The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-11-27
LYING CORRESPONDENT.

Tn tha Sacramento Union Of the 18th inst
w.. And n letter written from Idaho City oy
some anonymous scribbler who subscrioes hun
self Vishnu." The individual who assumes
az his nom de plume the c"gno'n"n III one Of
the Hindoo triad. has seen tit t" retail su'h U
conuon.ration of foul aud infamous slandcrs
against the people If Boise county as to call
for something more than passing notice Ut
our hands.
This dirty liar, fDr we know Of no more mp
urovri,te term to use ~ speaking 1T him, ex-
hibits his profound ign"rance OF affairs !" TINS
section BY saying that "al'n"st every year Is
tn. county robbed Of from $4,000 t" s5o'ooo'
provoking only II passing c"l''He"t ir"'" tue
local press aud the affair is forgotten ne
also saws that it mak-s u" matter whether he-
u.blicnus ar Democrats are elected. 1.-The con.
s.,,.ncrs are the sa,ne-the county is robbed.
Thu. ANONYMOUS slandrrrr, in pcnning those
lines, knew that he was lying whrn he wrote
Them The character of the writer Is, how.
ever. Developed in tho following extract from
his vile rfiusi"n:
The sla c" is made mp from twelve to eighteen
months IN advance vi election. aud when cleo
tiol iay comes around. the voting eIelneht the
ri ratt OF the coInty-is made drank. hafche" 10
the pods and voted by squads. patoons' cohpan'cs
and aons ami thus II Is that the rnBinasirTs
ar. sept ~ office. the worth! defeated ana the VIII u
the respectable portion VI the community despsea.
w, undertake I" say that there have been
less drialcuti"ls, corruption and mallrasa''cr
in office in Boise county, considering It's past
and present population, than IN any other or
ganizrd community under equal circumstances
in IA miLing region. The d! sp"p.ic 'Eishn"
is undoubtedly one Of that class "i individuals
who's. eminent qualifications tor Official posi-
ton have not been recognized by the p"opIr
and who's. hunkrrinss after the - flesh pots at
Egypt" have never been gra,itrd hy his Gle
,a,inn To office. In the indecent scramble
f"r office" as h, terms II, Nishn" has r'id''"t'
Iy been distancrd ia every heat and binding
that there is little prospect i"r one at his Pc
cular qualifications us grand larceny th'"'. I"
get his nos, into tia. public crib Of B"ss. c'''in
", he gives vent 10 his spleen L.. engaging IN "A
wholesale trad. Of slandrr "t the people at
nur c"unty. Like all sc"nndr-ls wh" CANNED
get uilicr. h. turns "Rrfnrnrr." aud we quote
E,r his b-nriit the old c"uplrt: "Wi,rn the
devil WAS sick, the devil a SAINT would br
bu, ~ hen he got we'll devil at u saint Was h-. y
Sn 1t is with "Vishnu." His peculiar q,aliti.
cations ha,. been overlooked. Ills hopes Of "a
fat office. have never ended IN tfuii'"n. lie
secs but little. il any. Prospect at political ar
.fir,al pr-irrnnrnt in the tuinrr; aud. there.
f,,r-. ms u psrtid" rri"rsurr he APPEARS in II Ne"
role. and gives vent I" his spleen by wh"lrs'l'
d,tracti"n aud SANDER al the p,"plc wh" hav"
iai,rd Ia recognize h,s prr-rininrni talent aud
ability. Ni.hnu. like the devil. is sick and u
sain, would be: bat put V,shuu in office. and
devil al n saint ar r,l"rmrr would h. bc. That
the county w",ill then be- r"bbrd in the extent
az stated by him We have Ii" doubt Nishn,i
the las, resort If the chronic office seeker VIII"
realizes in his thirst far official position. that
| hope deferred uakrth the heart SICK"
M man wh" would ,,lrt such "A |, ing rfri.
sion rs "Vi-huu" srnt :" the Caion eau have
| ut heart the best interests 1T our County. \"
man who desires Ia see this county ar Terrific.
ry prosper. would b. guilty "i iuaciug. like m,
assassin, such cowardly bl"w ut the pr"Ic
Among whom he rrsidrs; aud the cn,,cral,mrni
Of his personal identity under IA nom DE- plume
would alone save him tr",n being ignu,,iniously
kicked out If any decent aud honest c",,,nnn.
ity We give the dirty slan,lrrrr this motto,
gratis; aud assure him tina, he has justly earned
the contempt ofrsrry ciiH u in the community