The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-08-12

cit is pleasant to note that the
city Of Blathersville is endeavor
ing to contract with some New
York gentlemen to pave its vel
nigh impossible streets with the
Nicholson pavement. But it i:
difficult to accomplish a desire like
this, since Memphis got some New
Workers to to do a like service fol
her and then declined to pay for it
However, the Daily Hurrah still
urges the measure with ability, and
seems confident of success.
"We are panied to learn tha
Colonel Bascom, chief editor fol
the Dying Shrek for Liberty. fel
in the street a few evenings since
and broke his leg. He has lately
been suffering with debility, caus-
ed by over work and anxiety OF
account Of sickness in his family
and it is supposed that he tainted
from the exertion of walking too
much in the sum- e
! passed my manuscript over te
the chief editor for acceptance, al
teration or destruction. He glanc
ed at it and his face clouded. H,
ran his eye down the pages. and
bis countenanoe grew pr6tentious
1t was easy to see that something
was wrong. Presently he sp-ane
up and said:
"Thunder and lightning! Dc
you suppose l am going to speal
Of those cattle that way? Do yor
suppose my subscribers are going
stand such cruel as that2 Give me
the pen!"
never saw pen scrape anG
scratch its way SO viciously, OF
plough through another mans
verbs and adjectives so relentless
ly. While he was in the midst o.
his work somebody shot at him
through the open window and mar
red the symmetry Of his ear.
'Al,' said he, that is that scoun
drel Smith, Of the Moral Volcano
he was due yesterday And ht
snatched navy revolver from hi.
belt and fired. Smith dropped
shot in the thigh. The shot spoil
Ell Smiths aim, who was taking /
second chance, and he crippled ,
stranger. 1t was me. Merely /.
finger shot off. -.
Then the chief editor went or
with his ensures and interline
atoms. just as he finished them .
d-4renade came down the stove
pipe, aud the explosion shivereG
the stove into fragments. How
ever, it did no further damage, ex-
cert that q vagrant piece knocked
couple of my teeth out
That stove is perfectly ruined,
said the chief-editor.
said l believed it was.
well, no matte:-don't want il
! this kind Of weather l know til,
man that did it. Ill get him. Nov
here-is the way this stuff ought t.
be written
took the manuscript. 1t was
Scared with erasures and inter.
lineations till its mother wouldn'
have known it, if it had had one
1t now read rs follows
"sPIR1T OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS ,
The inveterate liars Of the Semi
Weekly Earthquake are often en-
deavoring to palm off upon nobl'
! ! and ctivalrous people another o
their vile and brutal falsehood
with regard to that most glorious
conception Of the nineteenth cen
tury, the Ballyhack railroad. Th'
idea that Buzzsrdville was to b.
left off at one side originated ii
their own fulsome brains-or rsthe
| in the settings which they regart
as brains. They had better swal-
low this lie, and not stop to chew i
i either, if they want to cave thei
abandoned, reptile carcasses tn,
cowhiding they so richly deserve.
That ass, Blossom, Of the Hig-
ginsvi.le Thunder and Battle Cry
Of Freedom, is down here again
cumming his board at the Van Blu
rem.
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"We observe that the besottet
blackguard of the Mud Spring
Morning Howl is giving out, will
his usual propensity tor lying. tha
Van Werter is not elected. Th
heaven born mission of journalism
is to disseminate truth-to eradi
cate error-to educate, refine ant
elevate that tone Of public moral
and manners, and make all mel
more gentle, more virtuous, NOR
charitable. and in all ways bette
and holier and happier-and ye
this black-hearted villain, this hell
! spawned miscreant, prostitutes hi
great office persistentty to the dis
senination of falsehood. calumny
virtuperation and degrading Wi
arity. His paper is notoriousI,
unfit TO take in the peoples homes
and ought to be banished to tn
gambling hells and brothcls wher
The mass Of reeklng pollution whic
does duty as its editor, lives ar,
moves, and has his being.
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