St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28
FRONTIER JOURNALISM.
Extracts from the Columns of the Lively
'.ArizoRa Kicker"

Extracts from the Columns of the Lively
"Arizona Kicker"
A LIE NAILED.
Old Nose Taylor-that excresence on
/ the face of humanity, who had been
licked, rail-ridden, jailed and bounced
from every town in the East-is report
ing around town that we let up on
George the Gouger because he sub
scrlbed for the Kicker. As there may
be some one fool enough to believe in
the old hyena's yarn, we will explain
that George, who keeps the checkered-
front saloon, was falsely misrepresented
to us by a rival in business, who
hoped to drive him out of town. We
did wade into him for a spell, and even
tried to get him lynched, but we were
in error. While he has shot three
men, they We're all trying to get the
drop on him. George has subscribed
for the Kicker because he likes it, and
we have let up on him because he is an
enterprising citizen who means to do
what is o. K.
We return our thanks for a bottle of
port, sent in yesterday. AS COR old
Nose, we've bought the rope which
will hang him within week if he
doesn't leave town.
BAD, BAD MAN.
If there is a meaner and more con-
temptible coyote on the face of this
footstool than Major" jackson Doty,
the old s1infiint grocer on the corner of
Sitting Bull avenue and Cheyenne
street, We'll give fifty dollars for his
address. We object to personalities in
a newspaper but we must say that of
all the low-down, doggoned old gum
backs in this Territory, he takes the
cake. He'd cheat blind woman out OF
her dead baby's coffin, and he'd lie If
offered 800 to tell the truth.
LATER.
Major Doty has come in and sub
scribed for the Kicker since the above
was in type, and has also contracted for
$50 worth of advertising. We take
pleasure in informing our readers that
he is business man of the old school,
honest, reliable and truthful, and that
as a citizen his record is above re-
proach. Long may he wave.
A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER.
That old, superanuated wind-bag who |
runs the Weekly Star and calls himself
an editor and publisher, has again been
criticising the political course of the
Kicker. We invite and can stand criti-
cism from men of sense, but the idea of |
an old jail-bird breaking the bars in
Illinois, robbing farmer of his hogs,
and coming West to start a paper with
the proceeds and criticise his supe-
rlors from week to week, is a little too
catosh.
For the benefit of the officers of the
law we would say that this old kuss,
who goes by the name of Daniels, is
about fifty years old, yellow-faced,
long-nosed, several warts on his chin
and has a game leg. He can, no doubt,
be tried for. dozen different crimes.
We did think once of shooting him, but
the cost of the shot and powder figured
more than his carcass is worth.
RETRACTIoNs.
Last week we stated that Blue-Nosed
Pete, the shoemaker on Apache avenue,
vas about to wed Aunt Sal Jackson, the
cook in the Red Cloud restaurant. We
gave Pete away as an escaped convict
rom the Ohio penitentiary, and also
brew in a hint that Aunt Sal had done
lime at Joliet for shoplifting.
1t affords us great pleasure this week
0 announce that Peter was for many
ears banker in Boston, and was all
Ways noted for his general worth. He
las not only subscribed for the Kicker,
'ut presented us with new pair of
'oots. AS to Aunt Sally, we are
'leased to know that she came West as
missionary, and is cooking simply for
She graduated at famous
eminary, has been married twice and
as always had the reputation of being
lady. She has also subscribed for the !
ECKER, and we take great pleasure in
citing her right before the public. {
We shall probably retract some more
ext week-in case the subscriptions t
ONE in.-DetroH Free Press. s