Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-05-24
Newspaper Collecting

lNlt llftNuH titf> >ltt ana pib'tttl ~ iut tIiNi
l"u with an accoun: "t my labor~ and theIr
succr>~. | have been gone for three months
and assure luu in all sincerity, that | am fully
satisfied. You furnished me a list ot ""r hun
,!r,d aud seventeen OWING subscribers a. YOU
will rrcoIrrt have called upon one hundred
and four Of them and have the honor Of pay
inr over TO your order three dollars and twelve
and u-h,f cents, being the amount to which
YOU are emit led. | return you the list num-
bcrcd to III, and now give reply Of each.
No. lis minister He SAYS. in the first
place, he never got one half of the numbers, Ga
lie according to the account Of the PostHas-
tcr,) and in the next place, your Joker- column
WAS too scurrouS. He cant think Of aiding
! to sustain paper that advcrtllsea horse races
and gander pulIings. Besides, he knows from
| the tone of your editorials that you drink, and
praying you would only be the means OF your
ending your days in the kennel. lie wonders
at your impudencc in sending him his bill after
! publishing the account of the great prize hight
| between Left Landed Smoke and Battcrng
Bill He wants nothing more to do with YOU
never wants to hear from you again.
| No. 2--Ts in jail for debt lie has not seen
| half dollar for year. Says he would pay
with the utmost cheerfulness, if he only had
| the money, but he had to borrow a shirt to
( put on last Sunday. Admires your paper
! Wonderfully, and hopes you will continue send
ing it to him. He wishes you to take bold
! stand in favor of the abolition of imprisonment
! for debt as he thinks it would be !; very po
! puar move with gentlemen in his situation. II
you send him any more papers he hopes you
| will see that the postage is paid, as otherwise
he will be unable to enjoy your lucubrations
Sends his best respects.
| No. SIS a Young doctor. Says your pa
per is beneath the notice Of gentleman.
| Wouldn't give - for Il cart load of them.
Says YOU inserted an article rejecting on the
profession Only wishes he could catch you
here-woud make you smell -. Is going
to persuade every body that takes your paper
| to stop it. Cuss'd your bill, and says you may
collect it the best way YOU can.
No. lis an old Maid. Says you are al
ways taking fling at single ladies of an un-
certain age. Wouldn't pay you if she was
rolling in wealth, and you hadn't as much cash
as would buy crust Of bread, Sent all the
papers she had back month ago, and SAYS,
! now that she sent them back, she don't owe
you any thing. Says she is even with you, and
intends to keep so till the day of Judgment.
! Asked me not to forget to tell you that you
! are no gentleman, or you wouldn't undertake
| to sIandera large and respectable class of the
| female population of the country.
No. 5-ls 4 gambler-a sporting gentleman.
! Says he got completely cleaned out last week
at the races Couldn't accommodate his
grandmother with a half dime if she was starv-
ing. Likes your paper tolerably would like
it better if you published more races and would
occasionally give an account of a cock-fght.
Liked the description of the prize fight ANA
ziugly-it redeemed 4 multitude of your faults.
Hopes you won't think hard of him for not pay
ing YOU now--but has got 4 prospect OF soon
having some loose change, as he is after 4 rich
Young green horn who arrived here last week.
Will pay your bill out of the p|uckings.
No. 6-Is an o,G drunkard. Hasn't got any
thing and never expects to have. Gathered up
all the papers that he had and sold them for a
halfpnt of rum to the doggery-kceper to
wrap groceries in. Wished you would send
him pile, as they cost him no postage, his
brothcr-in-law being postmaster and permit
ting him to take out his papers for nothing.
Wnked at me when | presented your bill, and
inquired if wasn't a distant relation of the
man that bu,ted the bull off the bridge.
No. It's magistrate. Swore he never
owed YOU cent, and told me was 4 low ras.
cal for trying to swindlc him in such bare.
faced manner Advised me to make tracks in
a little less than no time, or he would get out
a warrant against me as a common cheat, and
have ME sent to prison. Took his advice. Is
by all odds, the meancst man have seen yet
Will never 60 near him again.
No. SIS politician. Says although you
profess to publish neutral paper, it is not 50
Thinks he has seen considerable squirting
towards the side to which he is opposed
Meant to have told you IA year ago to stop his
paper, but forgo, it. Tells you to do SO now
and thinks you are getting off very chcaply in
not losing any more by him. Believes you to
be rascal, and is too honorable to have any
thing to do with you, it might compromise
him and injurc his prospects.
No. 9--Pad up like man. The only one
Likes your paper first rate, and means to take
and pay for it as long as you publish it or he
lives. Asked me to dinner and treated me like
king. An oasis in the desert! A man fl
for heaven.
No. los merchant. Expects to break
shortly, must save all his small change. Offer
ed me Il pair of breccl,cs and 4 cotton hand
kcrchicf for the debt Refused him will
! scorn. Had long jaw. Threatened to breal
my head Dared him to do it. Threw 4 hatche
at me. | lodged it and put out.
Nos IL to ll7-Mean as rot. Had NJ
money--wouldn't pay-ddn't owe. ! swor'
I'd sue Said | might sue and be hanged
Cursed all the little ones and hurried from th
big. Never got the first red cent from one o
them.
The foregoing is a true extract from m,
, note book. | have not succeeded whit bet
!; ter with the patrons Of the other publication
, for which am agent, as it is impossible t.
, collect from those who are determined not t
, paw. | have said have been away thre
j months. have expended in that peril tw'
A hundred aud ten dollars, travelling, and m
!. entire commissions amount to eighty-two dol
: lars and twenty five cents. ! am very wiin
n to do my share towards the propagation c
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