The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-05
Communication,
For the Conservative.

itor Of that sheet, after having at.
tackled me in ah unjust and vIndic
tive mannor, now denies me auh5nr.
ing in that journal-evincing q dis
honorable and unmanly course and
an utter disregard OF journalistic
principles. This act seems to show
his aversion % to "erparte state-
monts."
THE great and towering genius N) that
presides over the columns ofthe Herald,
and before whose august presence the
potentates Of the earth bow and trem-
BILE he who moulds opinions for all
men, and sways and moves the desti-
nies of nations, and grapples the great
questions of the hour with his giantO
intellect; whose ennobling ideas, and
brilliant tD scinti'lations of morals, eth
ics, &c, Ia Ia McGlashan,) have pene-
tratod the rcmotest parts of the earth
he, whose importance is beyond meas
ure, and whose fulminations cause
mighty men ofvalor to pale with fear,
and for whom this people have such
profound reverence for his opinions
and actions f; he, who has never reciv-
ed bribes, or attempted to levy black
mail, and is above reproach in all things,
has delivered himselfofa homily on the
duties Of the AgriculturalBoard Of this
County, in the last issue Of that paper,
gratuitously, we presume, as bill for
the same, at 10 cents per Hne, has not yet
been presented for approval or pay
ment, and, it is supposed, he feels
good-yea, can eXclaim, "Woo WOO
me big Injun r. or "Me been Men T.
No doubt his little heart throbbed with
Joy as he read and re-read his article,
preparatory to publication, and then
called his council of advisors together
to hear what mighty effort this child
genius had brought forth after his la
borious incubation of two sleepless days
and nights. II is to be hoped this spas
moiic exertion will not produce a worse
condition of the Py)les, If so, per-
haps, another trip to Marietta would
prove beneficial
"Now in the names Of all the Gods at once,
Upon what meat doth this our Cesar feed,
That he is grown so great?"
The editor Of tho Herald Is getting
too large for his clothing. 1t appears
men must bow down to this piece of
clay, or else subject themselves to his
vindiclive and unscrupulous tongue, -
1t seems, forsooth, business men are
not free not to advertise in the Herald,
or else be branded as not worthy the
patronage of the public, The whole
course of this fellow is and has been
pestilential. What remedy has this
community for the abatement of aui-
sance2 Perhaps, in noticing him, his
proportions are magnified, and decent
men cannot avoid smelling the stink
he raises, Ia polecat. 'Tis true, there
is nothing in the antecedents Of this
person to warrant Difference or notice,
but his attempts to drag my business
into this controversy demands some at
tention. And can say for his benefit,
and the information of his readers, that
if he had approximated city rates in
his prices for printing for the Agricul-
turOl Society Of this County, as nearly
as do in selling Books, Stationery, Pc
riodicals, Wall Paper, Window Shades,
&C., at the same, and even loWer prices,
than whore published and manufactur.
ed, the printing for the Society. under
my administration, would never have
been sent abroad 10 be executed. It
was decided by the Board that if the
printing could be obtained here, at
even 20per cent higher rates than else
where, the work SHOULD not have been
sent abroad. But, after having been
charged, by this fellow, $40 per thou
sand for Entry Tickets for the Fair,
when the same were printed for us at
IS. 25 in Zanesyille-les than one-third
his price 1T was clearly my duty to have
the work done where l could get it at
the lowest rates and in good style.
Had the prologue to theyoung mans
article, in last weeks Herald, been writ
ten and published prior to the Fair, it
would have been more apropos, and,
probably, resulted in his getting COM
plimentary ticket to the Exposition"
which is tho real foundation of his
bitterness against the Secretary, as his
complaints to other parties, from time
to time, evinee. But as the Board paid
him his price for the work he did for
them, they concluded, if he wanted to
attend the Exposition" he could pay
them theiI price also,
Why this puerile specimen spits out
hisyenom against the Secretary Of the
Agricultural Society, for sending the
priL ting abroad to be executed, when
he and others know that our County
Officers, Banks, Hotels, Druggists, and
Merchants generally, are obliged to
send their printing away to be done, in
consequence Of the mesgre facilities