The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-01
Ted.ieLtown \. j., Marca %, 18sa.

To al inquiriug friends of my native
health. this episiie is addressed.
Add first / wish toil.fogm them that
I am moi dead. r"itter have I mada
ay ext, uyE.t SIC t ard c'mfrrt
atle, ay Old antagonist 20 tie Con-
trary not withetandmc.
To sTovus Homo" ard others wi'o
think il strange Shat ! should have
STOPPED writing Wien T6ii, ] would say
that ! considered ny reason for d"in,
40 sufficient AID did not feel Shat !
was under obligations 10 Explain 20 any
body hut the EDITOR, who vas daily in
formed.
But :he% fregurut enquiries thai I con
slartly hear and the var ous comments
that are constantly being made win
tho genuine interest on the rart Of
the readers ri the REcoRp expressed
SO adcairingly has caused rae to lako
up The quill once more and state frank
~ why l stopped writing for our home
paper.
ind frst lot me state Why I began
aud Why uy corlnnoieaticns were IS
"Hoyss" states 50 interesting.
/ began writing at he request Of the
eIitor who seemed ANXIOUS to have =
communication from tere in each
woekly issue. l accepted his offer AID
penned my rrst article Ia December
1850.
Ne'srticlrs soon attracted attention
but not h-cauas of any merit they pos
scyscd literary or otherwise. lay 10
claim to scholastic ability. 1 am but
= common man AMI work for my liv-
ing sud an prnd to belong to the
h,rGy SONS of toll.
j was tlie facts that I jotted down
that caused the great i4terest. 4
simple reference al this time to some
Of the factf may not be cat OF place
and they will prove the assertions %
my theory. First then, it uss a com
mon thing 10 go INTO public places aud
sps laeu and boys engaged in card play
ing. s'cid pledge e~aci.rr, etc. 1t Ers
but natural that ny articles should
give EXPRESSION to the Indignation felt
by the better class of our citizens con-
! corning such improper conduct.
Then again rs the Parson would say
the Good Templars had just commen-
oed their heroic fight against tie il
licit rum traffic being carried ON here.
| saw they had the sympathy OF our
lest citizens and though I am not
| strictly speaking Il temperance man,
! / had.too much respect for the moral
| aid Christian sentiment OF cur town tn
LSye done other than support and en-
| courage, 50 far rs my articles could,
the noble little band of temperance
workers, headed by the energetic Meth
oiist preacher. Tiien again, though
tue cour3eeous band came off Y%ictori-
ous and most of the people rtioiced III
tI.sir victory. yet a condition Of
things grew CIT Of it that istoaished
m1st everybody, and christian civiliza-
! ton viii never cease 10 wonder how it
happened. Do yon ask what | meant
Wen I will tell you. On the day that
lie trisl closed and the parties returned
Loule, stood, well / will not say where
but where / could hear, when a 50
called prominent man, said, in giving
al account Of the tri4l at Salem,
There was not a witness that dared to
say that Stanley sold lager beer, bat
that thing down yopder," and lie
the important witnesses lived, but |
nay add he lives there pow no isore.
| The rumniies ragged and fBmed and
swort, of course they did and they
were glad to have such = champion. /
stood by the temperance folks and eX-
pectedto incur the everlasting battered
| Of the rum ring. But i with many
| others was AS onisbed when a man
claiming a 20 years record for temper
ance and religion, went bodily oyer to
the other side and by 50 doing make
their harmless battling All inetrlRien-
tali;y to injure 4 good man who every
body knew, was doing that which WA
u~ncon@cnial t. him, solely for tho good
of OIL town. This he did by charging
That the person to whom Ialiude above
was the author of lay articles, hoping
by making that appear, to somehow
| aycugr himself. lie asked the favor
Of having his letter TO Aae but Intend
| ell as We al know for 4 person who
| never was Interested III any way In LILY
letters printed in a paper that he COM
monty refers 10 az a dirty little sheet.
bnt l must bring this already too
long letter to a close by stating that |
stopped because | did not want to in
YolVe a man for whom l shall always
haye the highest respect in a conlro'
veTsy and WAS fearful that some
thing might be done that would. house
him and then / do not know what the
I consequences would have bean, but
somebody would probably have heard
something, SO | stopped short, as hoped
never to go again. But if my old an
taeonist viii take np The controversy
where he LETT it last summer, l hay9 no
/ objection to appear AGAIN in print.
Runners supper was a fine affair,
the band ealiyened the occasion with
sweet strains.
The new Pastor grows il faver every
day and wehope this people viii sap