Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-01-04
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Having had occasion heretofore to publish
few articles in the Sentinel Of the Valley. in
yindication of the many charges alledged a.
trsinst me. in reference TO the dissolution Of
Z. j. Funkhouser and his wife Z. A. Funk.
hoiser, and not wishing at that time to be to,
tedious, kept in reserve some facts, which
now propose to publish; not that feel aDv
necessity for so doing, for l find that INV 9th.
er publication has had the desired effect, con.
sequently, Of no use TO be continued any lon.
ger But, wish to portray j. ]. Funkhou.
ser &C. to the public, and further, to state.
as l conceive the true cause of nv name be-
ing called in question, and of my being SLAM
dered so shamefully by himself, & party -
-Note.-I have no kind of connexion at ali
with the subject under consideration. rs
through malice, & envy by himself & b, ~
nv name has been made use of as a prett*4A-
to hide his own perncous < saysge-decrss
ding conduct--Rcader: you need not II.
pect a very copious elucidation Of this sub.
iect; for my limits here will not admit Of il.
Therefore you may expect only few gener.
al truths, and observations. n. b. Then,
last Harvest | WAS Boarding with j. J Funk.
houser during the vacation Of nv school.
which was weeks; on Thursday night, Of
the latter week, he misbehayed to me, inso.
much that determined TO have Writ (Sub.
pcna adj respondendum) issued against him.
Blu; on the next day, (Friday.) he came 10 ne
and made a pitiful, long face, and said that he
did not wish me to sue him-that he was in
passion "a fit OF anger, l say, TO which he is
accustomed to) at the time &c. &c &c
that he wished to settle it amicably with ne
sc. sc. ! agreed / then gave him piece
of my mind, and some good advice too, then
asked him if / had ever misbehaved about
his House-to him-his famIy-or whether
| he had ever seen me transcend the bounds Of
DecOrun in any way at aul-All of which he
proptly answered that he had not. But OF,
what do we next hear why, cannot be de.
picted in high, Bad, colcrs enough. Thus
you see the Gentleman contradicts himself
when he would have people believe that |
have behaved so indiscreetIY. Reader: Oh.
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 II months with him. Now, rea
der: let prejudice escape from thee, and then
look at the following In 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
18th 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
y he would not have taken me as Boarder
again, If were guilty of the many charges al
lodged against me; Is this not enough to SAT-
Isty any candid mindl Actions speak louder
than words, always. Then YOU see, 7 COM
menced BOARDING again with him on Satlr.
day, as above stated. But! what is now to
take place on Monday the Goth of Aug why.
It appears that he treated his Wife SO badly
that she informed her Parents Immediately a.
bout it-her father ard Brother came imme.
diately to see him. They, after having talk.
ed 10 him proper lenght of time, asked me.
and that too by Funkhouser's permission,
whether to the best of my knowledge, he mis-.
used his Wife Alter some hestaticn. II be.
ing very delicate matter, | answered. he
did, and viii forever say the same. They
then proceeded with him, as might ra-
tionally be expected from fond father and
Brother towards an affectionate Child and Sis
ter. The MYSTERY is just this; from this mo-
ment ]. J. Funkhouser became my most VIM
lent enemy, and that too, from the yer, cir
cumstance of my informing against him. Do
you not suppose it was quite irving to the
Gentleman to have the secret opene1. and
that too, by one, that knew so well as knew
think 1t was tolerably close tme-pinched
hard, judge, what do you think of il readerl
why says one, am glad il was not l. Note
All this time, and 3 days later he sent 10
school. From the above, you would not SUI
pose, or imagine, that was gully of the ma
ny audacious crimes or charges aledped
gainst me, would youl a. The following
line, included in the parenthesis. give as
specimen OF J. ]. Funkhouser's Olthopraply
and composition, II was addressed TO me in a
letter dated Sept.-l843. q so pose YOU
thouft was some dome person.) The whole
OF the letter is about like this. Again:-snme
OF the Gentleman'ss party and himself have
made great humbug about my having gone
a rev tunes to meeting with Mrs. E. A. Funk
houser, (and /, Boarder at the same time,l
winch, never happened but once. that one,
or both of her Children were not with her.
Why all this Ignorant of the rules Of polte.
heSs,-of the manners, and customs Of polite
people, and natons,-of the duties we owe 10
one another,-of the social, and friendly cir
cie,-of our relationship to eack other,-and
u the Elea' variety OF ways, in which, we are
'ouha 70 snow special respect, and nav spe
;lal attention to each other~ The above
combined with Jealous heart, and an uncul
waited mind, necessarily, and invariably. tends
o SUCH abuses o learn better. What SHALL
nan such beings presume to raise the stan
laIC OF Etiquette, by which polite peoale, and
latons shall be governed certainly not.
4N "u'ise them TO read, az least, a few
more pages, before they rear their standard.
1 y, It migat not suit the inteiIircnt,-
80 Tooe persons who wish other particulars.
e els TO my hrst publication. published Oct
su: l14a' And, as it regards the mean and
..sp'Iapie reports of SANDER that have been
,fG q5H about me. the party, as well asJ'
:, run = are defed by all the 6endisb
hemf for not possess ons 70 substantiate cx9e Of
VOW TO sum up the whole, il amana III
.o this, that J, J. Funkhouser trie3Ss, ,,s
ny himself at The expense of my reputation.
ecause ms Wife, as appears, co,ild mt n ~,
er sell justice, stand his abuse any Longer ~,
9a many Quilted him, after siege of Is or
years, Some time indeed for a Woman
e abused. now inform him (Fnnt hn.sss 70
nd his friends, that have plenty Of Oils
ems INK and Paper, besides other imnle
tents, and therefore, will give an ar,;ele -,
le Puoiic on any future occasion that mov
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