Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

hIJtHLlVe duultuCc.
This sod affair shouldp put parents
on their guard as to the care they
have over their children.
OCCASIONAL.
Editor Faystte County Herald
beg leave to tender you my
most sincere acknowledgements fol
the exquisite pleasure afforded me
by the perusal Of an article relative
to one of our County Commission,
ers in your issue of July I'd. i
displays in its inception that keer
perception of the wants and foible'
of human nature, esrecially'at this
juncture. A little waggish witt.
cism, spiccd with a little scandal
adds very materially to the flavor
of such production in the estima-
ton of,some people, and public Of.
ti.ers are generally deemed fit sub
jects for public scribblers to play
upon; to display their skill in the
art ofraillery, especially 50 if the
public Treasury is not tapped to
their own satisfaction. But it hap.
pens sometimes that such diver.
sions are carried to extremes, par
ticularly when made the vehicles Of
malignant spite. e
On d close scrutiny / discovered
that the writer allowed himself to
be carried too far into the current,
and the general incOherency and
maudlin, character of his remarks,
conveys the impression that when
the article was penned he was pret-
ty much in the same fix that a fell
low was at a Congressional politi-
cal Convention some time ago, who
was a candidate iniehbryo for the
Judicial ermine and anxious to APP
pear there as a delegate, but his
fellow citizens we're. of different
opiaion, sohe concluded to go any
how and have his say,
AT the time the, delegates from
his own county assembled in pre-
liminary caucus he was pretty well
Oh The wsy, and shrewdly conclu-
ded IT was the proper time to ex-
ert his influence in favor of his
man; but his ideas of men and 10
calities were so promiscuous and
muddled up as to excite alternately
the scorn and pity of his friends
HHe would suggest the name of the
Hon. Mr.. Clermont from Clarke;
and hoped his friend, Mr.. Jasper
from Stuckey, would second the
motion, and had no doubt that DR..
Concord, from Steward, would do
the same" &c, &c, to the utter dis
gust Of all, Mr.. Stucley and DR..
Stewart INF luded. He was for 60
ing "solid" for old Fayette, first,
last and forever, but wished it to
be understood that his second
choice was Perry Township, &c"
and it was only by the repeated ap-
plications of the strong arm of the
valiant Colonel, to his neither ex-
tremitics, that heintruder was bro t
at last to his proper leyel, when a.
gray haired veteran thought it in
to administer, in his pecu-I
liar terse manner, the following de-
served rebukes "Theyoung man has
not had the velvet taken off of him
yet; when he does, it will then be
time enough for him to offer sug-
gestions' as to how Conventions
should be conducted. l- |
| would make a similar sugges-
lion to your correspondent who
signs himself "a Voter" Wait,
sir, wait until the velvet is taken
off; it will then be time enough for
you to offer suggestions to the peo-
pie Of Fayette county as to their
selection of a County Commission
er; they understand their own in
terests better than you do, and are
competent judges Of the capacity
md services rendered by the mem
Ders Of the present Board Of Coun-
~ Commissioners. In future, Sc
ect other subjects for the display
IF your bufoonery, more suitable
% your capacity; every wag in
own has tried that subject, and
iailed, and you have entered the
list with your lance pointing ia the
wrong direction-wounding your
self instead Of the enemy.
Suppose one Of the Commission
srs did attend Court and attend a
session of the Commissioners on
jhe same days, what ofitP He had
1 right to claim bis afees in both
cases, and would prove himself a
oIockhead if he did not, especially
when it is we'll known that the fees
ior both together will not leave a
balance after paying expenses,
equal to a day laborer's wages
Your thrust at the Commissioner
or the part he took in the Treasury
lacks point, and be-
rays too much sensitiveness, as If
,ou or your immediate friend could
rave wished it quashed; it is inn
to say the least of it, to
manifest SO much feeling about it,
Suppose one of the Commissioners
lid write to the county paper, to-
ry and protect the poorand needy
rom the rapacity and petty tyranny