Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-06-19
Letter from Baltimore.
BALrluoRE, June IS, 1874.

LeJter from balClm0re.
BALTIMORE, June Is, 1874.
Editor Sentinel, When we indiied you an
ordinary news note few days since, we had
no conception of kindling the vengeful wrath
Of the ''ye Squibs' Of that enterPrising and
oatstripping contemporary of yonrs-the Id
pocdte. A few lines seem to have drawn all
the thunder from Oiympus--to have exhausted
his vocabulary of balderdash The spot must
be exceedingly sore--as the ''galled jade win
ces'' perhaps ii is gan-green-ous. Concerning
the controversy between yourself and the
Thunderer every man admits at once the just
ness Of your cause. The State printing be-
longs 10 yoH--to you alone-honestly and
lawfully. With that we have nothing to do.
We simply propose to defend oursef against
40 unmerited and vile ehastisement. If said
ehas,isement had been couched in language
becoming an editor and gentleman, your cor
respondent would have remained silent, but
when an editor fills his editorial column with
such cant sayings and vulgar phrases as better
become the mouths of street ruffians and bar
room rowdies, i, is a duty we owe to the re-
fnemeni and good taste Of the people to make
a public exhibition of him. We seek the
columns OF the Sentinel to gain the desired
publicity, as we are satisfied the Olympian
journal is read by but few people in the coun-
~, whirh number must certainly diminish if
"ye Squibsn continue in his present strain. ]
submit few of his pet phrases and ask the
elite of Montgomery county if they sanction
any such balderdash
On drunk-kick up devilment-Jonadabs
too thin-muchly -itchy-don' fool with
e-jackass-h harness you-in a horn-etc.
submit this Butlefian style to critical
public, and proceed 10 show that vulgarity
and ignorance 60 hand in hand. Instinct
should have taught you that all the knowledge
concerning your paper was obtained from the
several articles published in the Sentinel, even
if your comprehension was obtuse. We are
sure that there are not four people in this city
who know anything of your paper, as we GER
tainly did not up TO few weeks ago. am
sure we never read the AdVocate, and may
Heaven deliver us from any such demoralzing
experiment. If we signally failed to instruct
any body, we carefully refrained from corrupt
ing minds by the nstillation Of vile yerbiage.
If we surpassed Bill Arp, we did not venture
on the dime novel style. five exhibited ig-
norance, we eschewed vulgarity. If we mis-
took our calling, how far did 'ye Squibs' Of
the Adrocate go astray when he assumed edito-
rial dutes2 Better follow the first circus that
comes along. We would state for the edifca-
ton of the misguided young man that our lit
erary reputation is already made, that the pro-
auctions of our pen are read daily and weekly
by thousands in this State and country: yea,
read in households where even the kitchen
maid and stable boy would not be permitted
to mbibe such verbiage as flows from Eye
Squibs" of the Advocate.
Is it customary for correspondents to sign
their real name, or use nom de plume You
have not long been in the sanctum, have you?
# you desire our name you can have it. We
accused nobody Of dishonesty. We did not
say the people of Montgomery county were
"superciliously arrogant" We did not say
the county was ruled by the B. & 0. R. r. and
O. & .. G. Such assertions are maicionsly
false or the deductions of an imbecie brain
most probably the latter. Ifyou cannot read
Bill Arp Alright, get some one who is compe
tent. It is useless 10 waste pen and paper in
rehearsal of my statements, as the wayfarer
Though fool'' may read as he runs. In
short, it is absurd upon the part of the Adeo-
cate to presume to adUocdte itself into public
favor by controversy with its superior,
whereby publicity is courted; especially in the
vulgar vein used by ''ye Squibs of that paper.
We could give you some wholesome advice in
that connection, butare satisfied it would be
wasted upon foothardiness. GARRETT.