Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-03-18
An Apology.

for publication last week, but was unavoidably
omitted .--Ens. HERALD.
EDS. HERALD: According to your issue OF
March 4th, find that justice to one of Fayette's
most respected citizens requires that I should
apologize for an article written few weeks
subsequent, under the caption of''Whose was
the Fault?"
| 1t certainly is not a leading characteristic Of
my nature to knowingly cause, or give anyone,
unnecessary trouble or pain; and yet find, by
| reading "School Directors" article, have
| caused him both. When l contemplate the
amount Of excessive labor it would require an
"aImost uneducated man" to prepare such an
elaborate article, heaye long drawn sigh. 1t
surely took days Of toll and nights Of thought to
hunt up the geography Of it, Then there was
the grammar to be considered, and the rhetoric
and yet to his honor you must understand that
while his mental nature was so heavily
taxed, his physical structure was enduring the
most excrilciating pain; for he aflirms in his
article that it was 'painfUl," and know him
TO be brave man, and one who does not COM
plain oftrfes. And now, with your permis-
sion, will add a short statement as explaining
the mysteries of Whose was the Fault2"
| am an educated nan, consequently won't
ask for more than TIVE columns OF your widely
circulated paper. BulldOzing, briefly defined,
is compelling some one in authority to submit
to the opinion of some others, or quit The
teacher of Sub-j0int District No. /, Paint and
Jefferson township, during the fall whipped
couple OF unruly boys In a day or two there
was a meeting of directors at the school house.
Oneof the directors objected to such punishment,
and forbade it, and, to convince the teacher he
meant it, he threw his birch out of the window,
in presence of the assembled school Who told
you2-The teacher. During the early winter,
two boys, brothers, came to school with revOl-
yers, carried them all day. The teacher had no
authority to mOlest them, but at evening he sent
word to the governing director, who in turn sent
word to the father Of the young bushWhaaheTs to
disarm them. Who told you this2-Ihe teacher
and the director who sent the word, The
teacher talked Of correcting q son Of a director
even threatened to whip him. He was notified
il he did he would be prosecuted, and, added a
second director, 81 will not sustain you; you
must govern and punish some ether way"
Who is your authority for this?-pheeX teacher
AT the last meeting Of the directors ndteachQr
the night before school closed, one director said
EGentlemen, / am opposed to allowing this
school to close; our teacher has not had Justice
done him, and !, for one, will stand by him, and
allow him to govern the schOOf'h But one lead
ing mind in that board said: "NO; it wont do;
the children are doing no goOd,s Who told you
thisP-The director himself affirmed since by
the teacher. Is that the opinion Of four wise
N en- against one wanting newspaper nOtorletyg
A two column close print article has been
employed to ridicule an article Of burlesQue OF
perhaps twenty -four lines; an Of which was
plain to any but an Uneducated director And
now I challenge any unprediudiced mind to
show a shadow Of a reason why the patrons Of
this district should be without a school two