St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-08
Personal" Journalism.

We have seen the Burlington ReuietU
since our comments last week on the
degrading and disgusting habit some
papers have of saying smart and cum
ming things about men and women,-
who have no redress if they decline to
use the horse whip or sled-stake argu-
ment,-and our impression from hear
say testimony is cOrrobOrated by the
evidence of the main witness, who is
also the principal physical sufferer.
The offense of the article in question
was as nothing compared with what is
retailed by some papers, or even by the
ReUieU itself in some previous issues,
still it was offensive, and the sooner
newspaper men are taught that such
personalities are unhealthy as well as
offensive, the better for them and the
community generally. Yet the attack
upon Mr.. Love by three drunken ruff
fans, as he declares them to be, was
most cOwardly. 1t will be seen that
the assault grew out of comments made
upon the early demise of the Sunday
paper, which run a brief career of six or
eight weeks in Burlington. The Re
Uie,O says this of the affair:
Burlington is in some $I2, and c. II.
Milford, ex-showman, boOk-pedlar, the
husband of Carrie Mills, and the father
of bouncing boy, is out that amount.
nj ,oI,E hn lnt l. fhnf
have been unable to find anything dis
respectful in the article published last
week, anything which reflects in the
least on Mrs. Milford. We always sup
posed she was Il lady. We certainly
intended no disrespect to her, and we
challenge any person, in their own
mind and not under the influence of
rum, to point out anything in the ar
ticle referred to, and which we here
reprint, which is a reflection on that
lady:
"The editors and publishers and
owners and creditors and aunts and
cousins of the new organ of independ
ent religion have had a falling out, and
it is reported have made, or are about
to make new deal. Keller, the only
practical newspaper man in the crowd,
has retired, he being relieved of all the
debts of the concern. Roger Chase will
be chief manager, and young Milford,
who married Carrie Mills, whose father
once run the Sentinel and who has late
ly had a baby-we mean Milford's wife,
not MilfOrd's wife's father-or the
nephew of Squire Brown, he who runs
photograph gallery is reported to be
hn II
what phase of social life the new COM
bination will advocate. OF course they
will still oppose the liquor law, and as
long as Rogers inheritance lasts, they,
no doubt, will still advocate ''Inde-
pendent" religion, or no religion, which
ever you may call it."
Her maiden name was mentioned be-
cause her father formerly published the
Sentinel. The fact that she had baby
was mentioned because a few days be-
fore her husband had come into our
Office, mentioned the fact with pride,
and from the conversation we had with
him at the time, we judged he was fish
ing for a notice of the fact.
The article then goes on to give an
account of the assault, how three men
Roger Chase, Frank T. Keller, (both
of the defunct Sunday paper,) and C.
I. Milford, called the editor out of his
house and assaulted him as any drunken
ruffiaIs would be likely to do, the man
who struck the blow wearing brass
knuckles, as Love declares and who
says in, cOnclusiOn-''if the city can
stand this kind of ruffianism, we can"