The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-18
Fer fhe Telegraph

i soul Thoughts, SleaneQ from the 1iull-
full brain Of the editor, by the mid
night lamp, string Of shining pearls
! to set before his few hundred read
ers(?) All! did he but know how it
exalts their souls, elevates and purifies
their natures, lifting them above the
low and groveling cares of earth, to
/ that hallowed fame where God dWells
I in unbending truth CD In the dim and
misty hereafter, he, as a REFORMER, a
model Of elegance and truth, will be
assigned a seat by the side Of Moody
and Sankey. Then their songs and
prayers and gushing editorials, will
form trio of greatness, grandeur and
glory, that in it's irresistible power will
move the universe of man, to the
achievement Of that goal at the end OF
the race CD For weeks his theme has
been "cis." It has been served up in the
most varied style, from cold hash and
hominy, to baked pork and beans. The
model reform editor has racked his few
brains for some new version, till they
are more added than nature formed
them. Will not some kind friend put
him in his little bed and sing tender
lullaby to soothe his wearied mind and
.1raSz body to gentle rest ?-Tread light
ly, whisper softly, sing lowly, greatness
slumbers now!
But without these weekly morsels OF
choice literature, his paper would be as
lean as "Duke Humphreys dinners"
AS an editor he has reached the highest
pinnacle of human greatness, the acme
of his dearest hopes.
High on throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
Satan exalted sat-"
He, and his Fra Diavalo, form a
/ beautiful couple to furnish reading
matter for an intelligent people. Truth
stands out so prominent in all their ex-
pressions CD The fields from which
they CLEAN are SO numerous, the choice
grain they garner is so ripe and gold
en- GU AS they SOW, so shall they reap.
One gentleman is in fair way to come
| to grief for his false and slanderOus
publication. The other, will doubtless
await the verdict of a just and discrim-
mating public, who will doubtless teach
him there is a difference in writing ed
itorials for family newspaper, and q
morning penny sensational back-alley
journal. His proposal to make oath to
the number of the circulation Of the
Union and compare it with that of the
TELEGRAPH is little cheeky, viewed
in the light Of late developments The
man that has been proven guilty of
fazsehood and ultimately proves him
self to be thus guilty, will hardly be
believed under oath.
Do you think he would be willing to
make oath to the amount he receives
as a donation from influential and
moneyed democrats to keep his paper
afloat? Since he boasts of his circula-
ton and the amount of business his Job
office is doing, suppose lie furnish us
the amount each person from city and
country has paid in as a bonus say from
ten dollars upward, during the past
year?
In conclusion let me say, Killeen is
welcome to handy my name all he
chooses. If a residence of nearly thir-
ty-one years in this county has not been
i Sufficient to establish a character invul-
nerable to his petty shafts, then I'll
accept the verdict.
But this let Klleen understand: If I
have anything to say Or write p0ziti-
ca1ly or otherwise, l shall say it eff
i there are as many devils-like him in
the way--as tiles on the roofs of the
d houses" He may edit an intimidation
paper in the interest of unrepentant
southern rebels; he may defend ostra-
cism and all the recent barbarities
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practiced in the south; he may faunt in
i the face of northern union soldiers all
i the aohite league threats and innuendos
his partizan mind can comprehend, but
he cannot deter q single republican
from his line of true duty, or make
them blanch at his threats, for they
have met and conquered a million of
just such foes to union and free gov
eminent as he is REPUBLICAN.