Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-10-12
A Few Words to "Ephraim. .
PooLEsyILLE, October 9Th, 1877.

PooLEsyILLE, October 9th 1877.
Mr.. Editor 81 see in your last issue another
effort OF Ephs.' wherein he is trying to palm of
! all the defects Of the new plan on the people
| Of Medlev's. If he had paid attention to " hat
| stated in former note in your welcome
paper, that all which Medley's asked was a
minority representation and that the district
lines should be maintained, he then would
have had no cause to put another of his sense
less monstrosites before the people where
in he exempJs our former delegates from his
present wrath. presume he has got an idea
that they will occupy the represen .atives stalls
at Annapolis next winter, and it he kept on
with his former tomioolery of backbiting
them, it might jeopardize his pet idea, about
getting the five Commissioners Of this county
consolidated into one. And if our represen-
tives were TO do such thing, they would
think twice before they so far forgot what
they owed themselves as to give the posi-
to man who poured the walls of wrath on
their heads, when they were running as re-
formers, before the people of this county -
But report says they owe their nominations
this time to the tricksters of the canal also
that they are under obligations TO those who
have manipulated the tobacco house appoint
ments, which all, outside Of the favorite ones
have designated as tobacco house ring"
Mr.. Editor, il you can get Eph. to let us
know why this double handed business ia al
lowed to prosper in his neighborhood, espe-
cially as he processes TO know all about creeks,
roads and the sense and education of the people
of old Medoy's, will say that, as ignorant
as we may be, we are not willing to ex-
change what little we do know, with the
self-conslitlted critic, who is not known for
anything that has as yet emenated from his
imaginary brain.
Some say he is a one-horse lawyer, hailing
from the village of Rockville. Be it so or not,
his pocket-book does not contain many green
backs, if he has only 81 10 to bet on a thing
which he thinks is such a large mountain to
overcome ! am one Of those who never
trouble myself with other peoples affairs.
II we should ever have a candidate who
could not work the problem out, and could
not command over S2.lC, | would freely say
he deserves TO stay in his rocky home the rest
of his days; and do not think the people of
Medley's will have any reason 10 complain,
for no representation is better than bogus
reform, sailing under canal banner, sup
ported by a critic, who has said ali that he
could against them, but now as ;hey have
outwitted him, and many others of the same
stripe, he has come TO the conclusion that he
has So 10 which he would like to double by
betting with a citizen of Medley's but as
that citizen is not Of the betting stripe, Eph
will have 10 look further before he can get his
bet taken.
If the people of the county wish TO simplify
the working of the new plan, think the best
way to do it would be, after the people have
voted and failed to make nomination, TO let
the convention proceed to make the nomina-
tons in the old way, as every one would have
had a chance before the people, and then
every one would have n chance before the con-
vention whether they had been before the peo-
pie or not. think the above will give gener-
al satisfaction. MEDLEYs.