The Phoenix herald., 1880-09-17
MT. ssioEser Again

EDITOR HERALD More light!
 more light! were the last words of
 great man when he was about to
 close his eyes 10 die. More light,
 more light, Is furnished to the readers
 of the Expositor by that great man,
 T. C. Riggs, (great and noted for his
 honesty and veracity) editor of that
 paper, (who in other countries is
 better known as Johnny FeltoD) in
 his obituary article of wholesale
 slander of 9 week ago. Once more
 he let the light shine upon himself
 so that he can be seen in lis grand
 est array, as the greatest little liar
 of the age. Although growing lame
 and weak he musters up courage
 sufficient to fire the last shot from
 his tongue battery, which, in the shape of a boomrang, lays low the
 villain that sent it. The infant
 in his dying defence makes a grand
 display of his Satanic skill and show
 ing his ability of slnr casting and
 wholesale lying, trots out Ezpositor lie No. 120. In winding up long string of his oft repeated dirty lies and slurs he says: 10 say nothing of his having been fired out of thc employ of GiImer t Salisburv's stage line under charges of d serious nature" To those WkO are not ac- uuainted with thai wholesale liar T,
 c. Rigs, hguTehead Of the EXpOsi- tor. I will say, that never was, nor do I ever intend 10 be an employee of the company mentioned, let alone the firing out of their employ, as that -hOOdlum Riggs would call i'm his hoOdlum slang. Now 1Ir Itjegs 10 call you hencefOrtL liar and other pet names that if you so well would be a very foolish indulgence, il would sound cruel and vuiE gar inas- much as you have never kicl ed even once and have not got the courage 10 acknowledge that you have been made a tool of. Now my good man Riggs, times are hard and money is tight you know but, nevertheless, ] | will pay y0d the round sum Of $230. l in U ;. gold coin if you will pro duce at least one man who will sub ] stanCistte EXpCsitor lie No. 123 or any and all the malicious lies you have sent adrift This IS q show for 1 you 10 pay up the arrears of your | tarantula juice bll, and your poor ! WasLeIWOnan would smile with glec l should yOu be q success. This cOan- i try has been afflicted with mOsQHitOs, ] taIantulas, scorpions, rGttlesnakes i and the hundred and one other pois- l oHous varmints, but never before in i the annals 9f Salt River Valley has | such pest been known as the in- i fant T c. Riggs, who has not yet | learned that the tongue is the root cf ! all evil, and that it cuts deeper than l 8 two edged sword, and who don't i care no moro for pub ishing malic- ! iCus lies by the wholesale than he | cares for being called political pre- | tender, i. c. Democratic organ turner ! when in reality he is a black Bepub | lical in the Democratic ranks Such l is the editor of the EXpOsitCr, who is as true to his word as Johnny Brown . the Elm street orOthel keeper, as | honest as Johnny Felton, the santa ! Cruz, Cal, Confidence man and as law abiding as T. C. Riggs, chair 1 man of the Rising Star Club" Of | San Francisco, the origin and hOt-bed | of all the hoOdlumism Ol the Pacific | coast. Now, my friend of the press, ! since you have had all the rope you . wanted you have hanged yourself | and therefore in your great dilemma i a word of advice may not be amiss, | and 1 would gently convey the idea ! that, despite your untold wisdom, ! your store of brain, your power of l intellect, you have great deal more | to learn vet and the best and easiest | way to paddle through this ocean of | life is to always do unto outherS as you wish they should do unto you' and you will find it the safest route to go by. Your present mental con ditiou seems to be rather shaky but | keep your head cool and your feet warm and you will find that this simple remedy will set you all right again. The dash you are cutting, as chief of the EXpositer, Is rather straining on your nervous system and l think you are better it for cut ting bread and butter Don't be dis cOuraged, don't let it prevent your taking your habitual three cocktails in the morning before breakfast and should you ever be refused the fluid in your town, come over to Alameda and 1 will willingly and cheerfuly serve you, free gratis, with a dose of extra, doubled distilled tarantula juice mIxed with little tizwin.
 Your treatment of contempt is liable to hurt us aud l am positive that you will not be so cruel in the future. Your twiddle twaddle, like that of silly farm yard goose, don't hurt any one particular, and your barking puts one in mind of a little bilious poodle barking at the moon, but Towser will never have the pleas ure of burying his iceth into the cor poratiOn of that body.
 T. F. SLOssER.