Show SOME WESTERN ignoramuses IGNORAMUS ES an discussion won by the man from texas SYRACUSE NY N Y sept 26 STAN DAnD special cialOne one of the most entertaining disputes ever heard in new york occurred at a leading hotel in this city today the disputants were a thorough thoroughbred lored texan texa n registering from la porte and a native 0 of f new york claiming troy as his home the southerner was explaining how bi his city would be benefited by the expenditure on the part of the government of in making galveston bay accessible to ocean going steamers when the new yorker interrupted him and gave the west and couth a blast in about the fol following loning style yes the government will expend the as it has spent many more millions on the mississippi missouri and other western streams and arid eastern people will pay the bill the tile la TA porte man replied that the cast east had received thousands of dollars for i public ab improvement to as many cents expended in the south and west the argument grew hotter hotte each reach minute until both men got mad the new yorker as a last cut spoke of the ignorance and lark of culture in the south and west and said that the representative men sent by those sections to fill important official positions were chiefly valuable for what they could draw from the public crib and concluded by saying the country has been imposed upon already by the west and south until it is becoming unbearable the texan grew red in the face he was at the boiling point when he be replied yes the west has imposed upon the country with uncultured Abr abraham allam lincoln and stephen A douglass the west forced U 8 13 orant grant W T sherman and phil sheridan upon an unwilling public thomas 11 II benton henry clay andrew jackson prentice Inge ingersoll noll ingalls vest anda and a host of ignoramuses ignoramus es from the west have disgraced their native land and caused the tile high toned eastern dude to hide bide his h head ead in shame the vre westerner sterner was still talking when the gentleman from front troy turned the corner to get rid of his ills victorious disputant |