The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-25
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY.


2 used 1t might consistently be concluded thai
he was playing the part of cowardly pu
gaistic blackguard. As a pretended excuse
g for such language he claims to take offence
= at something which he says was in the GA
zETTE regarding somebody's ''Grandma
We hardly expected to be beset by the
wholeslist of connections, for four or five
generations, but it seems to be our fate.
The grandson says we 'tappologized to him
In private conversation, for former item
IN our paper" the GAZETTE, which
is as false as the heart of the contemplate
writer of the article. In the first place we
did not owe him an apology, for we had not
published any item calling for or requiring
an apology In the next place we did not seel,
or have any private conversation with him.
We had no occasion for any and besides we
make 1t rule not to hold private converse
trons with contemplate wretches who are
In the habit of sneaking around behind our
back with the intention of doing us dirty
trick. What we have to say or do we do
open and aboveboard and nothing but a
coward will do otherwise. The item to
which exceptions were first taken was per-
tectly innocent in every particular and its
publication, the substance of which, was
suggested by a friend of his as piece of
pleasantly. To give those who do not re-
member it an idea of how soft a person
must be to take exceptions to it, we repub-
lish it, as follows:
"a CURIOUS EFFECT OF A Sr. S,nr v,s
IT--One of our townsmen, famous as an
expert with paste pot and scissors. while on
TRIP to the sea shore recently, it is said,
found personal attractions in the cooking
department of one of the principal hotels,
where he was stopping, in the person of
young lady. So much so did these allure
ments attract him that he found it no use
to attempt to count the sands upon the sea-
shore during bis stay, but straightway en-
tant to the object of his attractions"
The idea that we should, in private
conversation, apologize to a great simple
"booby of galoet" for something which he
was fearful would offend young lady, is
too preposterous to admit of a serious
thought from any sensible person. To sup
Pose that any person would take offence at
anything contained in such an item. as
above, could only be imagined by lovesick
''booby,"
If he will trot the contemplate cur ont
That whom he claims says that the mana
gers of the GAZETTE had not fulfilled en-
gagement with, or treated them other than
m an honorable way, who will say ANYTHING
OF the kind to us when near enough to s.lool
us in the eye," we may introduce them to
cur five or six year old devil, whom, if he
felt insulted. might start first class tan
yard over their eye.
We started out in this "eold. uncbarit-
able world" when not yet of age, with
nothing to assist us pecuniarily but our own |
hands, and while our few successes have
been attended only with constant persever-
ance and toll and strict attention to our
business, yet during all of this time we
have from time to time had a lot of impu. |
dent, contemplate wretches, bloodsuckers
and leeches, who neither had ability or in
dustry enough to conduct remuneratiye
business OF their own proftably and who
had made failures at everything undertaken
and being jealous of our progress thought
they could accomplish some selfish purpose
by debating to us and endeavoring to make
us pursue their suggestions, and failing to
accomplish their purpose, we have been
told by parties whom we most certainly
oeheve to be truthful and who certainly
could have no motive in telling ms an nm
truth about the matter, 'sthat some of them
have sneaked around behind our back and
tr1ed to pursuade wol kmen not to work for
US. Others have interviewed persons com
to our paper and attempted to
pursuad them to put up dirty Jobs on MS. |
nome OF which any decent person would
lhlnk OF doing to savage. It is not the
hrst time we have had cowardly, sinking. i
ours on our track, who are |
both bankrupt in principle as well as purse t
Who alter finding that they could not drive | /
'r dictate to us, and finding that we com. a
'iain and urge objections to having sneaks t
round behind our back meddling with our /
business and Office affairs, some of them |
AVE gone SO far as to attempt to intimidate h
is by saying For his own sake and the t
axe OF those around him, I (meaning the
'ackblter, the intermeddler, the one who
neaks around behind another's back to in.
erfere with business not concerning him,
leslres to avoid further controversy and T
hall not at this time give quotations in the
'usicai lnftrument trade, post office busi-
ess, the steam boat traffic between Salem
nd Albany, or other branches, but NAV be
nduced to do SO hereafter etc. Well. ali 8
re have to say is, we don't believe in the a
rlnclple of intimidation and we don't be- lG
eve that the wretch who would attemnt i
lntlmidate any one, in the manner :,
oove indicated, has any principle any
ay, and if he quotes from the truth there y,
nothing in our life's history that we care nj
whit about his quotations. But if he n,
ishes to tale the chances of launching ont tt
'on the uncertain sea, of gossip, untruth VI
I'd blackguardism, it will be him upon
hom it will react and not us. If however OF
is wonderful grandson should go back into n n
own personal history and review it fo
nthfully and impartially, he might find
ough to fill his mud mill for year and N,
en-. not be through CO.
If Mr.. Hyde don't want to see things in sh
. aASs,sz which will taunt, irritate and De