The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
LANARK, III. April u.

ED. ERALD:- was much amused, as
were also many others here, at L. FL re-
marks fTzm Dixon to the readers of the
HERALD in regard TO my statement in the
HERALD of the 9th of March. Were il
not that part of his phraseology deserves
a little comment, l would pass it without
further notice.
In the HERALD Of the 9th of March, l
gave the amount of sales, and business
generally of the town of Lanark, Just as
| received it from the different parties, to
which E. f. found no objection, but when
| gave the price OF Illinois coal and com
pared it with Pennsylvania coal, then T..
f. takes offence and exclaims awful" |
am inclined to believe that if some could
live without breathing. they would do so,
when the wind blows from the direction OF
old Pennsylvania. | will now notice
some of L. F.'s remarks. He a V lin
the first place that must be an awful place. "
That sounds rather funny, e. F., that this
is such an awful place, just because it is
in the first place. l would suggest that
any person wanting to visit this place
would do well by trying 20 get into the
first place" and then just keep on going
in till he gets to this place. But why is it
such an awful place? Z. F. says because
people have TO pay from s. to So per ton
for coal. But in this sentence T.. +. would
have the reader to believe that | said so;
but | never said so; here is what l said:
Goal is much inferior TO Pennsylvania
coal, costs from 50 TO SO per ton. Pray,
Z. F., who said that people have TO pay
so much? l didn't care if the people paid
it or not; if they would rather freeze than
pay the price all right; no compulsion
about it.
But Z. f. has get into a thinking mood,
and tries the thinking process, and what
does he think firstt Why he thinks 'the
harder the coal the hotter the fire. He
really deserves credit here, Tor | suppose
no person will disagree with his first
thought. Wonder if L. f. knows that all
the hard coal comes from old Pennsylva-
mia, and that the present price at Lanark
is Sl3 per ton or % cents per bushel2 They
are so high in price that few people in the
country buy them, and | doubt if they are
any cheaper at Dixon, as the distance be-
tween Lanark and Dixon is bat 80 miles.
l will, however, make E. f. a proposition
on the coal question before | close, which
| hope he viii accent. Z. +. tries to think
again, and think his friend is home sick. "
Who this friend is he does not say, but |
will take it for granted that it is j. H., as
j. ii. tries 10 be a friend to every person.
l will inform E. F., hover, that j. ii. has
been at and about home ever since he came
to Carroll County, except once, and that
time he was at Dixon, and how a person
can get homesick when he is at and about
heme all the time, | cannot conceive. Per
haps L. F.'s thinking faculty is a little
faulty.
E. T. next enters into the wood cues
ton, and says wood is Il little scarce. I
must confess it to be more plenty here than
| had expected to find it, but if a person
who has none OF his OWL and wants any,
has TO pay the prices in order to get some,
or steal it, which, as l understand, is no
rare occurrence here. But how about
that stump E. +. says wood can be
bought from 81 to So per load on the
stump" An awful stump, +" that, with
a load OF wood on 1t, and can be bought
for 50 or So. Here is a chance TOR buyers
who will have it. Wonder il the stump
goes with the load, or the load with the
stump. What is the diameter of that
stump 1t Z. +. had just continued
thinking a little longer he would have had
no trouble in solving the hog question,
las he no doubt has seen my oversight cor
rected) and avoided making the mistake
he did IN his figures. But perhaps it was
the Squire in Dixon that did it. am in
clined to believe that L. L. only wanted
to have a little fun at my expense, and is
a little like the old school teacher, who
said Il can go through the tables like
lightning through a hay-stack, and when l
get 10 fractions and cube root, I'm awful. >"
/ am authorized by a party or firm In Ian
ark, TO make the following proposition 10
+. +. They will take all the coal you
can have delivered at Dixon for the term
OF six months. Time to commence Oct.
Isl, 1875, for which they viii pay you
double the amount of your highest figure
per ton. He reserves the right to SAY
where it is to come from. OF course he
wants the best. Here is a chance for you
10 make q few dimes. Ii.