Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-03-14
InRrntitnda Rewarded.

Ingratitude Rewarded.
A copy Of thsIw wss,srville Bonner esntaining
The following from the Wood County Ssnhnsl,
and the reply from business man, has bssu
sent 10 US with the request 10 "PlsSso copy :,
It is pus Of those cases Of ingrautude which
carries with II its own reward
"Ths Biterprise will have 10 ins,ili .
little more Of It's stock and trade into the busi-
ness men Of that community " u would survive
the summer. We doht know of a tuwn this
sideaf New Zealano where business men shsw
., little willingness 81 encourage nswspap 4 a.
in Wssterville, but then they dont know any
better. In the summer, the grocers play mar
bles on the street corners with the little boys
the dry Konds merchants set astraddls hitching
posts aud whistle seven up, and in the winter
they roll themselves up on the counter and live
like posssms while their customers live mssty
ID the grace 0f Gad sent down during the pro-
tracted meeting season the balsn;e Of their
} sustenance they cal from studssts."
! Ma. EDIToR; The above scsnlaliIinK and
wilfully exaggerated article referring To the
citizens Of Wsstsrvillo. appeared in a number
Of q seoand rate, mi seraby printed sheet, known
as the Wood County S,ntia,f. published by N. P.
/ Brewer, Of Bowling Green, Ohio. Its editor 10
q native Of Wsstervitle; aud some six years
ago was known by its citizens as Mursy Brew
er; a slender specimen Of a lad uf fifteen Ur
I sixteen, thin in body, thin in mind. aud noted
/ chiefly for shiftessness aud egousm. This
slender chap, who has since, through the as
sistance Of a friend aud a Streak of good fur
/ tune, Tor which he Is not reSpansibld. become
tbs editor Of the Seatiaet. took his military ste
as \ typo under nne Guthrie, a small-brained
aut INSCRIPTIONS knight ~ the quill, who
: started paper in Westervile under Ihe signiE-
/ cant title OF the ReUsiiis. There was a rrrs-
pondsnee in the sditir, his cimpisitnr and the
paper, shnwing the eternal h.ncss NJ things in
a remarkable degree. they were all small The
| Re ellie sDundsd Tor the sh-r. space Of few
munths, at the expiration Of which it calmly
expired. and its minimum quietly subsided with
the subscribers money in h' Pocksts, to play
like game in ather cnmmunitiss. Young Brew
or also lsft Westsryils shortly after the Rsseiis
went under, and went to Bowling Green where
an uncle secured a situa ion for him In The Sea.
iinsl Office, as eampositnr. Il was there this
sage Of "Ws"d" developed into bia present gi-
gantic proportions. from which lofty height he
/ looks down with disdain up7n the, 10 him, igoe-
rant. parsmi onieus Weservillians.
| lilly becomes one, who was privileged to
/ grew up to tho years OF manhood surrpundsd
] with the almsst unparalleled educational advan.
tagss Of Wssterville. reared as he was under
the shadow OF the Universitr, but who scarcely
acquired a psssable knowledge of the Cannon
branches, TO say Of men who stand mtny lengths
above him both in montaI caliber, in business
tact, and moral worth, that "they don't know
any better" and OF the intelligent christian
ciiizsns Of the community they live m 'stly %
the grace OF God" &C., in his blasphsmous
style, and to cap the climax. adding insult ia
impudence, he says, "ths balancs Of their sus
tsnAnce they steal frtm the students"
10 Is sasy FOR any one who knows this would
be distinguished editors inorIinant thirst for
notsFietv tn see where the "shAe pinchss" with
him. His experience, what little he had, while
in Westerville. beside whiting dry goods
boxes and smoking stoga cigars, was with small
! things, and viewing others through his micrnS-
/ csPic lenses, he concludes all small for our
| opinions Of other men are usually but the re-
hscted measures Of our own manhood. Again,
he has made several visits to this place since he
fret left the hSnS and scenes Of his childhood
and the sober-minded, sensible people Of the
village remembered Merrill Brewer that was,
and loskng upon Merrill as he is, aud discover
ing naught astounding nor supe Thuman. they
treated him with merely common courtesy anil
passed him bV. This was not csngenial tn his
native dignity, and he doubtless ssliloquizsd
over Burns immortal staAzs in this wise;
oh wad sons p1wsr'd the gin to gie'sm
To see oursslf as zee zee US
"Bus they would not p and hence this ma
lignaAt sfiusion from his pondsrous (2) brain,
BUSINESS NAN.