Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-08-28

Mn. EpIroR In the Locomotive, an
obscure sheet published at Indianapolis,
In the State OF Indiana. In an article In
tended. no doubt. as severe attack up
on the undersigned. Under other cir
cumstances. perhaps, the imbecility OF
the article in question would render II
doubtful whether any reply were necessa-
~. but "a it's most evidently designed to
iuJure our credit and good standing with
the public, we have deigned TO give IL a
passing notice.
To begin with. the Editors Of the Lo-
comofire parade letter from Us to thcm,
and call particular attention 10 the defects
in our photography and punctuation ! All
the reply we have 10 make 10 this H.,
that we are generally In great hurry
when we write Mt all, (much more so.
when writing business letters and that
the one In question was not intended for
publication. but merely as an answer TO
an imputation against our credit. Had
il been otherwise-had we been writing
for the press--perhaps our photography
and punctuation might have been suited
TO the taste OF the critics p Of the Lo-
eomotire.--at least the undersigned lciH
eager $1,000 that they willmeef the Ed.
ditors Of that learned JourRaidt a conve-
nient point for aHparties and spell them
doral VIII they take the wager? !
''Let us know y
Bat, we desire, in turn, to direct atten-
ton TO the grammar Of the beforemen-
toned editorial. merely reminding the
Editors Of the old proyerb-''those tcho
lire in glass houses, &c. 1t says, "who
can doubt the word Of o. ]. Wood & Co.,
who will allow no man to stand between
him { o. ]. Wood d. Co., and the col
lection Of has debts ! I"
Now, Mr.. Editor, our photography as
quoted ia the Locomotive, may be bad
enough, but we submit that the grammar
Of their editorial is infinitely worse, un-
der the circumstances, for whilst our
epistle was indited amid the hurry Of
business, and not intended for publica-
ton, their article was carefully prepar-
ed for the pressl Tue only inference
then, is, that their intimacy with the
rules laid down by grammarians, as nee
essary in writing elegant compositions,
5 not as great as it ought to be, to con-
ititute them public censors and critics.
These wonderful linguists and gram
marians Inform us, that they are taxed
$500. This we are glad to hear, as an
evidence that we were incorrect in our
estimae as to the rorth Of their estab-
lishment; we think, however, the edi-
tors may have added an o in putting
down the sum-thus disproving the truth
of the old adage, that Figures won't
lier' If. however, the editorial alluded
to is a sample of what the editors are
capable of producing in that line, we en-
Wy not the intelligence Of the people who
support the paper. We might produce
other samples from the same sheet, bu.
think this quite sufficient for the present.
They say they do not knop us Surely
they must be reading men and their office
literally damned" with exchanges, not
to know US But perhaps their gram
mar is Of so peculiar character as TO
frighten exchanges, and deter them from
obtruding themselves into their august
presence 1--WE don't know you'll We
reply, zee dom know you'll But you say,
eve are known through our paper !"
We reply, zee are kn0rR through more
than tlco thousand paPers-none ofwhich
TO our knowledge. are Of quite so small
a caliber as yours Why then, should
you ask us to trust you, if you will not
trust us? And above all, lchy should
printers bel paid before their work is done.
any more than carpenters or blacksmiths
Now, word in regard to the spirit Of
he article in question, and we close,
land speaking of spirit, perhaps it would
not be out of place to premise that it
takes considerable amount of steam to
keep such an extensive Locomotive, as
this Indiana affair, in motion. In their
reply to us, as to their reasons for not
fulfilling their contract for advertising,
the editors say, they have "made this
seller of hair oil 20. ]. Wood Dc Co.,
very indignant Oh, shade of Kirk
ham But why do they infer this ?
Simply because we told them that if our
responsibility was not sufficient, in their
estimation, we did not desire them to adj
vertise for us. This seems to have
aroused their wrath, an instgated them
to try their hand at.injuring us with the
community. But srhy, we repeat. should
we trust them, if they are afraid to trust
as =? They say they are worth 81, 800
we reply. that during the last year, We
paid nearly $4,000 for advertising,
alone. and this year expect to pay a
much larger sum- The truth is, We ask
no one to advertise for US, until fully con-
WINGED that he will get his pay; but we
will not pay printers more than we do
others IN cdrdHce, or allow any man to
stand between us and agents who owe
us, but refuse to pay, (as many have
done, because they happen to be re-
sponsible to printer fora small bill. per-
haps not one-eighth the amount Of what
they owe us
Having said thus much, we are now
even with the Locomotive men, and can
only say to them, call as you are passing
around We can assure them that we
will not be outdone in courtesy. No
doubt these editors can tell the truth
and il they have notalways received their
pay semi-annually, as agreed upon, we
can say that we have often paid printers
in advance. and did net get what we
bargained for, for whilst some have to-
tally failed, before fulfilling their contract.
others have wantonly neglected to come
up TO their agreement with us.
Respectfully,
o. j. WOOD & Co.