Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-02-23

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We believe you signed that petition =
it is also paper to be produced. You
as one Of the s;gners told the Legislature
that,
"whereas the citizens of Madison
Township hare subscribed d secured SO
that IT CAN BE DRAWN AT ANY TINE by
the Board of Supervisors of said county, a
UFFIcIENT AMOUNT of MONEY to erect suit
able necessary county buildings" eve
are assured, and we must think you
knew that no such amount had been
SUBSCRIBED and secured. Why then say so ?
Oh! morcs
eve believe MAJORITY of the PEG
PIE of said County ARE IN FAVOR of and
desire a vote to be taken on the QUESTION
OF REMOVAL"
Gracious A man who should bave
known that the military registration of
the county was 2979, and greatly iD-
creased since, could hardly honestly be-
lieve that the 'corporal's guard who sign
ed that petition constituted a majority of
the people Of Shenandoah county. That
petition signed by only 872 names says
to the Leg islature Of Virginia that $40 is
a majority of 2979. Gracious, what a
reflection upon the intelligence of that
body.
Are these PAPERS sufficient ? Are they
evidence If they are not they should
not subserve the purpose for which they
were designed. But our wonderful
second DANIEL plays still another roze-he
personihes the almost inimitable Snur-
leyoac. He is in i'll favor with every one
except bls fond master-himself. He ex-
hibits his currishness on all occasions, and
snarls at every one. The good, the
honorable are snapped at-the gentle
man is insulted by this doggish Sm1r-
leyow. No character is free from his
abuse, no name, however honorable, is
exempt from his low ribald ieer Our
two distinguished citizens, Messrs. Bird
and Walton, are made the subjects of
his indecent jests and vulgar puns. The
gentlemen members ofthe Build ing Com
mittee have been unjustly assailed and
charged with fraud and illicit practices
Such charges could only be conceived
and uttered by one
"whose tongue
Out-venoms aall the worms of Nile whose
breath I'D
Rides on the posting winds, and doth belle
All corners of the world"
AS to the Road to the two Furnaces
We have only to say that it was first char
ged by YOU that WE fabricated the story,
and we never charged you Individually
with the statement. Read your own pa
per and correct your own lies, be fore you
ask another to do it for you.
AS to your irreverent wall and dolorous
cry over the sick bed of a worthy citizen,
who is held in esteem by all. and receives
the generous sympathy of every decent
mind that he should have his name and pri
vate fortune dragged inbumanly before a
gazing puhlic-wc would suggest that you
should have show of modesty in the
matter, and ask yourselves the cause Of
that good old mans sickness and sorrow
IF you do not, others will
With this exhibit Of papers. we shall re-
frain from any further editorial notice of
this question. We have never knowingly
made any false statements in this discus
sion, and have RETAINED from personal
abuse, although the field was wide and
full of game. We leave the record of this
issue to the people. and we accord to them
tie right to judge, from the evidence, of
the lie and the liar and hope that their
verdict shall
'tie the gall up in the slanderous
tongue