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

interests Of the Society and the people
connected Herewith, why not employ
a man as Secretary who is not govern
cd by prejudice and passion, and who
has an interest in the building up oil
home institutions and one that will not
treat them with contempt, and sling
vile aspersions upon the Press and craft
in order to crafty ahateful wish
AT this juncLure Of affairs, it was
confidently expected thatAg, would,
with a dextrous "loft-hander," dar'
ken the visago Of AntiNAg. so com.
pletely that further "sponglng'
would DO Unnecessary. But in con-
sequence of AntiNAg's. "parrying''
so skillfully "over-head" and leap
ing slightly "to the rear" the dis
lance was miscalculated, when the
third round ended with this terrific
blow from both "right' and cleft
out from both shoulders simultan-
eously
"The exorbitant prices heretofore
charged by you for the printing Of tick
cts, &c, for the Society, is the reason
of that work having been sent abroad
to be done, as, after having been en-
trusted by the Board with the superin-
tendance of that work, / deemed Tiny
duty to have the same done at the chea-
pest rates and in the best manner, and
sent the work away from here in order
to avoid paying YOU two and three pri-
ces for the same, as well as getting it
done in q heater and more mechanical
style than you have been doing that
class of work"
At tho expiration ola few NOM
cnts of "pufing," "sponglng," Grub
ing down." and other recuperative
appliances, as isthe custom in prize
fighting, "time was called" 1t now
became apparent that, fromtho Jis-
torted condition of the visage Of
zach of the combatants, the "bruis-
ing" could not last long. 1t almost
boggnrs description-the face of one
had the appearance Of q map of the
North of Ireland, whilst tho "wind.
ward" side Of the other rcsembled
a small boy cndcavoring to swallow
q soap-baubble. Promptly to the
time however, both were "ferninco"
each other ready for the 4th round,
which Anti-Ag. opened thusly 4:
an Romd-"When n Secretary Of an
agricultural Board will declare IN the
presence Of the Board that its ncccssa-
~ that he should have the printing
done elsewhere than at home "b order
10 protect the Society against Grdud,' &c.
Now tho contest waxod warm il
was fierce F.! Ag, putting himsclfin
= position unqucstionably superior
to any yet attained, fergned q blow
with tho cleft" ut the same time
shot outa furnishing 'right-handcr"
from the shoulder, landing it just at
the left upper corner Of Antl-Ag's.
moustachc, causing his mouth to
have the appearance as il ho had u
"spit.oon," or some other article cf
domestic USE deposited therein,
and, upon Ag's. following It up he
ended The 4th round in this wise /:
so Ear as principle is concerned in
this matter, there seem to be q dcarth
of il in your conduct towards the Soci
ty, and filthy lucre' your chief motive
and aim. And because ! stand between
the Society and the yulturcs that would
feed upon its treasury, and protect il
from eXtOrtion in the matter of print
ing, you find IL agreeable to try to
make your readers believe that you do
tho advertising, &c, gratuitously for
the Society, wheH such isa0t The fact p
The fight lasted about half n day,
both men receiving very severe pun.
ishment. In this last "round," An.
tl-Ag. collected himself slowly from
a reclining position, and made a fee.
bio "pass' to carry away a portion
of Ag's. left ear, that it might pre-.
sent the appearance ola "iamiIy tic.
ket' with a "coupon" cut therefrom
and also show, to posterity that he
was once engaged in an Agricultural
Ring Prize Fight. The elbow" was
miscalculated, and utterly failed 10
dis6guro Ag. for life, when the 4th
and last Ground" ended as follows
"If our prices throughout make as
good a showing, we shall not despair
Of satisfying any candid mind as. to who
is "flching money" and who the "yul
lures are"
We shall cndoavor to. Opprisc ON
readers ofany further progress in
this Agricultural Prize Ring Fight
al Anti-Ag, says "Wo propose
to examine into these exhorbitan
prices and G who go!s them /"
PROCLAIM ALTON OFTHANKS
GIVING.
by RUTHERFORD r, BAYEsi GOVERNOR o.