The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-19
The "Lawyah" and his EgOtism.
Take him up tenderly,
Handle him with are

Hes fashioned 80 slendcrly,
50 young aud 81 fair"
We would he guided by the above
were il not for the fact that We find Ia
the Chattanooga Commercial of san
day, an article attacking tho editor OF
this paper In rather II severe manIer
The article referred TO, was written by
a young man Of this place under the
non de plume Of ''SpcctatOr." Out of
respect for his family, and the high
opinion the HERALD holds of itself, II
will not give his in these col
mmns, but will simply state that his
given nam is John c., and is Il young
"fawyah." The G. in his name, va
suppose, stands for Cheeky.
For considerable time lac has been
gathering wrath to pour out on the
head u the editor of the llcrald-es-
pecillly since the last session of ia,
| circuit court, IN which occasion this
young Ldwyak made a speech before the
jury, as also did two other young Law
ycrs. The Herald c0mplimente6 the
other two but said n~othing OF John
! Cheeky. We would have done hi,a IA,
homo. 10 compliment l!m il there had
been amy possible excuse; but hi,
speech was but u rehash of the tcStimo-
ny, and contained nothing original
whatever; then again during his few
minutes talk his father had to cor
rect him and tell him which side Of Tho
case he waS to speak on. The boy had
actually never discovered which sid,
he was for.
In his correspondence he apprOpri-
atcly subscribcs himself Spectator, -
because if there is any amusement in
town that requires a fellow to pay hi
part, this Lawyah is always a "spccta'
tor but never takes part. lie la,
been known on several occasions 10 &c
to balls after the collections had been
made in order to cvade paying his par
there was one exception however,
and that vas a recent leap year party
| when the ladies' paid the eXpcnse-thi>
time the lawyah was there bright and
early.
lie says the columns of the Herald
are "dry and illitcrate." This is caus-
ed by such chaps as he who are always
first to read Il paper but never pay for it,
He says we use dad grammar" and
advise lis to study the English language
more closely. The lawyah may be
we'll posted in grammar, and we hope
he is, as it is necessary for every young
man to know some one thing. 1t is re-
ally necessary for him to fully under
stand the English language, us he Is
noted for having more mouth and less
brains than any man in town.
As for slang we are sometimes com
PEELED to use it in order that chaps OF
such calihre us his may fully under,
stand our meaning.
lie says We degrade the COMMUNE
ty." Oh my! Amt that i%mpudence.
coming from II who publicly boasts
on the streets that he has more infu.
cnce over young girls than anybody
In Il letter TO the Commercial, wecl
before last, lie 'puifed" himself. II
that is not cgotism we don't know
what it is. As the Herald or Banner
wont notice him when they can hell
it, we suppose the lawyah will let the
world know who he is through the col
umus of neighboring papers in the fu
ture entirely. In this same letter
he spoke of a social party here in tow i
rs where the girls held the boys at {
distance with hair pins with "knob,
Oh the end"-the lend you hold" he
says. Now wasn't he n beautiful
"knOb!" Why he looks more like u
hairpin with two pOntOons bridges on
one end and Il gourd on the other, than
he does Il knob. Then Il young man
that would make such undue insina.
tioEs about thc young ladies' Of hi'
town rs he did in that letter, we cal
say in his own language, he disgrace:
himself, brings reproach upon them,
and degradeS the community in which
he lives
There is one uhing certain; his head
never sprang as did minerva from the
head of Jupiter" but from Il pumpkin.
The truth is, the boy is so full OF ego
tism that he don't know he is an ignO-
ramus, and consequently we can excuse
him for some things he does. -