The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-06-22
NEWSPAPER AMENITIES

flood of rctaliatory Nitupcration. Nor
gan charges him with "a worse than
Bcccherian crime. aud calls him 'cur.''
and a "vlc creature" The result of the
battle Of liillin.sga,c Will probably be
another shooting serapc. Some time ago.
these gentlemen exchanged shots like
true Williamson county men or members
OF the southern chivalry. They will
likely he at the playful amusement again.
Angry warfare like this between edi-
tors is di-graccful, AMI the barbarou-
| practice continue. nowhere in lllinoi. cN-
ccpt at Springfield aud >hawneetown.
At the state capital. Merritt and Phillips
are discliarging at each other irightftl
vollcys OF mud. much in llr manner of
Morgan and Riblctt. not to tho .ati, fac-
ton OF any one but to the great grief OF
their friends aud the advocate. of ania-
! bic journalism.
To the Slawnccl0wn aud Springfield
barbarian- oi the press We earnestly APP
peal. and reqlicst them. in The interest of
public lcccucy. To- discontinue their war
Of personalities. Ut them initiate the
BULLETIN anh it, contemporaries, in
Lower Egypt. AMI all will he we'll. Here
the relation, Of the members Of the press
are of the most kindly character.
1t j. true. Mr.. Mccartney, the peculiar
nttercr Of Pickwichian phrases. occasion.
ally denounccs u a, II rebel and copper
hpaI aud Intimate. thor az. ,ro =, i;n, ~,
this we rc,ort. not angrily, but in onr
most characteristic manncr--gcnlly and
langhlngly and the clouds pa-i away
without q storm.
MIR. Potter, too -ihc very clever
person OF The Mount CITY
'/o"r""i. heavy pa,nchcL aud
lightning lnlrcqucnily. in
burst Of Democratic and Granger indig-
natio", nm,>"d, IN rqual parts, dcnouncrs
lls rs a higgcr man, railroad nonopolist
Alll int.rs..i Observation-Disclosures
word turneth away his outrageous: wrath
upon Capt. Halliday and the City MI
tiOnal Bank and leads him beside the still
waters Of Independent R"formeriSln and
Into the green pastures presided over by
our distinguished friend, the great re-
former and peoples advocate, Col.
Thomas Lewis.
The 'Ientlc Jones, of the Mis,ac Jofr.
nat, also occasionally launches at IL II
poeticil tliundcrholt; bnt we laugh back
n him rythmically, and he mclts into "A
genial good humor. a sometimes We see
the sullen face of a cloud. seemingly SUR
charged with Wrathful storm. brighten
under the rays OF the sun and turn from
threat into beauty bright with n most
glorious SMILE
Bonton. the man oi the .Joncsboro
''a:ette. the model local paper of the
state. also sometime, throws harsh
cpitliet at IL, because, in the kindness OF
our heart. We now aud then, uA-Dcmo-
cratcally assert that the id niggcr.
ought to be educated instead Of
'scruntchcd:" but We stick our editorial
lhur"h into he rib-, auu, VIM wink.
iauglingly say: "Confound IL. Tom.
dom go on in that way" when he lets
down into geniality, and over a ,agon Of |
lemonade. made Of malt aud barley.
saying: ''>ancho. high--ten: pass the
chalk we relapse into torgctfilne.s OF |
past differences and the Away, uprising |
SambO. who, like the much referred to |
ghost OF Banquo, refuses to down."
At the bidding 81 any one.
Davis, OF the San, bright shining Jour
nal OF the pyramids, often abuses us
hints mean little things about the Mar
row Gauge and the &. II V. roads, being
induced thereto by little slices of Butter
cd Bread But we are not thereby an
gercd, tor Davis luxuratc, in abuse i'm a
manner so religious no one could be- Of |
tended II, him. When nc INDUCES I'm
falsehood about us, asserted or limited, he |
does 50 for the glory OF the Lord as well
As his own advantage. When hr /, I'M
'a'r, lie Is so because the Kingdom i,
thereby advanced. AMI penny or two
drops Into his purse, thu, giving him the
ability to contribute to missions for the
conversion Of the heather, which nc does !
not do. II Davis We're Spaniard and |
an assassin, and as dcyou,ly religious AS
he Is now, he would sing Praise God
from whom all blessing, now,"
as he plunged the dagger into hi, victims
back. Luckily he i, neither a Spaniard
nor aD assassin but he /, u slanderou-
editor with religious impulse, IA prayer
mi hInler Of iilsehood, and hymn-sins-
nig traduccr OF character. But with all
ms muits we love him still. When he
hits us on one cheek sc turn to him the
other. Al any time we will Damon hi.
Pythias.
In Short, all Is serene In the newspaper
world Of Lower Egypt. The editors are
friends OF each other, and not wave of I
anger rolls across their peaceful breasts.
e., 'hli INA! DO little norid, bat il 1, intended
w., ,. yRne.' The general reader may stin ,hs