Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-08-24
Mean--A correspondent of the NIilwau-

Mean--A correspondent of the Milwau-
kee Sentinel, writing from Horizon under date
OF the 18th inst, undertakes to give the par
tleulars of the death of Mr.. Campbell, of this
city few days ago, on the Chicago & North
Western r. R. He gives the facts. however.
III such distorted manner. as to place all the
blame in the matter upon the conductor in
charge Of the tain at the time the accident oe-
CURED. We have taken some pains to ascer-
tain the truth as to the casualty, and the means
by which it was occasioned and they are so
widely different from the details as furnished
by the Sentineps correspondent, that it is eyi.
dent he has been greatly misinformed, or else
wrote hap-hazard with the intention of giving
the Northwestern Road thrust, rather than a
desire to represent fairly the particulars of the
affair he pretended to communicate.
1t is not true, as this correspondent states.
that g no other signal than whistle y was DIV
en- on the departure of the train. The conduc
tor gave the usual notice by singing out +" all
aboard, " and passengers had ample time to get
on the train before it started. Mr. Campbell
and another passenger, however, were just
North of the Depot, where they had been max
ing some examination of new mill, and chose
to take the chances of getting on the train as it
passed them, rather than go back to the platform
Mr.. Campbell, in attempting to get aboard,
made mis-step and, as the Sentineps cor
respondent states, fell between the cars and
was Immediately run over and horribly mutila-
ted" The assertion that g as the train almost
Immediately started up, an employee inquired
OF the conductor what was the matter; to which
that amiable gentleman responded /: nothing
only man killed-all right, go ahead rn is
also false from beginning to end No such re-
mark was made by the conductor. He did all
that was required of him, in the discharge of
his duty helped remove Mr.. Campbell after
he was injured, and in every possible manner
showed that he is not lacking in the common
instincts of humanity" We fear that as much
cannot be said of this correspondent who puts
words into the conductors mouth which he
never uttered, and who attempts to hold an in
nocent person responsible for accident over
which he had no sort of control The : brutal
ity'' and q fiendishness," we think more clear
" attach to the former than they do to the
latter
Dodge County Fair.-We see it announ-
ced that the next annual Exhibition of the
place on the Society Grounds at Juneau, on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the 18th.
18th and 18th of September next. We will
guarantee that the exhibition will be a good
one, for there is no county in the State where
there are better farmers, more industrious
housewives, and people generally who take
greater pride in making their county Fairs in
teresting and profitable, than in the good old
county of Dodge. We have attended her Fairs
for three or four years past, and never came
away without having our ideas considerably ell
eVated as to her capacity for raising the incest
horses-the latest cattle-the finest wooded
sheep-the tallest corn-the best potatoes-the
biggest beets-the longest squashes-the fairest
onions-the roundest cabbages-the plumpest
wheat-and the prettiest girls of any county in
the State, always and forever excepting, as a
matter of course, our own beloved county of
oCAC4eOH- ny ~ VI COulu We
think for moment of yielding the palm to any
other locality we know of as surprising her in
the extent and quality of the production of any
of the articles we have enumerated. For each
and all of them, we will turn out Jefferson
county against the world without, however,
intending to disparage the efforts of our nearest
neighbor on the North, ia the least.
As we said before, their Fair at Juneau will
be well worth attending, and we advise all who
can do 50 to go and visit it. You will find am
pie and pleasant grounds, handsomely enclosed,
with all the convenienees for displaying the
various articles offered for exhibition to the best
advantage. You will also be treated to an in
structive and common sense address, by some
gentleman competent to give it, on agricultural
topics, for the managers of the Fairs in that
county always make it point to secure the
presence of some one as speaker who is at
once able to instruct and please. We do not
know who has been engaged to address them
on the present occasion, but we hazard nothing
in saying that whoever he may be, you will be
delighted in listening to what he has to offer.