Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-10-06
EnOughY

F nF h0"e
and have paid no attention 3 insin-
uations of contemporaries. last week
we stated that We would yger $500
that the LEDGER had the largest cir.
culation of any pape/ in Mexico.
The Intelligencer stats as follows:
| When a man (?) fets headed of
at anything-when there is a doubt
as to the community accepting his
word for an dt-repeated state
ment, he resort to the gamblers
methods-in brif in his liberality he
resembles the Prince Of Darkness
with the Saviur on the mount. Bet
ting proves rothing. Statements OF
honest men are accepted by honest
men as the truth. The rabble re-
sort to other and questionable meth
DDS.
If the above had appeared in the
LEDGER in regard to the Intelligent
Ger we would have received an in
sulting letter demanding a retraction
and an apology, and perhaps been
attacked and cursed on the way
home from church by the pious Col
onel, as we were once before. When
ever anything appeared In the LED
GER that could be construed into an
inslnuation or joke against Colonel
Jack Hutton we we're waited on by
preachers, elders and leading citi-
zens and told ''that we ought not to
joke the Colonel-he was touchy,
childish, dyspeptic, a disappointed
office seeker, etc." We needed this
advice, and have been attending
strictly to our own business and have
overlooked ever more Insulting
insinuations than the above. We
take occasion to notice the above,
and that too, in a very brief way.
There is no doubt but what the writ
er of the above is affected with q
jealous prejudice, and perhaps even
has the gangrene. We don't know
whether the pork-ly business mana.
ger, who thinks he runs the town,
county, State and all things therein,
or the kid-gloved, sneering snoozer
who claims to be the editor, wrote
it, but we do know, that if there was
an individual connected with the. LED.
GER. even as office boy, that was moi
more of a ''man'' without the ss(?)''
we would cut his ears off and use him
for a spittoon. He refers to ''hon.
esty." We impeach no mans hon
esty without cause. We guess the
writer of the above is as honest as ht
can be with the talents God gave him
Let him prove his honesty. He in
sinuates that we are dishonest il
stating that we have a larger circula
ton than ie Lsas Our statement il
either false or he in a bigger al-.ths,
an official bulletin. We dare him to
the proof. Only a few days since
the same writer insinuated that we
published an extra that contained an
obituary which had been in type for
sometime j; that VIZ stole our dispatch
es. If the i%nsinuation was meant to
refer to US, we take this occasion to
brand it as a base lie. The pet ref
erence TO ''the rabble' is very char.
acteristic. The editor of this paper
claims to belong to the rabble. At the
same time we claim as good blood in
our veins as Jack E. Hutton or Jno.
Mounts-his man Friday. We do not
claim to be a king or the descendant
of q king. We do not claim to be
better than other people, but We
do claim to be just as good, and
what is more, we don't propose to be
set down on by any upstart, no mat
ter what his pretensions may be. W.
want no. controversy but we do no,
intend to be the mark of low, I'm.
gentlemanly lnsinuations, and ther
when we answer said insinuations,
be taken to task for pitching into a
man that is attending to his own af.
fairs. You need not write us a letter
demanding an apology; if you do.
you will receive the answer ''to &C
to the Deviln' You need not swear
at US on the road home from church
if you do, we will simply pity you
You simply attend to your own bust
ness and we will do the same thing.
There is plenty of room in Audrain
for US both. We are here to stay
You can't crowd US out; you cam
scare Us out; you can't publish {
better paper and starve us out yor
can't get us out by making low, un'
gentlemanly in%sinuations. We are
not here to be bulldozed and you
might as we'll give it up. We sin
cerely hope we will not be compelled
to refer to a like matter again. l
we do we will make some statements
that will surprise III worthy insinp
ators. +
Forbes Dramatic Company
At the opera house in this city, TO
two nights only, Forbes Dramatic
Company will put on the boards o.
Friday evening, Oct 7th, the cele
brated playl.'Black Diamonds" ant
on Saturday, Oct. sth, the great do
nestle comedy, shtitled "Aaa Bas
sett." Genersf admission, 35c; gal
lery Csc reserved seats 5oc-for sal
. at Ksbrich's. Grand matinee SAT
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