Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-12-28

MN-1mA REPAIRS Ouo VI
YYN the readers Of the
Gazette took Offense at our frank
and truthful manner Of treating
matters of public interest last week
and attacked us while we were
sitting down in our Office chair
penning an editorial criticlsing the
Presidents message. The slat
sided, knock kneed and cross eyed
miscreant who made the cowardly
attack was none other than 'Lige
Winterbottom, whom we gently
roasted last week. 'Lige, Of course
had a great advantage Of us, and
we felt compelled to boiler enough.
We may say, however, that 'Lige's
triumph is only temporary. BE
will not take us by surprise again
and il he ever again makes another
attack on us be will find that il
would have been at least two dol
lars and six bits in his pocket if he
had never been born.
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We don't want to be unreasOna.
BILE, or a chronic kicker, but it oc-
ours to us that unless Crowville
can get a city marshal who is more
account than the man who is pre-.
tending to fill that Office now the
town had better leave the marshal
ship vacant and save the $3.50
month that it donates to Abe Pc
ters. The only way in which we
can figure that Abe might be made
useful would be to put a setting Of
eggs under him and let him hatch
out a flock of chickens. That
would be better than to sit day
after day on that store box in front
Of Perkins grocery as he does
now. The Lord certainly didn't
have his mind on the job when he
made Abe.
We had a lively call yesterday
from Mrs. GimbletnOse, president
of the "Mothers' Club" She came
in to tongue lash MS about the edi-
torial in last weeks Clarion rela-
tive to her essay on how to rear a
family. Without wishing to ap-
pear egOtistical we think we may
say that we handed this female
back about as hot ones as she toss
ed to us during the cOurse Of the
conversation. She told as that II
We we're her husband she would be
tempted to give us poison, and We
blandly replied that il we we're her
husband We would be glad to take
it. When she left the Office she
said that she would send her hus-
band down to avenge her for the
insults We had heaped upon her.
After she had gone We laughed
until our side ached when we
thought Of her husband coming
down to clean us out. We have
known Sam GimbleSnOse for more
than % years. BE weighs about
ITO pounds and has about as much
courage as a lame cotton tailed
rabbit. II we can not handle him
with one hand tied behind our
back and make him lope out howl
ing like a whipped pot hound then
we will agree to donate this Office
to some charitable fund and walk
out of town barefoOted. However
we have nothing against Sam. ANY
man who has the kind Of a wife
be has has our deepest sympathy.
Sol Timberton dropped in yes
terday with a bushel Of Ornery
looking potatoes. IL return for
these he expects us to publish a
half column puff OF himself as a
candidate for township trustee.
There was a time in our editorial
life when we we're chump enough
to furnish e5 worth Of advertising
Tor 20 cents worth Of potatoes, but
We have gotten over that some
time ago. II Solomon wants to
advertise his candidacy in the
Clarion be viii have to put up the
chink like the other candidates.
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