Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-03
OMM MUNIGATIONS

sion VIII MAKE = lew remarks Lnfougn
the columns Of your paper concerning a
wanton attack upon the managers Of the
Carroll county Fair in general, snd upon
myself in particular, by that Hooded gen.
tlsmar who pretends TO edit the Democrat.
So Ear as the effect Of that article, written
by the editor Of that sheet, is concerned, |
would not deem it necessary to notice It.
in order to ward off the injury which he
intended to iufict upon me, by that mas
terly production OF fasehoods, in which
be asserts it to have been "Republican
Fair" and charges me with being "par-
ty schemer," etc, etc. Nor is my object
in writing this article to yindicate the char
acter Of the Managers, or their conduct
concerning the FAN; but to let the public
see the viruleacs Of the Hooded animal,
after that he received more than one half
Of the printing Of the society for the year
1857. | therefore deem il my duty to set
this hooded animal (who claims to have
sOme Of the blood Of King George run
ming through his veins. to rights; and
"ths people Of the county shall be inform.
ed Of the fact" that he is .falsifer and
the truth is not in him, when he says that
the Free Press is the apparent organ of
the society,"" aud in l rder to prove him to
be such, will give the "people of the
county" a statement of the manner in
which the printing for the Fair was man
aged:
AT a meeting Of the Managers Of the
aagricul ltural Society Mr.. I. Ulman and
myself were appointed to get the printing
of the society done; and accordingly when
the proper time arrived to have The print
ing attended to, we consulted as to Ukers
we would get it done; and after due con-
sideration it was thought to be right to
have the printing divided between tue two
offices, the Democrat aud Free Press, in
order to secure the harmonious co opera
tion of persons of all parties; knowing tha:
tue Fair was supported, as it should be, by
Democrats us wei! as Republicans, and
wishing to exclude all political feeling in
the management Of the same, Mr.. Bar
low was copsulted by us as well as Messrs.
Trip IL Baxter, aud it was agreed that
Mr.. Barlow should do one half of the
printing and Messrs. Trip & Baxter the
other half. AR. Barlow divided the work
and then gave Messrs, Trip q Baxter their
choice as 10 which part they would do.-
They made choice Of the pamphlets. leay.
ing the large bills, small bills. cards and
blanks for him to do, with which be ex.
pressed himself entirely satisfied, and said
that he would rather do that part than the
pamphlets. He agreed to print les large
bills, according to the copy which was 10
be furnished him; instead OF which he
only printed about 90-tuH of errors and
not containing all that was in the COPY
He printed the cards and blanks; but the
Sma.l bills, which had been contracted for,
we're not printed at all. The time set for
the Fair arrived, but owing TO the rainy
weather, which set in at that time, it was
postponed about two weeks. New bills
were then to be struck for the adjourned
Fair; aud as Mr.. Barlow had not filed his
contract so far as the snail bills were con-
cernsd, it was thought best to have him
do them, in lieu of the small bills which
he was to do included in the first contract.
But this Hooded gentleman was 100 hon
est" and too WsH bred to make reasonable
bill--as he had agreed to do-and deduct
the amount due for the g'Id0ne work but
because no positive contract had been
made, and because no competition was re
sorted to in the letting of the last work, be
concluded he must lave extra oats" and
endeavored to extort an exorbieDt price for
the printing Of the last bills. And, more
than that, he was to have printed S0O bills,
instead of which he only printed about
1870. ..f
So far as the Free Press being the tap
parent organ of the society,"" the facts
show that Mr.. Barlow done about three.
y1ths of the pay work and Messrs. Trip
d Baxter t'SO tfths; thus showing that il
any faVors were bestowed TO either of the
offices the Democrat received them. 1t is
true, I did not take copy of the premi,
um list, as awarded by the committees, to
the Democrat office; not having time to
copy it, intended taking the same copy
that was left at the Fres Prsss Office to
the Democrat Office and have them print
from that; but having my private business
to attend to. il was forgotten until | saw
the article referred to above. And furth.
or, if he thinks that he could have made
some money BY getting leave to publish
the list of awards, be is very much mista-
ken. as there never has been any charge