Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-12-04
TOWN TALKS TATTLE.
Brief Review of the Article
Written By the Bowling
Green Correspondent
Of the Vandalia
Leader.

Take away the pen; bring in the sword"
To the Editor Of the ledger.
WORCESTER, Mo-, Dec. 3.-When
received my mail last Monday
evening I found in the contents
about six Vandalia Leaders. / was
somewhat surprised, but when /.
opened one, all was explained, as /
found about two columns of pecu.
liar literature; eminating, / believe.
from the pen of n OF the few
distinguished writer's. I congratu-
late the Leader in the success it has
attained and if allowed would kind
ly advise that the writings of that
famed squibbler always form a
conspicuous part in it's compost.
ton. The right of self defence by
nature belongs to all individuals
and I think that your paper is the
proper place for this defence to ap-
pear. The present era abounds in
writer's of most wonderful and
peculiar abilities. The rugged
recesses of Pike county as we'll as
the beautiful plains of Audrain are
alike blessed with these evils, if
you please.
An article of recent date, pub
lished in the Vandalia Leader and
furnished by one of the inhabi-
tants of the county of Pike, Was
entitled, "Take away the sword;
bring the pen," but 1 would rather
reverse the quotation, for a quota
ton must be and say, "Take away
the pen and fetch in the sword"
and let some expert man take it
and nip that pretentious author in
the bud. I'd rather be a fool than
a coward and as no name is signed
to such pieces the writer must be
somewhat cowardly, and as l can
not tell the sex l shall refer to the
author by the title word at" sit"
seems very anxious that we should
understand who called Town Talk
a fool and "It' told us that Newt
Bryson said it. Now Mr.. Bryson
your record ia too well known and
you cannot afford to have it further
developed in the press. Your
predecessors are Republicans and
no doubt Town Talk stung you to
the quick when he said what he
did about Mckinley. You are no
brother of ours; we don'r care for
any mugwump blood If you please.
You need not think we are such big
fools at last. Do you suppose that
we are fool enough to believe that
because a mar simply assumes the
editorskip of a Democratic paper
that makes him a Democrat?
Oh! no, Mr.. Mugwump. But
enough for such small potatoes and
now let US return to the famous.
sit" says that I saw Town Talk
once. cit" seems to think that
the distinguished editor was right
in his designation of st. T." but
fools love memory and if I mistake
not sit" saw 1T. T." at the Court
House in Mexico about the time
that Norton and Clark spoke there
the first time and it''Itathought''T.
T." a fool because he was hollow
ing for Norton then, 1t seems tina,
he wasn't such a big fool after all.
Truly did you speak when you
said l was deceived. You looked
upon st. T." as a rav1ng luna;ic,
because you thought that the politi,
cal tide was flowing your way. but
how bitter the disappointment
l was once a school boy a,
Martinsburg, Audrain county, un.
der the control of a lady, who has
since been married to a very dis
tinguished gentleman of Pike coun'
ty. 1t was to her that l have giver
all praise for my opportunity to be
styled with the "great." If l am 8
a fool it must be from the peculiar
methods of instructions given a
school. I was not born of foo
parents and my ancestral skirts
are clear, 30 my training when thu
twig was tender was of 8 foolisf
nature. There are several kindi
of fools and there is a vast differ
ence between a natural fool ant
one made mad and caused to &C
f%oolishly, and to write foolishly
and to cali other people fool
through cruel disappointments ant
fallen air castles. I've had n,
disappointment, I've built no al
castles and my hopes for renowi
are not blasted; so l must be on
of the other kind OF fools, 70
money, notoriety OF love.
Town TALK.
Pensions.