The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-03-10
NO styles.

We all admire the business man who
is torSc and to the point. and we dis
like the man who hangs on tho door
knob. as though life was noyer end
ing dream, and refuses to say good
by. 1t is 80 with correspondence.
For instance, here is IA line which
tells the story in brief, without wear
ing out your eyes and days 10y pom
drrous phrases and useless verbiaSe.
Useless vcrl;iage and frotEy sur
plusage' is a synonym which we dis
covered ia 10, while excavating for
the purpose of laying the foundations
OF our imposing residence up the
gulch. Persons using the same will
please fork over 10 per cent. Of the
gross receipts:
BANGOR, Nix.
Find 10c. for which send sample
copy Boomerang to above address
Yours, DC, Tnos. BILLINGs.
Some would have said please" find
enclosed 10 cents This is not abso-
lutely necessary, If you put 10 cents
in the letter, that covers all seeming
lack of politeness. and it is all right
Here's another style, which ovincos
peculiarly We do not admire. II
bespeaks the man who thinks that
life and It's associations are given us
in order to wear out the time, waiting
patiently meanwhile for Gabriel to
render his little overture.
1t occurs to us that life is real,
life is earnest" We canot sit here in
the gathering gloom and read four
pages Of "A letter which only expresses
what ought to have been expressed in
four lines. We feel that we are here
to do the greatest good TO the great
est number. and We dislike the cores
pondent who hangs on To the literary
door knob. SO to speak, and absorbs
our time, which is worth $535 per
hour.
Here we go:
New CENTERyILLr, Wis.
Mn. WILLIAM NYE, Esq.
Laramie City, ". Il.
DEAR SIR: | have often saw in
our home papers little articles cut
ont OF your paper, the Larmy Boom
erang, yet have never saw the paper
itself l hardly pick up a paper from
the Fireside Friend to the Christian
at Work that do not see something
or another from your faseshus pen
and credited to the Boomerang /
have asked our bookstore for copy
Of the paper, and he said go to grass,
there wasn't no such perioddiklc in
existance. He is liar but l did not
tell him SO because | am just recov-
ing from case~' OF that kind now,
which swelled both eyes shet and
placed me under the doctors care.
1t was the result Of campaign lie
and at this moment l don't remem-
ber whether it was the other man or
me that told. The thing got confus-
cd and am not clear on the matter
now.
send you 10 cents in stamps, hop
ing that you will favor me with a
speciment copy Of the Boomerang,
and may subscribe. | send postage
stamps because they are more CON
venint to me-, and suppose you can
use them all right, as You must have
n great deal Of writing to do. in
tend to read it thorrow and give my
family the benefit also. love to
read humerrus pieces to my children
and my wife and hear their gurgly
laugh well up like bobblink's. now
! now take neastern paper which is
gloomy in its tendencies, and | call it
the Morg. 1t looks at the dark side
Of life and costs S3 year and pos
tage.
SO send the specimen If you please
and will probably subscribe for the
Boomerang as | have saw good
many extrax from it in our papers
here and / have not as yet saw your
paper. So good-by.
Yours truly, JAMES LErsos