The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-04
THE UNION WHINE.

| much TO heart. He ia literally stirred up,
as if by a sea voyage, and the usual conse
quences follow. He is 50 exceedingly SEN
sitvs and jealous, tina. the merest allnslon
to his bantling brings the choler foaming
to his teeth. He VIRTUES this morning like
wounded snake, and spewA his venom
around as promiscuously.
Our peighbor's inability to appreciate the
| iooose manner in which we stated the soil
tary fact-the failure Of the advertisement
in the Union to draw the Lamont Brothers
house does not prevent him from feeling
the force o. that fact He therefore makes
no issue on that point, but like the enttle.
Gsh,--whch, when pursued, emits liquor
that darkens the water, and escapes in the
obscurity-be makes great ado about
something else, hoping to withdraw atten'
ton from the cause Of irritation. Now we
would have our neighbor soothe himself
while we tell him few things seriously, !
promising that we will not tantalize him or
Jest with him at ell. seeing that his temper
ament can't brook that mode of treatment.
In the paragraph complained of, we in
tended merely to state the fact that the La
mont Brothers had advertised only in the
Union, and as a consequence had a full
house Of empty seats. We didn't undertake
. to say or 20 charge that this was because
the Union didn't circulate all over Moline,
Camden, and Andalusia, and other cities Of
the nation, or indeed that it WAS not the
+ only paper published in Moline or circulated
. in Sitka. All its apprehensions on this
question are purely speculative. There are
|. various ways to account for the fact stated
= by US. which need not necessarily involve
the question Of it's circulation, which every
d one knows is immense and unprecedented
for the reason that the Union is continually
/. saving so. Had we been disposed to go
q into particulars and attempt to account for
p the undisputed fact, Of which the Lamont
IS Brothers have ell the evidence they want,
CO we might in our generosity, have attributed
% it to the captivating character
of the reading matter in the
Union preventing it's readers from reading
its advertising columns. Whether this be
the case or not, we cannot say, but insls
upon and repeat the fact that the Lamont
ck Brothers came to this town, and,proceeding
r. upon the Union newspapers theory that /
" has all the circulation, publishes all tai
news, and ia about the only real newspape
! Q west of Chicago, invested their stamps in
good length advertisement for several day
.' in its columns, and played to next to n
house at oil on the first evening Of thei
'o.' advertised appearance aud on the secoh
ed evening had no house, aud decamped, full
,.,. able ''to appreciate its lack of merit as
at advertising medium 1t was their m'sto
. NJ. time. of course, and not the Unions taul
,ons for the announcement of their coming mu
tor. have been laid on the doorstep OF ever
= NJ dwelling in Moline and Camden every NOR
ing for several days 1t may be that, as Il
Elk AK Union says, it is the best advertising mec
NJ. nm possibly for tho reason that 1t is Il
eye duty of everybody to read it, and ii TIL
n,s" don't it is both their misfortune and TAU
land But the proof of the pudding 10 in ohe"i'
i. a.. the bag, and it 10 fact undisputed that t
peo- Lamont Brothers put their plums into l
NJ. Union bag, and got not bit OF pnddn
en- We have never known an entertainment
> and any kind advertised in the ARGUS to
~ n
very es. We don't know why it is may be
'o'H cause every body reads the Union, and
{ the body the ARGUS, but it would seem ut
A''on queer if that were the reason.
- la our verdant innocence we stated I
for editor of the Union had free passes to
read. entertainment. This he denies with pc
- tiyeness that is as curious rs it Is emphss
After the failure of the first evening, t
from "Show Company" we suppose learned tF'
our some private source that the Union was L
the only paper in town, aud after cons'de
BILE inquiry and difficulty one Of the elasti
got into our Office and left stack Of tlcke
; not And we Of course concluded that tt
lated thought enough Of the influence OF
more Union to try to sabsidze its editorial ia
by presenting the office with the usual co
'rreo' plement of passes. But having sunk
denee amount of their advertising bill,
Union does them the justice to say tn
VIVA didn't risk anything more on the cones
rrn,r The stack of tickets left with US are yet
our possession unbroken, and as our mel
.,., Dor is probably the only acquaintance VIII
the gymnastics formed while in town,
hereby dedicate them TO the Union office
be preserved as mementos OF the untortun
p,.t. Brothers.
po.r The editor of the Onion modestIy says
issues to day twice as many papers as
oa.. do He'll unnecessarily timid. 1t wo
- have cost no more either in conscience
ink to say three of four times as many.
fact that it feels it necessary 10 continu
indulge in Wholesale puffery ofitselfis at
0''''' all the proof the the public want. One '
,,, really has something is not apt to boast
his possessions. On the contrary the I
who is continually telling what he has
$780,, generally knave trying to get sometf
on the credit of what be hasn't got.
We are not astonished that the Onion
or feels sore on the telegraph question.
fact that we publish better report t