Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-11-08
A Card.
To Rer. ThouaGs Robinson

PIoUs SIR In the EC -ie of last
week, which you write for, and think
you cover yourself behind the name Of
your son and another young man, you
make such an unjust and mean attack
upon Mr.. Negley, the senior editor of
the CITIZEN, that it becomes our duty
to him to correct aud at the same
time expose you. And we do so be-
cause, first, we believe you kRetC Mr.
Negley was not the cause of the eight
in the CITIZEN Cfice on last Sabbath
evening week, that YOU refer to,
and second because it is right and
proper that your Pharisaical attempt
to make a little cheap capital for your
self, at his expense, by your referring
to said eight" in lis Office Oh that
evening, should be exposed And
therefore we inform you that We were
the persons in the Office on that even
ing. and we We're the persons that
lighted one of the gas jets. and we
were wholly responsible for that
brilliant light" that you. in sneaking
around, as your known custom is TO
do, say was noticed by people return
ing from church. Mr. Neglcy had
nothing to do with it, but was at
church that night, where, we believe,
you was not We were reading in
the office and he'd lit jet for that pur-
pose-you never read on Sunday
0 no Righteous Robinson. When
it Is considered that this matter comes
from a man who, by common report,
writes his editorials en- Sunday, and
has done so for years, and from a man
who is known to make Sunday spe
cial day for his prowling around,
plotting and talking politics, we think
it duty to expose you, And further,
you, Thomas Robinson, was seen
in the day time of that very day, last
Sabbath a week, at the head quarters
Of the Rumberger-branch political
club, or Committee room, of this place,
only two doors from the CITIZEN
Office. You ,Oere seen IN there, and Il
can be pr1Uen you ,oere there. W hat
were you doing there? There is the
place that politics are talked letters
written, documents distributed, etc.
From the fact Of your being there, the
natural inference is you were attend
ing to political matters in your
usual sneaking way. We refer to this
that the public may know gour con-
sistency, yol,r honesty and your re-
gard for "the sanctity of the Sabbath" :"
The idea of you making a show of re-
lision, by talking about "the sanctity
Of the Sabbath being hrokea in upon, /"
makes every boy in town laugh. AS
well might you talk about your honesty
since your celebrated tonnage tax"
vote in the Legislature. You are not
proper man to create a suspicion on
men better than yourself, either as re-
CARDS "the sanctity Of the Sabbath" or
anything else. BY little inquiry you
could easily have ascertaincd who was
in the CITIZEN Office, and what they
were doing on the time you 50 meanly
refer TO and try to fix upon Mr.. Neg
ley. We work in his Office, as is we'll
known to you, and your base attempt
to njure him with religious or church
going people bas compelled us to make
this statement. Not that your malice
could injurc him. or anybody else
where you are known, but that the
real facts Of small matter that you
try to magnify may be known. In
conclusion, it is some satisfaction TO
know you saw "a light" and we hope
you now see little more "light,n and
will in consequence be little more en-
Hghtened in the future; and if to this
you add little soap and wash your
eyes clean and then add something
that will clean up your character
little you may yet become more re.
spectcd in this community. Hoping
that you will do something that will
enable YOU to look your fellow man
squa.e in the face, we remain
Very truly etc,
CHAs. n. JOHNSTON,
Foreman OF Office.
W. J WHITE, Apprentice.