Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-26
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
The Editor Makes Humble Acknowledg
 mcnt to All Concerned.

mcnt to All Concerned.
 APoLoGETICAL.-Web bog tho indulgence of our readers for sending out half sheet this week for the first time in year and wish to add that it was only by the exer- else of the most tremendous will power that we were enabled to accomplish as much us wo did. At this writing we are a good deal of living curiosity We are carefully seated at our editorial table, left arm in sling, head bound up, left eye closed and both feet in bandages to let the arnica take down the swelling. We realize that we breathe and live, but we are nei- ther happy nor ambitious. As much as we have yearned to hold the postmastership ill this town, and as hard as we have strug gled to secure a deputy United States mar shalship in this district, we would not at this solemn moment accept either posi- tion if rendered to lis on q salver of pure gold. We write few words, and then we stop and sigh. We sigh a few times, and then we wipe OUT eye and try to kick our self. Wc expect to liNa through it and to see the sun burst through the dark clouds again, but we shall never again be the crit ter we were previous to Monday night.
 Two weeks ago a young and buoyant reptile travelling in the interests of an eastern paper mill, visited this town and THE KICKER office During the two days he was here he made several suggestions to us, and one of them struck us all in heap. It was to hold series of public spelling schools in this town, and thereby not only discourage the concert saloons and dog fights, but give the cause of civ. iliZation and education an upward boost. How on earth wc came to walk into the trap with our eyes wido open we shall never be able to figure out. We knew the town and the people, and yet we went right ahead and made the biggest editorial idiot of ourself ever heard of in this terri tory. We spent all last week working up public enthusiasm on the subject of spell ing schools, and the first of tho series was set for Monday evening. Last week Friday we met old Bill Harper on the street, and he shook hands and said goodby and hoped to meet us lover thar!"
 Next day old Jim Thompson called at THE KICKER office and looked at us with tears in his eyes and said he hoped we were prepared to go. We thou, Int thcso things rather strange, but were too enthusiastic on the subject of spelling schools to ask for explanations. Even when we entered the hall Monday evening we didn't drop to anything, though the fires of instruction were snoldering ill a hundred breasts. When we had been elected president of the meeting, We stepped forward and made few remarks on the subject of orthography. While WIG were speaking we saw Dan Sla- ter and Joe Renfew loading their guns, but supposed, of course they intended to shoot at somebody down the street after tho exercises were over. Orthography, we stated, was an evidence of civilization, and while it didn't always boom town it was sure to benefit it in the long run. Just then we noticed Nevada Jim hitShing around on his chair, as he always does be- fore breaking loose, and if our brains had been at home we should have turned the meeting into political gathering to de mand the admission of Arizona as Q state Wo divided the crowd, stood the people up and then gave out the word 'consequence'