The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16

Toh SALyATIoS SLAUGHTER. This gem
tleman reminds US Of the fable of the toad
II, after perching itself IN q conspicuous
place. imagined that twas the duty Of the
whole animal kingdom 10 do bis toadship
reverence, and became 20 flled with self
conceit, that he swelled with self conse-
quence nigh unto bursting. So with our
reVered neighbors-he seeing bis name at
the head Of the Ga1ette, as the Editor (?l
is so elated with the idea that he imaeines
it the duty ofall within the circle of hisim-
aginary kingdom to do him reverence, and
bring to the foot OF bis throne all matters
which may be worth making known to the
public, and humbly ask his saintship mai
esty TO publish. We will inform his mai.
esty that we have other business to attend
to than to get up matter for his paper
Ohio Eagle.
We read in Natural History Of certain
fish, which, when hard pressed by an en-
emy, emits such quantities OF 6lack sub
stance that the water becomes discolored,
and it thus escapes under cover of its own
filth. The above would indicate that the
editorial Secretary Of the Agricultural So
ciety was of the Cutie fish kind, and by
an array Of fsh-market epithets has en-.
deavored to screen, from the public eye,
his official incompetency.
The Honorable Secrctary's official neg
leet was not confined to publishing the list
ofPremiums awarded in but one paper, but
also to publishing notices of meetings of the
Society, the election Of President, &C.,
which he confined exclusively to the read
ers Of the Ecgle-as much as to say, "gen
tlemen when you wish 10 become posted in
the doings ofthe Fairfield County Agricul-
tural Society, you must consult its official
organ, the Ohio Eagle"
To show still further, ifpossibIe. the lit
tloness of the Secretary. we quote the fol-
lowing from his reply:
"Our friend. Col. P. Van TRUMP. read
a very able address to the people of the
county on the last day of the fair which,
"eyen atthis late day,w have to copy from
thisself constituted organ" Why did not
the Col. take half a day from his business
and write us copy?"
Perhaps there is not one man in the coun-
ty who is ignorant of the fact that the Ag-
ricultural Address has not the least con-
nection with the official business of the So
ciety, and that its publication is optionary
with its author. On the contrary, the mat
terwe refer to, comes under the direct su-
pervision of the Secretary in his c6fcid ca
pacity, and ranks under the head of adyer-
tisements, and for the publication of which,
and other items, the Secretary has made
outa bill against the Society to the tune of
forty dollars and sepentyJfve cents! Just
double the amount the Gazette charged last
year for the same amount of printing
And this, reader, is the "news-matter" the
Secretary claims he has no right to furnish
any other paper than his own.
We acknowledge the Eagle was entitled
to the great bulk of the Society's printing,
and with the exception of few advertise.
ments ofpu6iic interest and not of pecuniary
profit we asked no more. This we claim
ed as right and not as a favor from the
Secretary-a right recognized by his pred
ecessors, Messrs. JOHN S. BRAsEE and JOHN
@. WEAVER. If the readers of the Eagle
composed the entire Society. we could then
have no objection, but such is not the case.
would remark of the Secretary as a
writer in the fourteenth century once re-
marked of the Greek nation-"his tongue
speaks one thing, his mind medtates anoth-
er, and his actions accord with neither."-
The public can judge ofhis character.