Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-06-28

Flipl Flop | Flup | Elan

FilpI Flop Flup ! Flap
Ma EDToH ;--Your correspondents Flip
and Flop" appear to be both lively feliows.--
The former being on an extensive western tour
ofbusiness finds il impossible to make a letter
reach you for to'days paper, and telegraphs
your humble servant, his attorney, to answer
Flop. don't know whether l eau rebut the
testimony with satisfaction, but on behalf Of
defendant tFlip) beg leave to make few re-.
marks"
In justification Of Flip, therefore, We claim
nothing on the part Of the plaintiff (Flop) 10
contradiction Of the formers statements, which
are literally true, There is but one item Of
further developments" (pertaini Dg to the
chased nigger csse) beside which the "corroc,
tions, etc, are but personalities, which should
not have been "admissaale" under the law Of
gentility, as plaintiff well knows. The insin.
uRtions in regard to the quality Of defendants
politics as compared to certain jewelry, must
be classed under the same head, and receive no
attention whatever, from judge or jury.
In regard to the Bender Brothers' grocery.
if tits not grocery, but a palace, defense claim
to have never before seen palace, and take this
method Of inviting the plaintiff (Flop) 10 come
to Dayton, whore we haUe seen, and will take
pleasure in showing him a grocery. with al
due respect for The clever Behders we assure
them we mean noihing derogalory to them or
their establishment, and hope they will excuse
our manner Of correcting Flop's hstalutin In
referring to their store,
The tilt 'twixt the Esculapians which we are
informed took place in Lewisburg inatsad Of
Euphemia, will not we assure him, serve 70
quiet fears which FloRsarposes to have arisen
in the minds Of all timid human nature, living
outside Of either delectable village.
In heading his brief (no Germany Flop uses
the title "a mug Of Flip" Flip you will doubt.
less imagine, is known to the names AXE defen
dant as demoralizing beverage, drank from
mug. 1t seems so to run in plaintiff (Flops)
head, and to show "there's something in u
name" giveyou the origin of Flips, which we
find in Leyisou & Hanly, page 70, as follows:
Porter is an institution in Cambridge. It is
reported among the students that Ganymede,
when dying-t ecnuse it's all nonsense about
Ganymede being immortal--he left Jupiter's
service, married Hebe, set up an inn with his
savings aud died at good old age---it is re
ported that Ganymede left Porter the recipe for
making both nectar and ambrosia, which recipe
he surreptitiously copied from Junos receipt
book, aud Porter improving ON the idea, con.
ceiyod the happy thought Of mingling both
divine materials, and producing an inefIable
beverage-something which should combine
the elements of the supernHl meat and super,
nal driDk-a harmony Of solid and fluid, to
which each element should contribute its celes-
tial havors. He carried out the idea. Heming.
led the ambrosia and the nectar, and all Olynr
Pus turned pale with envy, for the result was
Zip.
In order to enlighten Court "aDd the rest Of
mankind" pertaining TO the cognomen of plain.
tiff, we deem it unnecessary to quote any au.
thor or text whatever. Without taking "Web~
etc. undc- Z bridge" ws csR interpret Flop or
FlOpped as gymuAstic movement performed
first by lIneal descendant old Declampse "a
long. persOnsge) just about the time the
"Last Bray" was given. 1t certainly seems
appropriate after an expiring bray to have a
Flop-right over.
| I'VE here desire to take Flap by the hand
and in welcoming him on Tour side" will prof
fer our old coat which seems to have fallen
down there
With these remarks, the counsel for Flip will
submit the case "to all whom it may concern p
Having spread ourselves like the American
Eagle we will summarily take our flight and
soar away, extending to our many friends as
We go. and especially to those of our clients al
Euphemis, hearty, good natured