The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-04-16

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Sometime ago we wrote letter on mattel
Of business to very ignorant fellow at Boise
City named Perrault, whomA maynard destin,
has. 10 moment Of supreme irony. elevated
to the, to him, giddy dignity Of Territorial
Comptroller. Heisalso ex. Office Saperintend
ent of Public Instruction. Our letter to him
asked two civil questions, which he-0r rathe,
his amanuensis. for common charity compels vi
to believe he is unable to read the productions
he signs-admits We had right to ask, and ia
which, being gentleman, he was bound to re-
turn civil answers. Not being q gentleman be
sent us an answer in which IN attempt was
made to be sarcastic Oh on editorial which had
appeared in the WORLD . week before, and
which did not concern him, nor refer to him
unexpectedly. Knowing that he had vented
his spleen on us because of our differences with
the editor of the Statesman, we referred to the
subject in the WORLD in much milder terms
than we should have done, or would have done,
If the person had been Of consequence. Tax.
ing umbrage ut our remarks about his bad be-.
haviour, he has since caused to be published in
the StatesMas. over bis signature. what hs
styles an open letter to u.s. His open letter 10
a mosaic of plaearisms from an editorial in the
NoxtaniaR. Of about three weeks ago. and Of
the most infamous lies. It 10 only ~ expose
the lies that this article il written. for we no
longer recognise the officer 40 Of sufficient im.
portance among respectable people to be capa.
BILE of doing anybody an injury BY any state
ment he can make. He says: lyon wished
to find something wrong with this Office" Lie
No. l. We thought nor cared nothing about
the Office. We had letters from persons inquir.
ing of us about both matters We asked you
about, and wrote for information. as you say
We had right to do. We received an insult
instead. Would it be- believed that anything
in the shape Of man could be So small. so mean
in spirit, as to attempt to injure in that way.
one wholly unknown to him."
Being so incredulous upon that subject. you
should nave returned civil answers to civil
questions. Men usually pay back such coin AS
they receive.
Would not many persons in the Territory
deem themselves fortunate II they had noi
placed money in your hands TO star. paper /"
Boise City -
Lie No =. Every on. Of them. So far ~ We
know. has received his money back in iull.
Z" You deny having been created by God, bu,
claim tina. you .'growed" from a bug to frog.
iodytes gorilla" A hotch potch at ignorance
and lies There is nowhere in nature such
an animal AS "trogl"iy.es gorilla" A
troglodytc is gorilla. and vice versa. frog.
lody,.s refers NOR. particularly To g-nns;
troglodyt. is the term property applied To-
individuals. Don't let your amanu.nsis qui,
lying to eo into science. Lying is his forte. and
yours.
We do not u.s., grow-d" in the sensa the
official liars amanucnsis pretcnds: know moth
ine about "bng." and would not accuse DE.
lty of having created the Comptroller.
1t is also false that We changed the wording
Of your letter. in two or three places. or in one
place A typographical error makes '''ccre ad
vertised," read zee advertised" Butthe sense Of
the sentence is not materially changed by the
error, and as every body but the Comptroller
knows that such little things cannot be- avoided
in newspaper Office. and as the Sta'esma" is
always crammcd so full Of similar errors. as To
be almost unreaiable. you have hardly made n
point here
That we kept your letter ten days before
publishing it. is lie. We received your letter
on the day the WORLD was printed, and not
thinking it Of moment enough to justify
stopping the press. let it lie over until the next
issue, one week. exactly. And now Joseph
Perrault, if you can read aud know to what
you sign your name. we pronounce you an inso-
ent. stuck up puppy, who feigns to be insuitcd
when asked a civil question; most weak and
liar, and base and craven SIAN
derer; and il you cannot read, take our advice
and never sign anything again until you are
certain Of its contents. The productions you
have signed lately. and which have appeared
in print are such as no gentleman would know.
ingly sign.
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