Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-12-17
BELLAIRE LETTER.
BELLAIRE. O. Dec Ia

I ~ BELLAIRE, O., Dec. IA, 1874.
Consistency, thou art a jewell Had
the inexperienced BeIlaire correspond
ent of the st. Clairsville Gazette kept
in view this old adage he surely would
not, ip the same letter in which he ac-
cuses us OF Stealing thunder have
published as original that item about
the dog kept at the door to give beg
gars bite, etc. This item first appear
ed In the Danberry News, first class
paper, but most too extensively read
to enable one to steal their items and
palm them offas original. Another spci-
men OF plagiarism is his blasphemous
items about the Lords prayer. This.
we suppose he gets from the Police
News. AT any rate if we were a reader
OF that eminently classical sheet that is
the kind of matter we would expect
there to see. The only objection we
have to calling it prostituted wit is that
1T is not witty. Copy, by all means, ifI
you can't write anything original; but
copy something worth printing.
If we have ever stolen any thunder
or published any original thunder. we
most humbly beg pardon, and submit
in palliatiOn that we did it unawar1s.
lt.l
Herein we differ from T. G..
He says that every one knows our
true name. We do not agree with him
and we do not fear that it is i'm his DOW
er to make it so. The Gazette does Mt
be read widely enough. We have mol
reaSun, however, to wish that any one
may be kept in ignorance ofour identi-
ty, and If anyone outside of the circle
p.all s,,f- i
our real name, having once
heard it, we do not object. No one
though, does know who L. G. is; but 4
what Dites the most is, no one cares, !
SNAP has no desire, and no reason to L
sneak behind the incognita of his press
signatures. Whatever may be his rea-
son for not signing his own name to
his articles IA step very iladvisable in
L. Us casey 1t is not that he is ashamed
Of what he writes.
We have thus extensively dealt with
The nonen.ity of the Gazette on the
principle upon which man finishes at
'ne sitting any belittleing job, SO that
ne may have it off his hands. In the {
uture none of i. C.'s childish puns {
hall provoke us to reply unless we are
placed In way to give him wholesome
ldviee, which Is something he sadly
leeds. |
Some burglars made an Intellectual 5
lttempt to enter the store of Mayer and a
Alotz one night last week. The pre-
ence OF the senior partner of the firm ,
them off.
Mr.. John Rodifer, we'll known A. ?
nong ouricitizens, cut his foot severely
With an axe last week.
The journey which Mr.. VIM. Finley =
taking TO the land of q
cott and Burns will be that gentle "
nan's sixth trip thither.
We rejoice over the before noted eff
cacy of awning posts as obstacles in
he way of runaway horses. We were 4
ye witness to three runaways, two n
reak downs, and mule balk within 4
week past. =
A we'll known contractor from a u
town the other day gazed 1
that wharf little while, and then S
aculated: In the language of the II
oct, that is hi of a wharfp
The Belmont County Teachers as u
'ciation will hold their annual meet b.
g in School Hall, Bellaire, Commen- v,
ng on the 28th inst. A very interest te
q time is anticipated by both teachers -
Id citizens. IL
The street numbering scheme is ar
gaDtic fraud. yC
A colored boy named B. rney Sewers, n,
hile hunting on last We inesday. =,
lrsued rabbit through paling m mu
nee while his gun was cooked. The 81
Immer caught on the fence and the tn
Ia was discharged, the load scattering de
through his head. At first the ,h
)und was thought to be undoubtedly -"
aI, but Low hopes are entertained of io'
3 recovery. tul
Dur attention was lastjweek called to In.