Milford chronicle., 1892-07-22
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"The Two Old 4es'

the "yaller coat with blae
last Friday evening. How ssi ne "as
10 get a copy OF the cHRor u.s. ana az
ter he had got one, if you QUO nave
only seen him and Bill maI s a pee
line for the Office Of the Nes a'ea "a
ve,7iser, you would have lst ssea rign'
out. If you and your readers Will oniy
excuse me. will promise not 70 notice
their attacks in the future ! will no"
give you short detail of howN imagine
they acted
As soon as "yaller coat and Bin en-
tered the Office of the Meas and .4d0As
fisey with CHRONICLE in hand, they irsA
barricaded all the doors, chincked up all
the cracks aud keyholes, and then the
panorama began.
Act Ist-''Yaller coat seized hold
upon webster's Unabridged Dictionary
and be and Bill sat down at the table 10
see if they could not find some words that
they could use to mystify the people aud
answer the article which appeared in the
Chronicle OF last week. Now, after they
had searched the dictionary from Alpha
to Omega, aud as they examined the last
word the rays of the sun began to show
in the eastern horizon flor these two old
pards had set up the whole night and
they failed to discover any words that
would suit their purposes. Theh there
was a dead silence for just twenty-five
minutes. Neither one of the old pards
spoke one word; but finally ''yaller coat"
did exclaim, now pard we have set up
the whole night and have looked at every
word in this big book, aud I don't see
any way out OF the dilemma" Then an
other dead silence for just twenty-five
minutes more. Then Bill spoke, and /
imagine that this is his exact language 8
well, I can tell you pard just what we
can dove can abuse Squire Fowler, and
in that way we will draw the peoples at
tention from the true facts of the case
about all that money which the people
contributed, etc, then they will talk
about him; aud they, the people, will for
get all about that money, etc" / i'm
aeine "yaller coat" stretches himself out,
aud gives heavy groan and says why
ola pard, how did you ever think of that
1t is Just the thing. now feel so very
happy" Then there was great rejoicing,
the like was never seen or heard before,
they both were actually so overpowered
with Joy it would have done you good
10 have seen them They we're actually
SO glad that in their delight they turned
over the table, saluted each other with a
French bow, clasped hands, swung cor
ners, chasade all around, and, zOOHid YON
6eEieve ii, they both were so overjoyed
that they Invested themselves of every
rag Of clothing, and the last thins they
were seen dol g, they we're lovingly EN-
braced in each others arms dancing the
"cau cam" and as soon as Bill finishes
his dance if he will only try aid look up
the original subscription list from which
he collected the NJ ,ney, and publish ii the
public eau see for themselves. do not
say It is withheld for any purpose. as !
do not want to do him all injustice, but
he eau stop the wagsing Of SO many
ngnes by so doing Will he do i;
that's the question.
Now as to the nominal head Of the
Meas and advertiser, will say, that lie
in his feeble way, would drive business
from the town ia order to revenge some
petty spite, by trying to write down and
casting suspicion on those who were actu-
ated ~ in the interest Of the town; for
as YOU, MI Editor, truthfully stated in
the cnRoNieLE that there was fully Eve
thousand people III Milford OH the Fourth,
ID two thousand dollars would be very
low estimate of what was spent in Mi ford
on that day Further, the best OF order
prevailed through ut, both DAY and night
but one arrest was made. The hotels,
one and all, had the very best of order,
hoth day aud night; IN fact. from the great
plumber of people who were here, ] haYe
never known better order, aud / have
known many such gatherings. Ia con-
clusion have no hesitation in saying
and I say it without fear of successful
contradiction, that the Meas and AdVer-
tiSer has, by its attack. accomplished one
thing, and that is, it has put QHiefHS
on any further Fourth OF July celebra-
ton in milford, for at least twenty years
to come, for when public confidence ie
once lost, no matter in what way, it takes
long time to get it restored.
Thanking you for the use of your col
umns, I will now dismiss the two "old
cronies, and hope they may have pleas
ant and prosperous future.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave
When arst we practice to deceive"
FINS.