The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-06-28 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

We widi it to bodied's...llk urttorstoott yutt !or insults.
Gators is this solsousis,wodo_sot thereby wad* ourisiede
with tho opinions of our Corrwaidesta.

THE COMING FETES.
lb the Editor ot the "Observer."

flit,—l think the writers of the letter whisk a
in your imprecision of last week signed "A. Itulenig
W. paekwood," are ander a putt fupoit toy
allowing so mush of your valuable met Ile be hem og
with a subject which could have been iftfild stub rmea
forcibly by any man of ordinary intelligens, in mie
third the space, end also for giving their fete • good
advertisement gratuitously. The letter I rake to, ye.
minds me of that saying of Shakespeare, "Hls rumor
are as great as two grains of wheat in two bushek of
chaff, you shall seek all day ere you find thus, and whim
you have them they are not worth the scarab," sag
caused • friend of mine to remark OD reed* it that
'Packwood is as dull, tedious, and long-minded in
letters as he is in him speeches.' It is aot my late•Ume,
Mr. Editor, to wade after Packwood sad Co.,
all the macs of superfluous rhodomoutade with wrale
has so profusely disfigured his epistle, but to give sheet
and truthful answers to his remarks. Mr. Packwood
gives an elaborate account of how many times they have
walked in procession. I. far u some members of tlis
Glass Trade are concerned I beg to remind Mr. Pack-
wood that where the person has the organ of self-
esteem pretty largely developed, it gives that penman"
opportunity of gratifying hie vanity and exhibiting hie
Importance to the public. lito that even in that miss it
may not be all charity that prompts the act. Mr. Peak-
wood disputes the statement that an understanding exhls
between those bodies as to the advisability of Whim
their fete, each year in turn. I still maintain that
amongst the leading men of those bodies there is sash
an understanding. During the last week I have spans
to al of the noel satire and useful members. Odd.
Fellowship has in Stourbridge, or the vicinity, and they
coincide in my statement, I have also sees some of leici
highest officials of Forestry in this lushly, and they
say the same, and I have heard Glass Makers mad Cutter,'
utter similar opinions. Mr. Packwood talks abut negagia.
lions, deputations. representatives, spatial mamas%
speeches, dates, names he., ire. Mr. Packwood s.emsto
think that nothing is legitimate without being saws.
psnied by deputations, spouting he. Perhaps Mr. Peek.
wood has become so habituated to and enamoured of
them that in his opinion nothing is legal without it gives
him a chance of airing his eloquence. But Mr. Eckr.
there are some men who can enter into an undamaad.
log—if only a verbal one—and trust to each others faith
and honour as safe and certain pledges of security, and
there are other men who cannot be bound by all Ai,
forms and ceremonies in existent's. Mr. Psekwood
san
include himself in which category he likes. I still
maintain that • tacit understanding has 'stated ao
effect I have stated for the last three or four years. Is
proof I msj say that in IVO the Foresters withdrew
from the seld. even after their first bills weft paalid, to
give the Odd a chance. harassed. the locality
supporting more than one fete per year, that ie a
of public opinion, in which Mr. Packwood would I.
the minority.. I lUD still of opinioalthat considerhig the
Odd-Fellow. held their last fete in 1870, and that She
Glass Makers' had theirs last year, it was cruel and en.
generous for them to come again in the field so meta,
within a month of the Odd-Fellows', thee, to a anima
extent, probably marring the success of the two. One
Insinuation I am particularly anxious to unmet, viz,
that I wish to either injure the mum of the Glass
Makers and Cutters' Society, or its members indivile-
ally. For amongst those members I am proud to slumber
some of my nearest and dearest fricinds,lat :as I said in
my last letter I Like to see fair play and I bate inseo.
poly.
Wishing success to the fetes both of the Oddirellowi
and Glass Trade, and that we may long have the service.
of kir. Packwood as an orator, wit, writer, pieniciaa,
procefisionist, he.

I remain,
Yours truly,
P.D.C.B.

To the Editor of the " Obeerrer."

Sir—Con you inform me whether it is a portion 41
the duty of Scripture Readers (paid partly by the Scripture
Readers' Society) to take an active share in town elections,
distribute candidates addresses, and eanvus far votes.
In my simplicity I imagined that their duty was to reed
the Scriptures to the uneducated poor, and th• afflicted.
Bat this new employment seems to me quite out of
place, and even more inappropriate than spending their
time in gossiping and collecting pew rents. Woold you
kindly put my question to the Scripture Readers' Society,
and so oblige,
Your humble servant,
RkTEPLYSR, of Btourbridge.