Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-06-30
~ESS SUBLIME.

I"'|N Will tHlS DIlI!lln|
comet in the journalistic heavens
last Monday somewhat as follows,
Preparatory to going east on bust
ness, and while talking to some gen
tlemen ia the depot express office,
we were awed to silence by the ma
Jeshc presence of this verdant youth
who approached us with back bowed
and neck at an angle of 40 degrees A.;
with eyes glazing for blood. In deep
tones and with a stage whisper, he
muttered:
"sir, l want to see you, sir, on the
outside, sir,a moment, sir"
Not having our boots Oh and there
being no hole in the floor, we saw no
show for a place to subs.de into, so
quailing and trembling We followed
this sub grand mogul Of the mogul
tribe ''outside, sir" We we're there
informed that we had made insinua-
tons in the Ledger against said Col.
Hart, and that said i%nsinuations had.
to be stopped or said Col. Hart, the
COW boy journalist, whose freshness
Is only surpassed by his ignorance
and whose arrogance is truly sublime,
and who knows as much about jour
nalism as q pillow horse does about
preaching, would stop it. We trust
our reply was appreciated we are sure
it was to the point, and could be I'M
derstood even by the most llliterate.
We notice this cheeky squirt merely
to show the spirit of the fog horn
Crew.
We defy any man to show where
and when we Yer made any insinua
tons, good OF bad, against this youth
who thinks he carries the press OF
this town on his shoulders. How
many people know that he is con-
nected with q paper, except they may
have seen him jerk out his note book,
jump on to q mans shoulder and de-
manl his name, place of lodging to-
night, etc. Our getting rapidly
tired of being taken to task by the
arrogant mob that runs the fog horn
is the chief cause Of this article.
AS q few of our readers know,
about two months ago Col. John Hut
ton. of that paper sent us q letter
demanding an instant apology fOl
something we had never done. We
could make no apology for we had
never done the said terrible deed.
We treated the letter with silent
contempt. Hutton then got him s
heavy walking stick and carried il
around. and on the very next Sab.
bath, on his way home from church.
; yelled at us across the street III Ian.
guage ~unbecoming TO an officer o
the church on any week day, espec.
tally Sunday, raising his stick as h'
talked. We went about our bust
ness, not wishing to have a stree
row on Sunday with a Christian
who had no respect for the Sabbath
! The next thing we knew, an attach,
of that Office had telegraphed TO til,
metropolitan papers that Bob Whit,
1 had gone TO st. Louis because h,
was afraid of Hutton.
Now comes this young Whip
snapper, whose dignity we neye.
thought of rufiling, and who, as
matter Of fact, we hardly knew wa:
connected with that paper, and tell:
t what he is going to do, when hi:
name nor any reference to him never
} appeared in our columns at any time
/ that we know of. We were nevcl
more surprised in our life than We
were when he appeared in his sub
lime and glorious wrath.
Does the fog horn crowd thinl
they are KINGS and that we arr
their subjects? Because they lich
the boots of their Master do they
want US to cringe to them? w
make no ~insinuations; we accuse nt
man unjustly. They a write thei1
threatening letters; they can attach
US on Sunday; they IA bark arount
| Us at the depot, but We must be al
lowed to say that we don't care a tin
ker's m%alediction for the who'll
crowd. VIZ are running a newspa
per and attend to our own business
, but just as sure as they try Gaming
r they will find that they haye caught
tartar. You can carry all the canes
you want you can attack us on Sun
day you can write threatening let
tiers, but you can't scare US worth
cent. We are not made of that KIM
Of stuff. Probably you have an ide:
= that because 4 book agent jumped o
to us when we were not looking, tina
5 we are easily cleaned out and you ca
, frightcn us with your threats. W
are going to attend TO our bushes
and you have got to do the sam
thing. We arc law-abiding citi
zen. If ever we m~isrepresent yo'
we will make reparatien such as
gentleman should, but if you expec
. to bulldoze and browbeat us wit
your insolence you will get beauti
fully left. Don't send any moro tel
y grams about Bob Whites bcin
scared till you are sure of it. Is nc
that an insinuation? Have not W
~lt 70 Jop,onI on anoIoD