Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-24
An ApOlOgy.-Ino our issue of the |

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fore the Institute. we said nothing
more than became US as journalist to
say. We animadverted on the laxity
of Mr.. Powers in a matter which,
considering all the circumstances. should
have prompted him to be wide awake,
strenuous, and, as courtesy certainly
demanded. most earnest. We claim
that Mr. Powers was utterly nHglectful,
unwittingly insulting those who had
: volunteered to lecture, as we'll as the
public who rightfully expect to be in
formed IN all reasonable ways in mat
tiers pertaining to the public veal, as
connected with educational interests.
In view of these facts, we said what
we did say, and retract nothing.
Last Monday we, in entering Mr..
Stansbury's Hardware Store, met Mr..
c. L. Powers, whom We had net seen
since the publication of the comments
above referred to. With the best of
good will we extended him our hand,
wishing him "guod morning" We
started back aghast to see him mount
himself on the pedestal of offended dig
nifty, carving an attitude with the gen
ius Of Powers that eclipsed the fin
est conceptions of the NEST famous
workers in marble, while, ike hollow
winds sweeping through tenantless
sepulcher, came the direful words Not
till yowhaue apotogized, Mr.. Phitteo. i"
We withdrew our hand, thinking how
narrowly we had escaped placing the
the hand of a gentleman upon the dir-
ty hoof of an ass, and informed the
man of aLtainments " that VIC would
apologize in our next issue.
Before we "apologize'' We Rust
bring the following indictments against
County Supt, Powers:
1st.-, You invited certain persons to
lecture before the Teacher Institute
and then left them to shift for them
selves.
2d.-You did not give notice as
you should have done Of Father De
Kelver's lecture, in consequence of
which failure so to do, the lecture was
sparsely attended, scarcely person In
Centralia being cognizant of the fact of
its delivery and at its close you failed
to netice the following lecture by Mr..
Webster
3d-On the night of Mr.. Webster's
lecture you were absent, having made
no arrangement, $50 far as we CAN
learn Cor a presiding officer in your
absence.
4th.-You failed to scc*rc q person
to light the church, ring the bell, and
do other work aneident to the lectures,
but permitted such labor to dero5oe wp-
on TIE lecturers, the rritcr hereof per
forming such labor the second and thSrd
eOe4ings gf the course.
5th.-Yex failed to give notice Of
the lectures in the churches as you
,hould have done, and to post notice
in the Post Office, as faithful officer
would aost certainly have done had he
the Gnterest Of his calling at heart.
6th-Yoa depended upon invitation
being extended by proxy to one of the
lecturers, seeming to ignore the fact
that courtesy demanded personal Ia
vitatieR FROM you as County Sup't
And snally. you announced the Zee
lures By the distribution of one &eH-
dred snail hand-bills in community
of three Aossaad persons. and trusted
to lack With an assurance as wonderful
as unreasonable.
Now we are asked to ape}egize for
our uuerance before we can be received
iate the good graces of Mr. Powers.
We do apologize, but not to Mr.. z.
WE APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC, We
beg 3 thousand pardons for speaking SO
lightly of an insult to the co1nmUEity,
aud to those who had Sc kindly voluR-
teered to say a good wcvd for eur ed
Ecational interests. We ask to be for
given, and if like occasion ever occurs
we hereby promise to treat the natter
mere vigorously, and spare not at all.
As for Mr., c. Is. Powers ; we can for
give fool, we can compassionate an ld1-
ct, we can ceadone a wreag Inflicted
through ignorance and misarpCehen-
sien, bat direct insult coming from
an animated proaact of the sediment of
boundless egotism and the scam of in
apDroachable self-conceit, unan-
ckored atom whose vanity tutors the
/ belief that it fills the wide domain of
! Universe,-a pulling infant "a
teething babe whose educational drool
hss SO saturated has classical paRafere
that disgust usurps ,charsty,-a comma