The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-19
"THE ARIZONA KICKER" :"
A Fresh Editorial Enterprise
Started i'm the SanctIIm.
naIrnit Eraa praeo
Detroit Free Press.

last issue of the arizona kicker:
"coME AND SEE Us.-We beg to
announce to the public that we have
established grocery in connec ion
with the Kicker office. We have
run partition across our shauty and
stocked the front end with groceries,
and hereafter the two will be one and
inseparable.
| "While we blandly ack nowledge
that this is not a literary move cal@u-
lated to raise the public hair on end,
we call your attention to the fact that
we shall sell six d zen chothespins
for Is cents, and seven bars of soap
for quarter. A custG mer who wants
New Orleans m ,lasses'at wholesale or
retail will find us behind the counter
smiling and affable. The citizen who
wants to suisse ibe for the RicEer will
find us in the back room willing 10
to pocket his 81"
"FoR SALE.-The editor of this
pap. r has $400 w"rth ofsha"es in thu
Spotted Bull Silver Mining Company
which he will sell cheap for cash OF
trade for an all-wnol uldrrshirt
These shares were presented US with
the understanding that We sh d
help rope in Eastern suckers. Either
the rope is out of or'ler or suckers
are scarce. The stock has gene down
to two cents on the & liar, aud we
propose 10 unload before anOtht r as
sessment is made. We sal I an all
wool undeishirt, bat we are not going
to be too par r:icular ab ut it. Ii it's
half C ton, minus the buttons or
Il ,ps, or is ripp d up the bacS. we
shall probably make the ex bange,
Don't hesitate because YOU may have
been toll that we arc proud and
hal ghty. We know whea to come
down off the top rail-
| "A Convicted LIAR The web.
footed, knUck>kheed hyena who edits
the literary cattle drive across the
street charges Us with trying to lord
it over this community because we
have occasionally appeared in white
shirt and 50-cent suspenders. Those
who know us best know how humbl.
and lowly we feel, even when having
the only paper collar in the crowd
which has not been turned and sand
Ipapered.
ave shall occasionally put on a
white shirt--not to humiliate our
fellow-citlz N or boost ourselves
above the head, but in order to con-
meet US temporarily with outside
civilization. Now and Thea We siali
replace the horsehide strap around
our waist with the suspenders spoken
of, but it will not be in any spirit Of
self aggrandizement, such as might
Justly call for mob violence and the
destruction of our office. As for the
old grave-rOhber opposite, we have
already located him for an Ohio
she i'll, who is expected along daily
totake him away
"APoLOGETTICAL.-In the haste OF
getting to press last week we dill u
worthy citiz q injustice in the ittm
about the shooting sirray on Jackson
Hill. We stated that Cinnamon
Tom was the man who killed OLD
Rutger, an 4 that 1t would be q great
moral lesson TO him TO draw him up
20 lib and fire about fifty bullets
J into his carcass.
We now. take pleasure in announc.
ing that G Tom was not the guiity
party. He did not even draw on
the old man. At the time the latter
threw up his hands and exclaimed
= 'B0ysl I'm downed. Sec that my
: grave is KEEP. green!' Tom was fur
tber down the bill. chewing away a
: Col. Sockets left ear. and having al
. be could do 70 hold il. The censur
D able party is wildercat Joe, wh,
e left town that sane evening for ;
purer atmosphere, while Cinnamon
Thomas is as innocent as a younl
0 gopher. We found him behind th
bar Of the Red Front saloon yester
- day, genial az ever to all comers. bu
r injured 10 bis finer feelings 10y gu
I hasty conclusion. We make thi
J. apology Of our own free will. an
g hupe il will reinstaie him in th