The Osceola times., 1880-09-25

ly tho inclination, "he would ere
now dispatched several individu-
ais down in Pluto's gloomy regions
without much ceremony" etc,
Where the lives of individuals de-
pend upon tho bcliaaton Oft single
man, he is q little too powerful to
be looked upon as a poor prosecuted
man. But if you will examine the
powers and duties of tho sheriff as
laid down in our statutes, you will
find, that the lives of our citizens
DONE depend on his inclination. He
is not near as all-powcriul as you
seem to think. For the sake of our
intelligent readers, we will explain
that by the word "Pluto," our gen.
ius means tho deril, and "gloomy
region, refined way of speaking
of "hell"! Just think of our sher-
if having the inclination, and go.
ing about handing people over to
the devil to be kept in the tormcnts
of help Oh, Jew-Pcter! We think
the boot would be on the other leg,
and it would bo tho p0or persecuied
people If ho could do that! To be-
lleve that any man had such power
coupled with the belief in q devil
and hell, would dcpopulatc the
county IN twenty four hours.
But our reference to his angel of
peace in connection with q sand hill
crane and buzzard, was the most
mortal stab to the vanity Of our
writer. We take your word for IT.,
that such a want Of appreciation of
your beautiful rosy-huod angel on
our part did make you feel like our
sick rooster. 1t was the first time
you ever had your comb cut, and
of course your fine feathers droop-
ed. But if our speaking of your
angel in the manner we did was so
sickly and ,oedk, how in the name
OF the puking rooster did il come TO
make you ieel so bad =? You ought
not, in your anger to give your
self away. Anybody can see that
you recognise the imaginary mis-
take of the Big Laker as one of the
most exquisite pieces Of satire in
the English language. All ofour
readers admired ii, but we couldn't
have said it, if you hadn't helped
US with your fine writing. And
because wo said that just for fun,
(and there's been lots of fun over
IT'D you, in your yenomouS wrath,
would, if you had the power, hand
us over to be ate by tho cruel
bloody cannibals . What a country
would this be if your prosecuted
sheriff had the power to send his
enemies to the devil, and you could
hand tho editors over to the canni-
balls
You are not mistaken when you
thought you were addressing ain.
teligcncc and refinement" To do
you justice, you were correct in
that particular. That is the kind
of man we are. II you had boon
equally correct IN every other par
ticular, We would have agreed like
brothers. But when boarding
school misses and boys have so Of
ten invited the angel of peace to
help out their barren wits until
she has become tamo and common
place, we, as an intelligent and re-
fined individual, have a right to
expect something neio from a man
who can proudly boast,l "thlnk for
myself, judge for myself, and act
according to the dictates of my
own reason, regardless o. the opin-
ions or acts of others !" Then you
lot other peoples Angels of Peace
alone. AS smart man as you are,
might invent something new. II
you are all you claim to be, you
are beyond all doubt, the greatest
man on earth, and tho Pope of
Rome will not pretend to dispute
your superiority, fyou can prove
what you claim.
We print your ideas OF Arkansas
profanity just us you have IN your
wrath ascribcd it to them. When
yoa wrote those oaths, you were
speaking the language of your own
heart, aud no doubt from tho sam
plos you gave can out-9wcar any
man in Arkansas and we arc sat,
isficd now, that you swore by Ju.
piter just to let us know that you
had been reading the classics.-.
Gentle reader we don't approve OF
"a Voters awful profanity. We
wee raised by poor, but pious