Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-09-09
All. Gill.

To The Editors Of the Independent:
The ny yocfite and self constitu-
ted guardian of the peoples bust
ness whose name heads this arti-
Gle, is before the people in Shiny
communication in which his chris
tian ~ character fully shows it.
self. He gets Off in an Imaginative
mood and describes our boudoir
and the paraphanalia contained
therein. Then by turns Re is far
ciful, whimsical, impolite and un-
truthful, and finally dies away in
reference to us by a vulgar alIu-
sion to us as personating BaIaam's
donkey.
We must confess that the best
representa- ion that we have seen
of this much abused and oft re-
ferred-to animal, is the Rev. Gill,
when he gets off one of his meth
odical grunts to recompense for the
loss of his subject. The man of
rhetoric, bah ! in his perambula-
tons, has said nothing (nor can
he) to convince the people of this
community that he is not a med
dlesome, inconsistent man. He is
sore and smarts. Why? Some
money has passed in a channel
that will not reach his Golfers, that
he might more fully luxuriate in
pastures green. The nondescript
that informed him we were only
the cats paw, is physically le 'ge
fundamentally and morally we
have no comparison. He either
has never read, or has utter disre-
gard for the 9th con- .nandment, as
his trying to implicit Mr.. Raney
and others will show. We hesten
to inform the b. zee that we are the
author, and RESP 1lsible for any
thing that has emo lated from our
pc l under any nom de plume we
cheese to assume.
We lay no pretensions to smart
nc IS, but think man of ordinary
calihre can easily unmask a pre-
ter der. His calling and temper
WREN out OF harms way--are en-
tagonistic. We suggest he return
- the occupation he followed prior
to the time charitable institution
took him under it's tutilage and
tn. .led him out a-stumb!ing
block between man aud his Ma
ker. L @ may talk and appear as
a saint, but before the penetrating
eye OF the Searcher of Hearts, he
cannot conceal the fact that his
heart is a filthy pool harboring on
ly reptiles.
We are amused-the supposed
thrust of Raney brings him to the
death scene o the great Cesar
"And thou, TOO, Brutus ?" "Ah,"
US he "this was the unkindest
cut of ALL" 81 took thee from the
bonds of iniquity and put a new
song in thy mouth, even praise
thy earthly benefactor, and now
when my lamentations goeth up
you turn Judas Iscariot." Oh base
ingratitude.
IF this be any oil upon the trou-
bled waters we would desire to in
form him that Mr.. r. had no
more cornexiol with our articles
than the Khedive of Egypt.
And you dissembler "be up and
doing" fire your squirt gun again,
and after having disgorged your
self, go have SHANE" and "igno-
my" branded on your own cheek.
You will find the tom tit is rot
even placed hors du combat. A
SaOan'p dragon will not suffice. We
suggest the Baine mortar central
fire.)
We are utterly Indifferent to the
opinion of a bowling hyyocrite,
expressed or otherwise We shall
ask no favors and grant nore.-
We would remind you that your
ministerial garb and other consid-
CITATIONS may not save you an APP
pl;cation of the cure set forth by
Solomon. (26. 81 Finally, that
you, to save your credit have told
that which many honorable men
would not tell tosave their lives
a wilful lie.
d. H. STUCKEY.
Arden, Sept. 4th, 1876,
r. e..