The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-09-26
CLEVELAND, O, Sept, 81, 1866.

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CLEVELAND, o Sept, 81, 1866.
EDs. ASHLAND UNIoN-Dear Siirs:
I hope you will pardon this presumption Of
an unknown correspondent. Having, for
some time past, been a patron of the Clevs.
land Herald, 1 have noticed the childish
and school-boy communications of a cor
respondent from your place, whose cogno'
men is BRAT OIL BERT. ! do not know
who BRAT is, but presume he must be
some "milky faced" school boy who is i'm.
patient for notoriety, and tries to obtain
1t by writing bis little weather communi-
cations to the Herald /; or, perhaps, it is
some long, slab-sided stripping who has
emigrated from some sami. barbayous coun.
Try, and, after getting a smattering Of Eng
lish, expects to study physic. Although
not agreeing with the political sentiments
of the Herald, I patrouize,i it for the daily
news, believing that it was truthful as re-
CARDS the incidents Of tho day but
knop that the communication Of BRAT,
bearing date Sept, 18Th, was entirely with
out the least shadow Of truth in it. Cbauc,
ing to be travelling homeward on the A.
& G. w. r r on the 18th concluded to
stop at your town and hear the speech Of
Mr.. Vallandigham, as II had never before
been my privilege to hear him. !, there,
fore, was cogizant Of al lthat took place at
your very pleasant little town on that day.
Now, if you please, allow me to quote q
few of the asry elegant ~ sentence, com
posing that master communication. He
says: "The Democracy Of this county
convened at this place on last Saturday
"for the purpose Of holding q mass meet
Sing and Aisien to speeches from renown.
. ed coppers." We would advise BRAT
to consult Pinheo or some other plain
English author, before mixing up a parti.
ciple aud verb as he has in the aboyo.-
Further, "The procession was formed
east of town and proceeded up main street.
They numbered ~forty-two wagons and
buggies, &c, spd seyeuty-two voters cen.
tanned in them, two bands of music and
two American flags, Gone by the way was
a t~ri-colored Sunday School fag,) and
everything else in proportion" This
needs no comment, as it is not English,
n # even good nonsense. Again, cat the
grove j. B. Young, the present candidate
for "Senatar," belOhed forth the princi.
pies Of the party" l wonder if that
BRAT is an idiot hat he has not yet learn,
ed that we do not elect "Senators" in
"Congressionalp Districts. "Judge Ran.
ney spoke Also" Being apersonal friend
of Judge Ranncy, 1 knoW he was not
there, which OF once makes the would-be-
correspondenta-. He uses the phrase
"Smelling a MICE" which any,school boy
knows is . low, slang phrase and j. never
seen in good English. He further says,
"Your correspondent visited the enter.
prising lille city Of Akron in the evening
and hears witness to the lawlessness and
abscencness Of the delegations residing on
the Pailroad." ] was myself on board
the train until it reached Rayepna, but
saw no misconduct except from some boy
and would-be-young mep who were howl
ing for Congress and the Negro, and in
sulting honest men by applying every low
and mean epithct to- President Johnson
and l doubt not the infant correspondent
of the Herald was one Of the most claw
less and obscene And | do not wonder
that ladies' trsra insulted at their Low,
bowls for the Hacks, despite the efforts O
the officers 10 suppress them he ulsc
says, "Ashland breathes a much mor'
pure aud Jresher air, and is extremely
thankful that i is rid from such q pesti
lence.H Wonder if We couldn't breath,
much "morc hesher' air if we could
get Grid FROM such a pestileLtial CORES
pondentIi In conclusion he says, @Thsrl
has been SO much rain recently that it hal
rendered blowing next to impossible, al
most. Indeed, but few days pass bui
phat more or Jess rain falls" What ar
elegant and grammatical conclusion i
These ace, SOME of the errors in useof Ian
guage, to say nothing Of the o~utrageou
falsehoods. Before concluding, allow nj
to offer a word Of advice to BRAT spdal
little boys who are anxious for notoriety
First, go to some good common school ant
study atientiyely until you at least &c
some kbowledie Of plain English. And
then, when you attempt TO write . CON
mpnication DO pot etoop to slang and IN
pouth phrases, and above all things, my
little fellow, Keep truth on your side
W. II, s.