Telegram-herald., 1886-05-30
H JUNIUs BROWNE
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rss Foiisieizs no Couia
shoot. @ns ths Rs-nis.
oae or te3 persons have suggested that
tals parss ~oaid sei along better q g hsa
motto They may oe ught "fres aud
lo.h4ekled "Qar ANA has Peoples We
fare aad rruih IS Mighty aud o.easion-
Aliy Prevails sre al COED second hand
notices. somee aat wefa aiong the edges.
5lt slii .l pretty far eondlaaa We have
also thoaglt ~ several Others inc. adiag
Keep 4 the Grass "sle sempcr lsr4n-
nis. and -Free Tno4glt Free speech and
Flre Lalch. bul have 50 far Frifalaed from
running up any Of them Ne have been
Influenced a the matier somewhat og liz
remembrance Of Il Junius Browne.
ar Browne Nas pale. scholarly bubble
Who came out 60 the ffisky and yigaoioUs
Vest % engage la the honorable profession
OF journalism He settled down az place
called Hick Hollow and brought cut the
Weekly Failgdia,a kighl under the head he
pat this motto in large. square shouidered
,ype Here Shall the Press the Peoples
Right Maintain tnaWed by Influence and
/ 4
announced NO Pent-up L tica Contracts
/ our Powers Policy is au Idol Principle
/ God Founded by IL. Junius Browne.
/ Cordwood, Fresh Hay and Other Country
! Produce tGRen the same as Cash
/ Junius ran the paper along during the
/ summer, and it began 20 look as u he would
soon have 70 begin Ou a diet of notices.
/ lie wss canvassing the prospect OF roast
motto on toasted piaitnde when the fall
/ campaign slid In on the community
The Palladium began 20 talk about the
best men for the different offices, when one
day candidate for county sheriff came
in and said
Mr.. Brown, air you goin 20 support me
for sheriff"
We'll. Mr.. Sn0ozenberry. really couldn Z
say as yet-you know the Palladium al
ways supports the best man, and / don {
\ know either Of you.
"Well lll admit aint the best man, the
/ other ieller is near onto fifty pounds heavier
than me and a hard hitter but I'm quicker
on the draw. Now ef sign for yer paper
and pay in advance will my quail tications
fer the office be all hunk2'
We'll, you see
IS pose make il two copies
" Yes, but
Call it three, but that's the best can
do"
oh well. thatll be all right-rm con
WINGED your the man for the place.
So the Paldfiam poured out It's wrath on
McDeadeye the other candidate. McDead
eve was an unfit man for the important
Office: McDeadeye had a record book in the
States which would il! bear the searching
calcium light of public investigation, and
the worst of il was McDeadeye cOuldn' gel
it. But McDeadeye did get il and Snoozen.
berry went where the wOodbine climbeth.
few days after McDeadeye came into
the office of the Weekly Palladium, anC
said
"Mr. Browne believe YOU referred tc
my past record in that Dismal Wall u'
yourn2'
Ill don't quite remember Colone
McD-d-deadhead p-p-p'r'aps l did, its al
right, though Colonel
"Oh. yes, it's all right er will be, that
what / come in fer-tO make II all right
BNeye you said you'd ike ter see my re
cord?'
yves, did say that"
"Well. sir. here it is, six parts to it and j
speaks for itself-iusf waiting for the for
morality Of an nterductiOn when it'll tall
right out. Mr.. Browne this Is Mr. Colt
, who will address you for few moment
on the vital issues of the dayi'
Then he began 10 shoot When the frs
gan was empty he threw II az the printe
who had crawled under the imposing stOn
and produced another, saying: Il have IN
pleasure of interducing to yer favOrbl
notice Mr. Smith-6- WessOn, the well-knOwl
tenor who will entertain you with a littl
vocal music
Another slice of bombardment and h
said: Ladies and gentlemen, | know yo
will all be pleased to meet Mr.. Remington
a gentleman connected with the navy, VIII
: will give his lecture entitled Deep Sc
! S0undings in the Human System, accom-
panied by illustrations"
At the conclusion of this speakers re
marks he picked up the shooting irons
kicked the printer through the upper sas
of a window and went out.
A few days after another man took hOl
ofthe Palladium. lie didn't know much ab0U
, the business, but he changed the name {
the paper and ierKed of the notices. Tn
next week it came out like this:
HICKS HOLLOW HOOTER.
IT H0OTs FOR ALL.
= Ifany of you ducks want the H00ter don
forget that
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