The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-09-23
INTERESTING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

VIII AasA"SSton HoS SuUoiotcu IOT Seye-
raj years by doing" the legal profess
sion. His plan il, and has been, to pub.
iSh q pamphlet containing list Of the
only reliable lawyers il every county and
town in the United States, and he clarg.
Is the legal chips just ten dollars for the
privilege and pleasure Of seeing their
names figuring in "Livingstun's Circu-
lar as the only reliable,lawyer in such
and such a place, Here sa copy Of one
OF his letters such as he Is won't to des.
patch to his diddlecs,
M I U NEW York, 1858.
DEAR SIR; A copy Of the last edition
OF the pamphlet IN which your name oc-
cars has been this day sent to You. tits
proper to say the plan of the work has
been so arranged that hereafter ii mll
contain The name IF ouiy one iawyey o,
.frm IN each county! The success of the
system as profitable and economical
mode of advertising being, now we'll es.
lahllshed, and the present being ii propi-
'tious time for making increased efforts
for the circulation of the catalogue, il
has been determined to call upon those
who may wish their names inserted in
the work for subscription of ten dollars
as their just proportion of the expense OF
revising, publishing and circulating, and
you will therefore please remit the ten
dollars nthe enclosed envelope. If YOU
comply with this request your name alone
u Tie exclusion Of ecery either miH appcar
tor yoar eouaty, in every Regular Month
" edition, and you will be entitled to re-
celve as many copies mot exceeding ten)
OF each monthly edition as you may de-
sire for distribution. Hoping to hear
from you in time to insert Your name in
the next edition, am
Yours Respectfully, =,
john LIVINGSTON.
Such letter was received by one Of
our fellow townsmen, who replied IN fol-
lows. 1t is proper to state Mr.. w. never
authorized his name to be placed in the
catalogue the first time.
''4 OKoLoNA, Sept. LIST, 1853.
JOHN LIVINGSTON Esa.-My Dear
John: Yours is at hand Oh with what
trembling hand and beating heart
seized the letter, thinking from its size
and business proportions that | had been
singled out by the majority of New York
merchants as the most proper person to
put through on the "faSl line not
only the Okolona merchants, bni those in
the adjacent counties, and my eyes blear-
ed, aud mouth gaped wide, as VISIONS
OF pile floated through my mind tinged
with ALL the gorgeous tints and hues to
be realized by a cent per cent business
hut alas for the mutablity of worldly
affairs! Sic transit, &c. Upon open
ing it my fairy vision fed, my airy cas-
ties tumbled, and was conscious to moth
ing but your very flattering attempt to
do ME out of ten dollars. My dear John,
| cannot imagine how you can Justify the
liberty you take in placing my name on
your List of Reliable Lawyers" and
were not confident that you did it with
he sole desire to advance my interest, |
should feel disposed to resent what under
other circumstances, woulobe deemed an
feel much flattered,
John, at this token of your esteem and
and would feel more so were
not yonr attempt "to do it to me" to the
tune of ten dollars, in the way. 1t won't
do my Dear John, you can't come the
. giraffe over me. You want my ten
dollars, and also from four or five other
: reliable lawyers in our town. YOU
woul | doubtless be pleased to receive an
X or SO, and from all of Us You would
soon get enough to publish biography
If MaSsa Greedy. Fred Douglas, The An
rel Gabriel and yourself, too, my dear
elbow, and still have enough left TO
: Ticker the rowd."
In conclusion my dear John, permit
me to tell you I've squeezed lemons"
and "cut my eye-teeth," and You can
quite put the daubing" in my eyes,
No news in our burg. Crops are poor,
clients extremely scarce, and Okolona
cigars are as mean as your attempt to
. diddle" me. just learned a few news
items, which may inierest-old Dicks
mare has died with the blind staggers,
The Aberdeen stage has just arrived,
Richard Steblins kicked the bucket"
about half an hour ago, diseased with
Marasmns and Tic lDolereux, Cattle
Hankins is to be married to Skewball
Sqeezeem, Esq. Requies Cat in matri
monio ct arms Of Skewball. If any i'm
portant changes take place in the govern
ment Of our little city, | will inform you.
Write soon. Yours forever,
G. II. w.
P. S.-When you write please send a
stamp to pay return postage. IL,