Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-30
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AUsTIsBURG, Aug. 18, 70.
Editor Telegraph Please give room in
your paper Tor few lines In reference 10 an
editorial-in the Ne,os, criicising Bro Reed ior
publishing an article frUnis Aastinburg, which
the Ne,os thinks was running down Ashtabula.
Now, we cannot believe that Bro. Reed Will
malighIhis own town. . He can have no posi-
bic motive Tor doing so ; and it is not in DC
rdance with the character of the man. Mr..
Reed is closely identified in his business and
social relations with Ashtabula; he has been
id .ntified for years-probably will be thr ugh
lile In short, his home and home interests
are there hence. we, believe .he reputation OF
Ashtabula is safe In his hands. The mistake ol
the Meas is i'll supposng that exposure ofex.
| ising evils in a community, is q sign of enmi-
| ty, whereas real friendship will expose, ii ne
ctssary, for the sake of correcting, }1g[Ga
The Ne,os thinks the article in question, an
exaggeraiion--a missta;emeut of facts, &c On
this point we mays aa4probably shall differ
as no two persons view obigcls From the same
stand. poin,-hepce they do not seem the
same But onE point we agree perfectly
withthe editorial 10 q.iestions 1t is in the fol-
lowing, from the Nesns;4 y. "a
"Ashtabula,s to a considerable extent. is
| railroad centie, and point 10 Which, ON ac-
couAt Of lis location, the drinking people of
neiglborng places naturally come when they
want 20 go away from home somewhere to get
on spree"
This, we beiisye is true, and we believe also
that the Editor Of tile Telegraph values too
highly the interests Of his town, to be willing,
with its Increasing prosperity, that II should
hold out inducements to all the drinking peo-
pie in the county 10 come when they wish
spree. ySnch men will not go to Ash,abulator
a SPREE unless the spreeing stimulant is sup
piled there; and If all such persons iu Ihe
county aud elsewhere, can be supplied, what
| will the reputation and character of such a
place soon becomeP To save character and
reputation. the Telegraph would expose the
evil. while mistaken friendship would say
hands off,''"keep quiet" -i1'' ~ ''--'-
A few words To the correspondent of the
Ne,cs over the signature of "Ashtabula: :" lr,sa
FiFls-itwas nj hher envy jesIeusy nor-ri-
valry, which prompted the writing the urii-i
Gle which gave him offense, but earnest hatred
OF the evils of intemperance, in all its FORMS
more or less of sympathy and pity for its VIC
Tins, and holy horror--not of our miserable,
drunken community--but of mcn in any COM
munilyTwho make money by tratic in intoxi-
calipg liquors.. THESE are reasons for writing
the article referred to.
The correspondent says further: sour sa-
looms do not keep whisky or sell it in any guam
titles whatever" Good! Now will the saloon
keepers unite with the ADVOCATES of temper
ance in fetreting out the whisky in she drug
stores and groceries, and help banish the curse
from their town. Thus they will not only ex-
honoraie themselves from all false charges
but will prove themselves true friends of the
community in which they reside But what
do they sell Anything which will make peo-
pie, drunkspan - - ~ - a. z
Thank him for his official record, by which
we know that fily-insiead Of the reported
two hundred dollars--was the e-amount of fines
and COSTS collected for arrests ON the Fourth.
! II lhe $50 had been spent IN conhnipg abe
men who sold the whisky, or Intoxicating
drink during that day, the Fourth would have
been still more peaceable and quiet, and the
real dis,urbefs OF peace, whether in drug store,
grocery, or. any other place, have beenl pre-
i vented from doing the mischief which was
done. The official report does NOT give the
number of Saloons whether more or less than
ten, ..-., d, ,.-,..,.,,f ,tfsit,ss :, s.oa a
are responsible for the death of Sylvia, lei
, them have the credit pf Il. NbOR
We are glad that "the city has apartments
for delegations from Austinbufg who ~ y
A.h,ai,,,l, ~ .,at .,i,,riouslv drunkn and hone