Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-04-25
FOR THEINDEPENDENCE CIVILIAN

FOR THE INDEPENDENCE CIVILIAN
EE- The trio of the Civilian have man
aged at last, after months of editorial
lethargy, to explode an idea. Don't be
astonished, dear reader, it's fact. And
such an idea Whew, how it startled
Us We involuntarily thrust our arms
elbow deep into our pocket, and drag
gcd from its Utmost recess our diminu-
tive wallet, and conned its contents long
and anxiously, in order to fully satisfy
ourselves whether we were or were not
" hard up" And Messrs. A. B. & c.,
could you have seen the broad grin of
satisfaction that at last, unbidden, spread
itself over our phiz, you would have
been forced to acknowledge that that won
derful conjoint production of yours was
about rs truthful as brilliant. But don't
startlc US that way again please don't,
Messrs. A. B. IL G. We are naturally
nervous. and excitement isn't good for
us. We felt sure for a long time past,
that you must be bordering over some
thing sublime, and we have waited anx-
iously for you to speak. But we never
dreamed that the embryonic idea, when
matured, would be so brilliant and start
ling. Hereafter, when you want to de-
cipher the state of our finances, please
send us word privately, and we shall en-
dcavor to save You months of mental
travail, and ourselves the possibility of
being again startled by your production.
The editorial triplet of the C;pilian
objects to our informing our patrons that
we do work fifty per cent cheaper and
better than can be done elsewhere in this
county. Now, Messrs. A. B. d c., we
are not much given to boasling, and we
hesitatcd little before we made that as
sertion. But as several of our Inde-
pendence friends have insisted upon it,
and given us the evidence, that such is
really the fact, We have no objection to
let people know it. This applies only
to price and not quality. We never had
any doubt that We can and do do work
.Gfy per cent better than can possibly be
done at the Civilian office. This has been
the universal acknowledgment of all who
have tried us, and of that number sever
al have been from your own place, who
have sent to us, to use their own language,
because /" here we can't get a decent job
DONE" 1t was only relative to price that
We had any hesilancy. We know that
1t is an easy matter to change list of
prices. and that what would be true in
that connection one day would not hold
good the next. But that it was true when
we wrote it, we have abundant reason for
knowing, and We shall be willing to re-
tract the assertion when Messrs A. B. q
G. shall hereafter demonstrate that we are
wrong.
We are much obliged TO our friends of
the Civ;lian for their gratuitous advice in
reference to that School Fund Question ;
and in order TO reciprocate their kindness,
We will, at the same price, recommend
their observance Of that trite, but seldom
regarded, old proyelb-" Mind your own
business" When friend DoRR gets so
hard run as 10 appeal for help to such a
non-committal, know nothing, assinine
trio as A. b. ~ c., he will become lit
tie too contemplate for our notice, and
need fear no further allusion from us to
anything he may say or do. But until
We hear that he has been confined in a
straight jacket, we shall hope for better
things from him.