Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 178, 2 August 1894 — PISTOLS VS. PILLS. [ARTICLE]

PISTOLS VS. PILLS.

I Tfce HōLOiieA. in ao artirle recently pabli»fced. took the libertj to criticise a late decision of our uso6t immaealaie and infa.lli- ; ble Sopreme Goort. In«loingso, ! tfce names of tbe partiea to tfce ! suit were mentione«l, in a »ay whieh g«ve otfense to a loeal medical gentleman. a relative of tfce parties. Tfce m.g. iu question soon invaded our sauetum, in fury and tfce early afternoon, and sought to extract from tbe editor. a confession that tlie arti ele in question had been writteu by a loeal legal gentiemao, wfco fcad been engaged in tfce suit, on tfce side opposite that esponsed by tfce said m.g The e«litor refused to so confess, chiefly for tfce reason that the article had , not, as aupposed by the m.g., . been written by the l.g. But the editor‘s well-known reputation for unerring veracity did not serve ■ to carry conviction to the mind | of the fnrious m.g , who indnlged !in all manuer of foamy threats against tbe l.g. aforesaid, the cliraax whereof was a reverend and holy promise to bring a pistol into play upon the l.g. in the near future. The editor, as iu doty booud, and with a mind disposed to “8ave our streets the crimsou dew that drips from patriots’ veins,” —or whieh raigbt otberwise dripped from the l.g's veins, took early occasion to infonu the l.g. of his deadly peril from the pistol of his infuriated foe, But the contumacious disciple of Blackstone only laughed, and asked questions, and laugbed ag.iin, and asked more qaestions, as to the florid rbetoric of tbe mg., and finished by saying, “Well ! give the old party iny compliinonts, and my thanks for his moderation in proposiug to attack only witfc fcis pistol, wfcich I deemed mucfc less deadly tfcan fcis pills.’] Tfce foregoing ia published merely as a “mild palliative,” (tfce m.g. will recognize tfce professional turn of phrase,) to show the m.g. that tbe l.g. bears him i no ill will. I - . 4: