The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-10-23
Centert0wn Letter.

have just read very lengthy ar
ticle in the Rockpo-t' Register, which
is a little mixed, as it is hard TO tell
whether said article was written as an
apology to Morton. Wade Il Co., or
to sustain his { Adonis) views i'll for
mer communication.
Adonis SAYS, "the long and novel
name, 'Signumsqueecy." Why, my
young man, that is n latin word, and
am told that it was the yeritable pass
word used BY your party in the race
for Sheriff between Phillips and Rowe,
which is rendered thus Sig. vote mum
for squeezy Rowe, and owing TO a lit
tie imperfection in pronunciation, in
giving the word, some had it sig mum
squeeze easy, making it word of four
instead of three sylables, which made
it too long to swallow consequently.
while they were doing all in their pow
err on the election day to swallow the
password in order to vote, we cut that
very complimentary vote down to rs.
Then that explains why L use the
word. But brevity is the soul Of wit,
consequently l abridged it little.
He also gives Mr.. Tilden's vote. !
know we were discussing that past Re
publican fraud, rs the most Of that
party are disguised when you speak of
1t, and are repenting at huge rate,
for scse obstringerent vitae animique enlen-
ddtioni; quo nanciscerent'T Precdtor'ma
reaiam, but don't know whether they
will stand to it or not.
said nothing in my former article
about the majority for any one in this
precinct. / did mention the uncalled-
Tor thrust made on Morton, Wade Il
Co.. and thought it just and honorable
to do so. AdOnis says: "that word
such might be construed differently"
That'sa fact but by whom? Certain
" BY no one versed in the laws of Ian
guage. We gave Mr.. Rowe a very
complimentary majority. in spite of
such men as Mcintyre, Jim Hatcher,
Morton, Wade and Warden. Now,
what would any stranger to either of
these gentlemen think upon reading it ?
Why, of course they would very rca-
sonably conclude that they were the
,callawags Of the country, and could
easily be influenced to vote for Phillips,
or any one else. 1t would have been
Just as easy to have said we gave Mr.
Rowe 20 majority when We thought
sure we'd lick 'em by 80 or 10. May
be, Adonis, you did not think that
your letter reflected upon Morton and
Co.? You intimate as much. If that
be the case, we must look over youth
full indiscretion. Or very likely you
aspire to newspaper nOtOriety, and
wish to become noted through the me-
dunn of the press? Your friends will
see to it that your efforts are not thrown
away. So far as the figures given by
Adonis in regard to the Presidential
election are concerned, it is altogether
a matter foreign to the vote polled
here CCentertown) for Phillips and
Rowe. | stated that failed to notice
the very complimentary vote of Mr..
Rowe, as this was his own precinct.
Mr.. Rowe was present during the day.
That demonstrated to certainty that
he apprehended some doubt about
carrying his own precinct. Now, |
think Mr.. Rowe n gentleman in the
strictest sense, and only act on the de-
fensiye in my communication.
Adonis also says that parties voted
or worked against Mr.. Rowe Chat is
the construction) on account of his
father. Well, so far rs that relates to
his defeat, | am not informed; but |
will say, if such was the case, it was
very wrong. Still that is off the track
again. Adonis, confne yourself to
that very complimentary twenty-six.
| heard several gentlemen say that
they did not admire Mr.. Rowe's polit-
ical views, but would vote for him to
show him that they entertained no i'll
will to himself or father. a large num-
Der, very respectable number at
least, Democrats ut that, voted for MIR
Rowe from the fact that he was grown
up in their vicinity, and they liked
him as gentleman, &c. Adonis did
not state in his first epistie to the gen.
tiles that we have two gentlemen in
this vicinity named James Hatcher.
Wonder if one didn't vote for Mr..
Rowe? If he did he did right. lie
says in his second epistle that | GER
tainly had not been in this vicinity
long. No, not more than 10 years,
but that is long enough to tell how the
land lays. He closes his composition
by requesting all Republicans to 90 to
the polls in November and give Mr.
Feighan a rousing vote. That's all
right but we will beat you more than
twenty-six with Me-, and about 5000
majority all told. Now, with no I'M
kind feelings toward AdOnis. for we
are done, well sing the doxology,
"No more wen seek his merits to disclose,
Nor drag his frsiliies from their dread repose