Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-03-05
"A True History"
MARTINSRuRG

MARTIEsBURG, Md.
M. Editor Some veracious, would-be
historian, has written an article which has
been printed and extensively circulated
under the specious title of A True History
of the School Troubles in Montgomery
County, Maryland" wonder if the author
has taken the initiatory measures to secure
a copyrights He will surely do great in
justice to himself to neglect so golden an OPP
portunity to acquire the wealth which u
Vanderbilt might covet, Cresus might
envy--a bonanza. But the vision so rapidly
expands that | must desst in utter despair
words are too feeble, language inadequate
to describe the boundless wealth that lies
within his reach, and the halo of glory that
will enshrine his name. "a True History "
will fill void in literature, chasm that has
long been yawning; for has not some one
! said that all great historians are great liars
But our Montgomery author may endeavor
to escape the odium attached to the latter
characters by claiming that he is only a
small historian. In that event | shall not
attempt to deprive him of the benefit of the
plea, for, in truth, / do not only consider
him small historian but also very small
man small potatoes and few in hill; yet
l fear that the prodigious feats he per-
formed in that "True History" will fasten
upon him the appellation applied to great
historians, and that it will forever stick to
him tighter than the shirt of Nessus also
very much fear that his "True History"
when thrown into the chasm, will share tho
fate of Curtius of old, who, as another vera
cious historian informs us, leaped into the
chasm which opened in the old Forum in
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was never more seen "a True History"
etc Shades of Horodotus, Thucyddes and
Josephus how abashed must you feel at be-
ing thus eclipsed by this modern historian ?
With power and brillancy of fancy that
supplies every lack of material of fact, this
newly fledged historian plumcs himself for
fight, and spurning the dull, common place
regions of truth and reality, with scarcely
an effort, he scars aloft into the empyreal
realms of imagination and fiction. He goes
up like a rocket fear he will come down
like stick.
| must, however, correct one of the facts
contained in that "True History" As 1t re-
lates TO myself, beg the author, "Veritas," to
allow me the small Privilege to believe that
| know more about that incident than he
does, omniscient as he seems, as well as ON
nipresent, with ubiquitous tackled on for n
tail. But, in parenthesis, what beautiful,
kiting historian All We rustic and verdant
inhabitants of Montgomery and Africa, look
up and admire
But must make the correction and the
more freely do so because / feel assured
that the filling of the pacuum caused by
expunging the fact TO which | allude by
another fact, equally as true, TO one possessed
of his prurient Imagination and exuberant
fancy will be both easy and delightful lie
says, in substance, that Judge Bouic was
influenced in some degree 10 adopt his
course in order 10 make vacancy for me,
the son of his brother. oh, "Ve-r-tas r.
You ought not TO have said that | am
sorry, "Veritas," that you inserted that fact
in your "True History" because, in reality, |
know that to be what | do not like to de-
scribe in plain words, but il must be done.
Well, here il is: A .tdisehoOd. Now, "Veri-
tas, my knowing that one of your statements
10 DC Jdtse, impairs, yea wholly destroys, all
my confidence in all the rest contained in
your "True History" In fact "Veritas," 10
tell you the plain truth, but in a whisper, |
believe you are the greatest falsifer-though
a snail man in the county, and do not be-
lieye there is a single truth in all your "rrue
History" and that its title Is n misnomer,
unless the fact that II is destitute Of every
Characteristic of a true history constitutes
claim 10 the title. ! fear, "Veritas," you
have the "sore head" or the "swelled head"
do not know which, perhaps, both, as you
ssstn 70 BE- double headed If not hydra
hsaded monster. If your instincts and
sentiments do not restrain you from invad-
~ nie family circle, ever held sacred by all
hoaQfabls men, and attempting by misrep-
fs'ssslta;iOus aud disgusting caricatures, TO
bas1 ~ uls members thereof TO vulgar ridi-
cue, 9og oz2Ai ~ select an audience more
panget,ie " your depraved tastes and not
nniS1f a. c4sylay " your performance AS
pt,n',,n WIS ~ people at large.
y sptIs Eysae dos not consider you IA
~ ritDa Hcst-st worth the powder
go Va aHssf a aofs Akle as well as swclled
f.ei5f
s'ssr aesisg. I VIA ~ publicly express
ny innilt5 ~ tae k1rmer School Board for
ts'slf iiifisrip srfaaity and courtesy To-
Naffa $40 "a ~ ~ iaterooursc, and 81 Mr..
hm aqaes t4if Capt Anderson, am
ssl@aiiaiif oAig.f ~ no many iavors which
! iiase n-1a'ssl rssai Gienn. and for which |
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