Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-08-13
JUDGE LEONARD AND MS sI.x
DERERS


Ma Enron ;--After several wosl, or ..-
,lon, inc Citizen has at last given pubIc,v 10 -.
ooas'ed exposure Of the motive which gavarnad
yudge Leonard IN making his large don.,lor "a
'ho sehooi District Of Clearneid borough A
more scurfilous and beastly attack on the char..
YER OF private citizen has never before been 4,
snpoea From beginning to end the article Of
'ne o,"sen aoounds in rbaldry and misrcnre-
~ muons' ana while II is nominally an editorial
wi Nnion Mr.. bialer can be held to answer Ia /.
o'ini,hA court, Il has aoout IL some earma,ks
which point out most plainly certain loath,oma
eaerplilars OF society as the prompters Of its
uHy inuendoes and groundess aoousations.
'uugo beonard scarcely needs 10 be defenJad
against an Outrageous attack Of this Kind. made
~ comparative stranger OF whose preyious
n,uory and character nothing is here known.
me Judge is now eighty years OF age, and
nehce Is not ouly one Of the oldest, but Is also
Sne OF zoe best known men in the county. His
ia'her came TO this region In 1904. when tha
Judge was yet child. Like all the early sst,lors
'he iamiiy had to endure rdthps aud D priya,ions
o. "hieh the present. generation have no concep-
.'oh. IN q small cabin, fourteen feet square
many years were passed, potatoes being their
nam dependence for food. On one occasion.
"heh the ground was so hard frozen that thew
eou'u not be dug out, parched corn was 70 sorted
70 70 anu furnished the food which kept them alive
Inc hard struggles Of his earlier life and the
,ese'e ,' Iaoor which he afterwards performed as
we mouth oil any decent man from berating him
because later in his career, through industry aud
economy, he became the possessor Of large wealth.
"hieh mas excited the covetousness Of those who
gre auNocatng the agraIian and communistic
theohes OF financial yisionaries, aud which doubt
less pnderlies this vile onslaught.
me ottlleH tries to make point out Of the
iact that the consideration named In the deed is
only one dollar, but he does not keep 10 view
'hs important fact that Judge Leonard was not
selling the lot He pas giring IL aisoy, aud this
consideration was put in for the purpose Of max
ing formal legal transfer. The SUN of $500,
which the Judge bid at the Sheria's sale, does
not represent the full amount Of money which il
actually cost him, and the person who furnished
that information knew full we'll, II he knew any
thing at all about the matter, that those figures
DO not Indicate what Judge Leonard has invested
in 1t. The simple fact is, and the assertion could
be verified If deemed necessary. that the ground
occupied for school purposes cost him nearer fpe
ihomsand dollars than s3,4OO.
The furniture question needs very little ex-
PLANTATION. Every intelligent citizen Of the town
knows that 1t was purchased as low, considering
the quality, as any firm would have furnished il
for This is, however, begging the question, for of
what possible interest can It be to the taxpayers
how much it cost when Judge Leonard paid for
i with his oion money and then gaze il to the
School District for nothing The furniture never
has and, unless 1t needs repairing, never will cost
our citizens one cent.
The organ, to which reference is made, is in
the school building in possession Of the Board.
For the exceedingly smart manner 10 which
they, through their Treasurer, got possession Of
500 worth Of the coupons Of bonds they are
prosecuted and will hnd Il troublesome to explain
satisfactorily 10 a court and jury.
The Cyclopedia constitutes no part 10 the set
tlement made between Judge Leonard and the
Board Of Directors. This fact the books show.
No blood relatives Of Judge Leonard, with the
exception Of one female teacher, was ever EN-
ployed, and she was chosen, as other teachers
were, by vote Of the Board Of Directors. The
low nature of this ding marks II as the emanntion
Of either an enyous or sadly distempered mind.
10 you, Mt. Editor, an answer to tho foul and
groundless charges made against Judge Leonard
by the Citizen may seem needless, and have no
doubt the Judge will agree with you. Butthore are
others who think that such an untruthful and
libeious statement should be refuted and having
done this, il needs only brief addition of facts
to correct any false Impression that may be enter
tained For the erection Of school house build
ing, furniture, &C., Judge Leonard paid, out of
bis own private funds, S2s,ll6. lie received in
bonds proceeds Of old building, orders, &e.,
Sls,sl4. This left balance due him, on settling
with the Board, Of JoHrieea thousand three hsn-
dred and tieo dollars, which sum be donated, as
we'll es the lots, the price Of which isnot included
in these amounts.
Those are the facts, which the editor Of the
Ciiiisn and his prompters can't rub out II they
lie from now until doOm's day, when, IL not
sooner, they will experience the terrible fact that
"thoy that plough iniquity, and SOW wickedness,
will reap the same" X.