The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-20

Editors of the Register:
An article in your paper of the loth
instant seems to have called out Il strange
tempered reply on the 10th. Who Sub
,cribrr' Is. from here, have no idea. but
the reply Is not - hard to locate. Sab
,criber' may answer Is he sees proper,
but. indeed, his article sounds like a joke
on somebody. He may be mistaken in
getting his figures from Il Commissioner,
IT, the $1,000 story was in one Of your
/ city papers some time ago. Why did
NOT ..Sub,cribrr and Reader figure ON
, il then he read the paper, OF course.
That is hi, forfeit Is the forte of the
whole family. Property valued at $j1,-
600; II crest on that money s4,1OO and
with $1,000 to keep the poor makes ST.
800. This j. about the way it WAS done;
q very simple calculation. Evcna "Sub-
.cribcr" from the back county can see
through it. Such It calculation may give
a false impression but it seems legitimate.
The gentleman could take no notice of
tins, until it came from Valley Grove,
and rs the people of that section do not
get about much at this season of tn" year,
he thought he could rap that member Of
the Board of County Commissioners
over the knucklcs, and seems To- take
pleasure in 80 doing; and after giving
some statistics on county roads. he wind,
up with. ARE you literary men of the
county not satisfied with the liberality of
the old Board on rouds;' Pray, who
Was speaking of roads? And now, Sub
,cribcr your claim come up slim, cN-
claims he. when | failed To- lay any
thing bv word or intimation referring TO
roads i'm the most remote degree. The gen
tIrman should not sully his "librraIty
by such untimciy structures. There al"
many ways to look ut things.
1t j. easy to find fault with the man
ugemcnt of public affairs, and itpr"hahly
should be matter of surprise that sub
>cribrr and Reader would charge e
member of the cold board with ign"-
rance and an attempt to m-Icad the p""-
pie.
will confess to not being rs well post
eel in tine poor expenditure, a. probably
should bee, but | know that the poor
mostly come from the city, and the city
paws the greater part Of the taxes, and
/ think ii but courtesy that the city MEM
bcr> should manage this to Il great extent.
1t strikes me that the idea of claiming
that the whole take, of the Second dis
,rict goc> into roads, Is false one. Each
and every part of the county bears its
share OF all expenses. But probably
some people cannot see that any money
+, expended for their benefit, unless
they see it before their own door.
ain aware that some people i'll th"c"un-
try look at in this way. and II seems SOM"
.lltrrarv gentlemen in the city have not
cot So Gj,rGL ns 10 look al 1t IN any other
way.
Although II subscriber to your paper,
| am not tho subscriber who write, from
here, and the presumption that had this
communication come from some other
course. il would have passed unnoticcd.
The motive seemed SO apparcnt-and
" hat seemed personal illusions III both
communications induced me to answer.
do not mislead people, and anything
| have written heretofore has been rather
complimentary to the Poor House man
agcmcnt. was told once in the old
Board when making some remarks about
our views of the poorly Il number III
whose Judgment had contidencc--the les
| said about it the better. On this ! acted
in public and private since. Now who is
II crying shame that the commissioners
are not better posted? W.