Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-12-08

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west generally. Go it. Miss Lucy.
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COlnplimfntaFy.--We received the fol-
lowing very Complimentary note on Sun
day evening last. and the reader might
suppose il upset the ighoIs of our Sabbath
reflections, and blasted them in the bud
but it didn't It's ueneTa6le author may
no: have seen our Auditors "amends
honorable" which might have led him 10
different conclusions. but as he admits
that that officer "mGy haze understood,
&c. we are at liberty to infer that il
would have been all the same, and insert
the corcern as the most appropriate mode
of exposing its simple author:
LoGANsPoRr, Dec. ,. 1858.
". J. BuRNs-Sir: ! accidentiy came
across a late number Of your paper, in
which perceived an article relative to
our Establishment. which | must say.
proves you 10 De either very great tooL.
or very great liar.
1t is not to be supposed that man
who has had The experience iii the pub
fishing business that you have, could even
think. much less assert upon any author
i,y. that would agree TO print the delin-
quent list Of any county for "the pitiful
sum of S. | made no such agreement.
neither did "UNDERBiD' you, but sim
ply told the Auditor hat | would print
the list for. viz: $50 90. Mr.. Mcdonald
nley have understood NE to say IS. but
yoGr experience as publisher. should
have corrected his mistake. Ii may have
answered your purpose to have under
stood the same thing, but will not raise
you in the estimation of others. either
for veracity or good sense.
can look upon your article only as :
mean attempt to. injure Our business, and
Shall consider the mater as personal be
tween yom and myself. There. now!l
| have never, here tofore, attempted to
interfere with printing within your range
but shall take particular pains. after .his
TO let the people of Marshall Co. under
stand that we at Lafayette. can and will
do printing twentyfi per cent cheaper
than it can be done in Plymouth. under
your supervision. A. P. LUSE
We frankly deny having any inclina-
ton to do the Luce establishment at La
fayette any injury. 1t was not particu-
larly iii our way. in fact we had treated
it and its proprietors with decided par
tiality, and had we supposed tina, the
Auditor intended writing for more sat.
isfactory understanding. we should have
awaited the reply; but we will inform
the gouag 'un Of the concern, that we
should rely upon Mr.. McDonald's state
ment upon any subject with more tenaci
~ than we should any made by the gu
thor of such an illnatured production a.
the preceding one. 1t is intimated how
ever that we should not have said any
thing about such mysterious and extra
ordinary bid. upon "any authority
I. We should not, had it not been the YER
best of ty-unconditional am
, without qualification.
"Pcrsonal' with him! Pheivi Wei
: we should really suppose lie considere
Il so. from the tenor Of his card Th
: dignity and true merit of the person VIII
I is the author of the foregoing epistle,
! so fully exemplifed in the prcductio
itself that we prefer giving it to our rea
ders the better 10 enable them to properl
: estimate tina, person. and to Judge Of on
I obligation TO notice him at all.
? We may now state some Of our suppo
S sitions as il is so evident to A p. Ius
= that our experience should have correct
. ed Mr.. McDonald's mistake
I Suppose, for instance. Lusc made tn
: mistake to suit his purposes. and whe
= the work was done and delivered with
} bill presented for it of eighty dollars, no,
y easy it would be TO convince any one
e mat there must have been a mistake-s
I eight and eighty sound so much alike
r Will any one dare suppose that the au
: thor OF such courteous and gentleman