Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1873 — Swan’s Down; or the Wrathful Root-Digger’s Retaliation. [ARTICLE]

Swan’s Down; or the Wrathful Root-Digger’s Retaliation.

Mbssksj Eos. Hk.n'SSElakk Union: Your notice of inch is so Kind and Gentlemaly. Irturn iny most Cordial thanks. Baveing me Several Dollars of job work of Which your Exceedingly timely, and Inteligeut Editorial published of me Ishall clip for for Baruum. Exibiting Imps occupying an Editorial Chair. If you cannot find local news to fill j our colums. without Vilifying not a Stranger no Sir. A man too well Known in this and the Serounding country I advise you to read Robinson Cruso or the La Cross—Democrat (it helps) your notice of My fithe, Will be fur ther demonstrated. your Kind oiler to publish all funeral notices is exeedoingly Kind and you promice to do So—with neatness is more than you ever done.as for Root—— ~ diging is Quite as honoeraiMe' and clean as washing dirty type to do' the nasty work of publishing—Libils —to an 'innocent coimmnity. as for your jealoussy of njy dig—at Mr— Tuteurs on the Race Gentheman I will be honourable with you.— no mistake — honour amongst filth and tlieives and now for god SaKe Genthfnan never visit a place you cannot act the Gentheman Mr Teuter Keeps good cigars, and So fiiras I Know, good every thing. for Gentleman not of color—and J judgeing from your Eagle eye I fancy your retoarKable pen. Will Write the epigraph of your memoriable paper Swan. The' foregoing card was handed us for publication by a dead beat styling himself “Old Doctor Swan,” who waited to know if our columns were open for retaliation. Little boys and girls eight to ten years of ageean amuse themselves by counting the errors in orthography, composition, use of capital letters and punctuation marks, etc., fendily detected in this card; but the lhost i .amusing origiualisru in it is bis i;“epigraph;” that indicates genius of

high order, an<t is better than most things found in Mis. Partington’s literature. “Old Doctor Swan,’\ while not so stninningly upholstered nor assuming quite so lofty airs as the majority of quacks tramping through the country, is probably as intelligent, as well educated, as well read 4 arid as honest as most of them arc;’but what enlightened persou wants so trust pocket book, health or life in the keeping of such dissipated* jgfftn'amuses ?