Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-08-09
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For the Bulletin.
MEssRs. LOOMS 4 BLAKE:- Gents: /
was forcibiy reminded of the old fable Of the
viper that attempted to bite the file, on read,
ing the sarcastic and original communica,
ton, which appeared in your issue Of Fri
day last, fresh from the prolific penof
+" Basso Profundo," better known in this
community as Professor Laird, Of singular
dreams notorety. ] have always made il,
a point when killing my game, to look high
er than Jay birds, but as the rerdaat juye>
nile seems to have got sudden and severe
attack Of that disease known as the {" Cacoc
hes Scribendi,' with your permission | will
for once deviase from my accustomed rule,
and although he has no character to lose,
devote few lines to that individual.
Alter spending considerable time in the
win endeayor to make sense Of, or find a
point in the Heterogeneous mass with which
he fills up a quarter column of your space,
was forced to the orcluson mot an origin
al one with NE however,, that the eecen>
tric individual means well, but then he's not
a responsible being, and on that account
is more deserving Of pity than censure from
men of sense" From the number cf
Witches" Il presume they are intended to
correspond with the number of wise men
who came to Bethlehem in A. b. ~ CON,
tanned in his first sentence. was at first
led TO the belief that in the Professors incip.
lent stage Of existence, the schoolmaster
was abroad, and on that account one bril-
liant intellect was stunted, but when | plod.
ded through the whole communication as
shallow as the mind Of the author (save the
mark the only conclusion l could arrive a.
was that all the schoolmasters who ever
lived could not overcome his asinine stupids
ity. join issue with Basso,' in +" dealing
only IN facts, and shall now make asser>
tons which am ready and ,eilliag to prove.
He says | was drunk when | wrote my last
essay, for the Bulletin, -. Jesup Items"
Drunk or sober they were nevertheless true,
and that is more than can be said for one
sentence in Basso's" communication. A
sad state Of morals, truly, when it is known
that it took him almost two weeks of unceas.
iog labor to get up his medley, during which
time ii i. presumablc that he had the coms
mon decencv to refrain for an hour or two
at least from his invariabc custom of
spoaying on his aequaiatanees and drinking
At their expense. The gravamen of " Bas
SOS charge against me is that | called Linn
the discarded Basso Profundo, of the
Jesup Glee Club" To that charge, plead
guilty. if charge it can be called, and there
10 not one reader Of your paper residing in
our town who does not know it is true,-the
facts being these: j. Il. Jones Esq, who
kindly undertook the management of the
singing for the Fourth of july risely con,
cluded that the "youthfM prodigy" was
not capable to lead the bass, and put him TO
one side, and sent TO Parkersburg for Mr..
Needham 10 take his place. How " Basso
foamsd and fre,ted, will not here tell, suf
fee it, that it is known by those who know
him. He says was fined SIS for drinking
Wahoo (Taylor's second grade), by the
Good Templars, because it was cheap
lie does not state that the fine was paid
nor that he, the only man who got
ii cheap, lied to the Lodge in denying his
having drank anything but Ohio Cider,
and that inadvertently, for which he begged
to be excused, while il is known to every.
one that he has peculiar penchant for
Wahoo, no matter how low the grade, when
furnished him for nothing. Basso's
fling through me at the Baptist Society, |
pass by without one word Of comment, feels
ing assured that the members Of that body,
can afford to treat the caating hypocrie
with the contempt he deserves. To his
brilliant conclusion concerning buife,ing,'
" struggling &C., pilfercd as it has been in
whole cloth--not however from John G. SAKE
this time; will say nothing, but shall con>
clude by requesting Basso" to read and
apply to himself these words Of Burns
30. wad some power the giftie gle us,
Tp see oursels IS thers us
Apoogizing for taking up 50 much of
your space with personal matter, and prom>
isng that could not be tempted TO trouble |
you again,
l remain yours truly,