Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1911 — A Metaphor Resented. [ARTICLE]

A Metaphor Resented.

"Did I understand you to say, sir," said Colonel Stilwell, “that you regarded that orator’s remarks as moonshine?” “That's what I said,” replied the critical person. "Well, sir, I do not wish to seem captious, but when it comes to comparing that line of talk with a mountain product for whose vigorous qualities L have a large degree of respect, I must say your efforts to be complimentary, sir, go entirely too far."