The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-12-03

Mrs. Farrier had the misfortune to
lose a fine horse recently,
An entertainment will be given at
the school house some time in the
latter part of December.
At the shooting match last Wednes-
day, Fronk Bros won two turkeys,
Davis Bros two, and Thomas Nc
knight one.
Miss Tessie Weddle, of Sweet Home,
has been visiting friends In Tenn, and
Dame Rumor has it that the Sweet
Home lassies are more attractive to
some Of the Tenn. lads than the
"Beles of Tennessee.
A literary society was organized in
this Dist. on last Saturday evening.
George Davis was elected president,
William Fronk vice president, Thomas
Mcknight secretary, ]. d. Fronk
marshal, and Chas. Mcknight critic.
This society will meet every Saturday
night. The question for discussion
next Saturday night is, Resolved,
that Intoxicating Liquor IS Greater
Curse than War" The public are
cordially invited to attend these meet
ings. -.
/ see in the last weeks issle of the
EXPRESS that Caesar takes his pen
and with one fell swoop completely
annihilates me, Qn his mind. Come
again Cae ar, for as my name indi.
Gates, am with you. Now, Mr..
Caesar, you say in your communica-
tion last week, tonight, as usual, rain
fastens its mighty arms around this
little neighborhood of scrambling
soles." What do you mean by
spelling souls, "s-o-le-s?n Do you
want to give out the impression that
the people of this community have no
souls except such as are put on from
time to time by the shoemaker? Some
of the people here have feelings if they
have no souls; and if, as you say, you
do not want to mar theirfeelings you
should be careful. Then you say, 1--WE
had one of the grandest little times"
and all Of US supposed we had big
time. You also say, "the choir sang
Sweet Oregon and were called back"
They ought to have been called punk.
Then there is an error in your basket
statistics. Instead of the receipts be-
ing $S.75, they were sS.25. Now, Mr..
Caesar, you say in one breath that one
would think from my looks that |
would be fit subject for a museum,
and in the next that / Lave taken a
cowardly advantage because / know
you and you do not know me. Very
contradictory, is it not, Caesar? Now,
Mr.. Caesar, as to your little kick on
my blowing my lotten republican
slang up against the untarnished
principles of true Bryan democracy"
as represented by yourself and your
distinguished aeeomplice from New
York, D. B. Hill; | have nothing to
say-only this is the off year for such
democrats. You say you are not q
poet. with many others am glad of
this, for if your poetry should prove as
rotten as your prose it would be bad
indeed Once more Caesar, | would
warn you that many years hence the
manager OF some museum into whose
hands the fossil remains of yourself or
d. Z. Hill have fallen, will point you
out to his gaping audience and tell
them that these were in times long
ago Democrats of the long and short
species, who, like the butfalos, roamed
the plains in great herds, but are now
extinct. This is sad picture to con-
template and ! hope you may be
warned in time, And then if must
scour my brain pan for quotations, l
will not have to carry my brain
around in cocoanut as you do now.
STAYER.