The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-04-04
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sef7 ye, the fact il notorious, that We
have literally passed through an ordeal
OF ,ha, kind.
We have jus, survived the inhie,ion;
what our future il we know not; al we
| can now say 10 that we are seated in our
sanc'um. pen in hand, scratching among
the papers with 4 handage around our
head. We have jus, returned from a
walk 10 the sue-,-we have been on,
| with basket in hand TO do little market.
ing--ye bought no hing. bo, have return.
ed with our head strangely bound up in
some sor, Of rag. How came it sos We
certainly have had no 6gh,, never was
in a more pleasant humor in our life mo,
the sligh.es. chance Of getting our TEN.
per "ruffled,' in short we feel ''sort OF
funny" and have our head in q strong
bandage.
We remember few moments ago OF
| having went into the street. /, was q
pleasan, II orning, Saturday March 2S,h;
many people on the corners and in front
of stores we n e, Samuel Long, Sem,
generally known as "old Sam Long,
Mr.. Long last season delivered sand
from his sand bank to those who wanted
1t. We were now in want Of some sand
10 complete some plas.erng; so we ap-
preached Mr.. Long. and enquired, mir.
Long are you now delivering sandF'-
WiIhou, giving US an answer. he drew
his cane and "pi,ched in" before we was
aware Of :, he mad dealt Us blow on the
forehead. We were "Sumnerized
Brookesitica,sd." In aniazemen, we
look a, the old man as his eyes glared
upon u, % deal second bov--we warded
1t of Why was thi.. VIVA, have We done
that the old man should want TO "whale"
IS. He explained it himself as follows !:
Sometime last summer we had spoken
unexpectedly OF hun at a Political meet
mg. Yes, that was it, he was calling US
10 an account, for words spoken nearly
year ago Ia a political! CANVASS AMI the
roris are strictly true. He vas going
through the County peddI,ns an infa
nous lie upon ourseit and the .7iuetiser.
We only treated /, with contempt as lone
OF old drunken Sam Longs hes" We
say so still, ami for this offence have now
our head IN a swelled condi.lon, safely
wound IN bandage.
AT the time We could no, realize that
We had been struck, ye, We knew that he
nad aimed blow al Us. bu, thought We
had warded it off with The little marks,
baske. IN our hand. Some OF the ci,izens
nearly block distance say they heard
distinctly the ''crack' Of the blow on our
head. We did NJ, feel 1t al TIE time, nor
does i, PAIN MS much low. as il was speed.
lily dressed by DR.. Chambers. The state
oil on. mind was excellent at the time, no,
a cross Or ugly though, was In our mad,
nor has there been since. We were,
during the whole time, calner than TN.
deacon was when his wife died. We
did not run. ye, we did no, relaliate, we
simply stood still and argued the case.
bu, he was resembles. We had called |
hm drunken Sam Long and he was
bound have "sEwEser." Why We did
not return his blow aed give hun battle
IS owing TO many reasons. In the first
place there was no, the least shadow OF
malice or i'll temper abou, us at the time |
we were lamb-like. Then again we
have great respect for age--ior gray
hairs. What disgrace it would have
been for US, in our youth. strength and
activity, to Lave given the old reprobs,e
what he deserved. Then again we had
'espec. for his person, because he was
4, this tune sober "a rare occurrence as
all old citizens OF the County can testify.
Il would have been morally wrong to
nave "thrashed" him while sober, as i, is
10 sell ON he is In that. to him. strange
condition, tina, he nigh, refrain from ever
'eing found sober hereafter. Thing.
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