The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-27
CONTAMINATION,
JOHEsTOUN, Jan. 2Jth, 1872.
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! matical assertions could pass for sound. cleal
/ ana truthful argument, then iudeed has Hr. J
! Frank Condor replied to ny letter of the Gti
/ INST In his rage, for correcting him, he quib-
his performance was Very imperfect" Then
Ehy rune Tor praising those who Justly merit
60 praise ana Tor cFl lticisinE his performance,
! which; according to his own showing, was "yerD
! imperfect? lie charges me with having q
last man to make such charge against any one.
| Tor has he not proved recreant to the teachings
Of his youth, and that too for purpose p
! eounteract, il possible, the false mimicry, the
| sentation. Of which his t,Tery imDerfect per-
fOrmaace" was full
He says that l misquoted and introduced q
| "glarinS grammatical hlunder into the first of
the four lines commencing with
An the priest, havin' blest him, goes down on
the ground"
For goes" wrote aren't" The man that
would call this ''gIaring grammatical blum
der does not know the primary rpdIments OF
grammar. Now hers Is 9 specimen OF his gram
mar. Neither me nor any other man ever
Hegfd. Hera we have an EXEC Superintend-
cate" (biess tho mark D using the objective for
the ncninative case. Ain that ''glaring gram
He admits n6yU that 'praste'' is not in the ori-
ginal. but IabCrs hard to bolster mp very lame
and Illogical excuse for calling it so. Had he
read the poem according to the book lie held in
his hand. and into which he l0OlsG 80 often, then
he could not have been criticized so far the
"brogue' was concerned; but no, he should
raise laugh and have some fun by putting
words into an lrishH1au's mouth which no Irish
He accept my challenge 10 .pfeduce an Irish
man who pronounceS 'priest" pyas'c, street
StrGte, etc, and produces nGue other thar my
seIf. OF this am glad. as can prove from it
that J. T. g. is IrifUl, deliberate faIsGer of
nc siiiut dlStlnSulSh truth from falsehOOd. lie
says that Mr.. =. NJ called upon a legal gentle
man IN Johnsto"n saying that he would like to
have too high an opinion Of the many learned
regal gentlemen of this city to believe that ann
one OF them said thGt he, or they, ever heard
me say "chGie so am forced to the Conclu-
,1 Son fn;f thts silly fal5ehood found birth in the
ever heard me speak dozen words can testify
mat am as accurate in my pronunciation as
the general run Of men, no matter what their
nGt!enGlity. would not be the least in dread
mar pronouncing contest. This howeyer Ss y-e,r-
would probably be 4 mighty poor test of NV
Information. ''
He asks me how could recfte "Sbennus o.,
Brien' without the tbrogrc,'i and onotes sew
erai lines as test Of which VIII take two as
specimens:
An his dancin' was sich that the n1eh used to
An bcgorra the whole world gcv it into him
Now here il IS minus the "brogue":
And his dancing was such that the men used
And by gaT the whole world gave it into him
there"
what change has come over him since he
bOastagly f0urislled In the assertion that Sam
uel Lover was the author of "Shamus o Brien'
! NotC he quibbes, higgles, and wriggles, and
] hcgS the information by asking II know of my
n
| ''Shamus O'BTien'-that the authorshiD is il
| doubt-that "sOmc say il is Ilover'-that he is
not sure but lie Fanu is the cuthoT'-that
! got thy Information from the American News
| Co. Sc, &c. What miserable subterfuge :
/ ling OF assertions He doubts and admits-ht
! believes and disbelieves! The authorship ha
! rsrer hscn doubte'I. ! did not get my inf6rma
I tion from the American News Co, nor from
/ in fUU in the Popular Ballad Poetry OF Ire
land issued by MGlSshen 6 Gill Of UBpe
| SackyilIe street, Dublin, Ireland. lie Fanu i
there set dOWn as the Author have also, year
! ago read ii IN the L n;ted IrishmRn' 6nd Othc
! natiOual Journals of Iretaud, IN ali which L.
| FaRu was given as the author: and certaipI
if Lover was the author. he would have said 50
rs he was thcn living. II this explanation doe
not satisfy J. =. G., refer him to any of th
! York, and il any one of them ays augEt con
/ trary TO what have stated, then / viii detrac
and apologize for al that have written;
His GgrandilOguent flourish OF borrowed. bun
gled similies toward the close cf tiia iabored ef
forts reminds me of the donkey that put o.
the lions skin ard came kicking and tearin
into the town. At first the inhabitants weT
| scared, but when they saw his long ears ur0
trude and heard him bray. they knew he wa
an ass and not Il lion; whereupOn they COW
hidcd him almost 70 death. \ person readn
such names as ''HibcrDia, - ndTOineda, +" Per
nsn who strung them tCgetheri would he le
ustray by supP0sinG him TO be scholar. Nov
that his bTdLiHI assertions and lOng-CdTsd false
hoods have appeared, am sure the public wi
not grudgC him TO eat the crown Of pOtat
leaves interviewer with as much grass as " il
satisfy his contemplate instint. lie can no,
kick and splurge away to his hearts content
but he will not again tempt me to notice hi
3leGHdering twaddlc. never did like to argu
an idea into their numskuis, they hammer an
peg away till their minds bscome crazcd an
they gat lost in misty clOud Of scif-glofifca
ton. This ends the controversy my par
Yours, MPN.
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