Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-06-17

his seeking-and then charges us with nav
ing pursued him since 1881! When or
where did we say disrespectful word OF
the citizens of Mif1intown Certainly not
since a word has been said about the ma
chine shops, or at any other time, unless
Greer and the writer in the Sentinel are
the citizens of that place. AS to any con-
troversy, there is none. Well do oe know
that A. j. Greer~will seek no controversy
with us through newspaper. He tried it
once, and though he noao tells the citizens
of Juniata county that he "impaled" US,
his conduct for seven years and public opin-
son then, demonstrate that somebody else
was "impaled" We told him at the time
that for once we would descend to his own
Low LEVEL and teach scoundrel what
could be done with his own weapons, and
he knows and it seems still feels the re-
suit When and where have we pursued
him since? Excepting on a single occa-
sion, when he attacked Col. Slifer with an
article peculiarly "greerish" in the Sen
tinel, did we call him to account, and be-
sides this there has not been single word
published in the Gazette except noting his
political somerset, at which he could have
taken the slightest offence. Had we
felt disposed to pursue him with the ma
hgnity that characterizes his own conduct,
opportunity was not wanting, for no man
reared in this county is more easily assaila-
bic, both politically and morally, than this
same A. j. Greer. To the truth Of this
every reader of the Gazette will bear wit
ness, for with the exceptions spoken of they
will ransack the fount of memory in vain
Does he really believe it himself? If he
does, we cannot account for it in any other
way, than that in such moments Of halluci-
nation he has imagined the Gazette to be
after him with sharp pen instead of
snakes, toads, or the "man with the poker"
If that is the case, he is certainly to be
pitied, and it also accounts for some strange
stories occasionally set afloat in this region
in places where he used to frequent
within the past seven years, namely, that
we were about breaking up-that our sub
scribers were leaving US at two post Offices
where there have not been ten actual dis
continuances in as many years-and other
similar nonsense.
The people of Miffiin county, and par
ticularly of Lewistown, must be strange
people if Adane LIE DiaJle is to be believed.
We and our paper he alleges are held in
odium here and without influence. Yet,
strange to say, our list has gone on steadily
increasing from year to year, and at the
present day embraces patrons of whom any
editor might we'll feel proud We too can
find friends wherever we go, among both
rich and poor. The day laborers, the cart.
ers, the mechanics, and others stand by us
on all occasions, as any one can find out by
making inquiry among them; other classes
do not hesitate to place important trusts in
our hands, involving discretionary powers
over what is almost exclusively their inter
est; and the people of Lewistown have on
several occasions against our wishes placed
us in the principal borough ofice-the last
time shortly after the publication of
Swoope's list, when they elected us over a
highly respectable regularly nominated
democrat; besides us there was we believe
but one of the opposition candidates cleo
ted. This does not look as if we were held
in particular odium. We have few enc
mics, it is true, but most of them are of
about the same mental, moral, religious and
political calibre as the polliwog of the
Register How far we valued has erpo-
sures, can be estimated by the fact that we
republished them in the Gazette, just as
we have the choice literary production
above.
With this we might close, but as Adam
has also made some most miserable attempts
at squibs aimed at us and the Democrat,
we cannot forbear giving him few speci-
mems, which he can paste in his hat for
future use, mixed with little more caustc
than he seems capable of putting in his
own, so that the next time he wants to shoot
one off he will not be as much of botch
of an editor as he is of man:
B9~Ad. thinks we are leather head
That's better than being a sap head.
Well soaked-The ground and ADS car
cass.
Conundrum.-Why is Ad. Greer like GER
tain scale fish? Because he's sucker