The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-09-07


"wers gone Tor fariously." The Poor
Farmer" has made such an homogeneous
arrangement Of sentences and used SO
many "hifalutin words, which he prob
ably did not conceive the meaning of,
it was q full half hour before we could
fully understand what he meant. We
could not help but quote
"A little learning is . dangerous hing" &C.,
as we perused those immortal Philip.
les he hurled against MS. Ovid has well
described the chaos existing at the time
of the creation, and the aforesaid writer
has tired imitation by throwing the Eng
fish into all sorts OF shapes that need
finely moulding creator TO make out OF
them system and good sense.
A farmer is person that tills the soil.
A poor farmer is person that tilis the
soil poorly. Hence one would naturally
conclude that a "yeoman had come
to the conclusion that he had mistaken
his calling and now turned his atten-
ton to literature. But one fully posted
in the history of Saline county and some
of its "loose characters would easily
detect the studied style and favored ex-
pressions of little clique at whom we
have launched from our press OF late ar
rows barbed with truth which have
MERGED their consciences and made them
howl in anger. Our exposition of their
r,scality has hurt them, and forming
another kitchen. cabinet;" not unlike
he one that collected on Fifth street last
fall in the interest of monopoly for
the purpose Of selling out Saline county,
they toll days and nights in getting up
this "choice" correspondence for the
sole and ONLY purpose of annihilating the
Junior ofTHE JOURNAL. We find in this
lengthy TRADE the smell Of one OF Uncle
Sans Office holders, who is never salts
fed unless he is covered with slime all
over; one, who is owned body and soni
by corporations or individuals who will
satisfy his ambition in his hetty strides
to Congress" one who never had an hon
est hair on his head, whose life has been
a series of corrupt speculations and who
becomes as willing a traitor as Ephlaltes
for little money and an empty title ;
and one whose countenance alone Is a
true index Of and confirms at once the
REPORTS of crime and wickedness he was
guilty of before he cursed the beautiful
valleys of Saline county. These are the
men that are not bold enough to cores
pond over their own signatures; but
steal the nom de plume of, "Poor Far
mer." They might raise white beans,
or sunlowers, or, perhaps cabbages. The
latter, in the head, would better typify
their abilities and moral worth.
"Poor Farmer" calls us "fool." We
do not desire to raise any argument on
that score, for we are not at all sensitive
on our brain power. He calls US a
"scrub." That may be. He calls US a
"squirt; )" he calls us many other pretty
names, which are rather "muddy," in
our opinion, to appear in the columns OF a
newspaper whose editor claim shat "mud
is incompatible with his professional
courtesy" Then he don't seem to like
our zone horse political machine, (Which
hath reference to The JoURNAL.) When
we are disguised at any Zone horse polit-
ical machines" or one horse politicians,
we make it practice to pay little atten-
ton to them. We are choice of our COM
pany. Our "little one horse political
machine" seems to cause them consider
able trouble at any rate.
He says we have been standing can
didate for Office for five or six years In
this county. In the first place we have
not lived in this county that length OF
time. In the next place we never ran
for an Office in our life. The men that
constitute the "Poor Farmer" are all OF
them Office holders and always will be II
it is within their power. They have
little to brag about on the score OF
standing candidates"
The treasury matter has been well dis
cussed, and most Of our readers xnow
how the matter stands. Mr.. Amrine
made his settlement according to law,
when required to, and is ever ready and
willing to make itappear to any tax pay
err that they never can suffer by his ac
tons. We do admit that we took an &C
tive part in getting deputy Faulkner re
moved, because We knew of certainty
that there was something "rottcn IN
Denmaris." 1t has since appeared thai
the treasury money was being used free
" BY some of these mentioned characters
and their friends who stole the name o
"Poor Farmer" The removal OF Mr.
Faulkner has put stop to the whole
sale corruption that was going on among
the court house clique. Our abuser'