Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-01-04
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EDIToR CHRoNIcL R:-Win you in
dulge me in offering your gentle readers
q few words Of reply to your c~orrespon-
dent SPECIAL" First, IS to his allega-
tons that Querist had made q malicious
attempt 70 attribute bad motives 10
him" & c., and that 'ths article Of @.
was OF such q severely personal nature
that it required a reply from him" Ny
reply is that 1 do not know who "Spec-
iRl" is, nor do I expect, or care TO know.
But acting on the principle that the
stream could rise higher than the
fountain, my random comments were
shaped wholly by the stream OF nom
sense he had poured put in print, and
certainly had not my reply beenra good
ut, Special would not have considered it
personal. And, further, for the purpose
Of disNyowiDg personalities, allow me to
say that not even knowing the ser OF S.,
Querist was, and is, at a loss to say
whether h she or Il, wrote and signed
SPECIAL, especially a It claims { be
the big gea on the top OF Parnassus.
But 5. says that his, hers, or its, article
was merely burlesque history written
IN the pure spirit OF fun" about f'our
beautiful and prosperous village
Perhaps this is all that Q. should ask
as explain alton but, honorable as this
answer may be, il is questionable wheth-
er il would avail as defence in law If he
had said half as much about an indiVid-
usl; but corporations have no souls, and
our town is not Y incorporated.
A few years ago Appointment citizen OF
an adjoining county, published sNidicu-
lous obituary notice about the death OF
q dear friend who had been raised in his
family, and when asked why he had
written such stuff, he answered that sit
was merely a play upon words and
meant nothing This may rival Spec
ials inception in the pure spirit Of fun"
S. says that 20 could find a certain
bull dog in a neighbOr's barn at night
DC. Perhaps he knows, but @. is not in
the habit Of visiting his neighbor's out
houses at night, and when either bull
dog, cur, or Whihet attacks him or his
neighbors on the highway, or at their
place OF business, they generally find
their attacks repealed. Special ought
not to object to the same rule, and il
big flea keeps its face well TO the music
it may yet saw its precious rear about
which IL appears concerned.
In a former article, Special said much
about loafers and lOungers frequenting
our stores, church doors &C. Q. offers
no apology for blackguards, nor is any
NV h1UAGlr A4d7A40Gu as - says LnlH
merely ~buriesque history in the
pure spirit Of fun" The history was
truly refined and classical, and now COM
pleted with an appendix that may waive
q denial. The only answer @ need
make is that we have in our village six
or eight stores Of different kinds whose
proprietOrs are gentlemen Of too good
sense 70 tolerate a 1.-THE ofthe improprie-
ties spoken Of and IL S. ever saw such
as be narrates il must have been
IN certain quarters not often visited by
gentlemen or ladies; aud as 10 his scenes
AZ church doors. had he not virtually
denial it ali, it would only be necessary
to say that vicious eyes had portrayed to
him ~indeoencios concerning which he Is
the only witness. Finally, Special, please
waive your 'Rdisu'' until you give Us
your promised diatribe ION the churches /
and the sermons preached therein"
T- gU zoo QUEKIsr.