The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-11-25
A Review.

said recently that he came into
Lake county at the "urgent solici-
tation pf many Gifts leading citi-
xens.'N 1'hb va claim to be with.
out foundation in fact, and chal-
lcnge him to give the names ofcven
a half dozen "leading citizens" who
urged him to come here. Don't
say that this - another Of "Rad-
cliffe's les" but give us a twang-
ing blast from the Clarion with the
true version of the whole matter.
Our statements and belief have been
based upon personal knowledge of
the discreditable morally speaking)
manner in which 7. D.,Talbot start.
cd his paper at Chase, and from
the declaration of every ''leading
citizen" of the county with whom
we have discussed the matter. d.
G. Warner is the only man in the
county that ever, to our knowledge,
confessed having had anything to
do with urging Talbot to embark in
his foolhardy enterprise. 1t is ap-
parent that either Mr.. Talbot or
those leading citizens" tell most
willful falsehoods. If Talbot will
only publish the names he may per.
haps clear his skirts of deception
in this regard. Let us have them,
Last week we received a farewc
copy of the little "pioneer"C) pa
per, bearing date of the week pre-
vious. What a wreck of mind and
matter it presented. Printed on an
old proof press, borrowed from Lud'
ington; with part Of the same mat
ter printed twice ON the same side
of the paper-one of the paragraphs
thrown in, and ending abruptly,
without sense; entire items taken
bodily from the Clarion, and given
as original matter in the Herald
without proper corrections to cover
the deception; "a large per cent. of the
lads" dead and faded; and different
dates at head of editorial and local
columns. 1t was a fitting funeral
dress for such a sheet; founded az
it was OH the rankest hypocrisy
and in the foolish hope of winning
a business which by moral right be.
longed to another. If Talbot ha'
enough judgment and common
sense to enable him to profit by his
experience in Lake county, the
time spent here may yet result in
some good to him.
The following singular paragraph
also, occurs in the latest article
from the Herald:
ave were offered no special induce.
mcnt from any man or set of men IN
the east portion Of the county, ms tho
STAR would infer, but we UCrc Offered
$500 10y the people Of baldwin, If We
would locate there; which offer was re-
fused ct l.......... ......
1t is perhaps needless to say that
the "people Of Baldwin, without
exception. declare the above to be
false, and off the the same piece OF
deception as Talbot's former re-
peated insinuatiOn that the STAF
had received $500 as q bonus from
the citizens Of Baldwin. Mr.. Tai.
bots career i'm Lake county has
been short lived as it has been a
miserable one. lie started in the
enterprise of publishing a paper
here. not because there was fair
and open field in which he could
labor; for he and all others acknowl.
edged that there was not enough
newspaper patronage in the county
to support two papers. lie wrong
fully accused us of dcceiving our
readers by printing the STAR over
at Hersey, when with our first issue,
and in items subsequent to that
time, VIC made it known to all our
patrons the manner i'm which the
paper was conducted. He, also,
had much to say about matter be-
ing used in the STAR which was
gotten up for the Outline; insinu-
atlng that We were unable to con-
duct our own paper; and all at a
time when we we're, week in and
week out, doing nearly all the ed
itorial work for both the two last
mentioned papers. Private and
public abuse and insinuations were
heaped upon us withoutstint. Mr..
Talbot has remained in Lake coun-
ty long enough to do, himself, the
very acts he wrongfully accused NJ
of doing. Again, we say, his Ca
reer has been a miserable one.
Never truly in earnest in advocat-
ing measures ofgcneral public con-
Germ; traitor to the choice of the
Republicans Of Lake county for