The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-02-17
COMMUNICATIONS.
BEDFORD. Pa, Feb. I3, 1872.

a copy of your paper fell into my hands to
day, by which see that my friend NJ T. N
versus Erin SO Bragh," Just from Kilkenny
ahuother points OF interest 'acrosS the gather''
has favored your readers with another of his
chaste and elegant epistlcs. L afraid my
last cor muunicauon annoyed him-at least such
might bc inferred from his last letter; aud !
lear too that it FASTENED his return from Ire
land, and that he forgot to tell your readers
about the armless and legless members of par
lament, as he promised 10 do. His letters arc
all models OF aTgumeHtative writing. hut in his
last lie seems to have OutstripPed all his former
efforts. He tells the public that ! am II long
Jawed sardine," and that | am ''waspsh" and
crane like" de launches forth these tremen
dous arguments, apparently without an effort
and without remorse, knowing in the plenitudc
oi his wisdom that |: alasl shall now DE crushed
beueath the awful frOwns of an indignant word
He ought not to be so severe on nv personal
appearance, but then handsome people are al
ways severe the defects Of their less favored
neighbors, and all who know NJ. +. Il can
testify that he is u remarkably handsome man.
, Ii must be admitted, however, that remarks on
an advcrsarys personal appearance, physical
pecuiarlues, etc, are Legitimate arguments
but they are resortea to only by the highest
class OF loSicians, who have an abiding sense
OF honor and fnirness. Unfortunately fer me
L cannot avail myself this high-toned and hon
orable style of discussion, for NJ NJ is "uer-
! iection's self, and | cannot find anything in
his physical composition to parade before the
public in this momentous contest | expect
that next week your readers will be favored
with mere of this superior style OF argument,
and 1t is believed by my friends that he will
then cap the climax of my destruction bv in
forming the public that my shoes don't fit and
that have inverted toe nails. I have only to
say, In view OF so irightiul a charge, that |
await my fate with heroic indifference.
: Mr. Editor, l have treated M. P NJ. ,erv
we'll indeed. | have comp,imented him On all
! occasions; | have called him 1.-THE learned gon-
/ tleman, even at the expense of truth; | have
| given him the credit of inventng a useful and
| move! machine; l have compared him 10 Perse
! US, a hero of the Hydrologic age, ard invoked
/ Tor HIM YIctor's crown ard the everlasting
| gratitude OF his country; and last, though not
! least, have attributed to him the consistency
and other montal qualities of certain useful
and ornamental animal whose voice is so re-
markable for that deep quality which he so
much admircs and so successfully initiates, but
| which, alas! l so much lack ed in my recitation
! of 'Shamus O'Brien." And now " hat return
does he make me for all this courteous treat
| ment? Why, he calls me a herrino-aye a
half boiled herring, Mr.. Editor.
- oh, how sharper than scrpent's tooth it is
to be called d HFRRING how sharper than a
cross cut saw it is 10 be called BOILED herring
and language is utterly inadequate TO express
the CXcruclatiug agonies that reud my soul at
being called a uAIF boiled herring THE
| sympathetic reader is requested to pause here
| and drop few scalding tears, in contemplation
OF my misery, before proceeding further 1t is
some comfort in my attiiction, however to
| know that things not so bad but that thev
might have been worse. | am awful glad that
l am not mackerel; my JOY is unbounded tha:
he did not call me BOILED mackcTel; and !
enjoy the supremest degree Of felicity in CON
temptation OF the fact that | am not denomi-
mated Half boiled mack erel
AS | remarked before, NJ. P. NJ seems to
hay hoe in had ht,p H., l.,
his last letter. l must eEtreat hIm not to let
his angry passions rise" Does he not know
that a disregard of this Wholesome infantila
maxim was What caused his fellow Li.iZens the
Kilkenny CATS" to get into such serious
troubeI
Now for another instance of his ingratitude.
He tells, in rhyme calculated to move to envy
the shades of Byron and Moore, how / tried to
insure the lie of the Devil; but he ought not
to blame me for that, | was trying to co
something that would have resulted much to
NJ. p. Ms advantage, Lad his su!phurous
majesty "piped out" Such policies are ALWAYS
taken out for the benefit of the children, aud
idiocy docs not bar the claim.
There are in nature certain compensating
Influences the tendency of which is to bring
: good cut of evil. Storms purify the air and
popular commOtiors promote the stern and
manly virtues. And, to illustrate further, this
little "onplCasantness, growing out of the
word priest with a brogue," has brought TO
[
&C initiate while English literature has a name.
That written by my friend and inserted in my
last letter was very fine, but candor compes
me to admit that poets NJ. p NJ and his
friend and assistant, 1.-The venerablc-crauky. -
like the coorcd troops of whom we used to read
'bear the palm -
fear that [ waste my time and weary your
readers patience by further continuing this
useless wrangle. but only single sentence
in bis last effort requires Iious word in reply
feel that 1t ought not to be passed by uuno
ticed. He intimates that he can make some
startling disclosures ia maging to my character
but L wish 10 inform him that ] cannot be
frightened into silence by any such coward ,
and sneaking insinuatiOus
Yours, very truly, J. FRANK CoNEoS.
! Ian further communications on this subject
umns and charged at the rate of ten cents per
I Gne-EDITOR.l
f SLABrOwS, Jan. 26, 1872 .
IA. EDI IToR-I see there are a great man,
PeisO"s "t'ti--r - y".' from different parts n
e the county, and l suppose it is a priviieg,
granted to all. Therefore | write to you foI
q. some information concerning the common
l school law. Should a person be appointe,
G for collector and treasurer of the school funC
c who is not resident of the school district, ol
v even of the county? la this township The per
, son who has charge OF the school funds resides
o il Pittsburgh, or ut least his family does Hi
D occupation is in the county adjoining this Ii,
r comes here for few days and collects som,