The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-12-03

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his dignity I"st week, All silent a.
the grave, himself; (he don't believe
in "retty warfare" you know bul
The ""rgan" pipes the following
time from notes evidently furnished
by Pleasant Plains "sorehrad:"
1T requires no depth Of philosoplic re-
ncctioh TO perceive that the petty warfare
carried OH by the SrAa OF this vi lagc,
against all papcrs that do not choose to join
him, and with him play second fiddle to the
Outline In the Ger. ish concert, canRot he
carried on without their suffering the most
AGATE pain such rs u man must endure
from "a musquito, by whose sting one suffers
agony, although he can crush them In his
grasp by myriads. Nor is It necessary TO
call to mind the fact that many great men
have made themselves ridiculous during
their lives tn become the still more degrad.
ed objects Of pity to future times.
All! how profound! Clear as
mud! How we ''ercat men" spre I'd
ourselves! This philosopher must
be the one who voted for Phelps.
1t is no more than we might expect;
for any one who would do Mat,
after the farce Of The Baldwin Con
vention, certainly would hot pos
sees brains enough tn keep him
from throwing mud ut the nows-
paper in his 0aon town, and rubbing
noses with nurse, of Warmers or
gan. There must certainly he
something deeper than "musquito
ting" which caused the above.
&C." evidently has it bad, and prob
ably won't linger long, unless some
thing is done tor him. lie rather
intlmates that he would like to
"crush" us. That's nothing new.
There are more or less than titt,
residing in Lake county who have
been trying that job for some time
past. But we are warranted rcgu
lar "hardshcll," and it takes some
thing more than the kicks of mules
to "bust" us. lie useless, &c ," to
try that game, for the STAR, as long
as it shines, aciU hold up in Its light,
so that all honest citiz ,ns of the
county may sec through and
through them all such corrupt
maneuvers as that Phelps Conven-
ton; getting inefficient officials in
to office, and everything intended
to blind and wrong the mass Of the
people.
As for playing second fiddle in
the Gcrrish coucer';" &C." shows
rank stupidity, or untruthfulnoss, or
both, in making his assertion. The
STAR hoisted the name of Nathan
iel l.. Gerrish for several weeks be
fore any other paper in the District.
We supported him from first to last.
from principle, and not from policy
We did not support him for week
or two, Ia la "organ') and then de-
sert him for one who had showed
himself unworthy the support of
honest citizens; because by so doing
we thought we were getting on the
winning side Of the house. We d"
not wonder that the "organ" and
it's tuners feel sick over the result of
it's treachery towards Gcrrisb; when
it sees how emphatic and inst a re-
buke wac administered to it by the
voters of Lake county at the polls.
Now, in conclusion, most phllo-
sophical "C.," permit us to advise
you not to do anything rash. Or
course, we expect, when We hire
shot or two, to see one or more
buzzards flattcr; but don't feel 50
bad over it. Take some warm cat.
nip tea, soak your feet IN ice wa
ter, AMI bandage yonr head cover
ing up long ears and ally with cloths
dipped in hot water, till the skin
starts; then "peel," and 60 to bed;
keep ny qniet antil the soreness sub
sides. If this prescription doesn't
reach your case, let us hear from
You through the "organ,' and we'll
try again. In tho meantime, wills
per all around that the STAR ought
to be extinguished, because it won't
"run" to suit yon and your special
class of long. care.i gentry. Don't
be afraid of offending us, for we
have become 81 accustomed to snch
antics that We rather like them.