The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-12-27
A Final shot.


$50 Dick Talbot, hunted in a tougher shape,
Becomes, when seized, a puppy or an ape"
Mr.. EDIToR-So weak, ignorant and per-
verse is the mind adjoining bipeds in general
and my own in particular, that to this day
had like most Of them, been under the i'm
preston that vulgar knayes, arrant liars and
sponging bummers were always neither more
nor less than common blaekguar6is.
was wrong, emphatically wrong, it seems;
the iris. aaSce,u Assumption Chronicle has
discovered on its own staff fellow III the
full enjoyment of these CHARACTERISTIC attri-
butes and qualifications and forthwith pro
eeeds to dub him a gentleman to be palmed
off upon rs. Dick Talbot a gentleman for
sooth Risasn, tc1eatis, amice?
However fastidious and skeptical 1 may
appear to some, l must state that | have
still a few lingering doubts left concerning
the genuineness OF the brazen stuff thus
proffered; its ring shows its alloy, and the
Assumption Chronicles standard being at
low ebb Just now, is far from satisfactory
moreover, the fellow has shown himself late
~ in such foul colors, his last low, contempt
ible article unveils him so magically, that |
am compelled to be slow, very slow in ac
knowledging the Assumption Chronicles
phenomenon, its ehronieled gentleman!
Let any candid reader, for instance, peruse
if he can without flinching the disgusting
pot pOlsTi smeared over the columns of the
Chronicle of the 9th inst, and if a blush of
conscious shame does not mantle his brow,
welI---- wcll---.I half way conccde that
Talbot is not a BLACKBOARD.
Permit me, Mr.. Editor, to quote part of his
elegant and dignifed peroration, most po-
lite sample of the civilized amenities used in
his society. Hear himl.-.. But, Mr.. Editor,
here must pause and falter your sparkling
weekly would recoil at such slang-the re-
pulsive and wanton stuff would forever soil
and contaminate the dazzling whiteness and
purity of its sheets.
:. For Bawdry, BilIingsgate his daughters
Support his front and filth brings up the
rear y
Ignorant may be; who is not? Scientists,
vi DtyOu LstIouIGACj ftiC kdelOl
Disseminated; had Heaven granted us, to
illuminate our dreary and obscure paths,
that Beacon of Light and Cleverness, the
Assumption Chronicle, for years and years
instead of for score of days, hundreds OF
D. Dis and NJ. AS, full graduates of the Tai
bot academy, could be picked now on this
most unenlightened bayou of ours, instead
of the artistic x l would to-day be able per
pretentious NJ. A.
To conclude, will reassert to the Chroni-
cte's Blackguard, that, astonishing as it may
appear to him, l voted for myself at the
November election that gentle Mary is
doing well, blooming and fourishing that
my rusty revolver is still unpledged, and
that in rushing into the columns of a respect
able journal, intend TO continue to afix
my name as Representative of Assumption,
all the Talbots notwithstanding.
Would you append yours to the Chronicle
if YOU were q gentleman or would you
| seribble for it, if it were respectable
In the meantime,
g Should Talbot publish had stabbd my
brother,
Assaulted my best friend, or debauch'd my
sister;
Say. what revenge on Talbot can he had
Too duh for laughter, for reply too mad;
| On one SO poor you can not take the law,
| On one SO weak you can not lay your paw
Uncaged then let the harmless blackguard
rage,
Secure in tlullncss, madness, want and
dotage!"
Believe ME, Mr.. Editor, yours truly,
PATRICK BOWMAN,
Representative of Assumption.