Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-02-20
Notes from Adams.
ADAMS. Feb. IS,

ADAMS, Feb. 10.
Tc the Editor of the LEADER:
Frank Pixley says. "We know the
Biblical account of evil spirits and the
fable of the swine, and do not pretend
that the devil may not get into hog or
a quack doctsr." And Frank is gener-
ally correct; in this case he is absolutely
so, for did 1 not stir up His Satanic
Majesty in the aforementioned animal
last week? l had not thought to write
this week. and do so with reluctance
new, for fear may say something that
had better be left unsaid, for it is my |
natural disposition to avoid a quarrel,
not 20 much from cowardice as from a
reluctance to be at emnity with any
one. This assertion of mine think
most people who know me will bear
me out in. But the unprovoked attack
of 'Dynamite" in the E.. 0. of the 18th
inst. upon NJ. S. Lee ought not to pass
without notice, and in justice to myself
allow me to make the following remarks;
He must certainly be dynamite" or
some other extremely explosive matter,
otherwise he would not have gone off SO
easily, for if l touched the fellow the
conclusion was very light. I but vague.
ly limited at an incident. l did not
mention location or time, patient or ply
sician's name; when, forsoeth, l am
roundly abused through the paper by a
correspondent from Weston, presumably
by the physician or patient mentioned,
as none other could imagine themselves
aggrieved. This person denies some
thing, no one knows exactly what. OF
course it could not be the little story ol
, Scott's or Kings witticism; therefore il
, must necessarily be the story of the tu'
NOR. What interest could any one
from Weston possibly have in that ec
currence? Dynamite, your squib il
. one of the most transparent ''give
Always" have ever observed. You ash
me to proye something. You knew
would not undertake to de so, not be
!. cause you thought could not do it, bu
II because you know who an. S. Lee" i
4 las do u great many of tho readers o
h the LEADER), and you relied with safe
!. ty on his manhood when you suppose'
70 he would not drag the name Of an esti
Il mable lady unnecessarily before the put
10 lie, although by so doing he could ez
"a pose consummate quack, and thereb
M benefit the pnblic.
have no desire to avoid the respor
sibility of anything l may write to th
LEADER. My pseudonym is prstt
n well known, to no one better than you
II self. Under any other circumstances
to would avail myself of your generous o
N fer. No one is more sensible of the
!. need of it than am. By the way,
re think you evinced a more than usu
ne amount of coarseness when you hit upe
III that style of satire, and also when yG
or used slightingly and insultingly Il
names of my two friends, who did n
figure in the slightest degree in Il
case. have heard a libel suit hint,
at in connection with this case.
would encourage it by all means.
III. would be mine Of wealth if you shou
,is succeed. In any case you could bre
this whole community, as they are
more or less interested in it, and
nd sides, just see the fun we'd have.
BIS Say, Bub, this is probably my last
this subject. Hit back if ysu like, b
las strike light. You say you're dynami
I'm illuminate of gold, and if 1 explo
, or I'll hurt some one. Dye hear ue?
NJ. S. LEE