say. there was At that time
msn iG office who were not parIclp
NOR hnncst lhdn lhey should be. a rhlng
which p5obabIy never h4ppened heiore,
and never will dgiIn. Squne 5 frll all
the patriotism 0f son 0l '76, and p,ur
ed out grape shot and Canister agalosl
publrc abuses. THIS soon stIrred hor
nets pest about his ears, bat rs Ihrip
was no olhe- paper IN lhr leIliury, there
was no reply, aud hr eOipJ I'd HE %aTIlke
pr"pensiIlrs IN securIty.
Az length he published an article more
severe aud cutting against rndllrdsaUce
10 rlfice, Than anv that preceded IL
ln lact, though pointed at no individual
10 particular. it was n "schorchrr."
S ,me three or Tour days Afterwards, he
was sitting alone IN his editorial utfice +,
"hch WIS aoOut quarter oi mllr lrom
The printing eslabIIshmrnl. his pen wbs
busy with paragraph, When his door
WAS opened without murh ceremony, "Hd
III talked n man slx ierf 10 stock rngs -
He a.ked. "Are you S., the editor If This
parer 2 Thinking b. bad found pa
/ tom. the Ini man. with one Of his
ban lest >mlle4, answered in the off m
alive. The stranger deliterafrl, Cle~
tn" lat nnmnrr uI The paper from his
pocket, md Oinltng IL the article against
rouges In Office, l,ld The aHiIghitd d editor
That II was Intended Iur him. Ii was IN
vain llI III {. protested he had n'ver heard
oi hlm before. The wrath OF lhe vIsI-
TOR rose to fever heat, and from being ct
long restrained boiled over With double
fury.
liz gave the editor his choice. either
to publish humble, very humble re-
c nHtlon, or take hpgg'ug oH The spot
b inrr teruniVH was -w"TmwnOd, bn
what cou d b. done? The enraged Of
ice hUIdpr WAS twice his SIZE, and AT one
blow could qlAiliy hIn tor an obituary
nouicr. lie agreed 10 rrtracI, anh as his
vIsIluf'in-is'rd upon writing II himself
he sat down 10 ihe task Squire S. m"d'
anexcuse to walkto the printing flee
with i prumlse mat he would ie back il
season a 5 % II, o. soon "S 1t was hnlsiI
Ell llh had zone hardly GGv rods Whct
he encountered II man who enqulret
where So Ire SIS "fire was ~nd # HI
was al hnme. Susp cltng that he ron.wa
on the same errtnd as the other Visitor
IT, poIaied to The rfiice, and told bun h,
NnuId finG The editor within, writing
most abusive article against Off e.ho'
ders.
This was enough. The eyes Of III
new conner flashed fire. He rushed int
the Office, aud dssalIpd The stranger vii
The rpilhels. CHAR" "$Coundrel, "rOw
ard and lnld hun he would leach hlr
: ~hat To write. The gentleman surpt
sIng Il was some hu ", sent there hy III
. editor, spIang to hIs feet, and fight IN
sued that heat The Kilkenny cats ali ho
low, The "a Ie WAS smash d INTO kInt
IHg W od. the contents OF u lane Jug {
, INK sruod IN puddlrs On The f1Ior, III
chair had their legs aud backs broke
r aeVond the skill Of surgev 10 cure lheT
THIS seemed only To inspire The c"mbs
tantS with slIll grsaler turv.
Bow followed hIpw wIIh The r'pIdIl
$ Of lightning, aud The force "I H slrdg'
hammer. FiIsl one kicking on the f1hu
Il hru lhp 0iher-rach taking II IN lurI
: petty equally. The ink on lie hOor I, un
x It's %av 10 their faces, nj hotn cut tn
most ullc GUS figure lmngn,b'c. Tn
$ noise ard Uprnar WAS lItmPu dous.- =
| I've UtIH w OVS TAU w lilF ''"l hiu "a
claimed with asluui,hmPui, that Two ne
gIoes were f4hlng IN SOUR, S. fiic,
aud none dare 10 separate ih'm
= Irugrh, complete y exhauaIed, they Cea
! ed 6ghuug
The circumstances Of the case becan
n knnwu, aud the n.xr day, hardly abe I
.
D they starred homeward, runVlncerd rla
= they had oMalned very lnlIe salIsIacilo
= IN their attempts 10 o. an editor.
' Ffom the N o, Prcayune.
" Mr.. SIMPSONS HOUSE.
Once upon time queer old fe
{ low, named Smith, started from Soull
ern city on a pedestrian excursion {