Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-01-09
ga SHAME AND A DISGRACE"

Ed. JOURNAL: IL heard neighbor of
mine make a remark lew days ago which
has often come TO my mind since. He said !:
1t is shame and disgrace to the great
county OF Wood that its official newspaper
should be in the hands of man who can
not write sentnnce correctly.
1 am not teacher. have but little ed
ucation and do not pretend to be able to
criticise the compositions of others, but
when the last Sentinti came to hand
thought would look at it little more
closely than | had been in the habit of do
ing. The first thing saw which took my
attention was the market report "Diy APP
piles 4c." 1 think it should be Dried Ap.
Piles. TIE next noticed was Start up
your diary" That don't seem right to me-
1t sounds kind of sbmgy. Up here in the
woods we say, start up your team )" he
started up his saw MILL" &C., but cannot
think how would start up diary. The
next, "Judge Reed issued AZ marriage IL
censes for December" 1 think ia should
have been used instead of for. The licenses
were for the persons who wished to get mar
red. Old December did not need any aud
surely not AZ of them.
al. II. Mitchell, of Liberty, is feeding n
fine bunch of steers for the early spring
market" think the word bunch is used
improperly here. Bunch means a protu,
berance, knob or lump, as bunch OH a
camel's back; bunch or knot on tree.
1t is also applied to things growing or tied
close together, rs bunch of grapes a
bunch of oniowN&c. l think the word
herd should have been used instead Of buach.
And then it don't seem quite right to quail
ifv the word bunch with the word fne. II
is some like saying new pair 0f shoes, "
instead of "a pair OF new Shoes" l guess
the writer meant fine steers instead Of u
line bunch.
Lots of new subscribers the past week
and lots of complimentary words for the
old SENTINEL, from Udluabic friends" The
uneducnted who have but few words, may
be excused for using lots instead of many,
in conversation, but think il should never
be used in that sense, in print, as il is incl
egant and suggestive OF ignorance, OF low
and coarse associates and of early neglect.
| The subscribers may be friends highly raj
ued by the publisher and yet not be very
miuabie, in fact.
THE little child Of Henry Phillips hero"
&c. think there is an error here. My
old grammer stated that we put the noun
in the pOssessive case to denote possession,
instead of using the word of tor that pur-
pose. Here we have both. "Child OF
Henry Phillips" expresses the complete
thought, and Henry Phillips child does
the same. The apostrOphe between p and
8, think is wrong.
l omit comment upon that paragraph
relative to the feeding of sheep and tile
drainage by j. B. Newton. think incor.
rect language is used in both.
"The Life and Public Services of Ahra-
ham Lincoln, is the title of Mr. CUlfrrs lee
ture." Had the apostrophe used in Phil
lips above been inserted in COlfax's here,
guess it would have improved both. Fur
lher on il is stated no man huiag eau
speak ON this subject as MrColfax speaks.
From this the inference is Irresistible thai
Mr.. Colfax is dead man, because no man
iiuing can speak on this subject AZ he does
L nave CHllcN ~ unc
only, ol the third page of the Sentinel and
have not time to write anything NOR,
now, and | guess have bored you enough
anyway. Ii you will look over the mex
column think you will find mistakes il
the paragraphs relating to "Chrislma'
Festivities" Left Over" Sale of Cat
lle," "The Colfax Lecture and in " Mic,
Christmas Gift F" am left in doubt whelh
er the widow, the dead husband, or boil
of them received the "twenty dollar green
back"
Whether the remark of my neighbor il
justifable or not, / leave each one 10 deter
mine for himself. AS never wrote bu
one letter before this for newspaper pleas
correct all mistakes, put il in proper shape
and oblige your Humble Servant,
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
Jan. 6, 1879,