Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-03-21

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i OUR remarks in last weeks paper, rel
ative to the disgraceful change in the
Post Office, in this town, caused some
"right hand man" to advise the Post
Mistress to issue and address the follow
ing ''docunent'' to the Editor bof this
paper i.t iira G 10y
Macarthur Ai4 e 9i-
H4 March 10th 167s Z
Mr. J W Bowen lti.9 a5i. or. ai5lo
AS you, are the only person, who has tho
effrontery to assume the responsibility of being
the Editor Of the $50 called" "Democfatic
Enquirer 1 have to request you to publish
the following denial by myself Of your libel
Gus article in your last issue in reference
to my appointment to The Post office in thls
place. There wqs not a name on my petition that
avas not signed byl the ndiUidaat represented
Neither were there any, except such as are
entitled to be styled Gen tlemeng, As to the
dissatisfied females Of whom you speak, know
nothing and care less. With the sentiments
and feelings of LADIES, persons connected with
your paper are not supposed to be familiar.
By giving this denial Of your groudless
chargesoH dforgery' place in your. next
issue Il shall be contented to await the
judgmentiof the people whom I serve, an d
The Department Of Washington as to the
Manner Of my disCharging the duties Of my
Office, and in the mean time, will mind my
own business
With oil the respect you deserve
l am i'rtl3 4.at 4
J Eliza HigginbothGm 10 4
ty 4 NJ rQ,gg
"a u Mo Art rIlul hlur
We hereby certify that the-abOge is q
correct copy, just as it came to US -oers
batim ct hteratin', etspe1latins, e. panc
tuatim-of The original document" re'
ceived from the Macarthur Pest Ofice.--7
Look at it once more,S good Teader. 1t
is, aa we are informed, in the hand.Tri-
ting Of this modern Madam herself
VINO do you suppose composed it and
advised her to copy and send it, to us with
request to publishY' Can it be pos
sible that ''legal friend" is "the only
person who has the effrontery to assume
che responsibility Of advising the Mod!
ern Madam to issue sucha paper for the
inspection Of an outraged community 2
In our remarks, last week, we only spoke
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Of the dissatisfaction among the citizens
Of the town and surrounding country.
particularly among the females. We
learn that the names of several of our
citizens were on the petition and that
they did not write them there. BY reS
ferriDg to the above document" IL will
be seen that this very polite Madam says;
"Neither were there any, except such as
are entitled to bO styled GENTIEMEN.a+-
By emphasizing tie word gentlemen, We
suppose she wants it distinctly under
stood that none signedathe petition, ex-
cept those "entitled to be styled" SPORT
ING "Gentlcmep:.'H Isthe Madam cor
rectP We don't know; who does know
Gas to the dissatisfied females, / know
nothing and care less, says this Destroy
er of the peace and happiness of many
of the females of our community What
do you think of this ladies'? Knows
nothing and careslless "srAri beautiful
expression to come from the pen of a
Modern Macarthur Lady, recently inn
orted from the English soil, and d
christian professor Of the English Piro,,
testent Church. Beautifub Ahl Beau
tiful! indeed. sH ESQ 81 4cl
We see ladies IN McArthur. whose char
acters are beyond suspicion, and whose
very countenanes speak volumes, o.
1 history, and the awful forsbodingsl thai
entertain that once happy and fond breas
Of q tender hearted wife, who once enter
'ltsiDod good opinions Of all ladies' anc