The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-05
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MeGbI. EditoTT:-The extremely modest
mLLiclLLdT movement, Individual, acting IA
~ eacuer OF Penmauship, both Practical nd
Ornamental" In The Nauonal college, in
pretending to answer my challenge, has evil
IDENTIFY endeAVOTed 10 make some ueTy bold
CURES nth his PEN probably not with the one
by wnose magic influence General Grant
is riding To higher honor. than he has ever
dreamed OF, as last as the noble steed upon
which his handle servant, d. s. Dow. pro
JsSSeS to have placed him. Is able To carry na
wOrthyrider onward and upward along the
glorious pathway RI fame.
II is evident from the 6euuttJIl rhetorical
languhg e and the pure logic rervading ms en-
tire communicative from us reTH heGd'I9 To
the clottn1 sentence, terminating, as lie says,
in dilemma or something which he supposeS
has tIpo hornS. that ne regards me as IN
q rather critical condition. lie states that in
his nnbounded sOIicitude for nv personal
welfare, he Il waiting Igiih dItEiefV" 10 see
lVIsfei horn I tDiH 0rdLp.
now. my dear ain, / very much fear that
" he '-ir1itJ IN dTIiefy" iii grasp a horn, he
or somebody else will nave 10 SOIV OJie II IL
can be found dnpabheTe la his communities
ton: or his "GnTiety" will become both pro-
LOn0ed aud intense, IUr candIdly confess mat
cannot mud u horn anywhere in II TO grasp.
His personal reflections. LJtOeJIneI1unlD and
uHcdlLei for, as they are, OLOhf. perhaps, 10 Be
paused by, Is ''alTns for OBLIVION" as they
hare nothing TO do. in meeting the challenge,
and deciding the question al Issue between
The diploma he referred TO, Iphich Oh.
famed h0nOrubty al Jefferson College, Pa, VIII
never do for plm TO execute tnat picture
upon, which he promises to produce at SOME
Indefinite period in the distant future, per
haps after he has learned hour % dot
Latin and Greek Will not he Necessary TO
tell the public who made the challenged pic
iure, Most people, as well AS ms self. will be
satisfied with the testimony ia Orfindrl 900
EnVilIh- QuadrRtlc Equations N Algebra
would not nelp to decide the matter. And
my BloEf profound ignorance on all these and
any other subjects, mat he may III to name
would only further prove his akendeT cttEinls
respecting that picture; since even from its
LOIr deIllhI my feeble intellect, with all It's
dark surroundings, impeIlS me more EfTOTlulp
than ever, TO suspect that he never made II.
In regard TO that splendid, Mandatory.
classic notice referred TO in The College
Monthly OF June LIST, 1851, written either II
the suggestion, or under the representations
OF MF. Dow, by BlRkely, and published in
that paper, then under the supervision OF
''Credsey, Bldkely & D0tr, !" who were at the
pats OF what is now the Actual business OIL
lege, have but a few words to say. In re-
IerTiDg to myself, the writer says, e II l. e. the
no e. conner from a source 70 lChich, ICe kTisU. he
pays great respect l did pay 40 much re-
gpecf To that number Of the paper, That
never even read the notice referred 10, I'LL ]
saw IL quoted, few days since, in circular
gentlemen whose Joint production II Is, to
settle the question respecting It's truth OF
falkenOOl among themselves the best way
they can, and also To decide whether the
College was at the time of their connection
with II, a lying f1ItitIIfiOn mol.
In CONCLUSION, again say To Mr.. Dow, that
II he will but fairly aud hoHeIilV meet the
terms of my challenge will BE- perfectly sat
isded to let him reIf JOrsper in peace, and pre-
sumo every one else interested in the matter
will also be EatiHfled 70 do the same thing.
A. 81. ANRISE.