The daily gazette., 1876-02-26
For the Delaware Gazette.
Letter from Samuel TO,cnsend.

IOtFu6eh0.
When | received the Iranscrtpt on
last Saturday, saw commu oicatiop
signed Doctor" pitching into me
furiously, and wanting to know what
right Sam Townsend had to attend the
meeting of the Agricultural Society
and oppose the granger resolution;
that he was ne granger lone truth. and
how dared Sam Townsend to write in
the different papers. | was rather as
tonIshed at this new meteor, and when
went up to Middletswn, the dazzling
light rather blinded my eyes, but after
buying pane of glass, Sx10, and one
tailow candle, and lighting it and
smoking the said pane of glass, look
ed through it at this bright luminary,
calling himself Doctor" and to my
astopishment. found it was the old
native American sinner, Joe Barr, as
suming to be the high priest Of the
grangers and would-be dictator to the
Delaware press, ying who should,
and who should not write. Now, Joe,
you have been very fortunate as . po-
litical doctor; for by yeur doses you
have doctored yourself cut OF every
party you have been with, since you
were 81 years old, and then, just think
os the dose you recommended to me,
your old friend, and signed yourself
"Doctorw You will be disowned by
that fraternity now. Your next pitch
expect, will be for an old exhausted
Pennsylvania coal mine, for your head
. quarters, to run branch of Molly
Maguireism. l am sorry for you, Joe,
and if my church did not forbid pray
Ing for hypocrites, would pray for
, you. You wish to know the reason
was at the Agricultural meeting at
Middletown. 1 am, but to no great
amount, a stockholder, and therefore
had right to be there. and whilst
there, opposed q resolution which, if
, passed, would have given undue
prominence and advantage to grangers,
of whom you claim to be High Priest
in Delaware, and you say I never
, knew there are 25, 600 oranges, with
membership of some two millions, or
ur wards; that they stretch like vast
: army over the whole republic, with
: well-arrsnged system of government,
Joe, did you not feel like collapsing
after you get out such big words?-
Now, Joe Barr, if there was twenty
five millions of such politicians as yea
in it, it would break down with its
own weight. What business have you
! TO blow about farmers. and you q pet
tyfogger lawyer, that don't know
whether farmers SOW corn or plant
wheat, and God help the poor, silly
farmers whe place themselves under
such leaders as you. They would be
. sold out the first opportunity.
This grangerism was first started in
. the West under the pretense of reduc-
ing railroad treights. The grangers
had not run the machine long before
they sold out one another: in other
. words, like snakes, swallowed one
= another. When first read your omi-
D nous declaration, of this band of gran
gers encircling these United States,
thought some fiery comet had been let
; loose to destroy us, before we had the
Centennial frolic. Telegraphic de-
spatehes were sent to the four quarters
of the earth TO know if this granger
monster had been let loose. myself
went as far as Middletown; drove in
carefully, noting the countenances to
see eif the people were much frightened.
found they looked as usual. then
inquired if they had heard when this
|
US all? They laughed and told me 1t
was Joe Barr, who had tried to turn
: into Old. Probabilities and had so
lover. exhausted himself that they heard
that he had brought on violent
fever; that the doctor had shaved and
, blistered his head put mustard on his
feet; given him panado and catnip tea
and also composing draught of fish
pickle, soft soap, tanners oil and Jer-
usalem bugs, and was in hopes toh have
him on his pegs again in a few days.
Joe, as you are so anxious to be far
mer, if you get over this spell, go up
and put your self under instructions at
the Newark College for three montl 3
to lean how to till cabbage and pota
toes; then you can boast that at leas
you are part of farmer, but for
Gods sake, leave off this attempting
to High Priest it over Democratic
farmers, for joe, they won't be cheated
worth a cent. and you may as well
cease your prating. The Democratic
farmers are not in the market to be
sold by old spawned, wind-galled,
blowing Native American and sore
: head Republican politicians. When
the real farmers of these United States
feel aggrieved, all they have to do
would be to hold anational convention
and determine on course of action;
for we well know our strength and do
not need pass-w ords, grips, or to 60
hiding around old buildings or in old
cellars to hold meetings in the dark to
raise money to pay lazy fellows, some
of whom do not know any more about
farming than new niggers from Gui-
nea, and. like the monkey, the higher
they climb the more they show their
hinder parts. SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
i Townsend, Feb, 21st. 1876.