The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-12-17

A singing school was organized at
the school house Monday night with
seventeen members. Mr.. Nichols is
an able instructor and we predict
great success for him,
Preparations are being made for an
entertainment to be given by the
school and literary society, Saturday
evening, Jan. 2. No pains will be
spared to make this a success. The
public are cordially invited.
AT meeting of the Tennessee Liter
ary society on last Saturday evening,
the question, "Resolved that Man is
not the Author Of his own Destinyn
was discussed, with James Blacklaw
as leader on the affirmative and Chas.
Mcknight on the negative. The de-
cision was in favor of the affirmative.
Now, Mr.. Caesar, you should not re.
resort to slang TO make it lively for me
as you did last week. You say, "ah
there" slang phrase which | thought
had become obsolete, and then you
proceed to give me a lecture on i'll
breeding. Oh, consistency, thy name
is not Caesar. You say | claim per-
fection. do not, even In politics.
did not think to bluff you out of your
correspondence as you say. l rather
like to read your light and airy style,
1t reminds me so much of turkey
bnzzard once saw try to soar with
one wing broken. Hope you will come
again, as it seems to amuse you and
don't hurt me. Your love of exagger-
ton carries you entirely away in your
last communication. You even mis-.
quote the golden rule. | would advise
you to go study the same instead of
politics. AS to the fact of your having
communicated the loss Of Mrs. Far.
rier's horse to the EXPRESS, I simply
mentioned that by way of corrobora-
tion and hope you did not take serious
offense. You know that in matters of
history we cannot be too careful. As
to definition Of recently which you
ask for, will say that Webster is con-
considered good authority on such
matters and would respectfully refer
you to the same. You will find many
other useful things there for one Of
literary tastes like yourself. l have
talked with some of the choir and
they say they are not insulted by the
word punk, as applied to them and the
song Sweet Oregon. So you see you
kick before you are spurred. And
further the principles of Bryan are not
untarnished So long as you misrepre-
seIt them as you do. Now you advise
me to hunt in thimble with X-Rays
for my brains. The ideal You make
me mad, Caesar, and /, in return, ad-
wise you to hunt for politics with
X-Legs and folded arms, and as to
your political standing, of course we all
know where you stand (or stood), for
an odor of feet pervades the atmos-
pbere for many rods around. We are
not in the dark oil that. / haye, as
you advised, decomposed another
poem. Here Ii Is:
Tennessee had little democrat
With whiskers soft and low,
And everywhere Will Blacklaw went
This democrat would go.
1t followed him to school one day
Which was against the rule.
1t made the woods boys laugh and
play
To see him kept in after sch ol.
You say if were man l would come
to you privately and tear off the mask
that covers my beastly name, but you
have not given me your address. If
you will do so may some time do as
a most distinguished republican Il
think it was Mahomet) once said. "If
the monkey will not come to me ]
will arise and go to the monkey.n
And now Caesar, if | have written of
you in way no gentleman would do,
as you say, you have also treated me
in most unlady-lke manner and |
don't think you have been reading the
Lebanan Truth or any other paper
under the name of truth, lately. Now
Cae sar, as am very busy ! will not
be able to correspond further with you.
You may send back all pictures and
letters which you may have of me.
Requies-cat (pole cat in peace. Scat!
STAYER.
1--WE think it best for Caesar and
Slayer to cease their controversy, but
we will be glad to receive news from
either one of them.-EDIToR.
Mr.. John Sonnek, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Albert Sonnek left Friday for his