The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-12-04

to know; and that is that you have con-
cluded my effusions fit the waste basket
better than grace the columns OF the
ADVOCATE; should my letter be in
print, l will cuss our venerable Uncle,
whose shoulders are so broad and tough
In this quiet village and its suberbs
there is a plentiful scarcity OF news.
The Cuban affair is growing old. the
Panic is accepted as fact to be grinned
at and borne with, and the daily SQUAD =
bles which have made Cincinnati editors
o famous or notorious. do. noti interes t
any but the rioters themselves. The
public mind is, so far as local matters is
concerned, most exercised over the ques-
tion who it is to be Librarian of the
Public Library. Rev. Thomas Wicker
pastor of the "Free Thinkers Congrega-
ton" is the candidate of the Commercial;
which praises the learning, the dignity,
good business qualities and executive
tact ol the Rev. Thomas. On the other
hand, the Enquirer says, that the Rev.
I. V. is an in6deI; the Gazette says he
has been known to- drink whskey at a
Third street saloon, with prominent
politician; the Times says he dances;
the Star says he is a standing insult to
all christian sentiment; the Courier calls
him a know-Nothing the Volkshlatt
says he is an educated idiot, and the
Volksfreund announces that on the
whole they don't think him fit Tor the po-
sition. Ot the religious. press it may oe
said there is a remarkab le unanimjty
among them, praying to be delivered
from the impending judgement. Finally
the Rev. L. V. says be never before
knew what miserable upright, smart,
honest, idotic, educated and honest ras.
cal he was. The committee on nomina
tlons has, however, presented his name
TO the Board OF Education for action at
next meeting. Not being resident OF
Ohio, L have nc. interest nor use in the
Public Library; and | don't think the
Rev. l. V. by reason Of avowed iufdei-
lty lit person for Librriln; but [ wish
the time were. here when men could be
proposed Tor office, aud respectively dis
cussed, and advocated or opposed on SEN
slble grounds III decent way. Tor
grave editors to object 10 a gentleman
for the position OF Librarian, because he
can dance, or because years asc lie was
OF certain political party, and to VIC.
ienily abuse, instead CT reasoning on tue
subject is unworthy of any one occupy
irg such responcible. positions. Unhappi-
ly for the general good, abuse nova days
passes for argument; and black guarding
ior reasoning.-There have been no
murders here last week, I am glad to
say, but three suicides, two by d. ouud-
ing, and one by.poisoning. OF the hrst
twaQpe was a. German, who was out oi
work and iancied he Was about to starve;
the other German girl, who klle d her
shame, her body, aud most likely her
soul. The last case was young Ger
man who had been arrested for larceny,
and having been bound over to Court,
took poison, in lis disgrace, lie lett
note 10 friend saying the oath made by
the prosecuting witness was the tntel-
lectual cause Of his death. Last Satur-
day the prosecutor answered iu a car1
exculpating himself The inteli-
gent Coroner's Jury, who viewed the
body, returned as verdict that the de,
ceased had taken his Lille, while in
temporary iii OF mental alteration of the
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