Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-01-25
CORRESPONDENCE.

or Puh-ball more applicable to hun, than the
name he takes. lie has certainly taken upon
himself great responsibility in answering
for the public. lie, no doubt, thinks that
he has got of a :" great gun, and imagines
that his paper bullets have frightened us m
TO silence. When we first read P.'s silly
piece of bombnst, we thought that we would
treat it with the silent contempt which such
trash deserves, and to adopt the language of
the wise man. answer not fool according
to his folly. lest we should I've like unto him !;
but when We had read it second time, we
! resolved to answer fool according to his
! folly. lest he should bc wise in his own con-
I ccit." In the latter clause of his first prop
osition he SAWS, of course they expect us to
reply and give our verdict on the matter sub
mttcd to us Now, Mr.. Editor, We did
not submit the matter to him for inycstiga-
ton. we well knew what his verdict would
be, for the wise man tells us, that " Fools
make mock Mt sin. -
/ lie next says, h" The first is a sniveling ap-
peal to our sympathics, from some silly poo
plc who undertook contemplate transac-
ton" and then adds, +" Now Mcssrs. Com
planners don't flare up because we call you
silly" We will answer him rs an idiot once
answered pert coxcomb who approached him
for his infrmity, . | know that am fool,
said the IDIOT and it would u well Tor You
if YOU knew that YOU yourself were one. =
For a person 10 think he knows everything,
fixes an impossible barrier to all improve
mcnt in knowledge. We Therefore confess
that we are illitcrate, men of weak minds,
and almost as unworthy Of place in the
jury box or pulpit as Mr.. 7. " Serrsd h'n
right, jury of twelve will come To the same
result, for public dcccncy will require it and
the law and the gospel sanction it We
would ask Mr. T. if Js law allows a man to
shoot down his ncighbor when he j. in the
street, because he is making an unnecessary
or foolish noise ? Well let us examine our
Bible and see il the gospel sanctions it
4" But say unto you that ye resist not evil
but whosocycr smitcth thee on the one check
turn to him the other ono also. =" Love
your enemies. Bless them that curse you.
Do good to them that hate YOU. Thou shalt
love thy ncighb9r as thysclf," &C..
4 complimentary serenade, 'ras II p
Yes, sir Other. rs god as Mr.. W. have
received q tin-pan sercnadc as such, without
being alive to an insult and rcady u resent
it" he next tells us of the cxcruciatlns
magnitude Of scrcnade he once witnessed
in Ellsworth. from tin horns. circular saws
and all the Orchestra of Pandcmoniam, but
how docs he know that tin horns and circu-
lar saws compose tine Orchestra of Pandcmo-
Mn Now W. ar truly surprised that the
r,utlr Of Ellsworth, who nrc 50 ,irtuou- and
refined. should he guilty OF such " infamous
conduct +" Why did they not cal cut the
Cast lion BIND?
lie next s.lys, " We haze MT had our ear
trained in that school, and presume Mr..
West and las family are a. destitute Of such
cultivation as ourselves If we may judsc
by P.s writing We will presume to say that
his ear is as highly cultivated rs his mind,
and we will add, that in our humble opinion
the ear. and mind of Mr.. vs. family ere
~ more refined than those Of their q" respect
able ncighhars.' twhom You dcsli-c -
much for w think that some one Of his
family has lecn in n sercnading party before
now but thes, persons who take delight in
insulting Or ridieuIins an unfortunate IDIOT,
cyiucc no marks Of r inement but rather
exhibit or show marks Of delraysd mind
and arr guilty Of " conduct more = inta-
mQus" than that If the serenadms party.
lie then cpes On to tell US wher, these com.
planetary : rcpadt- Lad their origin. and
: how the people Il ST GILES turned the mar
riase festivities into 70 much Of Vandemoni-
uln as the Deyi! had spared 10 earth from his
! internal rcsideaoc Now, MIR Editor, We
do notknow that we ever saw his Satanic
Majesty, but from the description given Of
him, we think tia, Wolf in sheep'- cloth
Ing resembles him as nearly as any animal
We ever saw. He next ask, . what did yIu
f propose to cxtort from Mr. Wet Any
thing else than treat - and then adj
don't answer We b,seych you. but We wll,
answer. Mr. F., we did not propose. or We
made no proposals, neither did We Turpo-"
to cxtort morcy or liquor from Mr. W. iur
We knew him To- well to ID that hu; IS you
have tiken the liberty - inierrugate US. We
will aldns- a few interogntiyc sentences t.
You. When were You at s.. Giles? Did
YOU have a scat in the Halls of tie Fallen
Angels? We're you the young " d. ,cho
,cas ambitious Of Professors CHAR y Md
zeal JanlsPrudeHee." Alas, Mr.. T.. You as
2ired too high, for such shallow pateI frl-
low; yo,.r pride has proved your ruin. like
other fallen angct,, 50 you lost your seat did
you? and are you now uuucr the necessity
of Disgusting yourself with borrowed arb ?
Mr.. p. then goes on 10 address the young
man, thus " To the young man who has
seen fit to put his name in print because
some silly people had done so before, we
would say he has lowered himself in our
opinion. When we read the charge agains,
him we rcjoieed to find so resolute son
growing uD 10 take the ulnrc III nm honora