The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-06-23
Random Thoughts.
BY THE EDITOR.

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A short time ago some person down
on the Bottom, at Waverly, wrote an
article for the ChiIIioothe Register, sign
ing his name "Mot." The writer had
considerable to say about me, aud my
Random Thoughts. lie said several
times that he liked mei bat / thought
saw sarcasm in that remark. sup
posed the writer to be none other than
my old old friend, Col. Thomas w.
Higgins, (not Col. Thomas Wentworth
Higginson, but plain Tom. Higgins),
My old friend was terrible radical on
the l4th of September, 1865, and made
speech here most terribly scoring the
copperheads. lie liked me SO well that
he subscribed and paid for my paper
sir gears in adrance. On the i4th of
September 1866, he was here again,
and was one of the same vile copper
heads whom lie Lad SO scored only one
year before. He did this to get the
place of Assistant Assessor for Pike
county, under Andy Johnson. / did
not like him for this. Well, he had
something more to say about me in the
Register afterwards, when Jones, editor
of the Waverly Watchman, democrat
icy mixed in, and rather took the brave
Col down. Whcreupon the Col, in
last weeks Register, says of Jones:
"Have you ever felt like puncturing
somebody's You havn't? Well, then,
| have. Not much, to be sure, but then
! have at times felt like pricking a fel-
low, just to let off some Of his superfu-
GUS wind. While slipping Lorey's beer
the other day (ny habitual custom Of an
afternoonD l picked up the Waverly
Waterman and read something intend
ed to be complimentary to the Waverly
correspondent of the Chillicothe Regis
ter. Now, one can endure Mackley's
censures, and even his anger. for he has
some native sense, (and, beside this, he
can write very tolerable English, but
to be praised by fellow that carries
nothing but wind for ballast, and whose
knowledge of letters terminates with z,
in the English alphabet, is very provok.
ing. One can endure, the M-WW of such
fellow indeed, one can enjoy iti but
to have him pretend to Judge the mer-
its or demerits Of newspaper article,
and then TO praise ones effort, is exceed
ingly provoking. As ] said before, |
sometimes feel like pricking such fel-
low, and would, were it not that a pune
ture would let off the supeThuous gas
and there would be nothing left on
which to hang his beaver. 1t doesn't
look well, especially in print, to be find
ing fault with ones friends; and, be-
sides, have'no doubt that Jones means
well, and that | should receive his we'll
intended compliments with submissive
meekness and resignation; but then
ones partiality forhis vOrnacular tongue
is such that he can but wish that his
friends would not be forever trying to
murder it. e#. @
Polonius says to his son: "The
friends thou hast and their adoption
tried, grapple them to thy soul with
hooks of steeli" and yet one prefers
that his friends should not make them
selves conspicuous solely by the length
of their cars ] wouldn't for the world
hurt the Watchman's feelings, for
'twould be worse than cruelty to ami
mails, and yet could wish that hereaf-
ter when he praises Mot, that he do it
sparingy, and, not to put too fine a
point upon it, that he do it in the Kings
English. There! l think I've said
enough on that head"
But that is not ALL Another writer
in the Register last week came at my old
friend the Col, sharp end foremo oSt,
thusly:
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