The Phoenix herald., 1880-09-24
BILL BLANK. He Again Comes to the
 Surface. But Very Much Subducd In
 Spirit. And Reports bu. Litt.e News in
 the Capital.
BILL BLANK.
IRREGULAR HERALD CORRESPONDENT l

REGU ULAR HERALD CORRESPONDENT
 PRESCOTT, A. T., Sept. g, 1880.
 In the appropriate pigeon-hole,
 under the head of diminished Busi
 ness" I found memorandum ot items headed Apologize. It WAS a
 bit of a reminder put there for me to
 take up on account of what 1 said
 concerning the tergiversations of my
 medical friend in former letters. My
 remarks and statements were not re-
 ceived in this community as they
 came back in the HERALD, at all, in
 the spirit i'll which 1 sent the bat
 ings forth. My kind intentions to
 amuse the public by dishing on the ! HERALD table, an occasional repast 1 gathered from the town talk of this
 metropolis, unnotIced by the local papers, were entirely miscOnstrued, and what 1 thought were delicate
 alusiODs to tender topics, were call
 ed islanders, lies, and other hard
 names. The resident proprietor of q
 large interest in tine HERALD was
 threatened with dire demnition. Several subscribers said, stop my paper"
 THE SCALP OF BILL BLANK
 Was vociferously demanded, and the writer was astonished at the hubbub he had unintentionally raised. My very carefulness to avoid any parti- polarization of persons was charac. teriZed as sneaking, back biting, cow ardly, anonymous detraciion. solemnly aver that I had no further point in view than to give you dis interested party at distance, such dissolving views of our daily street sights, rumors and fancies, as might, even by the victims, or the suspected ! objects referred to, be a subject of ! fun. even though the mirth might be i momentarily painful. So have I 1 waited until the fierce blast has sub ! sided to enter my protest against i such tortuouS construction of my motives. and simply say that 1 did not go for to do it.
 RcsoLced: Not to be so caught in any underhanded work again. spoke of the uncle of my nephew Charlie" by name boldly. as practIc- ing those little strategcms which are conceded to be fair in love, war, and politics, and behold THE ANCIENT JUDGE WAKES wRoTH
 AND BOILS OVER,
 And then senslbiy subsides again md lets the boy s laugh at him, and ;cts new trap while the jelly echoes 'tIll resound.
 So I cry "peceavi," anf repent mo and study mp new methods of ap- roach and retreat, and am writing q realise entitled -'Scalping Made Painless, of which 1 shall send the HERALD an adv ne copy.
 So little his occurred recently that i $ not ha=hed up by the local report ITS, that 1 am really melancholy in 1 rev of the necessity of writing 10 -Ou.
 The boss of the DemocrGt is gone. Ie lit out out on Monday mornings tage. He will not return hither , Intil after the National election tr. Hamilton took possession of the .ditoTial chair and will run the paper for the present. Tho change $ a good one for the subscribers, for Tucker is old, gouty and grOuty, and 10 good collector of local items which are the life of daily paper, while Hamilton is untiring and warming into life
 THE LATENT FORGE OF AN ITEM.
 His control of the only Democratic paper of the county is not entirely pleasing to the nominees on the Democratic ticket. They were the -ery men who choused him out of he nomination for Sheriff at the late and they cannot expect Jim 10 urge their individual claims with the same earnestness that Tucker might have done. Evident Y Pat is too high toned an Irishman ] o allow those who deceived him the pleasure Of detesting any eXultation { Il his treatment of his deceitfnl ncmies. who must now beg Of him ! hose favors which an editor can so ' cadily dispense. And perhaps he ; annOt realize that it is like eating : TOW for them to have 10 cringe be / ore him. Praps not-betchyer life |
 Last week the Glce Club at the z headquarters sang some ongs which had the name of God in { he verses several times, and some of UT free-thinkers, atheists and unbe- f levers made a great sir over it; said r he Club was turning into pslam- i inging, Bible class, etc. However, :; le Glee Club still continues to be ig feature of the campaign, and a
 HELPS KEEP UP AN INTEREST c Il the weekly meetings which they : -onld not otherwise possess. !. An adjourned term of our District i ourt commences oa Monday next, c le 27th inst, and that will give f to talk about, and I am in | Opes to pick up an item or two. | Both political parties are looking | pr their candidates for Congres- c onal honOrs to put in an appear 1 nee here soon and give q boom to 2 ie canvas. Any excitement would C e welcomed, even an earthquake. il his squibble is very thin, and I In- a nd to rest on my oars until the tide O events changes. BILL BLANK. e The Texas Pacific railway is com U