Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-31
Morbid Jealousy.


=, still worse, advertisements that have been
eken simply to '.fiil up and at prices ruinous
!, any business conducted upon safe and just
basiness principles. We have one price for all
WORK, and would seorn to take advantage of amy
msu's ignorance of the printing business
charging him enough for work to make up for
rt,at we lost on other man. Away with
svch chariatainsIn!-aey inteliigencer.
Oar attention has been called to
the above as being meant for as.
We have no fight with the Intelligent
Ger. We beat them at their own |
ame-'.ignoring.' They wrote and
demanded an apology forthwith. We
ignored their letter. They blow
around on the streets about what
they are going to do, and it all ends
in wind. Let them attend to their
own news( ?)paper; we can manage
the LEDGER. Since they have broach-
ed the subject, and if they mean the
above for US, we will make a remark
or two just for fun. The writer of
the above extract WAS ignorant as an
unborn babe-ignorant, III fact, as
unborn twins, or else knowing y mis-
represents facts. For instance, they
claim to have tone price for all"
Why then DO they have their paper
full of patent foreign advertisements
at about one-haif what they charge
home patrons: They have to-day
patent foreign advertisements which
we're offered to the LEDGER at better
prices than they get for them, and
We would not take the work. ''Why!'
Simply because we can get all the
advertisements We want at home, and
il We are going to make any reduction
twill be to home patrons and not to
advertising agents and patent medi-
cine men who live IN the East. Talk
shout filling up!" Compare the
LEDGER with your old cadaver, and
sec which paper has the cheap adver-
.isments! You have several columns
Of cheap foreign advertisements tc
''ill up your space with-the LED
GER has not column. We know
what is the matter with you-the
LEDGER is monthly, weekly, daily.
getting away with you. You triet
4 .oignore you have talked about III
4 On the street; you have insinuatet
81 against us in your ''coffin winding
q Sheet you actually turned over th'
corpse Of your old weekly and had ;
still-born patent sided daily-all t.
10 purpose. Now you get mad ant
n make insinuations about some on
n .aking advantage. Why don't yol
4 come out and say when and where
A lfyou want to make any fight jus
q come on, and if we don't tale un
fold that will make your hair stan'
On end and Rome howl w
= will eat book agent blood raw
We are now going to make a state
nent that we can back: The Mexic
n Weekly LEDGER has to-day large
II number of subscribers than the weeEl
"fog-horn" We have in our weekl
low more and better paying advel
lsements than thc weekly fog horn.
Our Fair Daily has at least seve
lines the circulation, and contain
more advertisements than the dali
"f0g-horn' ever did or ever wi
soatain. The Mexico Daily an
Weekly LEDGER is a paying, liv
aper. 1t has made friends an
aoaey every day since it has bee
sder its present management.
ioa't have to be ''held up 1t
lot sick and eaten up with morbi
lsaonsy. We have no fight to max
hhany one. We are busy attendin
aoar own business, but when iHsil
ashons are thrown out that we ha,
zen taking advantage of some or
@Fould love to be allowed Il
sae privilege. If you want to g
Jour cadaverous old rattle bone
sssu into row, just name yol
Aof battle if not, just go on biov
lite into it through quill and il
Eang food into 1t by injection
Maa7e all we can do to attend
legitimate business, which b
Hsn enormously within even t
Athree months. At the same tin
'Haopose to keep the LEDGER in
aeet light before the people
s Of spasmodic and ghostly sp
s9 nslnuations. The logic Of t
sueo Intelligencer resembles t
saee Of God," in that it passth u
sanding" Further than this d
fens sayeth not.
of. Dobyns, County Collector,
aug Treasrrar for tho Fair AsSO,