Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-30
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The following appears in the indie
pendence correspondence of the Jesup
Vindicator, of Nov. 23d:
IAN NJ. d., who is oomewhat noted for blunt
ness of speech, and radical opinions had bought
n bill of lumber, and was abought to pay for it.
Some busybody preached the whisky question,
pressed his sympathy with the prosecutions,
and avowed that he had assisted In giving in
formation to convict the offenders. Whereup-
on the Dr. straightway restored his money to
his pocket, and remarked that he would see
him and his lumber in place where it would
ignite without the aid of Kerosene, before he
would get any of his money"
CORRECTION.
~. Editor, it seems to me matter
of great injustice to the reading public,
to say nothing of the wrong done to the
parties concerned in the matter, to have
such brazen faced falsehood appear in
the columns of any public newspaper.
Do the people read merely for the sake
of reading, or do they read for profit?
If they do read for profit, it seems to
me that what they read should have
some semblance of truth in it, in order
that they may be profited thereby. Be-
ing an eye witness, and in fact a party
to the scene, which the writer has tried
so infinitely to describe, l cannot, with
justice to myself and to the M. D., and,
also, to the reading public, let these as
sertions go uncOrrected, or at least COM
mented on. Had bought bill of lum-
Der" This is simply false. Not shad-
o,o of truth. Not word had been said
to me, by the NJ. d., about lumber
Neither did he show that he had any in
tention of buying any lumber. 'Was
about to pay for it" This is just as
false, and needs no further comments
'The unfortunate lumber merchant ex-
pressed his sympathy with the prosecu-
tons" Now, sir, whether fortunate or
or unfortunate for me, l did express
my sympathy with the temperance
movement, and why should not? Is
there mig reason on earth why should
not? If there is, it may be that l am
unfortunate, in this particular, in not
having known it. "And avowed that he
had assisted in giving information to
convict the offenders" This is also a
falsehOOd, of deeper, darker dye Gf
possible) than either Of the others I
did not sag anvthing of the. kind, Meth
err did / allude to the prosecution in
any acay. In fact, | have had nothing
to do with the movement, in any form
or way, only to sympathise with it and
those engaged in it. "Thc DIR. remark
ed that he would see him and his lum-
Der in a place where it would ignite
without the aid of kerosene before he
would get any of his money" To this
assertion | can only say, the DR.. did not
say anything of the kind, or allude to
any place of that sort, while in my hear
ing, and I feel that the writer has done
the DR.. a great injustice, in causing
this assertion to be put in print. Now,
Mr.. Editor, have not written for the
purpose of showing any i'll feeling to-
ward any one engaged in this matter, for
have none, but have done it to correct
an error, into which the public have
been led; and, further, to show my ut
ter contempt for the appearance Of such
falsehoods in public print Neither
would / accuse the writer of willfully
composing that which he knew to be
false, He undoubtedly thought he had
the story correct, but would it not be
well for newspaper correspondents to
be more careful in collecting their news,
and get more Of truth, and less Of fic-
ton? Yours, H. p B,