Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-06-02
Blabber's Letter.

BARNbSFiLbBi may opi loio'
mr.. E4itor IL thought this week to con-
Time rough sketches Of our improvements and
industries together with some account of ac-
cidents and incidents that have happened, or
that might have happened, during the last week
or So but will defer il at present, and beg
you will excuse me in changing the direction
of this letter from your editorial sell TO your
Pooesville correspondent.
Ny DEAR Y.-Hayen' you taken something
that didn't agree with yo12 In my last letter
got myself slightly wound up in metaphors.
and humbly and confidently asked your kindly
assistance out Of them. But, alas, how was
deceived in you Instead of the generous as
sistance | so fondy hoped for, 10 you regard
my request as a gage Of battle and open fire
along the whole line on my works without a
moments notice. You don't even go through
the usual preliminary diminishing with small
arms, but pitch in at once with your biggest
guns Now think if there was going to be
a fight, you ought 10 have let me have some
say about the weapons to be used, and not
have attempted to crush the County Critic"
by one unexpected but sharp and decisive
blow. For let me tell you, my dear County
Critic Crusher, | don't like those big guns,
they make so much noise That they frighten
me, and they hurt, too-if they hit. II you
had consulted me wouldn't have chosen for
my own use anything heavier than a fowliug
piece with bird shot What Kind Of bird2 did
YOU say. Well, say bird about the size Of a
goose.
You say truly, my crusher, ] was not at the
primary meeting; intended TO go, hut was
so busy hat went TO sleep and forgot about
it, and il is well, think, did not co. for The
honor you would have proposed comforting up
on me, backed By your great political influence
would have certainly brought upon me great
trouble for might have been defeated and
then have gone off untimely like poor Mr..
Greeley did, or if elected, might have be-
come as Grant is now, and that would be
worse still. You can rest easy, however, for
have no reason to be dissatisfied with the
proceedings of the primary-not even with
your boatiRg conversion. And wasn't ii in-
genious and worthy the way You connected
boating with the presidency? | have laughed
over that so much that | have bursted all the
buttons off my-stockngs, and can laugh
some yet.
AS to your refined and delicate criticism on
the ebay horse-window" and your very I'M
called for differences thrown will let it pass
| didn't suppose when | wroie it you could
understand it, but was not writing to you
then
How brave YOU grow when with words that
would so well become boatmen on spree you
repel charge that, 10 my knowledge, has
never been brought against you, and you
seemed 10 wish il 10 be thought that had
made such charge. | have never intimated
that you were guilty of either literary or pi-
ratical achievements Your only carnations
are your letters in the SsDtiuel have read
them with much pleasure. bur will gently
"dare "a ASSERT thai a malicious plagiarism
or ,literary piracyi, as Won call if, would be
a good Improvement on them. In calling
il t'literarv piracy y are YOU sure YOU are moi
plaoiarizioG Ben. Butler?
You do not understand the illusions in the
Blabber letters that have led YOU to charge
that have "yolnpteered to direct the course
of our county papers will not explain
them TO YOU, for they are matters entirely be.
tween the Sentinel and myself. Please remem-
Der what Gen. jackson told Mr.. Buchanan
once-that he knew a man in Tennessee who
made a rood living for his family by attend.
inc To his own business and in fact rot rich
nv letting other peonIe's business alone. JusI
think of thal man friend Y he was nice
man
Yop sav Won are snre would like TO ,lace
Won in The ranks of tho epotato buosu Now.
daar Y how have Won arrived at that "surer-
rees2 There il M word in tbe Blabbor letters
evnn hintino i, So confess then like A man
tb,t Won wrra sura of nnfbinp of III. kind
! h.N no / ms finn nF
von in the ranlSs If The .snotato bu0s'i or in
The ranks of nny other buns. unless of those
whose snrnameis INN
Then ,o, sla, mo in batvean Cen Grant
,d i,ctass inst lilo !, slicn If bpt,er het,vaan
Two bHckvhe,yl cnI,es hui notice all vour
nrnisn and enIoov il for the iackass There's
seotism for Won Beware Of egotism dear
cTnsber ills a deadly fanlt in Writer'S As to
The conundrum YOU propose, as to s'who has
the hest rightn &c about roads. why. by
insinuation. Won preclude INV answer. SO /
olive itup
And nov NV dear sir in all seriousness
I lave M, he rlessnra Of vonr nsrsonaI ne.
ounintance-l know Won only from yonr let
ters-on Them all Thai I have written tina, may
haye ratarenre 10 Won was nrcdicarej II Is
Win regret lparn vol, are about Ia lea re onr
conntv hone however 10 still read vour
Ic,Iers in Tho Sent;osy If anvthinp Won may
raad in RIabbor,s le,ters hereafter excites your
critit;sm shall cheerfullv enbmit IN if /
h ,froid ,hon,1, son,e,in,es ma
he ashamed 10 SEQ n,vsrlf rs others Geo me
DC P as e ~ Sse cr;tcss 81 ON e What
actually wrac-not upon what you may fancy
think. know you only through your let
tiers, and though should be pleased to be
personally acquainted win you, DO not WISH
10 be known IN your letters save through my
o%n. Writing to interest the general public
does not require, indeed does not admit, the
search by correspondent into the personal
affairs, habits, pecnliarilies or appearance of
an adversary. | would also suggest that such
words as "liar" and ''thief are not the words
to be applied even alphabetically by one wri-
ter to another. Any rowdy can use such terms
quality whatever, but on the contrary are pref
ty conclusive proof OF bad temper, If nothing
"1 r, ~ '"e par y n,ul us.ns 'uV,u ho,,an
temner than when ,on wrote yonr last letter