The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-11-08

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! Railroads
| Some weeks since one H. Z. Header!
con came into possession Of the hsr.
shall c.. "Times" and since t6kiAR,it
in charge has materially improved ~
appearance by enlarging the pspss,
printing it on new type and psessaaiae
very good selected matter, and tcl1sS
ably good original, excepting whas =
generally known - big II" bot in'
editorial parlanoe it must bs under
stood as pompous 1--WE" excepting
also the out cropings Of disposition
that always attends head Of such
enormous propor,ions-v which for smf
phatic expression, descriptive condi.'
'ion and ooncordant harmony - eUs
phoniously styled in round Western
words "The Big Head. This h :
bad disease: it is really dangerous,
not dangerous unto death but there it
great danger Of q man being made 2
fool Of, and the worst Of it 10, il - ~
vary artful & subtle in ito workings that
it makes a man make fool Of hsmss'f:'
A man attacked with this disease caf.
ries his head very high: seldom locke
at the ground except as he finds II OF
his shining boots, regards this mum
dane sphere as a small affair, which he
could as cffectually jos,le about. - s
dog could tin kettle tied to his tall
A man Is very apt to say cmphatically
to this one 90 and that one come, 70
gardless Of who he is talking to. Ho
places himself on immaginary thronesr
from which he issues great edicta o.
Balls to the poor yeomanry and dcspis-
ed plebians .One OF The last Bulls sent
ont by friend Henderson is, that Tang
CO. at the last election voted 10 issue
bonds to the Iowa Central railroad
Co. and that those bonds will bc en-.
tirely worthless and invalid. The fact
is Tama County did not vote TO issa:5'
bonds in behalf Of any railroad CON.
pany. In fact she was very caisfuf
not 10 do il. But friend Henderson
says she did and devotes half column
Of his paper, and his leader at that, To-
expatiating upon the folly Of Tam8
County IN giving their bonds TO tho
Iowa Central Railroad Co.
The truth Of the matter il the suo.,
cess with which the Iowa Central If
being conducted, grieves our neighborS
OF Marshall and they feel vs.y muot.
like issuing Bulls to all the world 10
stay its progress. Besides thist
it is friend Henderson's style
10 Issue Bulls to his neighbors ssyis8
in spirit if not in words, "Thus fsf
shalt thou 60 and no farther. Not =
week elapses without his directing somS
paper or persons. We tb,ok be hsS
not sent out single paper since 10
came in possession Of the "Tsmes"
without endeavoring to Bull Taas1
County or the Transcript" or tradusG
one or the other. Anterior 10 this.
with single exception we psassd thsnt
all by a. we would any filth, vhieh
disturbed us only while passing. and
shall continue to do 40, except vhsP
We think an attack will be more enter.
tanning to our readers, than other mat
ter.
Personally, friend Henderson il Z
very social and pleasant man; bat
cditorially for the past two months. he
has been very waspish, pempous and
vain, and we would make frichds3
suggestion to him that he take littlt
lower seat in the editorial synagogdsr
and come up higher as he may be bsd'
But if he concludes 10 continue IN hif
present ungen,lcmanly course sending
on, his Bulls in this direc.ioa, We pro.
mise him that SO long as il will bs ~
tho interest Of ourselves, Town o.
county, TO badger them TO his Aearts
content.