Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-01-15
"Better, Thank Your

through the Democracy.
Better, Thank YOU"
As we are crowded with business,
we will not have time to answer the
many kind letters of inquiry and re-
gret we have received in the last
week frem friends and brother edi-
tors, all over this state and from 9th
er states, where we are known. We
don't just now recollect whether we
got any letters from Long Island.
We take this method to let our friends
know that we appreciate their solicit
tude for our welfare. A man never
knows who his friends are until he
gets into trouble and never appreci-
ates them as well as when they rally
around him in the time of need. No
man appreciates friendship, when
true, more than we do, and we will
never forget our friends (nor our
enemies, for that matter) while We
are living, or even after we are dead,
if We are in 4 place to intercede,
either for or against them. Twice
in one week we were waylaid and
vet we are the Invest, if the ugliest,
corpse that ever existed after a wake.
We are miserable our record is bad
for fighting or running. In the first
instance our opponent was eut-writ-
ten and thought he could handle a
club better than he could a pen; he
laid for us with his cane he always
did aim high, no matter where he
struck; he struck the sign board at
the post office this time; higher than
usual we forgave him and did not
strike him as we could have done =;
we did not do it for We knew we
should always regret it; we never do
anything we will always regret but
what we are sorry for it. Our friend
felt better when he found he had not
broken his cane and we were not GO
ing to break his head. We thought
st the close of this loud but blood
less picnic, that we bore a charmed
lite.
In the second instance we did not
fare as we'll. This time. as before,
we were hushwhacked We did not
have a chance to run; dom know
whether we felt like g Roman gladia-
tor or not; we fell in the first engage
ment like a dying calf. The gentle
man who assaulted US had told a story
on US; 1--WE never say lie now, except
when we are armed with a cannon }
we told him so through the paper ;
we reiterate it he may be crazy; he
may not be accountable morally
he is physically-please excuse us
we don't know how it was, only he
published a mistake on us in the
Audrain County Press, which is a
very nice paper and is run by a very
nice man. eve prefer 70 lie rather
than make any one mad.) As we
had no chance to fight Or run, al
this writing we know which would
have been the best; we were badly
used up; for three or four days we
did not know anything, not even as
much as we usually dc, We have
recovered from our humping, wheth-
err we are over our fright or not. II
don't seem to have done us much
good; we can't help it it was borr
in us to say what we think and it car
not be thumped out of US, at least
not until our brains are knocked out
If a man lies on us we shall continue
to tell him so ; when we are mistaken
we are willing to make things right
but can't submit to SANDER, even i
we have to hit some mans cane will
our head. If we falsify or even mis-
represent a man, let him, like q gen
tleman, demand a %retraction. If WI
are wrong and don't letract, let hin
then thump US till he Is happy. Thi
is right and proper and the wa.
men should, and gentlemen do do
Twice we have been waylaid; tn
third time is the charm. We woul,
rather run than fight, but the mex
man that waylays OIL tries to slip u
on US from behind, had best make
good job of it, for WI will'have a fu
neral sure, and he or we will lead il