Iron County register., 1890-09-18
The A. T. r. C. and MIR. Benson.
ANNAPOLIS. Mo-, Sept. 14tb. 100


Ed. Reqister-Mr. Benson, in his TRADE Of
the 9th, says this controversy has been car
ried beyond the pale of decency. For so
doing. Mr.. Editor, we sincerely beg your
pardon, and that of your intelligent readers:
but any kind of war with Mr.. Benson would
be indecent. That Is where the shoe pinches.
but will say that the most decent part of
his many indecent acts have so far been men,
toned. Such little things as the selling of
railroad beef has been left until the last,
hoping that he would spare us the trouble
of bringing such little tricks to light. He
saws he could make us uncomfortably warm.
He could, but he won't, for, while we were
getting warm, he would reach white heat.
We have said nothing but what eau be prov
ed by good witnesses.
Now, as to that little coffin: let him be
Judged by his own words. In his letter,
dated from Annapolis August 22d, in answer
to democrat" of your previous issue, he
says: '.Mr. Democrat is a would be leader
of A. T. r. C.. and do not think he will find
any Sweedes in this locality or elsewhere
who do not paw up their honest debts and
have sufficient money left to defray their
burial expenses" He further says: "For
fear it is or might be forgotten, allow me to
remind my friend Democrat that he owes
an old account contracted upon an occasion
that long should be remembered" He fur
ther says, in the same connection, zone of
his brothers revealed to me-" DC. Then in
the same letter. in answer to L. X. c., be
says, 81 can prove by an ex-candidate for
assessor" &c. Now, Mr.. Editor. Mr.. c. o.
Rockwell owed MI. Benson for little coffin;
he is the only member, to my knowledge,
who owed such a debt. He also has broth
er, an ex-candidate for assessor, Now, If
Mr.. Benson did not mean an undertaker's
bill why did he say that "the Sweedes al
ways pay the undertaken" The language
is too plain for him to lie out of, and since
he has seen fit to call it his reference to the
coffin an inhuman act, we accept the name,
and since anything inhuman is beastly, and
the scriptures divide the beasts into two
classes clean and unclean-we leave the
readers of the REGISTER to place him in the
class to which he properly belongs.
Mr.. Benson seems to have lost sight of the
fact that he started this war.
Now, as to that COW. He gave the man
man called his attention to it, which can be
proved. Yes, / say that don't owe you
even good will. 1 owed you
no lll-will until you villfied me by your
wanton attack on the T. r. c. Yes, MIR. |
Benson, / can look back year and see that |
you gave me no fayors that could not have |
obtained from your competitors, and for |
which paid you in full. You say that | |
have no lease on the firm for which / am |
working. Do you mean that as a threat? II |
so, want to say to You, go on with your
dirty work. Do all in your power to injure
me with my employers. Tell them all the
lies that you can think Of. Lie like you did
about the poetry, but when you are done
with me, Mr.. Benson; when you have pro-
cured my discharge from my present posi-
sir, will you be so kind as to al
ow me to work in Arkansas?
To the charge Of poverty L plead guilty,
out never could get poor enough to lie for
ess than ten dollars. / could not get poor
enough to kill and sell the meat of a COW that
lad lain three days after being crippled by
'ailroad train. Cut that board bill down to
ix weeks, and say that I paid you fifteen
dollars per month, when / could have had
BOARD for twelve, and then you will have the
acts. Any thanks for good treatment while
It your house are due to Mrs. B., and not to
'ou. Your bribery charges are IN print;
'ou need not tell US what you said; and there
s no use for you to try to lie out of it. AS
o that one hundred dollar mistake, the gen.
leman told me the same thing about year
.go, and said he would swear to it; and,
more than that, he could prove it by two
witnesses. As to boarding on credit, never
lad to pay In a,lvance Here is a little more
poetry, and think 1t is more appropriate to
he occasion than the leaky boat which |
more than two years ago.
Your bribery charge
Revamped and enlarged
You give US again, dearest brother;
But the ghoulish glee
Charged to you by me
You now seem inclined for to smother.
Now, when you read this.
Just crack your two fists,
Jump up, sweat, rea: and swear,
Say that have lied,
And all truth defed-
just stand on your head
Until you're half dead,
Throw back sumersaults in the air;
just thump on your chest
Till you wear out your vest,
Then to finish just pull out your hair
But when you are done
Have had all your fun
Just look for q minute up higher;
You have failed to give names,
And must now bear the blame
The people believe you liar.
Now, Mr.. Benson, do you remember ever
aving seen any thing like this pasted on ,,
our walls?
Your posing as philanthropist takes the
axe. To hear you talk, OF. rather, read
nur orllsh pnnnfa xynnld think that vour