The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-18

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aoother, | pity the person. who tries to
follow and review your thoughts. Be-
lieve me your thoughts are not much
and to save yourself from the ridicule
aud contempt of all, aud the public
from the pain Of reading your sickenins
| productions, for Gods sake quit writing
your thoughts. Do act annoy as by
bubblipg forth, in its crude state as it
lights Oh the d sordered machinery OF
your cracked bain. "Tbink thrice be-
iore you spesk once" and think we'll on
it, aud digest each thought carefully;
you are too fond of seeing your produc.
tions 10 print, and this together with the
fact that you imagine you are very
smart, kills you; get over these ideas
and have seuse. just imagine ycu
smoking cigar, one foot over the other,
aud residing one OF your best produc.
tious, God bless the mark, in the Demo-
crdt, what smile OF complacency! poor
tool! little he knows how many are
laughing at him at the same time. If you
have not much to occupy your time for
the winter, the best you can do is to
copfDe yourself to your room, and your
thoughts TO the limited space of year
Uranium, this believe me, is better than
struttng up and down the streets OF
Rdgway or driving through the sur
rounding country, cox.comb like, put
ling on all the airs OF country way
and pulled up with the idea OF your
own importance TO such a degree that
you think yourself the greatest man
intellectually, and otherwise, in town.
AS above stated there Is no such thing
IS reviewing aoS thing you, "SeueI,'
scribles, every line almost involves a
new subject. That the church is one
Is subject on which could be written
volumes. The Inguisition and hduI-
gence are subjects on which historians
aud theologiaus have been consldsrabl,
puzzled to account for; yet MIR. "Senex'
takes all in in few lines; no matter Oh
what he commences to write it is hard
to tell how he will cad. There will be
very little connection between the con-
clusion and the premises. In the present
case he commenced on sabbath schools
and ended with Inquisition. AS is de-
lirious or mad, and pity the reviewers OF
his disconnected thoughts. He has ad-
vabced the IDqulsi,on against me
though it has nothing at all to dc with
the ques:icn at issue ln reply l dees
that the Roman church perse cuted
anyone. According to the principles re
guIating diseussisn Oh any thesis such
is my duty when in truth it can be done,
and it is your place to proceed 10 prove
your statements, and | will be in due
tiuse after you But you must keep to
the question soley, and not take in a
hundred subjects in a general way;
your alusion to indulgence is vile
lying cslumny o! fou-mouthed igaors.
mus. Iudulscnces are for sale, to be
purchased by severe penances; such is
exclusively their price how as always.
This "Senex" makes desperate effort
TO get over my proofs against the idea
Of msey churches in style childish,
though he calls 1t deeply syllogis'ica.
Here is a specimen of his syllogist ic
power; an ass has two ears two eyes a
nose and no brains hut "SeueS" has
two ears, two eyes, a nose aud no brains
-ergo-draw your own conclusion. But
there caunot be much expected from
such crazzed, rambling mind az
"Senex" possesses. Had | know
when | first wrote my review Of his
thoughts that he would be handled BY
the honorable pens of "Reader" aLd
"Puelia" | should never have stained
my hands with his shallow common
place, scribblings, the fallacious argu-
ments Of which could be upset by b
school boy OF twelve years, either one
Of these was too much Tor "Senex" as
The public ale we'll aware He has
given nohe a fair, reasonable, auswer.
In answering Reader" he talks Of
boiling pots, and bubbles GENERALLY;
the pots have boiled over aud scalded
"Senex" badly. He had better never
try to boil them again, though he is
6t for nothing but boiling pots iu the
literal sense. You boiled and irothed
pretty badly yourself "Senex" and
should you continue in your strain you
will burst if you do not set a safety
valve.
In reviewing my letter he says l was
showing how | could be vulgar. "Let
the public Judge Of the vulgarity of my
letter 1t is true, when dealing with an
upprineipled, ungentlemauIy being like