Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-01-18

for that purpose" This lie passes not
very high encOmium on the good sense
and taste Of the people of this vicinity, if
they are supplied whh ihoir vinegar in
this way. How can you have the assu-
rance Of stupid unconscious animal, to
venture to testify concerning things OF
which you are ncapacitaled. You having
spent the greater part Of your life, except
the two or thee last years, in an iIinerancy
o. Slud-horse and jack ass keeping in the
capacity Of a groom, from here to POsey
county Indiana, where your uncommon
vulgarity was much distinguished aud
your coIoqual powers displayed. Yet
you volunteer your false testimony to the
people here unsolicited, unasked aud
disbOlieVed when told. Here is spsci-
men Of such sayings, with Others unwor-
thy my notice: "Hs has supplied the vi.
'cinity with vinegar for the last twelve
years, from the stumps Of liquor left 10
his retail glasses, which he throws back
for that purpose" THIS pronounce
a deliberate and wilful falsehOOd,-
retailed about two years prior to
1882, under State license, medicines,
groceries, wines, spirits and cordials, and
my neighborS, resident then and now in
this place, are the best qualified to Judge
of my conduct, who have sustained me
in the corporation Of this town by giving
=, me the highest vote for Town Recorder,
and think the largest ever given for a
town officer. You state, 1--WE are deter.
.,,,un1 kn,uouoe that ha ah.,l AiUapt
tho public from the true ISSUE" The.
true issue is that you first published a
WilGul and deliberate lie, by saying spur
chased six barrels of ,Ohiskey and had
them marked cider vinegar" chal-
lenge you 10 prove your assertion. Had
She Lord been as quick in executing JUS
tice and judgment on you as he was in the
days Of Annanias and Sapphira, your
young men would be under the necessity
Of carrying you out aud burying you
You stale E"was in abjsct poverty and
risen 10 opulence and wealth from the
poor and destitute" Poverty is no crime
Sellers. never was in poverty, thank
God; and when l came here nearly %
years ago, had good clothes ,-payed all
expenses to here, (and you know the pay
ing Ofexpenses is dsagreeablo thing 10
some ,)cash in my pocket & a trunk ofgood
and we'll selected books,a good character,
and well atested by those who had known
ray conduct and placed their children un'
USr my care for instruction, Thus cir
cumstanced, commenced teaching a
school at the old county seat in this coun
~, in the year 1920; and in this capacity
labored and spent my time for many years
To this you could testify yourself, it you
would: but the truth being uncongenla
TO. your heart and spirit, you appeal
to be in your native sphere the mor'
falsehoods and lies you can publish. II
proof of this, let any one acquainted
with me for The last - years, read you
filthy sheet. Did not Ex-UnitSd States
Senator Thomas Morris publish you
few weeks ago, in the Democratic Stand
ard, to have published a falsehOod con
corning him? Did not Thos. l.. HameI
proclaim you sc. have and now do re-
iterate that you published wltuI and de
liberate lie. And again call on yo'
and defy you TO clear yourself OF th'
guilt aud obScsnity Of being filthy ss
pulcher of false hoods and lies. In con
clusiou, l will say to you, here is cas-
of poor brother Editor and printer, who's
case will present TO you for restitution
and who served you when in your pei
ambulations for employment. / thin
YOU would not have deceived the Prlnle
if you had presented your own credentIal
for character, instead Of that Of your horst
Letter 10 the s'Post Master, George
tOwnO.
Troy, May 27, ls4l.
DEAR sIR:-As you have power
law 10 collect and transmit to Editors
newspaper or printing accounts, tax
the liberty Of requesting your attsntlo
10 an account hold on Preston w. Sc
Iers, Editor at your place, and late stu
horse Keeper. Mr.. Sellers, in 1883, b
fair promises induced me to credit hlT
for the bills Of three blooded horses h
then kept in Lebanon. was poor the
as well as now, aud did his printing vel
low, for which he promised TO pay me
avery short time, but slipped off wlthou
doing 80. Some two or three years ate
/ placed the account in the hands OF
W. James Cor collection, but ! was morI
fed and sstonshed when MIR. James II
formed me that P. W. Sellers, broth
Editor Of mine on the side of reform, d
MED the account in toto. II must
owing to some mental alteration, and
give him more light on the subject, pleas
inform him that the names of the horse
go far.as now recollect, was, LA Faye!
butt have forgotten the names ot u
other two, at present; and furthermo
inform him that printed psper al tn
time called the Ohio Argus, next door
Mrs. Shores hotel and that be kept
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