Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-31
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To the Miami Herald:
Believing tina. justice is due 10
all, and that a 2x4 medicine sheet
has no right to Islander an individ-
ual because he does not happen 10
wriggle when the editor winks, it
becomes necessary for me TO lower
my manhood by answering the
stupendous ass the editor of the
Miami HeraldD once more. Having
been shot with an old.fashioned
blunderbuss, filled with the very
essence of corruption, such as no
other Office on this side of Hadcs
can produce, know il il sur
prise to the readers of the Herald
if there are any lefD that there is
anything left of me except n faint
recollection, which l trust still lin.
gers in the mind of the editor.
King Solomon in all his glory
could not have felt more exalted
than did the great Napoleons of the
quill when they succeeded in sink.
ing into insigniiicance the state.
mcn,s that had made, to the en-
tire satisfaction of their dcpraved
nature. But, however, l ask you TO
shake off your guilty stains aud
produce the proof for the asscr-
tons that you have promiscuously
made. Allow your manhood to
predominant just once, and come
out like Il man, and enlighten your
readers about that go, which You
so cur-like limited about. There il
nothing so humiliating TO one us TO
have the crooked things published
about them. You assert that when
Pete Slower and he tRobiuson)
started out with the paper to secure
signatures. il was with u lie on
their lips, and when one of the gen.
tlemcn accused Of writing The ar
ticle complained of, crammcd The
lie down their throais, the cravcns
hid behind the mayor and said that
Butler said so. Do you want the
proof AS far rs am concerned
l kindly ask you TO produce the
proof. And let the few readers of
the Herald have the cold facts,
so foreign 10 the columns of the
Herald. II will certainly elevate
your standing very much with
some who absolutely believe that
you have lied. You say that the
columns of your paper give the lie
TO the assertion that six among the
leading firms do not advertise with
you. For the benefit OF the readers
of the Herald who might give
some credence to what you have to
say, submit the following names
of business men whom do not see
represented in the Herald, most Of
whom have told me personally that
they do not advertise with you:
Geo. l.. Beers & Co., hardware and
furniture; Carmichael * Harvey,
groceries; G. W. Brigham, grain and
implements; L. Matthew'S, drugs;
p. S. Slower. livery stable; ]. c. Nc
Guifin, groceries; U. 5. Price, gro
ceries; S. Talbot, feed and confec-
tionery; Chas. Hubert, bakery and
lunch counter; ID. W. Talbot, law
yer; ID. N. Clark, physician and sur
geon; G. f. Smith, physician and
surgeon; L. b. Zilar, photographer;
A. d. Cook, miller and lumber
dealer; Kipps & Matthews, black
smiths; J. W. Maskey, blacksmith;
]. Jordan, hotel; T. J. Lewis & Co.,
billiard parlor and cool drinks. 1
will leave il to the reader to draw
his own conclusions whether the
statement that made has any
foundation or not. l suppose of
course that you have had ample
time TO digest the letter sent you
by City Clerk Sturgeon. For fear
il may have been lost in transit
hereby produce an exact copy.
After you chew OIL il II while swal-
low it. The effect will be magical
if you can keep il down. If not il
may rebound TO your sorrow. Do
not in your extremities humiliate
the few readers you have left by
producing evidence that is unrelia-
BILE; but prove the assertions you
have made by reliable evidence, or
acknowledge to your readers that
you are liar. Remember that
refusal to do so will be taken by
your readers as proof that you can
not produce it. OF course, you
may be offended that 1 did not an
swer every article you have written,
but the fact of the matter Is that
you can lie faster than l can write.