HUMILIATED.
A country editor wan made to writhe In keenest humiliation of spirit on receipt of the following scathing criticism ou the conduct of his paper by a subscriber . — " Dere Sar, — I hereby «ffer try reaignashun aa a anbscribar to your paper, It boitig a pamphlet of such small konsekence a< not to Benefit my family by t»km' of it. What you need m your •he»e !■ branea an' someone to nmel lip knews, an 1 rite eddytoryals on live topicks. No menahion h»n been nude m yoor abate of m« butchero' a poland ohiny pig weighln' 360 pouoda, or of the caps m <ha chickens out tbia way. You uteri j only ignore the fact that <he tater bag* ia eaten' things up out he c, and cay nothia' 'bout Eli SimpeWa durambul) calf breakiu' itn legg fallm' down a w«ll or of grand rax Stpea havin* the aore legs, Tyro important weddm'a here has been utterly igknored by your columns' an' » two-kolomn obitchuary, writ by me on the deth of grandpa Henry, vtub left out of your nbete, to say nothia' of a nlfabet.ical poem boqJnnin' with 'A for Andy and alto for Ark,' writ by my dar'er Thin is why your ehete is unpopler her. If yon don't want eddytoryals from this place and ain't goin' to put no news m your fihete we don't want aaid sheto. '• Tourn In disgust. "Hiram Doaks. "P. B.— lf you print that obitchuary m your next ifhoo I may aign agin for jour shete. '' H. D "
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1483, 15 February 1887, Page 3
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255HUMILIATED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1483, 15 February 1887, Page 3
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