Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-21
IRON the Connonut Reporler.

CHotcE LITERATURE - Below we present some
choice specimens of literature, in the shape Of
fiat humor," humorous abOrtions," attempts at
wit etc. the emanatons of three great lumina-
Tie8 Of Ashtabula county. Read aud under
stand:
sruPDrY.-The last Reporter contains account of
accident in Sheffield, about who Oveaken in
the recent sorn which is credited to the Sentinel The
p1 atem wit in that notice. be funny TO the
editors Of the Reporter who keep column overy fiat hs
II Is exceedingly offensive have any of it
Ited TO the SentineL-SeRfiHeL
PROPER AND BEooMINa.-we glad to neighbor
OF the Sentinel resenng with becoming spirit the OF
the Reporter in copying humorous aberons d then giving
the former credit Tor the The category of the Sentinel
would hardly be desirable than that of county contom
Ioay who not long since charged with literary theft
from our oriental neighbor-IdegTaPh
In order that our readers may understand
why our indignant neighbors have thus seen fit
to pile upon US their compliments, it will be me-
cessary for US to explain a little. Two weeks
ago, in collecting incidents such as could be
found in the wake of the late storm 10 the c0un-
ty, we inserted in our paper the following, and
enormously credited it TO the Sentinel;
~The Sentinel says that lady, living in Sheffield duiIug
OF eater safety The storm upon her that she
against 3ts rsry Whilst there the building was evsed to
the ground and she could not make her exit until relief
from the neghbors after the elemental strife had ceased
The last Sentinel came down upon US n the
fiat humor' for our columns at its expense aud
protests against figuring in any such connection,
1t was too bad, by the powers, and no wonder
she Sentinel Howls about it. great wrong
was dune him. He wants it understood that his
paper is not the medium for supplying such
stupid attempts ut wit. But did we ''cOin" the
Stupid attempt" or did some one elsel We
shall see. The plot thickeus. Read in follow
M chaste aowery. artistic, graphic production
from which We iauocently deduced our stupid
attempt at wit, in the extract above:
As the storm ia Its terae grandeur and sublmy
wednesday OF last week. lady occupant Of house over II
Sheed insncyely ran, for greater security aAd relief fol
the mouse of neighbo but the fury Of the storm seemed toe
Imminent and threatening 10 admit Of the accomplishment
her design aud the reAdest shelter hand she Seppe
into one OF those miniature but necessary structures to which
civilization has given or less conspicuous place upo
every well appointed dsmense which happened TO be In he
upon its face and egress sectuaiIy cut on until relief cam
from tee nesh5ors, after abatement Of the eeents
EtHie.-IsIsgTaPh
Ah, ha! and so, after all, the Sentinels sym
paIhislng Ashta6ula friend, originated the "hu
morous aoOrtloh' ana because his fogy Jefferson
master calls i stupidity, attempts to saddle /
upon us, by joniBg his puerile protests agains
the "course Of the Reporter" Any one wht
reads the Telegraph knows as we'll as we d.
that there never was paper printed, which con
tanned greater number Of humorous" aud lii
erary ''abortions" than that We need not poin
them out, nor add further comment, as by s.
doing We should only " waste criticism upO
unrelepting imbecility."
Desiring to escape the left-hander Of the
Sentneh We were induced quietly to brave tn
onslaught OF the Reporter, the weaker vessel G
the twain but ours proved to be the commo
fate OF those who resort to artful dodgiug a
the ksenness and mercesness of the latter d,
priVed US of hiding place. and exposed us t
the hopeless condition of the bunGlo Of hay ths
fell between two asses.