The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23
John Smith Heard from Again.
MIR. EDITOR.

MIR. EDITOR:
/ regret occupying so much Of your pa
per, with notices of anything so contempt
ible as the Tama Press, and were 1T not
duty, owe to the community would be
the last to attempt it. But, the expo
sure of the mcndacits and charatanry OF
the yenal concern must be performed how
ever unpleasant may be the task The
Press Editor whoever he may be, IS as
much Of a myth as he tries to make John
Smith to be. | presume the proprietors
are ashamed topace his name at the head
Of their paper, and Judging from the BIT
lings- gate of his last weeks frothy article
do not wonder at it. That such man
should be placed on the editorial staff in
this nineteenth century, by any man Or
set Of men, is disgrace to the age, and a
sad commentary upon the intelligence
of any community that paironizes any
such lowlived contemplate publication
whose highest ambition seems to be to
pattern after Brick Pomeroy. But ! have
some faith left in the intelligence OF the
people and as the said Brick made a failure
at La Crosse and even was too low-lived
for the denilens Of the slums of New
York, and as history is said to repeat itself
we NAV yet hope. that even the sluns of
our sister ei;y many yet repudiate the cop
perhead concern and abate the nuisance.
One needs NOS TO be prophet nor The son
of Il prophet 10 predict the early demise
Of such a spumv concern Had il had less
Of the nature Of the reptile, il would have
given up thp ghost long ago Judging from
the effect 81 my last article, the loathsome
Teptiiian mon strosity was hit in Il vulnera-
bic point. and its final extinction is only
question Of time Behold how he foams
at the mouth, aud vomits all manner of
filth which taints the whole air with an
odor worse than sulphutcfed hydrogen
while he lashes the ground with his eau
dial appcnda@e, and foars and bellows
like baipooncd whale. Fearing another
attack from what he considers his mortal
enemy, he csconscs himself behind the
bTea>tworks Of his own filth and blows and
busters, aud howis with rage. That he is a
fit subject Tor Il lunatic asylum is evident
from The following answer given to my
question. viz: What has the balancing of
The Books Of the present Treasurer and Au-
ditor, 10 do with the election this fall"
Now for the answer These facts concern
the PEG DE at the next election because
they ought to know them" Shades of Ar
istotie, Bacon. and all the Philosophers,
preserve u.s. tt has been said theirs is rea
son il all things" but if there j. reason in
this answer fail to see il. Ii comes nearly
under the category 81 what some have
called Il woman reason. and amounts sim
ply 10 fhls-"tha these facts concern the
people. because they do" Well thai is bet
tui ,Ian expected, ANA after reading it
was about to return my thanks for tiiat
much, when our astute opponent being
again seized with lie gripes, takes
u double dose of his usual beverage
foftv-rod whi-kcy, which causes him
to become as brave as Hercules He
says he can handle JOHN Smith and his
next friend, and proposes to do 50. Won
derful effect Of whisl<evl Had he
taken another dose he would prob
ably have imagined himself 4 hero
superior to Captain ltoabdil. who thought
himself capable Of vanquishing q
whole regiment But John smith
does not scare worth cent" and again
demands more solid shot Than a broad
side OF gas. If you profess To be n
man come out from tehind your filthy
breastworts, and, if you can, answer those
questions. especially thi- II. rs Non say,
are .straighier than in all the history ~
Tama what is lie be done with The report
Of the head and front Of the -sa.i- Monnp.
parts Of Iowa ut the close Of Mr. Siruoie
administration: Neither voa nor he cor
respondent Of The Ltdty,sede4f funah upon
the question Ii is trtlt b. gives ~ fjg4res
showing a pretty fair balance 1T this time,
of one out Of the dozen different Ttnas,
but he does moi pretend 10 go ldio all the
history, Of Tama." Answer this, Mr.. Press
or forever after hold your peace
JoHN SMITH.