The Penn's Grove record., 1882-05-06
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4NoN 10 AlNthtb ~ Il
week to the. great disappointment of
the readers oil the RECORD here. WlIeth
er it was from the dearth of news, spring
fever. pink eye or a determination that
Plod shall resume his old position on
Repurtorial staff. lam not able to re-
por; as he failed to return the wink, l
silly passed him the other evening. did
not obtain the desired interview and am
still depending on conjecture as to his
identity. / hope however to form his &C
quaintance some time and talk over the
interesting features of newspaper cor-
respondents in a village of n few hun
bred inhabitants where they are so SEN
sitive that any allusion to them what
ever Except in the most complimentary
way is taken as an affront, and they
put on their Sighting rig and go
for a "fellar." Flying rumorshave been
pronounced ly one of the wise men of
our town as matter SO exclusively Il
own that a repo; ter who can so far for
get himself and the precious rights of
the people as to put them III the paper,
is deserving OF The contempt of well
bread people. II is a wonder that No
vus ever recovered FRI m the scatch-
ing lel,uke that "NoWas'' admins
tered TO him though the columns of
the RECORD for prnning the state
ment that there Vas sorne disSatiofac-
tion with the management of our Post
Office. Aud yet / heard more than
once and from more than one person
that a movement WAS On foot 10 have
the office changed and Il 80 called"
prominent man MAS freely talked of in
4 certain circle as the coming nan, but
poor Novus stepped on sumebodits toes
when lie put it in the paper. Sick is
life"
Plod has incurred the everlasting hat
red OF IA few about here for recording
the talk about town, but what are Ne
to do, must w shut up the newspaper
offices TO accommodate a few old fos-
sis and another few who claim the
right to do as they please but whose
doings are so crooked that they shrink
from having them so i'll the papaIs.
The paper is as ready to comment as
il is to censure. Hence We say IL the
n1.cc..p nIAxYa mint inl1aH tnEa i1al
to your ways. The law is only II better
to evil doors.
/ take exceptions to Novus' remarks
in his last concerning Plods audtc:iy iu
trying to provoke "H" to C rtinue the
controversy which he began at his own
ostion and dropped so suddenly. Pho d
only wishes to establish the righteous
ness of the cause in whose interest he
was writing. But whether "H"eomes
again or not all who are acquainted
with the fact are satisfied on which
side justice lies.
''Isight is right since God is God,
And right the day must win,
To doubt is inldelity,
To FILTER would l+ sin.
An officer invested with power to ar
rest the young men and boys who con-
gregate on Plnmmers corner annoy
ing passers by and disturbing people af-
ter they have retired to rest night have
the DIES red effect aud break up the I'M
mitigate nuisance; exportulation Gems
t. he in vain. They take possession on
Sunday not only of the store porch but
of that Of the private residence of Mr.
Plummer and The filthy condition in
which the house wife finds it is aboni
nable; who will move for IA lock up and
a ir,t class policeman.
The band is looking forward to a pre-
fitable entertainment in the very neal
future.
Our new store keeper knows the value
of printers ink and if IN can Judge
from appearance his advertisements III
he RECORD are paying him well. He
,ells the people what he has aud theygo
10 see and do not leave his store empty,
PLoD.