The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-11-30
Leighton DOingS.

Rev. Fisher pre- ached his farewell SER
mon at the Presbyterian church last Sun
day.
The diptheria is raging in this vicinity
and in almost every case has proved fatal
The last death was daughter of r. d.
Marks, II years of age. She was taken
down Sunday, Thursday she died, and
was buried Friday at Oskaloosa. Mr..
Marks and family in their hour of bereav-
ment have the sympathy of the entire
community.
The school-house question is being agi-
tated again. One thing is certain, we will
either have to build house, or abandon
the idea of free schools.
Keno" has finally turned up as a litera-
ry curiosity. We supposed the old fossil
had ended his existence twenty years ago.
The confederates have trotted him out,
this accounts for the sudden rise in the
price of onions, for they had to put onion
draughts to his ears for week to draw
the sap out of the old rebels head. We
think he should have signed his communi-
cations, Sap Head" instead of Keno"
But Keno" has exploded and it is
"Kene's" style, as well as the paper he
gushes through, to let off such sickly effu-
sions. A pair of freshly washed panta-
looms were seen hanging on the clothes
line the day following the arrival of the
Standard. They were supposed to be-
long to the great and terrible Keno" for
every one well knows that such an art icle
emenating from such source must have
had its effect.
Keno" starts out in his article to gain
the true facts" of case he knows moth
ing about, for at the time he was follow
ing his old trail in time of danger, viz.
hiding in the brush. In giving the "true
facts" he has shown himself to be con-
summate liar, and a fraud. Indeed his arti-
Gle sounds very much like one of Artemus
Wards G-e-oa-ks, for every one knows
that the John he speaks of does the heavy
part of his work on the shady side of Bar
bers porch. We did assault Mr. John
David Wray and don't deny it, and would
do it again under the circumstances, not
withstanding Keno" and his whole crew
of rebel bushhiders were present.
Keno" says the assault was unprovok-
ed, uncalled for, and cowardly Keno
tells another lie and he knows it.
This is not the only assault that "Keno"
and his friends think was unprovoked, un.
called for, and cowardly. They think the
assaults made on Vicksburg, or Atlanta,
or Petersburg, and on Lee atApponmatox
were unprovoked, and uncalled for. In
fact all the assaults that were made on the
rebel armies during the late war, were un-
provoked, uncalled for and cowardly, in
"Keno's" estimation.
1t was not exactly on account of politics
that we made the assault on Wray. 1t
was on account of his insinuations on the
men that wore the blue" The insults to
the heroic dead. The men that gave up
their lives and dressed him up in loyal
blue and sent him north out of danger.
This is why we assaulted him. "Keno'
says I'VE opened our mouth wide," anoth.
er lie. We have not heretofore been in
the habit of surrendering to rebels, and in
this case as in all others of the same ilk,
we held on until Johnny ''squealed.'
He talks of sick Republicans. 1t is bet
ter to look sick than 90 about with sick.
ly idiotic kind of grin on your face, like
the Democrats have done for the past
week. But then, we have not been sick.
We have had, and have yet the strongest
faith in the intelligence and patriotism OF
the American people, consequently we dc
not fear the result.
The "Post-office collie" works "Keno'
up. No danger of him getting it, for he
has had 1t continually for two years
Pshaw man, we didn't think you was that
far gone. We didn't expect to see your
mind worked up to that extent. 1t is nc
wonder they had to put onion draughts to
your ears and mustard plasters to your
feet to clear your "nuggin" of sap. We
admire Wray for one thing, he had the
courage to come out and champion hi,
cause, while the remainder, who are UP
to tricks, were doing as they did during
the war, bushwhacking on the corners,
out OF harms way, and when it was ever
come to the front like "Keno."
Nov. 27th, ne. KyrE