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locks a good deal. He was scowling fearfully, and I judged that he was  
concocting a particularly knotty editorial. He told me to take the  
exchanges and skim through them and write up the "Spirit of the Tennessee  
Press," condensing into the article all of their contents that seemed of  
interest.  
I wrote as follows:  
SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS  
The editors of the Semi-Weekly Earthquake evidently labor under a  
misapprehension with regard to the Ballyhack railroad. It is not  
the object of the company to leave Buzzardville off to one side.  
On the contrary, they consider it one of the most important points  
along the line, and consequently can have no desire to slight it.  
The gentlemen of the Earthquake will, of course, take pleasure in  
making the correction.  
John W. Blossom, Esq., the able editor of the Higginsville  
Thunderbolt and Battle Cry of Freedom, arrived in the city  
yesterday. He is stopping at the Van Buren House.  
We observe that our contemporary of the Mud Springs Morning Howl has  
fallen into the error of supposing that the election of Van Werter  
is not an established fact, but he will have discovered his mistake  
before this reminder reaches him, no doubt. He was doubtless misled  
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