Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-20

the house a. often as they were needed. And
now, because the township was thus liberal,
"South Ridge" argues that the township has
forfeited its interest in the house, and now oc-
cupy Il by the sgGeraneo Of the Boatd Of Ed
ucation. Is not this excellent, shrewd and el.
egant logicY II person rents house for n
year, and at the expiration Of half the term,
he makes any repairs on II when not bourd 10
do so, he fOrfeils the lease for the remainder
Of bis term. II any repairs are nAade on the
house by the landlord himself, II Is no longer
the same house, and the tenant at any moment
is liable to be elected into the.sirect, Or, n
the building Is moved few rods to more
convenient location, the removal extingplsbes
all the rights Of the tenant. Is not the reason
ing Of "SOuth Ridge" and his friends pro,
fOundt and are not their conclusions those Of
'just men ale per,ccty' The township pos
scsses an interest in the house beyond the
reach Of the Board of EducstiOn--beyond the
power of the State Legislature TO dvcst it, II
Is by such claptrap as this that the town
house builders attempt to deceive the people.
If they are deceived by it, and submit to the
pr sent outrage, they deserve TO be made 10
pay for town house every year. Possessing
such rare reasoning faculties, such a profound
knowledge of the elements of law, South
Ridge" had better defend the pending Injunc-
tion suit alone, and startle the world by the
Introduction of his new theory Of legal prin,
cipks, and the administration of Justice.
"Well show you in the Spring" are words
of ominous import 10 South Ridge" and his
coadjutors. They ring in their ears like the
voice Of doom. These words are ever presr
ent with them through the Gay; in the still
hours of the night, when honesty and fair
dealing lies in quiet slumbcr, and their pos
SCISSOR visited in his dreams by angels of love,
who point 10 that blessed abode where the
ust receive their reward, they come home 10
them with two-fold power, filling their souls
with anguish that cannot be described. A
guilty conscience invests the ministers af
avenglng justice with every conceivable
shape, and they fear every conceivable form
Of punishment To some they come in the
form OF Il destroying angel, that hovers over
the couch of the guilty culprit, threatening
HIM with sure destruction. To Others the
threatened punishment comes in the shape of
" hlSnly toWn nouse-IFnm the Steeple, roof,
windows, kcv-hole, cracks and crevicts of
which glare the wrathful eyes of the outraged
victims, whose pockets have been bled to
build house they did not want and had no
voice in localng-lifted from its foundation
by some Invisible power, and held ever ready
to be dropped upon the weak and feeble taber.
nacle of clay that holds their sinful souls.
"ln the Spring" 1t is sad to pass away in
the early Spring, and ON the first Monday in
April. But the DEGREES Of fate are inexorable
South Ridge" full of sympathy, regrets
that "Justicc" Is so nearly or quite exhausted.
] can assure "South Ridge" and his anxious
friends, that he need not entertain any fears
on our account, that "our pond" is as full and
as inexhaustiblc as the everlasting fountain
from WHICH il receives it supply. Our pond is
full, and continually stopping oyer, and the
daily waste Of proprllng power is sufficient
to supply half dogen such engines as that
run by "Sontl Ridge" and fired by his Reyer.
end friend.
For the present, "South Ridge" allow me
to bid you and afteplionate and friendly adieu,
JUSTICE"