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. P8 G5 m% g. O- x- v z [; ABurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great/ s' l0 L: {+ }( x& ?
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
7 @5 @8 y5 n% j# E* W0 ybut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:# k4 X3 X% G$ u8 v4 O1 ?+ `
# \8 C, G4 A- t" u" v& u8 j'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
# E. ^! u. @* H5 X3 fthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in, U2 X( L; {! r/ s$ a& G
tomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he# c' E1 D# e# _1 P# n$ ~
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards
- r5 ?! F) V7 G$ o/ Z Istyle; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
& t1 ^* S8 [. p" ~5 Hsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
* V8 f8 T2 k7 N. n, A5 n7 `9 qof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the- J3 Q7 G( k! a# L
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the: `& r7 M) q0 @" K
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful* A7 [: R( a8 H4 r9 g
vowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the7 A+ X: V; g; H2 v+ j& T u/ ?5 m& a" |
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly; ?2 z* V6 `7 y
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble
0 U! N0 O# X" o5 a9 _" jservant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
2 d3 c# Q5 K6 `decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to. E8 @( a& G3 n5 o9 X& S
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
3 X4 ^( R* a u- d% h& [2 k) ito the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that& d, v. e, @4 @2 r: Q* v& p( C
it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,% H, m" r0 y2 U: \: Z3 p
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the" x. ]* R3 U! f) o3 h4 r. ~
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
: _6 Q& R, d$ {1 j% a0 v7 M0 Funparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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5 @ t# J% t r |'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another, C6 n& V& X5 o' [5 @ U) A
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're t1 W7 t* t; K" J" ?
out? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old3 W+ W8 z8 Y& s
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!- R+ F0 m& `( ]1 \. v! B
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,4 s* T U3 M0 z' L$ {6 _1 t
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,6 s4 d* x: B6 W- O, r
John, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an* C+ Z, f+ C, l3 p, }4 ^& C
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
! h: d G: J/ @" Q* agood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a/ Z8 [( I' \: w' ]3 l7 E& O
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your9 l+ k# g q+ W" o0 y2 s8 l- N
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor
: x8 E6 W/ V' y3 v+ Y* L) Xgrowl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you; v2 ~) E8 c6 t( W" N; ~. n/ U
so, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
) O! ?+ p7 c: X8 a, L" n2 M7 ?and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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