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! Y8 ? A8 O, w k" o% K3 GBurning with the chivalry of this determination, the great3 R( L1 W) v0 i& ]" h; q
Touch-and-go, in the next 'Tea-Pot,' came out merely with this simple$ G4 l$ E, ^! w( ?! X4 k8 Q
but resolute paragraph, in reference to this unhappy affair:
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'The editor of the "Tea-Pot" has the honor of advising the editor of
' T( l0 ~- g2 _2 R! u: [the "Gazette" that he (the "Tea-Pot") will take an opportunity in
+ c- D' A. J+ a8 l6 k* U: dtomorrow morning's paper, of convincing him (the "Daily News") that he' ~; N& X1 c: u; Z: C6 N+ c) B
(the "Tea-Pot") both can and will be his own master, as regards1 A0 m2 F9 n* \0 [+ F3 W
style; he (the "Tea-Pot") intending to show him (the "Daily News") the" Q* ?& G5 e, [3 ^: Y4 }
supreme, and indeed the withering contempt with which the criticism
( h0 E" b! V+ F$ Y7 O8 O+ w3 @- Zof him (the "Daily News") inspires the independent bosom of him (the
3 V, N+ `* }. F) z% P- j4 B* p"TeaPot") by composing for the especial gratification (?) of him (the3 Z/ ]) O- Z8 J, h& W- M
"Daily News") a leading article, of some extent, in which the beautiful
, G6 \, r6 P z/ v0 vvowel -- the emblem of Eternity -- yet so offensive to the7 L9 l8 F: X& n) f
hyper-exquisite delicacy of him (the "Daily News") shall most certainly6 f( N2 k7 c4 w* o! \: ~. F8 J
not be avoided by his (the "Daily News") most obedient, humble$ ?0 O( S+ k/ c F- c1 h
servant, the "Tea-Pot." "So much for Buckingham!"'; |5 I1 ~/ [3 y7 O$ `% D
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In fulfilment of the awful threat thus darkly intimated rather than
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all entreaties for 'copy,' and simply requesting his foreman to 'go- i) b v, F, Q3 d1 I% z# J
to the d-l,' when he (the foreman) assured him (the 'Tea-Pot'!) that
% Q% U1 X# N @& ?; X( Hit was high time to 'go to press': turning a deaf ear to everything,1 C2 d3 x& p/ G9 t; X8 Z) T
I say, the great Bullet-head sat up until day-break, consuming the+ Z! w% e8 i: K$ }) _2 t/ r
midnight oil, and absorbed in the composition of the really+ }$ b% }# G( H. w8 Z0 i- `0 r
unparalleled paragraph, which follows:-* h2 @) |# Y1 W/ }7 m: C/ W! P
( d0 ?4 e& j) O5 X# D- D: V! q0 U$ `'So ho, John! how now? Told you so, you know. Don't crow, another6 i( n7 [% `6 m# D& @- V6 R
time, before you're out of the woods! Does your mother know you're
, p6 _) p9 C( Z& N' vout? Oh, no, no! -- so go home at once, now, John, to your odious old) E" P9 \. e2 W6 M0 G2 z- M7 L
woods of Concord! Go home to your woods, old owl -- go! You won't!; l! z; S4 C# N- }- k3 U" o$ O9 D
Oh, poh, poh, don't do so! You've got to go, you know! So go at once,
" z5 S6 B1 w' D) Z* Pand don't go slow, for nobody owns you here, you know! Oh! John,
: l- e8 G9 W- E: o; l* fJohn, if you don't go you're no homo -- no! You're only a fowl, an: B9 B/ M/ l/ ~2 ? b
owl, a cow, a sow, -- a doll, a poll; a poor, old,% u w, _8 D6 Q1 a
good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a% k2 U! J: Z. h; k% R4 h- L7 x3 ^5 r
Concord bog. Cool, now -- cool! Do be cool, you fool! None of your' r8 k1 S0 w% k8 X* Z; e( E
crowing, old cock! Don't frown so -- don't! Don't hollo, nor howl nor1 g; W5 E3 ]6 [+ b
growl, nor bow-wow-wow! Good Lord, John, how you do look! Told you
& v5 M6 `: d" \2 I" q" zso, you know -- but stop rolling your goose of an old poll about so,
, O8 x5 W7 Z1 l$ h- mand go and drown your sorrows in a bowl!' |
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