The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-14
There was nice young mani
And he combed his hair so slick;
he boarded where reporters stop,
And DlRVed a RcurVv trick.

In the Pittsburgh Sunday Critic of August Sd,
appeared an article under head Of Canton, Ohio
Scandal /" duplicating "a minister who has under
his charge the members Of q church on East Tus.
carawas street." and had too we'll loved his maid
servant and strayed from the paths OF virtue i,
The said servant was Of Irish extraction and had
been hied away by a friend of the reverend gen.
tleman to parts unknown y that she had return.
ed to the city and things were now amiCably ar
ranged between the parties and would not be
made known to the public"
The Repository copied 1t readily, varying the
language little from the way the Critic had It,
The Reps comments called the scandal "bosh,"
and said 1t must have originated In the brain Of
the Critic man." Instead, however, Of the "CfiAc
man, 1t turns out 1t Originated In the Reposi
tory office So says the Critic man." and SO ac
knowledges the Repository man himself All this
will be more fully seen and understood by read.
ing the following square expose and explanation
OF the Critic man" in the sole OF laat paper Of
August 10TH Sunday last
A CARD TO THE CANTON CLERGY.
Since the publication of scandal IL last Sun.
days Critic, which reflected somewhat on the
morality of clergyman in Canton, Ohio, we have
been In receipt of letters from the ministers hay
ing congregations on East TuscaraWas street, de.
manding retraction Of the story, or the name of
| lhe Oriiie mans Informant. We do not desire to
DO the ministers Of Canton or any person else in
justice, and In this the correspondent comedies
with us, as will appear from the following card
which he has written for publication after being
acquainted with the denials Of the reverend gen.
tlemen referred TO-, r l,re ,fs' .r.......
Ihs very fact that Tbs party lOho gave our correspon-
dentte Information upon which his article Il based
To'0 goes back on his story S as Oe take H. sufficient
vtndtcdtiOn Of ths ministerial geDRenten m .
T0he Editor Of the Critic - Tue Cagton clergy.
men who Wiqh me to fetragt tne Story or give the
name of my informant regarding the scandal, evi.
IDENTIFY feel hurt. They demand me to give the
name Of my informant Furthermore the Canton
daily Repository comes out IN relation to the mat.
ter as follows J' i..H 'lh
IItsuseess for us saythis is al bosh, and must
have originated in the brain of the Critic man,
while waiting fora train In this city one day last
week, and Montgomery" is in a fair way,to get
an item that win interest the readers ofthe Critic
infinitely more than the Canton, O., Scandal let.
ter the next time he visits us he will find all the
Iuscarawss street preachers and one or two land.
'ords waiting to receive him when he lands, and
he can go back to Pittsburgh singing, Oh, the tar,
theitar the feathers and the tar" -
Now II certainly places me as CORRESPONDENT of
the Critic in very bad light, likewise the minis.
ters having churches on East Tuscarawas street.
In justice'to all parties concerned, would state
that the Information aoaS recetved By me In good faith
'0ord for '0ord unpublished IN Lte Critic from one
WeIEreqn, the editor Of Hs Cdnton Daily Reposior,
1Vho ow claims the matter as published in the Critic 10
be entrelytd false This is the true statement Of the
affair, andwe leave Mr., Wellman and the injured
ministers to fight It out among themselves, 'ifit
takes all summer" In Justice to The dtvines involv
ed, ItOotId Stce tdt II have done them an Injustice
II Is because ne have been mtSiatorqsd By Mr., Well
man. This card ia written in justice to the minis
ters, the proprletors of the Criticand myself 1t
Is not the principle of the Critic or myself to di
vulge the name Of an informant, and to do 1t, is
something the Critic or myself has never done.
Nevertheless since Wellman's article In the Repos.
itory, it is only just that his name be given. ''
.. WELL. NJ CLEMAilSs,
"MoNTeoMERY."