Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-06-11
Letter from Lewiston.

LEWISTON, l. T., June I, 1880.
OLD LELAND:-I am the Lewiston
merchant, and l want you to let me
alone, if you can't give me FREQ puff
occasionally. You are injuring this
city, for if you tell the immigrants and
outsiders that l will cinch them they
won't buy my goods have got near
ly money enough. When l get enough
l am going to build a bridge across
Clearwater (slough.) Tell the people
this, and if you will make them be-
lieve it, l will give you two hit adj
vertisement and pay you in shop-worn
goods. But you mustn't ask me to adj
vertise extensively. Didn't l pay
Bonner a huge bill for painting my
sign, and didn't that tell where l
trade. Sometimes put out bulle-
tin board, too. Don't everybody know
where | trade in Lewiston and keep
everything, especially money. AS for
prices, l have lots of them to suit the
uho and hoic much, according to the
length of the purse.
You need not flatter yourself that
just because l don't advertise in your
columns people won't discover that |
can cinch them. They are bound to
find that out as soon as they wish, if
not sooner
am really public spirited at heart,
but don't mention it. ! will advocate
any public improvement you wish so
long as it don't cost anything but talk.
Free ferries, bridges, high schools,
storehousea, county buildings, any
thing, even an asylum, 1or inspired
mercantile idiots, I am heartily in
favor of until it comes to real business
and then yous must count me out.
Just hold on a bit, some kindly dis
posed person may come along and buy
a ferry or build bridge for me-
There's nothing mean about me. |
only want all | can get, but | think I
can get most of it anyway. All ask
is to be left alone, but if you are go
ing to give Inc away in the reckless
manner You have been doing, you
, sha,! not have that advc, tisement.
shall. send it over to Hopkins; ant
moreover if the people believe wha'
you say aoout me | shall sell my grca
bargains entirely tn Palouse folks
5 (fernage added so if a famine is crea
Jed thereby you will be held RESPONSE
BILE All my customers will hc exam
! ined hereafter, and if found to believ
n anything you publish they will have t
e 60 to Colfax or Walla Walla to &c
8 their goods. They shall not max
anything out of me. would like t
II know what right you have to CRITICS
e me anyway How are the newcome,
% to know if there he not some truth /
t what you sayl You must remembe
that there are lots of strangers in ou
IF midst looking for place to settle, an
N unless some of our older citizens kline
,e " explain matters some of them Nigh
p think l re lily would take them in
Dr. they came to settle with me. TIL
isn't much of town, at any rate.
ez will 90 to the dogs soon. I've alway
le said so, and / always will say so, whel
a ever business man turns his eye tn
ID way. l don't make anything, an
v. what l do make | send below to bu
i'll more whisky for the boys. Give II
4, back the DAYS Ct ''skookum -four" ar
T. crooked gold dust. The boys were nj
s sr so particular about what they bousl
to nor how much they paid for it the
n: Everything is going too fast for IN
al | have tried to hold back. Haven't
10 10 bucked against every Improvement th'
has been suggested Don't | alwa,