The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-09-13
Pulaski. Sept. 6, 1860.

Mr.. EDITOR. On the 25th ult., the Re-
publicans of Davis county held a meeting in
Pulaski and raised a pole. The meeting
was addressed by citizens of this county, and
while one of the speakers was addressing the
crowd, Mr.. Clark who riots in the appella-
ton of Doctor, (bcing pill garlic, catnip and
saffron practitioner interrupted themeeting
by bellowing&braggng, in which he was as
sisted 10y his hopeful son and another small
specimen Of mis-called humlnity--all en-
dcavorine to stop the speaker, who offered
to give the stand to the renowned Dr., who
caliently refused to make a speech, but took
his seat--arter showing himself the stupid
est Of the assi-nre species. This occurred
on Saturday, and on Monday morning fol
lowing the "Bobtair' Democrats marshalled
their road supervisor AMI a handsome son of
Dr. pill garlic, AMI cut the pole down. The
pole was standing in the centre of cross
streets, in the town. The valient Democra-
CIV of the vicinity claiming that it was an OBJ
strnction of the highway.
| would not trouble the public with this
statement, had the contemplate and grovcl-
ling specimens Of walking carrion been sat
iSfied with their Vandalism in cutting down
the pole and had not in the Clarion, pub
lishcd bat oc lies in regard TO their dirty
and contemplate conduct-in which the
aforesaid literary DR.. charges me, in one of
the silliest articles ever put in print, with or
dering the orncry cuss Of supervisor to
cut down the pole or would prosecute him
for suffering an obstruction, to travel, remain
in the highway. This is a lie, manufactured
without shallow of foundation. The writer
Of 1.-THE literary Dr.--was not present at
the time the pole was cut down, nor when
any conversation took place between me and
the supervisor in regard to the cutting. In
a conversation with the supervisor and 9TH
er "Bobtails, who had met to cut it down,
told them, as they hal met to cut it down,
i they wanted to do so to pitch in. | never
"inSsted' on them to cut it down; nor did
|, or any other Republican, desire it done.
The contemplate and dirty devils en-.
gagged in the mean act-seeing that all decent
men condemned the fitful attempt to injure
political party--thought to avoid the effect
of their meanness by getting this old cod
head to write and publish a batch of lies in
regard to me and the transaction, supposing
that persons unacquainted with them would
not detect them in their lies ....
This matter, Mr. Editor, am aware, is Of
no public interest, but the sneaks have ap-
peared in the Clarion with their excuses and
lies, and I consider it due to myself and the
citizens of this county, to give the facts AMI
also to caution the citizens of your county to
guard their hen-roosts ifany ofthose fellows
engaged in cutting this pole pass that way.
learn that at the time Curtis and Cole
spoke in Drakeville Cat night,) that the bug
gy of Mr.. Cole was taken and hid in the
brush. also learn that the "Bobtals" done
the act and charged it on the Republicans, to
balance against cutting the pole at Puleski.
BY the way, Mr.. Editor, thereporter of the
act of buggy hiding is, as learn, "penny
a liner who follows this man Cole to puff
him as the greatest orator Of the age And
that this brilliant reporter, when he arrived
at Bloomfield, proposed, in few minutes
after getting into the Hotel, to discuss poll
tics with any Republican in the county, Jim
took view of the animal, and told his friends
that, Notwithstanding he was public speak
er, he could not bring himself down to com,
bat with monkey, not even for the amuse-
ment Of the town boys; and hopeful, there
fore, didn't make a speech but wrote to the
Keokuk Journal
Mr.. Editor, your paper having a larger cir
culation IN this county than any other paper,
| wish you to publish the foregoing facts
from an unsophisticated Dutchnan.
IAr0D CTny-rD