Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-07-28
Benedums's Blast.

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of the Hermosa Pilot was mainly de-
I voted to the matter of convincing its
numerous (?) patrons of the following
alleged facts
That the editor Of the CHRoNIcLE is q
matchless blowhard. That he is an
ancient Hills historian with turn-up
nose. That he is windy efiusionist.
That he has reached the dotary period,
where hoary locks conclusively show
that his life is merging into the "sere
and yellow leaf" That his style Of
| composition is obsolete, and should be
| relegated to innocuous desuetude. That
| his diction is verbose and prolix. That
his conscience wears wicked leer on
its front; Whatever that may mean
den, in close proximity TO the Wyoming
line. That his dishonest face is dis
figured by an unholy smile. That he is
persistent dreamer of devoutly desired
tin realizations, which he hopes will
result in establishing the validity of
Clusters claim, of being the future tin
emporium Of America That he is
| loaded with thunder in reserve, with
| which to knock out the inflated hopes Of
Hermosa, in relation to the much de-
sired change OF the county capitol.
That, as a reasoner, he is a pronounced
failure and that his windy arguments
are only calculated to injure the cause
he champions. That he has contracted
an abnormal imitation, which is alleged
to have taken the form of the rear end
OF saw mill. That he is a full blown
historical encyclopedia of Custer county
| personifed. That as a controversialist,
he is provokingly evasive of material
points. That his statements are wholly
| unworthy of credence, or in other
words, less elegant, but more definite,
and emphatic, he is Dakota liar.
We shall not attempt a description of
the dire effects produced by the sudden,
not to say unexpected avalanche of
withering abuse thus pitilessly hurled at
us by the chivaric Jake, who, thus early
IN his Custer county career, has ventur-
ed to "agitate the atmosphere for the
fun of the thing" at our expense Suf-
flee it to say, that after having finally
succeeded in collecting a few of our
| promiscuously scattered remnants to-
gether, we find ourselves in condition
TO, not only congratulate ourself upon
our narrow escape from utter annihila-
tlon, but upon the further fact, that the
| Issue upon which the volumniuous ar
ticles were presumably based, were onl,-
casually referred to, and in such vague
ana delicate manner as to encourage,
rather 'han retard public confidence in
the validity Of the CHRoNICLE's state
ments in relation thereto. 1t would
| seem conclusive, that beyond the fact of
the urgent necessity Of proclaiming at
at this time. our prominent and pro-
nounced peccadillos, there was little
necessity for devoting so much space to
the studied efforts of an over ardent
the coming election. 1t would seem
most extravagant for this pedantic
paragraphist to utilize nearly three, of
the three and a half columns of the
Pilots available space, Exclusive Of ads,
dead and otherwise) in the sickly at
tempt to make himself famous, to the
exclusion of the multiplicity of new.
items transpiring in that busy COM
munity, to say nothing of the late un-
timely demise of Dave Pushor's cat
We do not care to enter, at this time,
plea in our own behalf and as the ella
borate articles referred to are mainly
devoted to the matter Of enumerating
our multtudinous faults, there is but
little opportunity offered for an extend
ed reply; andtherefore we shall only
further add that however despicable we
have been made to appear by the imam
that writes" we are not unwilling to
rest our case with our readers without
argument, relying upon their good sense
in realizing the very apparent fact, that
| the articles themselves furnish far
more effective answer than could be
written in our behalf. We refrain from
making further reference to the matter
at issue, until this modern model of
political purity and righteous reform
shall have submitted an argument Of
sufficient f. TO warrant y reply.
Soneti o, ia key, when you have ac-
cidenta' said something, you may
reasonab,, o-..Gct to claim fair meas
ure of attention, but until you do, Jacob,
you cannot consistently expect us to
take the pains to place our cannons in
position for the puerile purpose Of fight
ing o. phantom.
The Mills tariff bill passed the house
on the 2lst inst. by vote of l62 to 149.
Four democrats, Randall and Snowden
of Pennsylvania, and Greenan and
Bliss. of New York, voted against the
bill, and two republicans, Fitch of New
&c