Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-02-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENT
Br. A. wess0n Replies 10 WATSON.
MARK the difference in the Names)

SINCERELY TRUST THAT MY
/ friends will not misconstrue my failure to
reply promptly to the card of the carpet Dagger
WATSON. published on the 9th of January last.
The reason Of my silence is this: WATSON was
absent from the city at the time his card was
published, aHd now that he has returned. l
take particular pleasure in attending to his
case and if I don't use him up before get
through, it will be my fault. To tell the honest
truth / like the thing; it gives me an excellent
opportunity to get the whole truth out. want
1t known that AM THE OLD ORIGINAL
A. WESS0N; the same who has been here for
upwards of ttcentv (20) years. and who has more
friends and patrons who stick TO him through
good and evil report than WATSON CT the Vas
sons ever had, here or elsewhere; the identical
man who has meyer found II necessary to hunt
a new business location whose reputation is
founded on the rock Of public confidence and
esteem, anchored safely by the cable of integ-
riiy aud upright dealing. That's my platform;
and. by the way, it will win, too; For. mark.
I am prospecting, whilst those who sought by
SANDER and ehicanery to put me down are
O Getting with just retribution.
But I started cut to put mustard on this fell
Low 8 jacket, and moan to do it. This carpet
basser lays great f5res; 9pon my having 6sea
it. And what gift? Every charge. save that
Of having warned the public TO beware Of Was
son and that / cared nothing for the Dental
Society, .0a: a trumpsd np tissue o. Jdtsehoods
difficulty. nor Is II now. 1t was my advocacy
Of a low scale Of fees which caused the trouble.
That's the screw which pinches these extor.
TONERS, and mean to turn it on them until
they wish they had not stirred me up. Some
men may be put down by unjust persecution.
but am net Of that class. propose to stick
TO the carpet baggers until they have enough
Of me. What q great thing II ia to be in the
right, or as the first great jackson expressed it,
to have " the people at your back" | know
The public is on my side-hence my entire con-
ndence.
cemed. Look you, reader; thls carpet Dagger
scend to call him liar, but will simply say that
If were Yankee | would he proud Of IL 4;
would not deny 1t in mean. uslllanimous
manner. What g Soi BACK on my country o.
which gave him birth. Faugh Itmakes my
gorge rise" 10 think of "a man with soul SO
dead" l happen. to have been born in Ala
bama. q poor. unfortunate State, it is true;
but yet, as said before. am as proud Of nv
st.tc .. the ca.net- hasger ia ashamed of has
Did you ever hear the story Of one Judas Is
CARROT Ho sold his Master for lucre, filthy
gain. Do you reeollect also what became Of
the beastly traitorY Go and do as he did
hang myself; for he who will deny his country
for gain is second Judas.
think there has been something said about
Charlatanism and quackery. l thank you for
the word, This carpet-bag crowd started life
Is patent bee gun makers, In Indiana, ONLY a
few years ago. Whilst making bee gums for. a
dentist little of the art was picked up. which.
when coupled with picture-taking nd peddling
saving machines, enabled the party to gain a
preoarious livelihood by travelling from one
plnce 10 another. Whether be ever gave exhi-
Billions In slight-of-hand and sword swallowing
| am not informed. A mountebank - a mounte-
| bank, however. Now this stroller has the i'm
audience 70 come here and assail me, one Of the
| Oldest and best known dentists In the commu-
nifty, and talk dental society, charges, etc Was
| yours a non-swsrming bee-gum? And new.
come, l. Ii fact that you can swallow hot lead
| How much do you charge a sightl Is this
mustard hot enouRhf Don'tyou wish you bad
| held our tongue Come back on the bee. gum
| business ifyou dare, aud I'll spice you little.
One word to the reader personally, and am
| done for the present. You and l may be
strangers. II you are curious 70 know some
| thing Of me personally or professionally, go
| quietly and ask one or more OF my. patrons. IL
| they tell you / am quack or humbug, be-
| lieye IT. but do not condemn me upon the as
sertion Of those who are seeking to ruin me
| that they may thrive In my stead. an willing
| 10 stand or fall on my reputation with my
| friends. Call, and will give ample references.
| And here, since am writing, had as well tell
| Something more: When returned home, after
| the war, found the price Of a set Of teeth.
upper and lower, 10 be $l507 Nov am doing
| the same work for S5Oi guaranteed 10 be az
good az ever isos done IN thts cstgI Vince, ex-
| tortionsrs. A. WESSON.
| 800 Main street.
N.B.-If you wish dentistry performed, do
/ not mistake the name or the place. II you
want a patent bee gun, that's another thing.
lam NOT IN THAT LINE-I am not the
| BEE-9UM MAN. but the dentist