Daily Republican., 1880-02-14
OUR DELAWARE CITY LETTER.

d Cutting Ice-The Amend HonOrs
II ble-J. g. Vind1cates HimseIf-N
Isl Dispositions 10 IDjure Anyone
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Z, Hts Deductions from ReIiabi
InfOrmatlen-Land SaIe-PhiIiI
Philips.
Especial Correspondence Of the Republican.
! DELAwARE CRY, Feb. IL, 1880.
oI Workmen were engaged to-day II
cutting ice on the canal, and storing i
in the Ice house. The ice, am told, Il
about two inches in thickness. Thos,
who are securing it prefer not TO rur
the risk Of Its getting thicker, and .
risk it certainly would be, the weather
being SO very tickle. / wonder If this
to Is fIlse impression
i | would not be doing Squire Kirby
the public or myself justice, II | did
not acknowledge that was in error il
regard to the issuing Of warrant fol
the arrest Of the colored man who 81
shamefully maltreated his wife shor
time since. l had no intention of plac.
ing the Squire in an unfavorable light
before the community, but merely stat.
ed what l heard. The colored woman
herself said, so | am informed, that
Squire Kirby refused to issue warrant
and that she would have her husband
arrested, If she had to go to New Castle
to have it done. Further, it was pub.
licly stated in the barber shop, while |
was eating shaved, on the Sunday
morning after the occurrence, that the
Squire not only refused to issue the
warrant, but threatened 10 put the
woman out Of his Office.
II there was a malicious lie, other
parties are the author Of II. 81 nothing
extenuate or set aug ght down in maIices"
| shall be rather chary hereafter of &C.
cepting everything for the truth that
hear. 1t has been my ardent desire
ever since have been hers to make
friends, not enemies, and | regret very
much that have wounded the feelings
of the Squire by stating things OF him
that were not true.
| have neither the time, patience, nor
inclination to answer at length the
high-toued and classical educated
"Snap- -Fogis- Young-Fogis. That they
are all one and the Same person is evi-
dent from these words: "We now
beg leave for little Of your space to
answer this last letter Of J. g., and with
this will bid him adieu." In what way
am | doing a positive harm? | have
merely stated what has been talked of
over and over again here, and receiy-
ed my information from men of reliable
character, men who stand a No. l in
the community. Probably this ''Suap-
Fogie-Young-Fogie" is one OF the delec-
table gentlemen who got so terribly
angry at Major Hunter when he op-
posed the Railroad project. Time has
proved that the Major was right, and
his vilifers in the wrong. | am sorry
that my head is so intolerably thick
that | cannot see things as "Snap- Fogis.
Young-Fogie" does. What a glorious
fellow ! would have been had fallen in
to his way of thinking; but you see
have rubbed the fur the wrong way,
and as per consequence | have reused
the ire of this scholarly gentlemen, who
has no milder words for me than "thick
head, senseless," &c. Iwould like to
know about how many Of our citizens
'Snap-Fogie" has conversed with, for
he says "all Of our citizens, &c."
If am compelled, in self defence, to
answer this erudite gentleman again,
before doing go shall ask permission
of my informants to use their names; 8
and if | do, he will find they are not /
he idle gossips he thinks they are, al
hough they are not members of the
Land Association. would not, know t
ngly, wound the feelings of any one,
lor would harm any one in person or "
state; but if am attacked, even if it
'elby moneyed association, the proba. u
,ility is that l will defend myself. &
You see my head is so very thick that
lave peculiar way of thinking my @
elf, or rather making my own deduo- ii
ions, after hearing two sides Of a story.
What may seem to be the light oftruth, 81
IS told by one party, does not seem 80 ,,
Vhen viewed from another stand. point. D
he grovelling nature Of ''Fogie Snap
'ogie" has prompted him to make use II
I language unbecoming either to a p
entleman or scholar; but "the dog is a
urned to his own vomit again, and the "
ow that was washed to her wallowing
q the mire." d
The sale of land by Mr.. Edwin Peck II
ri, as Administrator, which was to IT
ave taken place on the 22d of January,
as postponed and is now advertised to hi
e sold on Saturday, the 2lst inst. ca
his land is all eligibly situated, and
ould make elegant building sites.
he probability is that this land will a.
Q sold at low figure, and as there is To-
rong talk of our railroad being opera
ID soon, persons WHO have the means vi
'uld not do better than attend the 's
lie and make Investments. ia,
A fair sized audience is this evening, ior
,tening to that sweet and melodious I
nger, Philip Phillips, at the M. 4. OF
luroh. have been informed lis this N. Ru
false impression) that this service of
ng was gotten up to pay of, or help fer
pay off the debts of the church. CHI
ust they may be successful, and if ~
is does not aid them, / suggest the era era
urch!will get up fair. No doubt it me
,uld be we'll pstronizsd, as this is /
lily christian community, with a Sa
'derate sprinkling of sinners. J. G. "n ~