The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-11-23
how about that old woman you liked OF
your premisers which was begging.
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And this

And this:
There is things which you have done which
IS uabeknowens to anybody but me- You bet
ter trot out few dolls. to yours truly, or you'll
hear thro' the papers from
This is about the idea. L could con-
t1nue them until the reader was surfeit-
ed, if desirable.
Shortly the principal Republican
Journals convicted" me of wholesale
bribery, and the leading Democratic
paper mailed" an aggravated case of
blackmailing to me.
In this way acquired two additional
names Twain. the Filthy Corrup-
ZIONIST" and "Twain, the Loathsome
Embracer."
BY this time there had grown to be
such a clamor for an ssanswer" to all
the dreadful charges that were laid to
me, that the editors and leaders of my
party said it would be political ruin for
me to remain silent any longer. AS if
to make their appeal the more impera-
tive, the following appeared in one of
the papers the very next day
BEAoLD THE MAN!-The Independent can
didate still maintsins silence. Because he dare
| not speak. Every accusation against him has
| been amply proved, and they have been in
dorsed and Reimbursed by his own eloquent
silence, till at this day he stands forever con-
vlcted. Look upon your candidate, Lndepend-
| ents Look upon the Infamous Perjurer! the
Montana Thief! the Body Snatcher Contem-
plate your incarnate Delirium Tremens your
Filthy Corruptionist your Loathsome En-
bracer Gaze upon him-ponder him we'll
| and then say if you can give your honest votes
to creature who has earned this dismal array
OF titles by his hideous crimes, and dares net
open his mouth in denial of any Of them!
There was no possible way of getting
out of it, and so, in deep humiliation, [
set about preparing to Sc ANSWER" mass
| of baseless charges and mean and wicked
falsehoods. But I never finished the
task, for the very next morning paper
came out with new horror, fresh
malignity, and seriously charged me
with burning a lunatic asylum with all
it's inmates because it obstructed the
view from my house. This threw me
into sort of panic. Then came the
charge of poisoning my uncle to get his
property, with an imperative demand
that the grave should be opened. This
drove me to the verge of distraction.
On top of this was accused of employ
ing toothless and incompetent old rela-
tives to prepare the food for the found
ling hospital when was warden. was
Notwithstanding And at last, as a
due and fitting climax to the shameless
persecution that party rancor had infict-
ed upon me, nine little toddling children
OF all shades of color and degrees of
raggedness were taught to rush on to the
platform at public meeting and clasp
me around the legs and call me ''Pal"
| I gave 1t up. [ hauled down my
colors and surrendered. was not equal
to the requirements of a gubernatorial
campaign in the State of New York, and
SO sent In my withdrawal from the can
didacy, and in bitterness of spirit signed
it, Truly yours, once a decent man,
but now MARK TWAIN,
I. P, M. T., B. S.. D. IT,, F. O., and L. E.
Massacre of Ships Crew.
Capt. Mcdonald, of the schooner Star
of Fiji, has given the following particu-
lars of the murder of the master and
crew of the Dancing Wave at the Florida
islands, in the Solomon group "The
Dancing Wave, chartered by a pearl
fishing company il! Sydney to recruit la
Dor for their pearl fisheries, and COM
manded by Capt. Harrison, arrived in
Makira harbor, Solomon group, In May,
and engaged an American negro named
Freeman as recruiting master, also boy
belonging to Makira. She left for the
island of Guadalcanar, recruited twelve
laborers, and stood for the small group
of islands (the Floridas), came to anchor,
and began recruiting. The men on board
all spoke English. AS each man con-
sented to accompany the vessel he re-
ceived tomahawk or knife as an acknowl-
edgment of the engagement. Soon
after the natives, with yell, sprang
upon the crew and commenced hacking
them frightfully with the tomahawks,
while one seized the last ground sharp
from the hand of the carpenter and
planted it in his head. The Captain
Jared no better, for, as he was writing a
name in the book, he was struck down.
He, with his mate, steward, and one of
the crew, managed, amid the blows that
were showered upon them, to get down
to the cabin, where the Captain expired.
The steward gota revolver and shot him
self. The mate said, I am dying, and
I will do the same The seaman got a
rifle, loaded it, and fred through port
hole. Immediately after he heard the
report of another gun or rifle, and, on
turning round, saw that the mate also
had shot himself. he then lost all self
possession, and, going on deck, jumped
overheard. By strange coincidence
the shot thus fred killed the chief In
command of the murderous assailants,
who thereupon used all speed In getting
clear OF the vessel. The vessel was sub
sequently found wind bound at Guadal-
canar. The seaman, who was the sole
survivor, was wounded in several places,
having received blow on his head, and
large cash on each shoulder, and an
injury with bolt on his spine."
A Proaigate Miners Fortunes and Mis-
fortunes.
The death of William Abbott, "the