Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
will testify that we always took whis-

VIII tesIlly tlat we AWAY tOok WIS
Ky Now Nh. Citizen, or any other
man, tells an unmitigated LIE when he
says we were ever in a bar-room al
Jefferson City. There it is with the
bai.k ON; smoke it n your pipe.
tEf the writer or publisher thought
he could iniure MS by this piece, he
is badly mistaken. 81 siht @ r7t'
We went to Cedar City ON that day
With a young lady,I and had too much
respect for lief,Ii If not for ourselves
ana our profession, to indulge in that
way: We went to Jefferson City in
company with Mr.. Kabrich, and wife,
Mr.. Jones and wife and others from
Mexico, and they wiz vopch for ,ouf
statement; but we will not notice
this point farther, for its object, if il
has any, is appreciated by all.
As to our conduct on the train, we
will state that we saw q lot of Cedar
City hoodlums drunk as ''biled owls
imposing on '.oae" young fellow
from Fulton. Wallace Williams, ed
itor Of the Fulton Telegraph, and
ollrself just took hold of the ng
fellow and tried to get him ON the
train. Then your Cedar City chiv-
airy got out their knives, and were
gazing to f>cut and shoot:i'i,
After q couple of these had been
knocked into the gutter, they cut
around the corner and, shot for home.
lie says, the delegation from Mexi-
90. were mostly decent men. Yes, we
think so, and good judges of a Bar.
becue. One of them, an old Callawe.
eian, one of our most prominent men,
said IL was the poorest thing of the
kind he ever was at. We heard
nothing hut grumbllng from every.
hQdy. One Of our heaviest taxpayers
and a man that has seen all phases O.
the world, and eaten in a good many
poor places, when forced to, said sew
eral times: II the Lord would forgiy.
him this tire, he would never get sold
again; Yes, a nice dinner, everybod,
thought you had.
lie says, after the dinner was oyel
there was plenty left, Yes, think there
was; it was most all left. They just
left 1t lying there; the hogs did moi
even think of eating it.
He speaks about our decency Oh
we'll, we won't notice that point
Guess he is q pretty decent man,
Judging from his article. lie tries to
slur us, a ''would be editor" Guess
he is a good judge of an editor, his
article shows what kind of a news,
paper MAJ he would make.
Our kind readers will forgive us, fol
thus taking up their space with a per
sonal article, but We wanted to c!eal
mp any doubt their might he in Col.
Hutton's mind. You see he is inter.
csted about US, We r one OF his
lambs. No, Colonel, we were rs sober
us a judge, as B. Il. Tureman, Mr..
Kabrich, Ed Rines, Or any other MAJ
that was on the trip; will vouch fol
the above, aud if this article WAS pub.
lishcd or written to injure us in the
eyes of the people, it was n mean,
contemplate trick, We are sorry
that the above article appeared, not
that we care, only it shows our CON
tcmporary's spirit toward us. If citi-
zen had sent US the article, we would
have put it i'll the LEDGER for him, and
it should not have cost him u cent.
We trust the above is sufficient; we
know it is to all who know u.s., and to
those who do not knows us, and care
to know the truth, q find it by ask
ing those who were with us. Gentle
men, you cannot blast a young mans
character as easy as you think YOU
can, .t.