Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-31
of the school board. You bet there
are no flies on Billy. 'That dot vos
tine.''
Communicated.

1eClCl1HtS W t'u lCClu \SG. jean Dap
tiste) which appeared in this column
last week aud which was grossly per-
verified by that bombastic ass in lions
skin, in his immoral rag, the Republic
can, Isolemnly assert that the para
graph in question was penned by none
other than myself. The DEMOCRAT
had nothing to do with it until it
reached them and they printed 1t just
as it left me. Thus Shepard whopper
No. l is nailed. Again that perfdious
charlatan of the Republican insinuates
that the object of the aforesaid item
was to throw ''cold water" on the olga
celebration. Is that surreptious inven-
tor of falsehood acquainted with 'scold
water?'' Fabrication No. 2 may he
swallowed with the aid of gin. That
St Jean Baptiste affair was simply the
outcome Of an interview with a repre-
sentative Frenchman of Olga. I went
to him to get the program and other
details connected with the coming
event OF June 26 and q. He informed
me that the program was not quite
completed. and with twinkle i'm his
eye, added: I'VE do not want any Irish
that day" reminded him that Bishop
Stanley was a potato grinder He
courteously retorted that the bishop
speaks French quite lluently and wonld
be given a hearing on condition that he
takes out his French papers. laugh
ingly intimated that l too liked pea
soup. After which l concluded MY
last weeks budget of news with par
agraph embodying the foregoing. Thus
harmless joke is basely distorted by
Langdon snake-in-the-grass whose
Pharisaical patriotism and mealy-
mouthedness cannot estrange me from
my French friends. l am of Irish de-
scent and point with pride to my rela-
tives, in whose veins flows the blood of
the sons Of France. 1 have lived
twenty-three years among French
Canadians and my faith in them has
not yet been shattered. I very much
mistake their temperament if they
swallow Shepard's sugar-ccated pill of
soft soap. No they are not so gullible
as that pious fraud Shep., would wish.
1t is an insult to French intelligence
to say that they cannot appreciate
a joke, taking it the same
spirit in which it is offered.
originating as it did, from one of them
selves. But they are all onto his little
game. Editor Sheppard, a wolf in
sleeps clothing, is trying on that
dodge to increase his impoverished
subscription list. which evidently is
proportionately small as the menda-
cious editor is narrow-minded. His
new motto must be: ';Get subscrip-
tions honestly if possible. if not get
them anyway" His feigned love of
the French is the result of his artful
chicanery to hoodwink the Canadians
that lie may coax to himself the eagles
OH the silver ''cart wheels'' which the
noble Franks have acquired as legal
tender for their labor. No, Sir Counter
felt your efforts to gain cheap pop
ularity will avail you nothing. The
French Canadians and other s:fair-
minded, liberty-loving citizens' are
not in harmony with your uncalled for
vituperations. They may be fond of
pork, but have no use for the product
of pig-brains, which emenates from the
confused microscopic 'gray matter''
that inhabits the narrow dark cell of
your wizened ..cranial attic, as you
wallow in the gutter of self COM
placency. My mention of sspeasn was
no discreditable reflection on the
French. Many time have L relished
pea-soup and other viands as I showed
my knees under their tables in Quebec
and they in turn have eaten at nv
fathers board. There is nothing harm
full in the word ''peas'' until it was
purposely misconstrued by the Repub-
lican to bear false witpess against his
neighbors. If the assembly was to be
OF Scotch, would they take offense if
anyone should venture to remark:
Oatmeal will he trump; if Irish.
''Praties and buttermilk will tickle the
red lane of the shamrock bearer:'' if
German, we should naturally inquire
it the supply of sauerkraut was sufi-
Gent for the occasion; yet none of these
would become offended.
Are the French Canadians of less
cranial horizontally than their
brethren? l answer, ''No." DESPITE
the efforts of the Republican to make
us believe such an absurity. If the
convention consisted of tenth-rate ed;-
tors such as the present inmate of the
Cavalier Co. Republican sanctum one
might consistently observe that:
"Ample justice will be done to rotten
whiskey," for that is their nature too.
and the Cavalier Co. Repuhlican hmm