Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-16

| ing vulgarity. His paper is notoriously
unfit to take into the peoples homes,
and ought to be banished to the gam bling
hells and brothes where the mass OF
reeking pollution which does duty as its
editor, lives and moves, and has its being.
Blathersville wants a Nicolson pave
ment--it wants Jail and poor-house
more. The idea OF pavement in one
horse town with two gin mills and a
J blacksmith shop in it, and that mustard
, plaster of a newspaper, the Daily Hur.
| rah Better borrow of Memphis, where
the article is cheap. The crawling, In
sect, Buckner, who edits the Hurrdh, is
braying about this pavement business
with his customary loud-mouthed imbe'
cility, and imagining that he is talking
sense. Such foul mephitic scum as this
4 verminous Buckner, are disgrace to
! journalism. -,
THAT degraded ruffian Bsscom, Of the
DUNG Shrek for Liberty, fell down and
broke his leg yesterday-pity it WASH
| his neck, He says it was debility,
caused by overwork and anxiety 1t
was debility caused by trying to lug six
| gallons of forty-rod whisky around town
| when his hide is only gauged tor Jour-
I and anxiety about where he was gong TO
bum another six. He tainted from the
exertion of walking too much in the sun !
And well he might say thst-but II be
would walk straight he would get just as
| far and not have to walk half as much
| For years the pure air of this town has
been rendered perilous by the deadly
breath of this perambulsting pestllence
this pulpy bloat; this steaming, animated
tank of mendscity, gin and profanity
| this Bascoml Perish all such from out
the sacred and majestic mission OF jour-
nalism!"
| "Now that is the way to write-pep'
perry and to the point. Mush-and-miik
] Journalism gives me the fan-tods.
About this time brick came through,
the window with splintering crash, and
| gave me considerable Of jolt in the
middle of the back. ! moved out OF
rauge-I began to feel in the way. The
chief ssid
"That was the Colonel, likely; I've
bseu expecting him for two days. He
will be up, now, right away"
He was correct. The "Coloncl" ap-
peared in the door q moment afterward,
with dragoon revolver in his hand. de
| said: :,
"Sir, have the honor Of addressing
the white.livered poltroon who edits this
NANCY sheet ?" =,
"You have. Be seated, sir-be careful
of the chair, one of the legs is gone. l
believe have the pleasure of addressing
the blatant, black-hesrted scoundrei,
Col. Blatherskite Tecumseh 2"
"The same. / have little account to
settle with you. Ifyou are at leisure we
will begin"
~ have an article on the Encourag
inc Progress of Moral and intellectual
Development in America to finish, but
| there is no hurry. Begin.
Both pistols rang out their herce
cIamor at the same instant. The chief
lost a lock of hair, aud the Colonefs bull
let ended its career in the aeshy part OF
INV thigh. The Colonel's left shoulder
was clipped little. They fired again.
3 9TH missed their men this time, but !
got nv share-a shot in the arm. Atthe
third FIRE both gentlemen were wounded
slightly, and had knuckls Clipped. |
then said I believed / would go out and
take q walk, as this was a private matter
and had a delicscy about participating
in il further But both gentlemen begged
me TO keep my seat, and assured me that
| was not in the way. / had thought diff
ferently up to this time.
They then talked about the elections
and the crops awhile. aud | fell to tying
nm nv wounds. But presently they
opened fire again with animation, and
every shot took effect-but it is proper
TO remark that five out of the six fell to
nv share. The sixth one mortally
wounded the Colonel, who remarked, with
fine humor, that he would have to say
good morning, now, as he had business
up town. He then inquired the way to
the undertakers and left. The chief
turned to me and said:
81 am expecting company to dinner
and shall have to get ready. 1t will be a
favor to me if you will read proof and
attend to the customers.
l WINGED little at the idea of attend
ing to the customers, but | was too be-
wildered by the fusilade that was still
ringing in my ears 10 think oil Rnytning
to say. he continued:
Jones will be here at 3. Cowhide
him. Gillespie will call earlier, perhaps
throw him out Of the window. Fergu-
son will be along about Kill him. That
is ell for 10 day, believe. If you have
any odd time, you may write blistering
article on the police-give the Chief In-
spector rats. The cowhides are under
the table; weapons in the drawer-am-
munitiou there in the corner--lint aud |
bandages up there in the pigeon. holes.
10 case Of accident, 90 to Lancet, the sur
geou, down stairs. He advertises-we
take it out in trade.
Ee was gone. / shuddered. At the
end of the next three hours had beea
through perils so awful that all peace of
mind and all cheerfulness had gone from
me. Gillespie had called aad thrown me
out of the window. Jones arrived !
promptly, aud when | got ready to do |
The cowhiding, be took the job of my |
hands. In an encounter with q stranger, |
not in the bill Of fare, had lost my |
scalp. Another stranger, by the name |
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