The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-25

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to labor so hard as he does In writing He
says "his style indicates that the very act of
composing makes him feel good all over"
The Dr's, style surely indicates nothing of
this kind.t 1t betrays that to the writer 1t has
been an anxious, desperate, and wtll-nigh
fruitless struggle. To the reader it is no
less calculated to make him feel bad all orer,
especially If he have any respect for
orthography or any reverence for Lind
ley Murray, or even any admiration for En-
glish. lam not surprised that he should rest
his over-worked brain by copying scene or
two from Shakespeare, by way OF filling up,
under the himsy pretext Of enightening
"our readers" And while he is expoundlp1
OIL the subject ofpoetry he gives them the
valuable information that line, used from
enc OF Burns best known pieces. is "GnoiI-
er quotation from Shakespeare" He and Doc
berry are both mistaken so far as the Doctor
Is concerned, for neither "book-learninp, -
nor "reading and writing came by nature" to
him. And it would seem but little IN nnv
other way. shoult not have spoken rthis
subject, but, in his first letter, the DR.. come
down with such volcy of professional
bombast that it was difficult for n common
reader to understand him. And all in an
swer to about dozen lines. Then when I
enqulred the meaning he only rot up that
affair of the "S,'ent conhmpt." What n
wonderful "change has come DER the spirit
OF his' contempt As of old "the dumb ass
speaking," no, not "with mans voice. ,,
The animal beat him there.
lie seems particularly sore about those in
struments. He attempts to apologize twice,
ana makes desperate effort t. drag DR..
WEST in with him. That won't take. With
many others, we saw and admired that novel
ana ingenious instrument--the Jarvis Ad-
Juster, exhibited by DR.. West, interesting 10
any one as model of mechanism and at
the same time with them wondered what
could induce any one to display an antigua
ted box of knives and saws
"Of this, community" did "iudre."
10 the next place, like his two committee
men-whose absurd contradictions he does
not even attempt to reconcile or explain
he forgets what he himself has said before.
At first he acknowledged that the nine zen.
tlemen who gave me certificate were "hon-
orable men," and well might he have said
$50 are they all; all honorable men,"
Now in the deirium of his impotent rage
he imputes to some of them, too, the basest
motives. He snys "they may not have in
tended to do Mr.. Mitchell harm, but merely
,o'Shsd, through him, TO glue me castig dtion
j0r being a SuccesSfW I'll petitor oyer some of
them, for the best driving horses. disappoint-
ing their, ambition. Verify ii is dangerous to
be successful competitor at one of those
falrs, as we may call up some OF our disap-
pointed friends, and they pounce down on us
like set of DEsPERADoEs," &c. "Honorable
menu! With all his Shakesperean read
ings there is one little precept of his that
the DIR. seems to have forgotten, which, in
the hope that it may be of benefit in che
next similar case, will revive in his memo
ry.
"Be not thy tongue thy o,on slame's orator" ="
All these things | can explain OH various
grounds of folly, passion and general "mor-
bid condition" of different faculties. But
the effrontery of the attempt to Law to nv
part the charge of backing out is equalled
only by its meanness. In his letter of the
18th, the DIR. says, 81 StM hod h,m 10 his
first QGer," that is, Of aiowing HIM 10 choose a
The judges
An offer which never made when there
was money in the case. In mine of the 25th
ult., after stating several different plans for
L
suit him butto pick committee to pick my
pocket, THE MATTER MAY REST" Ifhe con-
cuded to accept any of these propositions,
as he had publtclYrefused to do anything but
choose all the judges, i, was surely his place
TO accede pHbhciY to something fair. 1t was
justice to himself to do so. After he should
have done so, referred him to DR.. ALExAN-
DER merely for "preminary arrangements"
But that gave any mrnnPr Of consent TO the
time he proposed, while he was still claim.
ing to appoint judges, name the premium and
fiX the test, at his own discretion is as false
as it is foolish. recognized in no way his
right 20 set the time, in addition to all the
other conditions. He now says, after the
time has passed by, "The first and fourth of
his propositions, / was willing to accept"
Why did he not come out openly and say so,
since he had openly refused everything that
was fair! He had refused anything but to
'hoH me foa" proposition which had never
made, and, of course, while in Inv senses,
never could agree to. "Of this community
may Judge"
Now, ofyou and your readers, I ask par.
don for having so long intruded upon our at
tention. | think have not been actuated
entirety by selfish motives. When came to
our Fair last fall, was told that it was use
less to exhibit saddle horse for the frs.
premium That a member OF the committee
N that class had been OBJECTED to at the
lime of his appointment, but urged through
Dy interested persons. That the decision
or first premium was foregone conclu-
sion. SO we'll was this understood that one
Of the very best horsemen in our county, re-
used to enter his horses though they were
Superior. After the decision was
given, though feeling its injustice, thought
ii lettinglt quietly pass, thinking | might be
90 much biased by interest. found that
Judges, horsemen, officers of the Society
md people looked at it in the same way.
They urged me to insist on a second exhibit |
ion. Knowing that there had been disa-
'reement IN the committee, felt warranted !
n doing so. made that request in short !
ote, scrupulousy courteous, as I thought |
o DIR. Estep. Asking merely for confir-
nation or reversal of the former decision,
pithout reference to premium or awards,
u. simply to test the fairness ofihe first,
greed to allow DR.. Estep to choose all the
Judges. Disdainfully rejecting this propo-
ilion' he commenced by abusing me from
he fiest. His first paragraph was full of
wager, bombast and contempt. II sup
ose he was indignant that farmer Should
resume to be competitor in the class of
nddle horses. Be this as it may, he an
yered in that STYLE He now asks If I