The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-17
Replyto Miner.
CLIFTON, MARCH u, 1850.

Editor RsgisleI: We are almost Ger,
tain that you we're startled anddeep.
~ surprised at the amount of unqual
flied and much affected ignorance
your correspondent, Miner, has dis.
played, as appears and is evident
from his article, which appeared in
your last issue. As a fearless editor
that has always denounced what was
wrong, aud has preached fair play
you gave him place in your columns.
under similar circumstances we de.
mand the same prerogative, SO us tc
explain and lay before the public
"the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, IN the present contro.
yersy. In the first place he cast
some ungentlemanly and unbecom,
ing reflections on the Monitor and its
editor, which, as gentlemen, we de.
nounce. AS for the Monitors poll.
tics, some Of us have never endorsed;
still We Acknowledge the editor to be
a refined gentleman, and therefore
we have al hesitancy in using it as
a medidn circulating our local
business ltfansactiods. The malicious
howl'of Miner comes to this, and
grows sullen because we have ten
dered q vote of thanks to Mr.. Red
mond for instituting and adopting
The t,co seeeks pay system, in United
States currency, which Of itself was
cosmopolitan, and for many years a
black stuan on this horizon. For these
reasons Miner squirts at US a filthy
discharge. But further. Mr.. Nine,
displays his culpable and apparently
incurable Ignorance, whilst be says
"We, the miners, do not think him
q coal OPERATOR" hence, we request
Miner to explain to us, grammatic
ally and etymologically what he
means by "a coal operator" But in.
dependent Of his literary depravity,
we further take up Mr.. Lick-spittle,
or Miner, and advise him in a iriendly
manner to study as far as his CRAM
UNI may permit, the miners diction
airy, as in reality. We believe he
is as Ignorant Of what that book con
tains as he is of coal mining, He as
serts that up to March the Clifton
miners were "black-legs," revolving
and nngentlemanly language. We
therefore reiterate that from this an.
vil-headed stupidity it would be i'm.
possible for him to discern a black
from a white sheep, and so we con
tradict his assertions, as up tc the
LIST Of March we have been paid s1.SC
for mixed coal, and that, too, in U. S
currency. Now, it rests for miner tt
point ont any other company on the
banks Of the Ohio consuming Their
own coal that pays any more pc,
hundred for mixed coal; if he can
then we shall cease TO reprobate hi,
uncouth epithets-blaek legs, &C., but
not until then. But pray, Mr.. Miner
why did you not come out in youl
real nonlem and cognomen, if you did
not shudder at the truth? or is il
that your character is already SO de.
graded in society that you sheltered
yourself under the spacious mantle
of Miner, and so give us to under.
stand with whom we have to argue
this question, whether with tool,
lick,spittle ora black.tegs Really, your
mode of acting appears anything but
what smells of sincerity, For the
benefit of miners at large, we call
your attention to the fable Of old.
There was time when birds, and
beast, Gas the fable goes) spoke in
fluent words; at this period a huge,
but very stupid Jackass got on a
drunk (this drunk we do not apply
to Miner and in proportion as his
hilarity increased, he assumed more
wit and intellect than was ordinarily
inherited by that family. In order
Ito carry out his intention and create
a little merriment for his brother
donkeys, he borrowed a lions gar.
ment, into which he rolled himself
with all possible neatness. Delighted
with his new habiliments, in fact
incbriated with joy he set out for
the woods, where his maJesty's pres
ence at once produced d ,tremendous
excitement. Birds and beasts and
6vsfy irving creature shared in this
general CONSERVATION, and cried ont.