Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-03
THE LATE EDENIOcRA AND
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We repent us sorely of some hard
things we have said of'the Democratic
party. Not that the Hardest of these
were cot true, bat our pity for the
stricken and afflicted, obliterates all.other
feelings, and we feel, in the fulness of
our sympathy, almost to "weep with
those that weep. as we do not restrain
ourselves from rejoicing with those that
rejoice" Hereafter We shall search for
the very miIdest and snaoetfest words in
w ebster's Unabridged'' when speaking
Of the late. Democratic party, deceased.
We regret to see that the heirs Of the
dead party, as is too often the case with
the heirs Of other people, in very un-
fraternal spirit. are quarreling over the
effects. But as it is not our funeral, and
we have ne interest in the estate, by de-
scent, devise, or otherwise, we do not
mean to take any part in the contest
But as q faithful ehronicler Of passing
events, whatever of interest to outsiders
may occur in the settlement of the es-
tate, the Telegraph is bound to publish,
The decedent was. long afflicted with
complication ~of diseases; and these
were aggravated by the disagreement of
the doctors who attended upon the pa
tient, and the treatment he received at
their hands la their disagreement,
nothing beneficial could be done Nei-
ther of the doctors would permit the pa
tient to take the medicine prescribed by,
the other, and the patient was too much
exhausted to dismiss either, or to decide
for himself. A compromise was resorted
to, and drugs of the most opposite pow
ers and effects were thrown into sshotch |
potch,' and poured into the suffering
patient without limit. The effect of this
quack treatment was, that the patient be-
came one vast body of corruption. His
expiring groans were terrible, and his
reason was so much impaired that he was
incompetent to make will. Several
attempts to do so were made, at Charles
ton, Baltimore and Richmond, and the
documents were left behind; but none Of
them are regularly executed. The con-
sequence is that the heirs are in fierce
contention about the validity of these
papers. As the only property which the
deceased had not squandered, consists of
Il large stock of goods manufactured by
the deceased and his heirs by peculiar
process, known among. themselves as
"bleacLiag,; the disposition of this spe=
cl1liar'' stock is likely to cause an end !
less quarrel in the family. We believe,
however, that it is agreed among all the
heirs that the manufacture shall go on
rs usual, leaving for future contingencies
the disposal of the goods.
But there is another difficulty which |
will cause much litigation, and Will no
doubt aggravate the family strife. It is
known that thedeceased was rather rake |
ish in his. day, and being somewhat ia-
tectcd with the doctrines of the "latter !
day saints, " formed alliances with all the
sisms which came along. Hence, the fam
lily are the offspring of the deceased with
these several ''isms, y and as each branch |
claims to be the sole heirs, the effort to
prove all others illegitimate, is causing
much scapdle and modification. Some
are so uncharitaole as to pronounce the
whole progeny b, but we will wait
the result of the contest.
In the meantime VIC viii adl isc our
readers frem ti,ne te. time of the prog
fsss OF the case,