Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-01-26
Specimen Of Fun in California.

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; There is a little paper printed ;
: San Diego, California, called the Sa
!, Diego HgaM-an ordinary, grav
N paper, that went into the support {
n John Bigler for Governor, and tina
e was not suspected Of being incline
e to fun The editor's name is !
: Judson Ames. a cou nty Judge an
moderate man Lately, before elec
' ton, he took it into his head to G,
on a tour TO another part of th
, State, to electioneer probably, fo
the De mocratic Bigler, and intrustee
the II Ira1d, dp1ing his absence, dc
the cha rye of John Phoenix, Esq, +
gentleIh nan of that ilh, known in this
vicinity by the name Of Derby.
i But the judge had forgotten to
inquire into the nature of Phoenix S
politics, and the first thing the new
editor did was to change the political
char hcter Of the H1.aiK, by running
/ up the Wing Gag, bearing the name
/ of William Wade for Governor. The
Judges consternation n may be fan
cied. He Immediately wrote /, let
Ter back to Phoenix, telling him to
bring the Herald back to its allegi-
apce; whereupon Phoenix declares
his democracy-that his support of
Wade was a mistake, and asks for
giyeness, aYoWing himself really 'to
embrace democracy with ardor, slap
her Gu the back, and declare himself
in favor of erecting statue of An
drew Jackson on the Plaza
Whatever is, is right, Says Phe,
nix as the old gentleman sweetly
remark ked when he chopped off the
end Of his nose with a razor, in the
endeavor to kill a fly that had lit
thereon when he was shaving and
applies the remark TO the election of
Bigler, and adds: If this election
should, however indirectly, cause
Diego to assume its proper position
as the first commercial city of Cali
fornia, shall reverence thd name of
John Bigler forever; aud ! will be-
stow that honored appellation upon
my youngest child, and ha We it en-
gr&yed upon a piece of Gather, or,
some ether suitable mate frial, and /
suspended about that inlh lht's neck,
until such time as he shall be old |
enough to learn and love til virtues
of, his honored godsire 4
Mr.. Phoenix, in his 4 'rm-chair, |
writes an eloquent valedlctory on I
retiring from the editors 4hip. lie
says:
'Ts Dam ILaedaDiu} Judge
Ames has returned! With the COM
pletion of this article my labors are
ended; and wiping my pdn on my
coat-tail, and placing it !ehind my
sinister ear with a graceful bow and
"a bland smile for my honofed admi-
rers, and wink Of Iintense B meaning
for my enemies, l shall ab4lcate with
dignity the 'arm-chair,' in Favor ofits
proprietor. This arm
chair is but "A pleasant fiction of 'Bos-
tons s'-thd only seat in the HfrRd
Office, being the empty nail-keg
which | have occupied while writing
my leaders upon the inverted sugar
box, that answers the purposes of 4
table. But snch is life. Divested
of its poetry and romance, the OBJ
iedts of our highest admiration be-
come mere commonplace, like the
chair and table. Many
ideas which we have learned to love
and reverence from the poetry ofim7
agination, alter, as tables become OLD
su gar-boxes, on close inspection and
more intimate acquaintance u,
If he has given offence to any one,
be- is ready TO accept their apologies.
lie says:
Commencing as an Independent
Journal u have gradually passed
through all the stages of inciplent
decided conservatism, dig
lifed recdhtation, budding democra- ,
", and rampant lfadicalism, and |
low close the series with an entirely
literary number, ID which ! have care :
ully abstained from the mention OF
3ildo; no-never mind, as Toodle t
ays--I haven't mentioned any OF {
EN-, but been careful to preserve a ]
perfect armed neutrality.
The description Of the arrival
lome of Judge Ames, after all the
rouble Phoenix had caused him, IS
,ery rich. He says: I
The Thomas Hunt had arrived