The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-03


Cleveland: 10 the Brethren. in different
places; 10 the Cniver,alists, at Cleveland;
and many others that We could mention.
Now, Positive Truth, if all in these
churches ara fanatics" and ''hypO-
criies" would It not be we'll for you 10 or
ganize new church, wherein dwelleth
neither Temperance nor Truth. And
now We come 10 the meaneSt of all your
falsehoodS. Again you say that know
that those women ARE Stunned. and de
spiSed by all peace and Order-loving citi-
zens. Where j. shame and truth now
You have near neighbor, a widow lady.
whose character is without "A blemish.
who is ar honor to your neishborhood.
beloved by all except yourself) and Yet
you say She i a fanatic, " a ''hypOcrita."
stunned and de~pised. He that is void
OF wisdom despiSeth his neighhor. but a
man OF understanding hOldeth his peace.
Prov. Xi-l2
AS TO your question as TO whether the
same friendly feeling exists among the
women called crusaders. and those that
are not, that there was before the cru
SADIE began. | answer that. if there i
not, ! have failed To see the difference.
and furthermore. viii say. that If that
friendly feeling duC- T.t exist. it Is 10
fault of the CRUSADER hut it has been
caused by some unp-i-cipled persons
circulating falsehoOds; a. Is generally
the case wherever ill-feeIing exists.
And, as TO the men. there was some
bad blood at the time of our Corpora
ton election, and probably there We're
some remarks made, but | know of no
strife o. contention between the parties
at this time, and if there i, it is because
men like yourself are continually endeav-
Orfng TO stir up strife. But you refer to my
standing in nay StOre-door and sitting on
and whiting a box, and seeing my Gus
toners going to ID. ID. SNYDER 4 Cos. rs
evidence that the crusade and the part
| have taken in the temperance cause
has damaged me. Well, am not dam
aged so much as you may think; but
your speaking of my good paying Gus
toners leaving me, reminds me that ]
have small account against you. Could
you pay it as well as nOtl As to that box.
it is my box, and l find my own knife.
am a good whittier, and | intend to
whittle that box But as to my custom
ers leaving me on account of my action
on the temperance movement; | will say
to you that / never sacrifice principle for
money, or friends. and if all the custo-
mers 1 have would leave me, it would
not change my course. And, as to your
slang about me being self-righteOus.
shooting for money, beeves, etc, care
but little; but will say that no person
has seen me take one dollar or one cent
that was won by shooting, for some
years.
But that champion belt appears to dis
tress you so much. That | will have to
explain for your benefit. The belt and
the lI;.tehet was gotten up by hunters
a. ii prize hunting belt and hatchet. and
Was TO be given TO the best marksluan,
just as prizes are offered at oar fairs. |
won the prize. and if that was wrong,
or gambling, plead guilty; and if it
causes my brother to offend, ! will do so
no more while the world stands And
those fast horses annoy you very much.
LET not your heart be troubled; they
shall do YOU no harm. But that old
crCgUet yard that has not had Il game
played upon it for mOnthS-that Is tCO
much to be endured. Can't YOU have
tlte Council remove Il rs as nuisance.
Now. Positive Truth, know that the
temperance crusade, champion belt, fast
horses. and croquet yards, are all bear
il,g heavily on your mind; but do try to
bear up underit. The darkest hour is
just before day, you know.
~ 10 your praising ID. ID. SNYDER,
Lave nothing TO say. SNYDER and my
sell have no quarrel: neither do we i'll
tend that you shall stir up any strife be
tween us. But as you are great friend
of iIr. SNYDER, please ask him how he
enjoys hearing yOu call his mother-in-
law fanatic, hypocrite, stunned and
despised by all peace and order-loving
citizens"
lou find fault with me for saying that
thre, ourths of all diseases are caused
by intoxicating drinks | now repeat,
that three-fOurthS of all disease, suffer
ing pauperism and crime, is caused by
Intoxicating drinks; and. Furthermore
say that lightweight out Of every hun
dred cOnvicts that are sent to the Peni-
Tertiary are sent there by Intoxicating
drinks. And more than one-half of all
the taxes we pay every year are placed
on the duplicate by intoxicating drinks.
In saying that there is a mems tenn
perance organization in McComb that
will assist the crusaders with words.
money and property, you claim that !
fanatical men are urging tine women Oh
is correct. Iadrit no such thing. said
they would assist them. if necessary,
and / repeat that they will.
And as TO the so per cent. that you
claim viii vote against the crusaders, |
still say that you know that it is false.
But | am willing to admit that either
myself or the printer made n mistake in
saying that more than ten times that
number were pledged TO support the cru
saders. intended to say that more than
ten per cent. of all the voters in the
township We're pledged to support them,
which is the case.
You dodge the statement that you
made before, when you said that we had
made several attempts to organize in diff
ferent parts of the township, and that
we had always met with scoiTs. fizzIes
and Kisses. And, now you ask who
PLAYED the fiddle and sang comic songs,
when those crusaders were in mOckery
on their knees before God in McComb.
Here sir. is another evidence of your
Christian character, and the love you
speak of for all.
You say. Il rabbie of boys and men
were always curSing and swearing when
the women We're praying in Brooks 5
saloon. The women knew of no such
rabbfe. nor no such actions, at BrOoks's.
But if the rabble of BOYS and men you
speak of, were there, doing what you
say they were, of course you could not
say a word to condemn their actions.
You could not. consistently, because
they are the very persons that you are
encouraging. and working side by side
with in.thiS great temperance and anti
temperance struggle.
repeat what | said in my last, that
the women were kindly treated by all
the salOonists, and to this the ladies viii
all testify.
And now, as TO our tizzles everywhere,
answer that we have had no fizzieS
anywhere but instead OF iizzles, we have
had well attended meetings. and good
order instead Of SCOTS and Kisses, a you
would have the people believe
You say that 1 knew your article was
true. every word. EHo1r that u ir1S
not true, and y0u caR MT get ten heH tH
this community to testyythGt It Is trte.
| confess that | do not understand
what yOu mean bv saying that Will do
well. If do as | said to the people. when
| left for Columbus If you have any
thing good. spit it out and let Us have
the benefit oft. Your remarks IN re
gard to INV scholarship ] care nothing
about. Neither did ! start out 70 defend
myself. but To defend good Christian
women. engaged in IA good ana glorious
cause. against the assaults ol an unprih-
cipled man.
But you say something about me be
inc an old soldier. Ianswer that / am
~ ~ lI,l,,,1 - ,,f nv record as a soldier