Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-02-27
For the Chronicle.
VIENNA LETTER, NO, ..

Mr.. EDITOR In order to disabuse the
public mind, 1 wish to refer the writer of
the late g Vienna Letter." to some of the
errors he has unfortunately laid before the
public. He says there is one hotel and
and n grocery. There are two grocer
les, one hotel, one dry-good store, two
blacksmith and one shoe shop, two medi-
cine rooms, steam saw mill, Justices Office,
n or two boarding houses, and private
citizens enough to keep them all IN run
ming order. Also q shingle machine, all
in close proximity to the centre. He says:
Although the relatives were notified Of the
body being found, none came near. unless it
might have been a nephew who came and look
ed at him."
The brother-in-law came and made ar
rangements for his burial, employed a
grave digger, procured a coffin or box,
and dictated the order of his interment.
all at his own expense. The day was very
cold, and very few stsid over five minutes
at a time. A large number attended
through the day, but 1 do not recollect
seeing the Vienna letter-writer there. 1
am an uncle to the Justices wife, and was
one of the jury, and attended the inter-
ment. If the gentleman erred as much
when he called me /" honest and upright
as he did in the rest of his epistle, woe
unto me. He seems to insinuate a great
many things, but says nothing plainly ex,
cept expressions becoming, OF unbecoming
the " burial of q brute, save the box"
and closes his remarks by washing very
dirty hands,.
Can community wash our hands from guilt.
while the places which permit the instruments
for such deeds are tolerated? Itake this meth
Cd Of washing my hands Of the crime.
If the gentleman's hands were no dirty,
why wash them? He certainly ought to
know. Perhaps this brings to his recol-
lection the effort that was made some years
since, to stop the sale of liquor at the GEN.
tire Of Vienna. At that time, a public
meeting assembled and appointed a CON-
mittee to wait on the liquor dealers, and
stop the sale of liquor. The Vienna let
ter-writer being chairman of said COM
mittee, they proceeded to the hotel refer
ed to IN his letter, and made their business
known. The keeper reasoned the case
smoothly spoke of the property being all
he had, and the impossIbility Of keeping
tavern successfully without liquor, &c.
The reverend gentleman babe him 90 on
and keep his tavern as usual, but request
ed him to try and not have any noise or
disturbance on the Sabbath day thus vir-
tually-giving him license to sell liquor, as
was remarked by one of the committee,
who left in disgust. The society broke up.
Had that Committee carried out their in
structions, perhaps the gentleman's hands
would not have needed washing on Silas'
case. That Hotel has continued, and that
successfully the proprietor become rich
and has retired to private life. The hotel
has changed hands twice, and is to change
again on the LIST of April next. Now, L
make this proposition, that so far as 1 am
concerned, if the Vienna letter. writer will
let the unfortunate Silas Alderman alone, |
he shall be first heir to all the five. dollar
bills the children find in the graveyard.
\. NJ. SANFORD.
Vienna, Feb, lG, 1867.