Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-09-09

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The Belton Independent (Texas
gives the following racy letter from a
lawyer of its town, who has been
favored with au offer of cheap recon.
mendstion to patronage. which he hs:
nevertheless felt constrained to decline
The letter is as follows:
GEoRorTows, June 9Th, 1853.
JOIN Lrvrsosros. Esa.-Ny Dea,
John.-Yours came safely to hand
With trembling hand and a. beating
heart, l seized the letter, thinking from
its size that had been singled out by
the majority of the New York mer,
chants as the most proper person tc
put through" on the lightning line, -
not only Georgetown merchants, but
those in all the surrounding counties,
and visions of "pile" realized by ten
per cent floatcd through my mind,
tinged with all the gorgeous hues OF
six rainbows; but alas! "sic transit
gloria nauudi" Upon opening it, the
vision fled, and found nothing but
your most fattering attempt to edo"
me out of ten dollars. You tell me
that "my name has been inserted for
my county in your catalogue OF
lawyers in Texas and elsewhere By
whose authority, John, was this done?
Our acquaintance. l don't think,
would Justify this liberty on your
part, and did / not believe that it was
done purely with the desire alone Of
advancing my interest, / should feel
disposed to resent the liberty. l feel
hattered, John, at this mark of your
esteem and confidence, and would have
felt more so, had you not sent the
pe,y same letter to all my acquaintance
among the bar. | don't understand
this, my dear fellow. Now, suppose,
John, that | should send you the ten
dollars, and the balance of the pro-
fession here should do the same; think
of the delicate situation in which you
would most undoubtedly be placed
Six or seven of us all paying to be
inserted in your catalogue Of lawyers
as the most reliable iaWyer IN George
toarn, Williamson county. Teras. How
could you choose between us? Yon
have made the same promise to all o.
us; AMI the place is too small to alfof
but one reliable lawyer" 1t won't
do. John. The thing can't be ex-
planned in any other way. but that
your are trying to Jeremy Dildle"
us ont of ten dollars each. 1t is a
poor compliment to our sense to think
you can "ao 1t to as" in this style
Why. the little boys here all see
through this; It's as plain as the
old "Glandm mother's trick" John.
Cannot or could you not. devise some
siicher methoi of putting us through?
something that we could not see
through? You say that the ten dollars
will be my Just proportion Of Tie
expense Of publishing and circulating
said Catalogue" Your are mistaken.
John-thc rascally publisher have
fooled you-you have the names OF
about eight or ten thousand reliable
lawyers" in the United States. and at
ten dollars head, John, it would
look to blind man as if there was
money enough to publish the lives
of Gen. Washington, Tom Thumb,
Fred. Douglass. the Angle Gabriel
and yourself, John, all bound in calf,
and have enough left besides to ticker
all round" You see we have studied
arithmetic here, John, and have cut
our eye teeth besides. We don't
blame you John, for trying to take US
in, for although you know us well
enough to vouch for us to any man
who has important business to attend
to. and will, for ten dollars, recommend
US as the most and only reliable
larger IN Georgetown" Yet, John,
you don't know us (this is private,
however, or you never would have
attempted to Simon Suggs us in this
way. l believe am capable. and
hope am honest, but, John, you dc
not know the fact to be SO, and
therefore, according to Polly, whcr
you say so, you lie, John.
You say in your postscript. that i
you can't do me for ten dollars / ma,
''go in lemons" to the amount o
'frs." Thank you-small favor:
thankfully received-largcr ones II
proportion, believe will pass tht
first round and see how the game
goes.
In conclusion, John, allow me Il
request you to take my name out o
your book, John. / had as lief b,
published almost in horse-thief lis
as to appear in your book, Tor we al
understand it here, and when q man