Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-04-24
For The Wazettes
Reply No. -, to ~ O. A.

For the gazette
Reply No. -, to ~ O. a.
W. AsRAA Crosby
There h man In our town who Aiaks he h
wondero,ts wise,
He undertook too bi0 JOB and more than filled hi
And when he knew his eye. wsrsos,, with all hi,
Again he tried the self s~se tsing'and spilled on
| all MS Nhle orHiafN
have been advised by some of oul
best men not to reply 10 your las
"effusion;" and have thought II gooc
advice, but lest you should think you
could thus throw your slime and dir
on the community without restraint
/ am induced to make a few remark;
lin reply. In closing your scufiilou.
article, you acknowledge you fee
oledn and dirty, as you truly are aftcl
wallowing In the mire,. and IL ID i
part and parcel of yourself; bus tcd
Ter, soap and sand cannot cleanse
you, John, in the eyes of good men
without you repent and hereafter
try to be a decent man. No, | feal
there is not enough In you to do this
for after Years of g,'o,cth, the crooked
is not so easily made straight. There
is a natural tendency lin you to bt
,aeua. Not a sent,iiceof your windy
hwordy talk but is subject to severe
criticism, and other parts demand
plain language. In that, John, you
lied and you know IL. ! talk thus
plainly, John to tell you the feelings
of this communitsa In but one item
of your gabble, i notice this fact
that seems patent, when you say
Somebody has had the simplicity Ia
give you name John, as a candidate
for Congress-" and / join issue In
this aud say IL was both simple and
foolish, as wholly UNI to be seen In
any place where decent men congre-
gate.
Without cause, John commenced
u fire In the GAzsIrE of April Sd, 90
which I replied April 10th, and again
April 18th, John came out as large as
life, to which l now very modestly
reply.
| John commences with seeming de-
termination to annihilate all before
him. But he would do well to re.
member the words OF Macbeth.
Lay on MacdufF.
And damned be him who iafrt crics hold, enough Y
John, you live in q ''glass house, =
the doors, the sides, the roof is all
glass as well as the ,ciadoecs, and you
should not commence to throW stones
but 1t Is natural for you to be mea,
a. Ii Is for the duck 10 take TO the
water. Tou kno,e, John you have
done wrong, and worn out the pa
tience of your friends, and they hav,
lately offered you suit of.clothes |
you will but start In some direction
and noper let them see the front o
said garments again. But, John you
are slo,c to take the hint, and 10th t.
go, and perhaps you had better empty
your foul stomach and the Walls o
your wrath before you go. as you may
collapse entirely, and when YOU
wind Is once pumped out your at
tempted witicisms will bear small
potatoes and grow beautifully les,
and exhaust yourself for epant o.
stock. tits a great mistake of yours
John, to attempt to do business o
this kind with SO small a capital, fol
when you spread yourself on papei
you become thin land mere empty
iltgs.n
Remember, John,
The Lord hath formed thee wondcrous WELL wit
cords, firsws and veins.
Bnt formed thy skull one empty hull and quite for
got the brains !
You remind US, John, of the fabl
of the croaking frog in the meadow
when the grazing OK disturbed hin
by his quiet feeding near him, and II
attempting TO make himself the siz,
OF the OK by swelling and putting
himself up he burst himself assunde
and that was the last or him 9TH,
frogt Have you bursted, John?
was forcibly reminded of this fabl,
when I read your Inst production
You talked big, and exhibited you
small wares the best you could, bu
in your blind fury you mistook you
game, missed the mark entirely anc
you may wen cxclaim:
20 ever thus since childhoods nonr
I've looked aud longed Tor place aud power
But some ialse step has catieed delay
AND all my hopes 10 fade away.
Yes, John this il you, and yo,
must shorten your ears 80 that yo,
can see where to tread, and not step OF
others toes SO much, and thus escap,
the consequences of your blunderinl
way; and again the Poet says.
| sItis most unhscky thing fpr J. @. A
4 That he wont heed what people say,
Aud try 10 be more decent man;
Tho great the change--we think he can"
! There Is no use, John, In being OF
the Off side Of every thing, but lie
some light penetrate your dark ans
benighted mind, and dismiss the Ide,
that your pop-gun Is the Raxon Tur
rett or Columbiad, and that you
small squibs will ever bring down th,
game, while you can't even disturb
the feathers. The more you talk, th,
less you say, and more you show tn
cloven.foot and long ears. DO no
attempt to
.Shoot among the Dncks and Power.
fonr gun viii kick and knock yon. over
| IT IL more natural for some folks b
be short sighted and mean, thar
lovely, and John you are not anon,
the latter. You have proved this, ii
Your last article In the GAZETTE, ths
something's wrong both in head an
heart. That the head Ia sore It's n
excuse for meanness--no reason VIII,
you should butt your head agains
everything you met t, and snarl an
growl. Have you been bitten by
mad-dog, John? II so / pity th
dog but its no use for you to d
mulish, for you can't raise any pal
1tiptlIar fhtlhdbr anu xvaS vn,, can n;