Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-07-09
ALT. HOWARD, the great
American ViOlinist, GUITAR
isl, etc., will positively give
Comcert a the Court House
This. THURSDAY ..cve.. July
9th AdmittanCe..3 cents.


Vhillikias said, week before last, that
he would not condesaend TO notice us
thereafter, but his last paper contains an
epaAet. which, he told one of his leaky
confdants, was intended for US. This is
characteristic of the chap. He don't like
to talk out boldly and face the music, but
deals in dark inuendoes, and stabs in the
dark
'.Pizerinctuna Iastitute," another flash
expression, in the same article, the atore-
said leaky vessel says was intended as hit
at Mr.. Comstock's School.
Is not this the meanest and most cow
ardly kind of warfare? If he is man why
not act like one? Why seek to hide behind
vague insiuuatons and dark inuendoes?-
The public will place proper estimate up
on a mode Of attack so dishonorable and
unjusti6able as the above What has Mr..
Comstock done that he should seek to in
jure him in this undetermined manner? He
has the appearance of gen.leman,-has
evinced nothing like political bigotry, or
even given expression to his political pref
erences. if he entertains any, so far as we
have heard, since he came among us-wLy,
then, is he so relentlessly pursued by his
voliant knight of the tripod?-Pizerinctuna
Institute.
"Save me from my friends. should be
the exclamation of those under the patron
izing care of that sapient and highly inter-
esting publication. the NJ. c. Republican,
For instance Some time since gentle
man named Comstock came here and OPEN
ed Select School. We had never seen or
heard of him before. So far as we have
observed, he is an unobtrusive. quiet gen.
tleman. Further We can say nothing. His
conduct SO far, commands our respect.
On the entire failure Of our citizens 10 ar
range for celebration on the 4ih of July,
we published good natured notice of a
celebration never to come off-a mere bur-
lesque--and the sapient Republican, hoping
to make itself popular. and draw down in
dignalion onus .charged us wiih..designating
Mr.. Comstock's School as the "Pizelinc-
tum Institute" (as in the article above
quoted } and forthwith set to work to
demolish the man Of straw itself had
made. flor no one ever told them any
such thing as they claim to have been
told, and to protect Mr.. c. The thing
was so adsurd and entirely ridiculous. that
Mr.. Comstock mi sht we'll exclaim. "save
me from my .friends." Such patronage and
protection would efectually XII any man
in the estimation of his best fiends. If
we located "Pizerinctum Institute any,
where, it would be four doors south of Mr..
Comstock's boarding house, on the west
side of Michigan street. We had no place
for il, when We named i. in the joking ar
ticle above alluded to; but we locate it now,
and if any stranger is coming to our town,
and wishes to succeed IN e6ectaolly killing
himself in any kind Of undertaking. let
him get the fostering care and public no.
tice of the "Pizerinctum Institute" and he
will be grati6ed to his hearts content. A
few such notices as have been bestowed
upon Mr. Comstock would be amply sufh-
cient. Esto perpetua-Pizerinctum Insti-
tute Aheml bail