Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-06-14
WATERFOWL REPUBLICAN
FRIDAY, JUNE 18th, 1861.
J. ". Liyros * J. +. 51oAK. Editor
Scattering Drops. No 7.

MEssas EDITORS =
Is it not really too bad that
| should get such a severe castigation
/ from .Rebus," of Lake Mills" | tell
you, Mr.. Editor, that won't stand it.
Just think of my being called one of the
''pettifogging persuasion" " and intimating
that because "Quid" is associated with
Scattering Drops" l must necessarily
be tobacco cbewer Now I just want
''Rebus" should know that I am neither
of those nasty things, and if he don't stop
calling me such names, III 60 ACQUIRING,
Get married or commit susGncide in some
other desperate manner. Then again
''Rebus charges me with stealing pay from
the printer, by inserting 'fattery notice" !"
of the various articles and kinds of bust
ness kept and carried on in our ''inland
city," and calls them ''cheap advertise
ments, as if l was directly Interested
Well, l might just as we'll tell it now as
any time, and 80, Mr.. Rebus, l wish tt lay
that have no pecuniary interest in any
| kind of business that I have mentioned in
the Drops" SO you see l amt stealing
after all, but thought perhaps the busi-
ness folks Of cur city might be tempted to
advertise in the REPUBLICAN if they could
once see themselves in the paper. Won
der if Rcbus is interested in the nursery
business, mill SITES or those other kinds Of
business that he tells about in his article.
Rebus "hopes Qud is not jealous" Not
a bit of it, don't know anything about the
feeling: He says jealousy is a danger
Gus passion-so l suppose he knows, prob
ably from experience, and may be his
wife has just cause, I hope not,
Ny friend Rebus, I never thought of
quitting Waterloo nor of building it up
by detracting from others, but as you say
of the boys whistling, "'twould grow Of
itself"
Rebus says L must cheerfully take tie
band" No, you need not; there is no
must about tiff you cannot do it only as
matter of '.n,us', prefer to keep it
here, where cordiality is a common com
modity amongst Us. He says that 1--WE
arc not so far from a Railroad but that
we get the dailies I presume so, get
them once a week, because you have a
zone horse mali twice week (once each
way,) Tell about putting, just hear Kim
He says they are Poor .enough to have
the gospel preached among us--rich
enough by boarding its treasures. We
we'll remember Of reading of one who said
staad by tbyself, for am holier than thou.
Well, if you are erich enough" in religion
to boast of it, it places US in the position
of the cid bishop when reprimanded by an
enthusiastic young revivalist for his want Of
zeal (noise) in the cause of religion, The
bishops just reply was that he had no re-
ligion to speak Of. He says they have no rum
holes, no rioters, nor traitors" Glad to
hear it, wish we had no 'srum holes, that
is the Grst time you have beat Us, ac-
knowledge the corn. He gets generous
at last, and says ''come over friend Quid,
and be benefited By association. If
that is not egotism I'd like to know what
is, lust as though it would benefit city
gentleman to associate with country folks.
| Ne sir Still if you get SO as to be willing
to take me by the hand instead of think
inc YOU must do it, | don't know but |
would come over sometime, if you think
your folks would not get up public dem
onstration in consequence of having a
distinguished visitor among them, for l
am very modest man.
Setting all bantering aside, l congratu-
late you friend Rebus, for the good feeling
with which you have seen fit to notice me
in vour communication, and although we
are personally strangers, we have some
feelings in common that would make 1t
nloasant for us to meet at some future day.
"Variety, in the Watertown REPUBLICAN
az we'll as in the world at large, is the
s,;ca of life. and will have tendency to
wear off the agperities that are likely to
grow, Ike corroding sores, upon the soul
that is harassed by the worlds increasing
: cares.
So whenever you feel an overfowing of
thought, feeling, form CT facts, just send
them on, and if they bit me or Us. why l
will try and attend to your case, Where
is ..Justitia % is she (or he) dead or mar
ried9 Let Us hear from her again.
u...-}c, Jnne 1851 OJID.