The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-06-04

sweet ard amizble. Aliks Blanehe
Ispdaer. TIE sunshine Of Anthony, Is
here, shs gsest q yIss Raysor-
Joe Pzrks, q Orange City. arrived
Monday and frinneF reports upon ne
return one ~ or fsiF daughters VII
make her future hone on the eas'
enNsi-
W-s. Y. G McCoFFnirk, Mr. J T.
Williams and sss-s-s Mccormick,
wi7is-r-. GIa1wsn ard Hnht@rds re-
tusned lass wesk from delightful
cutting - segeral days sY@nt ~ Patio
and D1ytonz-
some u your reafers may have IL
eseeutaHy heard o. LITTLE plaee over
81 tie EveFglsde sSanp, called
Homeland. Wei. fheTe is coEfes-
ponde1t q ibs Banner zhO @4ils az
der non-sle-plame q "silvegite. " Gne
who l.y The way has fred . couple u
article. st Farmer, thinking. PER
haze. Re A-ay be induced to cal gen
erzl attention 70 The fact. that be Il %
the earth. Il T.. however, impossible
for noe 70 accord free nOilee 10 every
wind janl1aerand 22-c2libre eoyrsspon-
deut who attacks ne for advertising
purpose only. Believing wiih Ten
nyson that "fss wezkness 10 f-e Wroih
With seaEness."
Content" has permitted hsE feTefs1
brain b 20 or prematureiy and Jgdg-
ing from the tone 81 yguf last article,
you are charmed with pour DAB wit
ing and never inteaG to miz= an OF
pOrtunity % indulge in your painless
criticisms d Farmer" ] can cheer
fally recommend pour last letter a.
valuable suece6zneum fOr any one in
a dis" COntente1f frame 81 mind and
you should be Tie Official eorEespon-
dent foF every suicide eluD in the
country, icing we'll calculated TO dis
gust every sane persoU with the whole
human race. and make him desire
speedy death. Your last article was
one which al embielle may under
stand much better than 3 sane man,
a. iis distinguishing feature Is dreary
waste Of inaDe tittie-tat;le, probably
intended 10 interest some school toy
bat never . horny handed sOn Of
TOLL
HSilverite,r d Homeland, says they
are not IN the vegetable hustle with
Lowell, but are hustling 70 raise bog
and homiBy. Farmer" has eaten 20
much hog during the past few months
that be can 10 longer cast an bonest
glance az a ''FszoE-baek," and when
ever sc chance 10 pass one by the
roadside the very sight threatens u
with dyspepsia.
MeiIert & Bumpers made first shiI-
ment u melons from this place. Their
firsf car Was fnaded Friday aud for
which they found ready sale Z. o. l..
b &. Louis firm.
Gee, Wbiz, Llstsn u the dis-"Con-
tent Of your SPAR correspondent.
Judging from THE dis-"conasut' and
free e1bi5i, u gan IL her feb.e reply,
one would imagine Farmer" ray s9r
had pierced her shields u content.
Better chsBge yOUF nou-de-plgroe TO
"Dsseonteni,r Ell?
We are indeed gEatlGsd 10 learn Of
the cbange IN 'Touehstone" He
says bis ~ lgion s. - l0ge God aud
hate tlle devil. When we lat saw
him, Il was " love Mamm's and hate
tie other fellow Who stood pat.
We would Hsy 70 "Contenu' and
"SiigsFife," ihe beef cattle referred 10
was cars htieDed ly Sir. J. II. Mei-
feft aud Mr. co g. Leonard Of this
place nn their magnificent truck
firms aud shipped to 1t. Augustine,
PAlalka, and Tampa upon inquring
however We learn some party did drive
herd 81 scrub-knOts up here aud
attempted 70 place them on cars for
shipment, but We are informed sever
al head jumped through slats Of the
stock car and escaped. Probably this
Is the lot sou refer 70.
"lsilverite" aska II We have ever
said our prayers. In order 10 satisfy
all morbid curiosity seekers like your
self, we must confess our knowledge
Of prayers j. limited. However, while
In Gainesville few nights ago and
seated at the green cloth" table
when all but Farmer" and the other
fellow bad dropped out, be certainly
prayed earnestly for one more jack.
Content" charges Farmer with
having bought tao dozen tomatoes Of
one VIM. Johnson, Of Spar. Your
informant whoever be may be Is 20
constituted he cannot tell the truth
as We never bought a tomato during
our natural existence, to the contrary
having shipped more than 700 car
riages The past week and had you not
again suecumbed 20 q long and pro-
tracted sweet repose" you would
have been well aware o. same.
We would say 10 "Coutentp that We
have borne meFOifully all your feeble
aud painless criticisms. Time ard
again have you accused u Of being in
correct IN our statements, but know
ing too it was only jealously which
aroused your indignation. We had
not the heart 10 correct or condemn
you aud had but the deepest of sym.
pathy for you. You continue to sc-
euse Us Of being false in several state
meBts, and ~ a guarantee Of our con-
hience In the correctness Of "Far.
mer's" statements, We will deposit the
whole or ans part Of Of one thousand
dollars with Will Mcdonald. sport
Ing editor Of Osala Banner. against
an equal amount. Tor sou % furnish
proof a siugle statement made by u
and not borne out by facts.
"Conient" asks, who cannot recall