Show Heavy Editorial Alexander H H. Stephens vice president president dent of the time Southern Confederacy who after the Civil war was repeatedly repeated- repeated y ly elected to congress from Georgia was I an nn exceedingly thin man One day there fell under his observation a newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper Item saying that he lie weighed 00 DO pounds In reply to this he wrote aletter a n letter to the editor of the offending Journal demanding an nn Immediate re re- traction 1 I I will not b be slandered Inthis in inthis this manner he protested my weight Is 04 Of P pounds nd sn The for former mar vice president was himself an editor with witha 1 a habit of writing very long articles for his paper tn in Georgia and the contemporary contemporary contemporary which had made the unwelcome statement regarding his Is weight refused to retract ct it for the reason he said that Mr 11 1 Stephens must have had one ono of his editorials In his pocket Docket when he last tried the s scales ales This would account for the difference of four pounds between the two figures |