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Burning with the chivalry of this determination, the great6 M! n( {9 x0 h4 X4 [
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple
$ l, w0 t4 b1 bbut resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:3 p9 c) f( m! C' G. x
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
2 L8 ` u& I; t' Qthe "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
! N& R8 o2 _) g5 n k$ Atomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he
. w0 `' D; ^0 Z& J(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards# `4 P8 n. w z$ R3 ^' i! R
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the
" M/ c* Q% k9 \' A0 {* Hsupreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism# F4 {' i# a/ Z- i/ n* v
of him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the7 \3 ]4 a+ S8 u
"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the' @7 T$ x& F. P* r5 d* Q9 U5 @, i7 S
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
/ f/ v; \2 V7 r5 cvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the# z: R7 f% Z. Q' |
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly, p: E/ d5 q+ U. p" P
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble% `1 w6 _" d: e$ }5 o
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'! P% y9 b T: `; D$ q3 f: y# p g
& D/ z* W3 w3 H4 TIn fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than- j) K& S! t' x! L% R
decidedly enunciated, the great Bullet-head, turning a deaf ear to5 Y, F" ^$ q( r* _, j
all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go
i$ |* v0 @$ E5 f! w$ C+ w6 ], ~to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
, w+ r% Y3 `8 t/ ?it was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,
' t: q6 K4 Y) i0 A* A1 HI say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the5 k- n. `+ ?# c o; l
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really
E% n9 ?0 c; F! V; w* Runparalleled paragraph, which follows:-
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'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another( K2 m" k: [2 P7 ]9 {: T
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
F- t6 v% Y/ c+ Xout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old
- Z/ R0 P6 o, |5 j5 u& W) }6 E1 Rwoods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!) v4 S6 |0 `8 R
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,$ X7 f- I% h& l: D, U0 Y
and don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
$ w3 f/ Q8 O4 x8 f: j1 Y6 OJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an" Y. K2 ^8 F# w9 a7 Q: j
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,
. C3 e e! `- L' Wgood-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a
- a5 H+ O' ?8 j" D& a# n# wConcord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your6 V( i; P" U8 z, {/ a) o. ~
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor) {, ~0 n+ A0 Q% U" p0 r
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
4 R6 m, N: r; e" R4 W' bso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,! D K& i; A8 U, D, z
and go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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