Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-12-21
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ii'Ho oCCiSlOn heretofore TO pub liSh
Few articles IN the Sentinel Of the Valley, in
r'ndicaton of the many charges allie dyed a.
gaInst me, in reference TO the dissolution of
}. j. Funkhouser and his wife f. A. Funk.
houser, and not wishing at that timeto be too
ted'ous, Kept IN reserve some facts which
now propose to publish; not that feel any
necessity Tor SO doing, for find that my 9TH
republication has had the desired effect, con-
seqaently, of no use 10 be continued any lon
ger But, wish to portray j. ]. Funkhou-
ser &c. to the public, and further, to state.
as conceive the true cause of my name be-
ing called in question, and of my being SIAN
dered SO sha1nefully by himself, & patty
Note-l have no kind of conneXion at all
with the subject under consideration But,
through malice, & envy by himself & party.
my name has been made use of AS pretex
to hide his own pernicious & savage-degra>
ding conduct.-Reader: you need not ex-
pect very copieus calculation of this Sub
Ject; for my limits here will not admit of it.
Therefore you may expect only a few gener
al truths, and observations. N. b. Then,
last Harvest was Boarding with J. Funk
houser during the vacation of my school,
which was weeks; on Thursday night. of
the latter week, he misbekayed to me, inso-
much that / determined to have Writ (Sub-
pena ad respondendum) issued against him:
Blu; on the next day, (Friday,) he came to me
and made a ptiful long face, and said that he
did not wish me TO sue hln--that he was in
passion Ga fit OF anger say, to which he is
accustomed toy st the time sc &C. Sc
that he wished to settle it amicably with me
sc. sc. agreed. l then gave him piece
OF my mind, and some good advice too, then
l asked him if had ever mlsbehaved about
his House-to hm-hs tamIy-or whether
he had ever seen me transcend the bounds OF
Decorum in any way at alll-All of which he
proptiy answered that he had not. But! Oh
what do we next hearf why. cannot be de-
licicd in high, bad. colors enough. Thus
you see the Gentleman contradicts himself,
when he would have people believe that
have behaved SO ndiscreetlv. Reader; OBJ
serve here, that previous to the above, | had
made engagements to board again with him;
having previous to all this; been Boarder
some 10 or 10 months with him. Now, rea.
der let prejudice escape from thee, and then
look at the following. --In a few weeks af-
ter Harvest, returned according to contract
to Board again with him, on Saturday Oath
Aug just before his wife left him on Tuesday
9th Aug;now reader; if you have any discrim-
mating powers at all, you will at once see that
all things were right up to this time; if not,
he (Funkhouser) has belied himself, for, sure
" he would not have taken me as Boarter
again, if were guilty of the many charges al
lodged against me: Is this not enough to sat. !
isfy any candid mindl Actions speak louder !
than words. always. Then you see, ! CON- !
menced Boarding again with him on Satur-
day, as above stated. But! what is now to |
take place on Monday the Goth Of Aug. WHY, !
II appears that he treated his wife so badly, /
that she informed her Parents Immediately a.
bout it-her father and Brother came mme
datey to see him. They, after having talk.
ed TO him proper length of time, asked me,
and that too by FunKnouser's permission,
whether TO tie best of my knowledge, lie mis-
used his Wife, After some hesitation, it be.
ing very delicate matter, I answered, he
did; and will forever say the same. They
then proceeded with him, as might "a
tionaly be expected from fond father and
Brother towards an affectlonate Child and Sis
ter. The MYSTERY is Just this; from this mo-
ment j. j. Funkhouser became my most viru-ii
lent enemy, and that too, from the very Cir
cumstance of my informing against him. Do
you not suppose it was quite trying to the
Gentleman to have the secret opene1, and
that too, by one, that knew so well as knewH
think it was a toerably close time-pinched
hard, judge, what do you think of it reaIerl
why say one, am glad it was not 1. Note
All this time, and 5 days latel he sent to
school. From the above, you would not SUP
ny audacious crimes charges alledged
ganst me, would your a. The following
line. included in the parenthesis, l give as a
specimen OF j. J. Funkhouser's photography
and composition, II was addressed TO me in a
letter dated Sept.-1843. Ct so pose you
thourt was some dome person.) The whole
of-the letter is about like this. Again:-snme
of the Gentleman's. party and himself have
made great humbug about my having gone
few times to meeting with Mrs. E. A. Funk
houser, (and |, Boarder at the same time.)
which, never happened but once, that one,
por both of her Children were not with her.
Why all tlfsi Ignorant of the rules of polite.
ness,-of the manners, and customs of polite
people, and nations,-of the duties we owe to
one another,-of the social, and friendly cir
cle,-of our relationship to each other,-and
ofthe great variety of ways, in which, we are
bound to show special respect, and pay spe
cial attention to each Others The above,
combined with Jealous heart, and an uncul
tivated mind, necessarily, and invariably. tends
to such abuses. o learn better. What! shall
shall such beings presume TO raise the stan
darc of Etiquette, by which polite people, and
nations shall be governed certainly not. n
would advise them to read, at least, few
more pages, before they rear their standard,
otherwise it migat not suit the intelligent
Those persons who wish other particulars, l
refer to my first publication, published Oct.
18th, 1S43. Aud, as it regards the mean and
dcspcabe reports of SANDER that have been
circulated about me, the party, as well as j.
J. Funkhouser are defed by all the fendish .
power they possess to substantiate even, one of
them,fo Tor not one particle of one of the n is true
Now, to sum up the whole, it amounts to a
bout this, that ]. J. Funkhouser tried to Jus |
lily himself, at the expense of my reputation.
because his Wife, as appears, could not, 10 do
her self justice, stand his abuse any longer,
and finally quilted him, after siege of IL or
10 years. Some time indeed for Woman to
be abused Inow inform him (Funkhouser)
and his friends, that | have plentyof Quilts.
Pens, Ink, and Paper, besides other nipple
ments. and therefore, will give an article to
the public on any future occasion that may,
or shall be necessary. Nov; having shown
demonstrabiy, to any enlightened, candid. and
impartial enquirer after truth, the fallscy Of