The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-16
EH AARR+fEE00f4A K KICKER.
Pleasant Information From the Glorious
and BoundIess West.

Pleasant Information From the Glorlous
and BoundIess West.
We extract the following from the
last issue of the Arizona Kicker:
Poor SHooTING.-As we were re-
turning to our Office from the Widow
Smiths the other evening 1--WE have
been sparkling the widow for several
weeks past), and just as we came OPP
posite the old Indian fort, some per-
son whose manners certainly need pol
ishing up, fired four bullets at US from
a revolver. The intent, no doubt, was
to kill us. 1t took us about the mil
lionth part of second to realize this
fact, and then we opened out for a run
and made good our escape. We don't
claim to be great shakes on shooting,
but if we can't hit the editor and pro-
prietor Of great and growing weekly
at distance of twenty feet once in
four shots, we will leave Arizona. We
don't claim to be a Chesterfield, but il
our manners permitted us to hide away
behind an old wall and begin popping at
ii
pect to be mentioned in the same line
with hyena.
Too MUCH TALK.-There is alto
gcther too much talk about that mis-
take of our popular young druggist OF
the Blue Front which sent Colonel Jim
jackson to his grave. Colonel Jim
asked for quinine and got strychnine
by mistake, but there are good many
redeeming features. The Colonel was
old, lazy, and drunk half his time, and
left no one to mourn his loss. The
druggist is a young and energetic man,
who sold out a coal-yard in Chicago to
come here and go into the drug bust
ness, and it must be expected that he
will make few mistakes in the go Off
We call attention to his liberal manner
of advertising in the Kicker. He has
assured us that such mistake can not
occur again. as he has properly la
beled the bottles.
ANOTHER LIE NAILED. - Our Q
tcemed contemporary down the street
charges us with bulldozing the bust
ness men of this town into advertising
with us. We nail the statement as a
lie, and every business man will nail it
as lie. Our methods OF securing ad-
vertising have always been perfectly
legitimate. If man who fled from
Ohio to escape State prison for arson
opens grocery here we drop around
for friendly chat with him, and we
let him know that we are posted on
him. Then we set forth our circulation
and influence, give him rates, and if he
says he doesn't want to advertise that
ends it. While we advise all to adver-
tise, we never bulldoze, as all can tes-
tify. If bulldozing would secure ad"
vertising the old clap-trap concern
down the street covered with mort
cages would be quite apt to try it.
APoLoGETICAL.-D our absence
last week an item crept into the local
columns which has stirred up consid-
cradle feeling. 1t was in relation to
the death of Judge Handy, and the
writer of it supposing truth was de-
manded. said, the deceased was an old
loafer, hummer, drunkard and dead
beat and that he was found dead be-
side jug of whisky. The friends OF
the deceased are justly indignant a
this expose, although they do not dis
pute the charges. We are very sorry
that any thing of the sort should hap
pen, and are now preparing an article
for next week, in which the Judge is
complimented for his sobriety and love
of cold water-praised for his honesty
and Observation-Disclosures for his
public charities, and referred to as one
of the most upright men west of Chi
cago. While all know better, and while
the whole thing will be falsehood,
we shall be smoothing it over for his
friends. Extra copies, done up ready
for mailing, only five cents each.-De-
troit Free Press.