Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-16
AN ESTEEMED CONTEMPORARY.

I'm an editor myself" said he, as he
plantea his feet on the Eagle editors
desk, and lit that fnncticnary's pipe,
~ throw ink on the Up Guleh Shorter
at Dcadwnod, and you bet make some
reading matter for the boys. Got the
Shorter on exchange here "
~ think not replied the editor.
"Dont think ever heard of it.
"You amt been long in the ink bn-
siness, have your" asked the stranger
quickly. ''You don't seem TO be up III
the literature of the day. The Shorter
throws more influence to the square foot
than all the papers in Dcadwood. Let
me show you The style Of that periodical
and he drew q tile of back numhees out
of his pocket ''See them advertise
ments? All cash Meeting of county
board hst tight III the Common Couu-
Gil: mine caved in on nineteen men;
four women lynchod; Mayor of town
convicted of burglary raid by Indians
all live news items. See the editorial!
This is what | say abont the Rapid
City Enterprise; The distinguished
consideration in which we hold the
three-ply iacki,ss who edits our noNious
contemporary is only cquaIed by the
rapidity with which the tumbe-bngs
will roll him ont in the Spring
Spicy, Ell? You bet. There's some po-
etry. Wrote it myself Madet up;
ont Of my head how's this
The Radicals have nominated
That crummy drunken, disspate'l,
C0ck.eyed h0rse.thiei, jim McFaoden
Our candidate is Patty Madden.
s.And we elected him, too, for old
stock, Wego in for poetry out our way
from Why back"
1--WE don't do it in just that way here
said the Eagle editor, with asmiIe. 'uu
folks"
"That's where you're of. You haven
educated your folks up to high taste
Where ! live we're cultured clear TO til
roof. Here's my remarks about the edi
tor Of the Vermilion Repeater, when h
wanted to split the territory: 'We don
want to reflect on the press. bnt we az
compelled to say that the editor of tn
Repeater has stolen Government mule
~ long for % living that he begins to Hat
ter himself that he, too, is Id ass
That bust ID his business"
''But don't the other editors evcrpitc
into vou'" asked the Eagle, rather a.
founded at this revelation in journalism
"You bet, parduer! Then we get bac
in this way. This is some poetry on Il
Fargo Breeze man for saying that
learned to read and write in the WiscoI
sin Penitentiary. Listen to this:
There is IN old clam up in Fargo
Who buys all his rum by the cargo.
He gets drunk and sneezcs,
And calls it the Breezc'S,
And then the whole gang to the bar 60
AZ haven't heard from him since, b
hell get around to me by and by. Herr
n little criticism on our opera house IN
was regarded very high when 1t "
pspped: Manager Whitney is giving
high toneder performance than our CT
zens have Il right to expect for two bi
lie has engaged the beautiful Gambet
for two weeks, and for high artistic k,'
ing she has no peereSs Her Standl
iump shows careful thought and stnt
and her toe whirls are unprecedented
the history of the ballet. Mr. Within
has shored up the east end OF his m
strel troupe with the justly celebrat
Patsey Maginnis, the Bones OF mode
eras. We are sorry to chronicle a
at this temple of Thespian virtue
night, and we recommend mana
Whitney, if Shang johnson comes m
keyinr around there again, to crack
nut with a,bottle' And he did 1t, t
It shows the power ofthe press"
elbow are you on the political a.
tiopsin asked the Eagle.