The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-03-29
FAREWELL NOBODY.
The Escatawpa Controversy Draweth Nigh
Somebody's Last Arrow Goes
Straight to the Mark-Ihe
Discussion Dropped.
.Loi tho conauering hero comes"

from your paper of last week, ''No-
body is still engaged in the laud-
able pursuit of teaching woman
how weak she is, and as he added
another Katherine to his list, | pre-
sumo | may safely congratulate
him. There is no telling what per-
everanc will do when eyerted in
such a noble cause. / find sonc OF
his remarks are. like the lrishman's
gun, "where he aims is the safest
place to be-" His shot scatter ter
ribly, but some were too high, and
solne too lo,c, and | got off without
a scratch. think | must, in some
unaccountable way, have stumbled
on the recipe for his harmless ~
poison, however, and from the smart
and burn, it surely was not "a mar
cote.
1t is strange he thought my mind
not so vigorous nor active after
reading his "tamer.' DO your
productions put folks to sleep,
"Nobody," as a soothing syrup !
Really we did not look at them in
that light before. And are You
certain You do not take too much
for granted, oh most learned judge 7
Why Shakspeare's Petrucliio isn't
Il circumstance to you. You have
added two Katherines to yonr list
already, and only been in the field
three or four weeks. Go on, "N0-
body" in this truly great cause,
aud it you don't conquer III the end
Won can have the blessed assurance
that posterity will sigh over your
delicate remains, and say. "though
too weak to prevail he was brave
enough to die" so | did not say
anything about vour text only to
call it "threadbare." You surely
do not think, Nobody" You are
the only verdant youth who has
rolled that sweet morsel weaker
vessel" under his tongue. Why
that has been y standing subject for
debate since l was a child, aud you
know that WAS ages before you
could recollect, although You do
appear IN octosenarian as regards
your mental capacities and your in
sight into woman's character.
DO YOU learn all you know from
observation : | do not expect totell
YOU any more about your text than
this:
St. Peter says: "Give honor unto
the wife, as INTO the weaker ves
sci" | do not suppose that tho old
saint would require the "lords of
creation" to give honor to anything
inferior. think YOU have jumhlcd
inferiority and the "weaker vessel
wofully. Remember to give this
much dcSpisel sex the honor due
them for being the "wcaker vessel"
aud none of us will care how much
you snap your eyes MS you hiss out
+" weaker vessel ut MS. Aud now,
"NObody," as you appreciate my
mature advise, | am going to give
you II little more. Set it down IN
your memoranda for future service.
Never let temper get ahead of prtl.
dence in yonr productions remem
Der among other quotations "dis.
cretiol's the better pant of yalor,'
and the cool head aud steady hand
wins the victory. Never let your
antagonist see you have au ungov.
ernahlc temper this will only eX-
cite pity and prevent u steady
stroke. My advent in the literary
arena is not so new us you imagine,
perhaps.
Iou do not like my taking uptl,e
gauntlet thrown with such velie-
mence in the face of the whole sex.
1t seems we are too mature for your
lordship. Well | will drop it again
when | get through with you this
time, and placard here for the bcne-
lit OF the entire sex No old maid,
widow or married woman need APP
ply. Short hair, bib aprons aud
panteletts, or very vrrlant young
ladies. think that will prevent a
misunderstanding, Ito your By tue
way, how is the fate of that gent of
yours who melted the WAY of his
limbs, applicable to me- Are you
the sun in that hyperbole? Why,
you have more changes than Il
chameleon has col0rs.
When you began you were a
{" flower, wasting sweetness in a
DESERT" and now you are a sun.
Suppose we put them together and
have a snn-tiower, and quote it this
way: "Full many a sun flower is
born to blush (mayb be it bushes nm.
seem, and waste its sweetness (!) on
observation-disclosures will have to SAY
by the river side,'--the matchless
Escatawpa-instead of a desert.
Now you are the sun and flower
too I; does it suit your tastef
Mr.. Editor, L have not forgotten
" brevity's the soul of wit" but
"wlicn in Rome do MS the Romnus
do" is another old saw. However.
after a question or two l will make
my exit. Mr.. Editor, baye O
learned from observation whether
there are any ladies 10 Scranton
need tamingf If there are inst LET
this great Nobodyr know and |
am sure his kind heart and fertile
brain will 500 read or write them
such u lecture MS will make them
weep tears of repentance. And
now, Nobody | hope if you eve