Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-18
LURAY. Sept. 9th. 1873.
Editors Shenandoah be, al.

EOlUOfS 0ueudluOstl otl",t
| Dear 5its:-( see in
| your last issue that the slatemeuss made ia
former communication in legar | to the
conduct of Mr.. Hoshour towards the falni-
ly of Emanuel Wilkins has called forth la,i-
gaage that onlY such man as he is capa-
BILE of using.
He charges me of making false state
menss two years ago and nova slanderel
and liar. He says '.It became my un-
pleasant duty to enforce the law aud obey
the Instructions which received from the
Cou.'iy Court of Shenandoah go n:v, &C.
believe he had such Instructions. He
further says 81 did only my duty All
yes, witha vengeance. If he had only
done his duty you would not have heard
one word from your correspondent.
Hear what Mrs. Wilkins says about the
matter:
"He. (Hoshour) took my dough that was
ready to be baked and put it in the road
where the hogs ate it. He cursed me, and
caught me by both wrists and pulled me
out to the wagon and put me on it. He
threatened to whip my lirtle boys if they
did not 60 away. He said he would take
me and the girls to jai,but afterwards said
he would not take us to-day but would
come after us tomorrow"
This he calls "only doing his duty" when
adding insult to injury. Now who lies !?
Mi. HIS. logic reminds me of that of the
ass when he kicked the sick lion in the
face. have no doubt he is quite jubilant
over the victories he has recently gained
over his Two victims; for he has treated
me on paper Just about as leniepf|y as he
did The wilkins family with his foul tongue
and b: utal hands. "a maddy fountain al
ways sends forth muddy water" Now
Messls. Editors. I am glad you published
M. Hoshour's letter, itshows him in his
true colors and is Characteristic Of the
man. .t.,3 >....
II demand a retraction of the statement
made by Citizen" What does be mean?
He acknowledges ''it was made my I'M
pleasant duty to enforce the law &C." 1
must guess at the meaning. Well, think
have it now. Ii is this: that his conduct
on that occasion was the most shameful,
disgl'aceful and brutal that have ever
hca d ofin this counly. 1 have proved
Them :rre. When he proves them untrue
l wilt reCact wish pleasure.
CITIZEN.
Mrs. Wilkins rertiicate:
This is to certify that I have read and
re-read the communication published
i'll the Shenandoah Herald over the sigma
au,'e of ''Citizen" and that every word there
communicated is true and all was not told
Sept. 18Th 1873. SARAHC. WILKINS.
We have before US beautiful oil chro-
no. rep esenGng view OF the Yosemite
from very attractive stand point. It EN-
braces Gel Captain" 'North Dome" and
.'~ou h Dome" ;:flouds, Rest" the Mercer
River, the Bridal Veil FALL and many
minor details beailtiflIin themselves which
we have not space to mention. This ch.'o-
mo was recently received by lis from S. E.
Shntcs, publisher and proprietor of Wood s
Household Magazine, Newburgh. N. Y
AS a premium The picture may be obtained
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o. Dy subscribing Two Yeas in advance at
$l.00 per aunnm. We take pleasure in rec
ommending both the magazine and the
chrome offered in this combination, and
ado our hearty endorsement to the pub
lisher's reputation for promptness aud 1a:1
dealiog.