The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-15
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
Entered at the postofiice In Tabor, s.
D., as second-class matter.
The Trials of a Fighting Editor.

n student OF human nature Will
find among the multitudes a class
of individuals who suffer from a
disease commonly termed swell
head. This class OF individuals
are to be found in all classes and
vocations, and woe to the public
ifa crank of this reputation gets
hold of an editorial quill and
feeds his lnawary readers on the
straw of his weak brain. This
specimen who disgrace the title
editor are usually distinguished by
their ever Boosting explosions,
their constant passing of venom
Gus hints and insults. in contro-
versies they expose themselves to
the public in their extreme no
thingness, but when pressed a.
gainst the wall by logic and facts
they resort to vulgarism and thus
sentence themselves to public
ridicule and contempt. Occas-
sionally they have a bright mo-
ment and acknowledge the dis
aster wrought in their frenzied
state and clumsily apologize in
this phrase: Twas only friendly
remark.
So far, we have shown Editor
Ki.l!on I Mirror IL which he be.
holds the image OF himself. We
have in vain been looking for a
sane and logic sentence in his
leading editorial dedicated to us
in his rag" this title was given
the Ledger by a certain gentle
man some time ago) but found
nothing that would diSprove that
what has been said in the Indepcn
dent the week previous to his
comical somersault. When he
had made his sarcastic and fault
finding insinuation, we brought on
a clean controversy rcfraining
from the use OF vulgar words and
passing personal remarks. think
ing that he is gentleman and as
sIch would either be victorious or
fall. That he tell, he has shown
to the readers of the Lesterville
Ledger by jumping out Of the
ring and there began to whoop
and shout a whole lot of gram.
NAUTICAL nonsense, but slyly As a
fox, keeping in a safe distance
from the subject under disputa-
ton Tnc tenor of his crippled
article led his readers to believe
that his mind at that time was
unbalanced, or that he looked too
deep iato a bottle; and had he
shown the article TO a school.boy
undoubtedly the little tot would
have made considerable improve
mcnts upon II and the trouble
making editor would have beer
that much wiser.
He calls the article in the lndcpenc
cnt tilthy trash, Why, he does moi
say, but, we. can easily explain thii
because he being Of n hinting anC
barking disposition, our article
was a muzzle which made him harm
less. That explains why he sought
relief In the above expression. ii,
also wrote in hls delirious state tina
he saw more than one hundred mis-
PEELED words IN the. Independent dur
ing that cventiul week Dear Bro.
we would advise you when you ar
again attacked with fits 10 hurry ~
and glance at sour own file; sum VI
the miSpelled words; then subtrac
one hundred and you will still hay
some left. You also babblcd some
thing about photography and rhetOri
but plainly showed that you are a
ignorant as a Ounce ON these subjects
AS far as photography Is concerned
your knowledge Of this part OF gram
mer is yet in its diapers, and rhetori
your readers see a wreck Of this d
almost every cory Of the Ledger.
II is not our habit to pass persona
remarks, but conditions are such tina
we find ~ yc-y necessary 70 Do So tC
cause the editor OF a sheet which
only the hyphenatei tail Of the week
IL newspapers published In Yankto
county had compelled us 10 nc
against our intentions. What wi
follow next we Leave for the public :
decide.
1t was Bro killion who gave origi
~ this fuss. II he had cenSured I
for Ommitting vowel from a wor
and nothing else, we would hay
owned up q II and would repay hi
the compli nent Immediately, but .
he undoubtedly suffers from diseas