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: ^* }: I! y. {% {$ ^& TBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great
# g/ }2 r* i+ i2 v& n, \3 lTouch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple* Q* S+ G) Y' ]4 j; U' Y
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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2 l1 r$ p+ Z% ~( G9 a'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of+ R& D: u( e0 [: Q# Y3 X
the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in6 P& @. |0 J6 c
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
4 v7 q& ]" g" K# _(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
- V) h9 T. M& m% [style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
% i( B% c. _. L% s' Qsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
9 w* R/ }4 @0 x9 M$ d6 A) ]of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
, O) ?: [) }. q"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the
, ]4 Y$ K" I5 ?. F+ A( y- O3 ?"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful! }% B+ K5 X; \ i" M# n; [" |
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the
2 B. e% @+ i" ^2 yhyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly$ }. M! g* P: ]- D" c
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
9 Q" ?7 l* d' H, @" j A$ Lservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'0 R! h2 V- q& `! Q v' k' P% H
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
0 V. s4 a% f$ r# Y4 c% zdecidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to0 j/ c* g1 ^5 z8 [3 ~/ M
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
3 p0 h% V% T! H1 _* z' Kto the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that3 w- L. h! V6 o5 d9 J
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
" ^$ H' y) O2 f9 a8 s* R! KI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the
# r$ f, u5 F4 \7 S+ b# [0 Smidnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really' ]7 L4 I8 x! |. q8 e, D0 s
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-: ^: G5 A5 M9 k+ I$ U
- w% H1 o! L" I; u' \$ y3 ?2 I/ v'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another2 U1 [# @2 V$ q- u; X) H9 g
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
' K* N2 E& b$ j/ T2 G" ~out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old. I; N4 P+ V- ]2 V# b, z" ^' ~) a5 y
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!
1 \; Z% D: f5 K0 X \$ ~Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,* l# J+ [* k6 T% z
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
* O* ~& L+ W, WJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an' R: i3 P% K& _9 V
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,. b8 e1 n& ^6 _. w; v, X
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a J9 P" E( l1 ~, Y, T6 f+ o$ w
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your
4 }: e1 S/ P n7 Scrowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor, n1 f. j3 |8 _
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
+ ~0 z! s9 b- @# O1 Q7 I1 U/ t* _so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
/ ^( e, x$ \, x7 w" @and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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