Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-26
Mr.. EDITOR.
81 feel like one who trcads alone
Some banquet hall deserted,
Whose lights have fled,
Whose garlauds dead,
And all hnt he depaTted.'

One by one beyond recall,
Summer roses fade and die"
But, d, arly beloved, as you have
given me farewell notices 1 would be
lackiag in kindly regard and gentle
courtesy did 1 not do the same.
Finder, you show bad temper and
much confusion Of mind, as well as loss
of memory. You use naughty words
and call names, and deny every charge
| bring against YOU. Oh. Yin ! ie for
s anne! With the exc p'ion OF The
Hessian business, about which L am
now convinced l was mlslniormed, |
know, all your Ncqnainlances know.
and you yourself know, that every
thing l SAID Of you was the simple
truth. You want 10 make it appear
that some of your foolish blunders
were caused by the type or the proof
reader? No. no, Yin, that's much
too thin. 1t is all owing to that fault
you have of never saying what you
mean or meaning what you say. The
truth is, your foresight is never as good
rs Your hindsight.
Mr.. Actu, l am surprised and hurt
at the style of your last article. l
thought you would at least try u an
swur some Of my questions, and bols-
Ter up your position with arguni ents
and solid facts, but you have failed to
do either. 1 ara mistaken in ydu, l
expected your reply to be soft, sweet
and convincing, like "a South wind
Ger a bed of viOlets," but instead you
give us a Stony Greek blizzard DER tue
phosphate house at your depot. am
sorry 10 see you write in this way, for
much of } our language is rough, course
and unseemly. aud not such al we
would naturally expect from c4olar
so classical in his attainments that lie
can only use Latin nom de plamei In
deed you should quit iii. or pjPple
will thiuk you have acquired your
manners from Bill Elan, that Chester
field Of tie Redmond Whig. fou
must Re mad, really "eXasperattd,"
tearing around in this way, like a aud
pant volt in high oats. Can't you
stop boiling few moments until l
skim this scum of of you?
rs i'll harping on IN, daughter, u ti.I
charging nae with being Fundir in
disguise trying to ,iljure The pdrty'
Now, Sir, am trying, in my hu1ble
way to help save the party, safe 1t
from itself aud such members as ou.
Have YOU any idea Of the mischief you
and such as you are doing? Do'you
know that Your article, the QUE before
this last, that Lamentations Of Jeremiah
discourse about 'apatly, &c" was
taken rp by tie Norfolk Landmarks,
that bitter Bourbon.Funder sheet, and
published as evidence TO prove that our
parry vas On the go up" even III
Edinburg. that rockribbed aud hide
bound citadel Of Mahoneism Jus. see
what harm You did there, what wea-
pom YOU gave the enemy to Stay Us
with. About the only time you have
been right since YOU commenced TO
talk. was when you doubted the pro-
priety of publishing that article. Every
one, both friend and foe, can see The
glaring improperly Of that most foolish
act Of yours.
What you intend your last article to
be or expect to accomplish by il, is as
Dundreary would say, Zone Of those
thipcs which no fellow can find out
I notice in il sound but no sense, word
but no IDEAS, foam, froth and bubble
without o current, and applications thai
don't apply. You are like Kit Kun
ker's dog, bowling after the slugn!
master. aud becoming SO entangled il
the tune that the denouemem Is lost il
the episodes.
There Is, however, plenty OF the in
ev,table. never failing. sure as deaf
Bourhor-Fuuder. We always look 70
S that a. matter Of course. Who eve
heard one Of our party say Ten word
q without using it, aud who ever saw or
i of the parry who knew the meaning
l. II? There must be some awful my
ferrous thing behind this name, som
thing so frlghful that our leaders WI
-, not reveal 1t for humanity's sake. Tit
=, it IS fearful beyond the power OF mag
- nation to conceive noOne can douD
= and If we could lift the curtain an
stand face to face with this monste
- far surprising in awful horror Zanonl
"Dweller of the THRESHOLD" the ma
row would freeze in our bones and
or would perish from the shock. Does
not seem strange that men can be II
awful lhlg aud not reveal 1t 10 th'
st daily conduct? L know Bourbo
It. whom have respected from my chil
H.. hood, as men who were all that poo
E. faulty humanity could be, [ ha
lie known them 10 stand up like brave NJ
for four years of bloody war, and sui
rs only the Confederate soldier sui n
III IN defence of Virginia's sacred nan
he and honor. have knO n them TO
3D. all that was upright in man, hone
re able iu every business transdcIio
bis kind ofheart and open Of purse to
he poor, the sick and the unfortunale'
ut earth. have known them to be lr
ng as steel, az husbands, fathers, brllhe
and friends. and there are some wh(
~ have always believed, were true a
= humble followers OF the meek aud 10
IL Savior. | know some whose nan
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