The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-07-25
A Black-Hearted Scound rel.

appeared in the so. called Democra-
tic organ of Macarthur:
ABORTIoN--Recent developments
show that the pre- curement of abOr-
tion has become a regular trade.
1t is announced that there are more
than thirty houses in New York
city alone, where this Is the sole
business transacted. When the
integrity OF single persons is over
come, the temptation to avoid the
shame attached to the birth of ILL
gitimate children by abortion is
very great.-But when we learn
that the larger portion of the pat.
ronage of such institutions is by
married people, who have no in.
ducement to this species of murder
but the desire to avoid the care of
children, the crime shows a deglee
of depravity never surpassed
| Christian Review.
1he SmaU torn Of McATthur as
not much behind any other torn of
its sise, an that kind Of crime. Talk
about tie ancient SodOm! Look at
NcAthaT for one acknowledgements
Enquirer.
Here we have the broad charge
made upon the wives, mothers and
daughters of Macarthur, by J. Wit
less Bowen and his aiders and abet-
tors, who have control ofthat sheet,
to wit: that the ladies Of our tOwn
are Aborti0nistS; at the same time
comparing Macarthur to SodOm.
The Zaleski Echo of July 18th, in
in order to show the shamelesness
ofthe charge, remarks that ,Witless
/. (Bowen) must have a good opinion
Of that place." (McArthur.) This
brought out Bowen last week, who
says:
"Now, pet pole cat, we have no
comments to make upon your slang
we want no controversy-but we
can tell what Madam Rumor says of
a case of Abortion so near a skunk's
hole that it would make a swelled
head SWIM! Eh? That's what's the
matter! That's all!
This Is, in effect, a reiteration
of the first charge, and taken in con-
nection with it, seemed to imply a
particular person. Whereupon,
A. w. Bratton meets Bowen and
asked him to whom he alluded, and
upon an evasive and impudent re-
| ply being given, he hit Bowen a
lick or two. Now, we are opposed
to, and do not countenance any
breach of the peace, but we must
say that when man lets himself
down so low as to make such base
insinuations and charges of crimes
upon the ladies of our town, and
then goes into particulars, and
through inuendo, points at some
certain one, the authors at the
same time being perfectly worthless
and no redress at law can be had
there is much room for justification
on the, part of the assaulter.
! The author of this wholesale
SANDER upon our female communi
ty is certainly, with property, en-
titled to the appellation of a "black
hearthed scoundrel."
A Democratic lady of our &C
quaintance sends us the following
pertinent description ofthis would
be Democratic organ. grinder. She
thinks Bro. Hubbard of the Marion
Democrat must have had Bowen
in his "mlnd's eye' when he pen.
ned the article:
Now of appearances and charac.
ter let sjudge: He walks ambl
ing along the street as if he expect.
ed to be kicked off of it; he looks
like half witted idiot: he talks
like a silly ass; writes like a fool
acts the rascal when it would serve
his purpose better to be an honest
mar; tells lie when it is unneces-
sary; plays the willing tool, delights
in being the funkey of flunkies: is
one thing to-day, another thing to.
morrow; all things toeverybody and
nothing to anybody; he will do any
thing however low or mean or des.
picable for a price, and rather than
miss a dirty job he will work for a
trifle. OF such consists the "digni.
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