The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-10
rnE WOOL eoNrnoyEEsY.
IL. 81. 50. Goes Back am. AID says he Ia
Wool Buyer.

II. 81. 80. Goes Hack IA u. AID says He II D
Wool Buyer.
7ome Editor Of ne Intelligence.
sR.-Yon must pardon me for asking
space in your paper, in reply TO Mr.. DIS.
article in. the issue OF the 4th. Itis my
duty to do 30, as he makes some false state.
ments. stated in my first article that
farmers to whom have talked say they
don't breed Spanish, they breed Ameri.
can, Merino or saxony, but ii you come
around about coupling time you fiud them
using Spanish ram. But as to saying
that farmers in general do, Mr.. D. knows
1t basely false. He says also, that there Is
not a farmer that Is willing TO admit he
grows anything but Saxony. That be-
lieye to be as untrue as the rest. can
pet scores Of wool.growes in Ohio county
that will give the exact facts in regard to
the wool they grow, and II will not be
Saxony either. That there are some dis
tant farmers, / don't propose to deny;
There are honest men in all trades and
business; and as said before, there Is as
large per cent among farmers, az in any
other class. Ipropose to do justice to all
men as far as 1 know. As to giving back,
that Is not correct. All said believe
TO berue, and don't intend to go back a
step.
Ii imagined who Mr.. D. was and
| drew the bow at venture and II
seems the arrow was well directed, as 1t
made him squeal. He says lie ia not 8
wool buyer. Let US look at that little, he
states he saw at Battle Brothers wool
house in Philadelphia, about one.hali
bushe oil limestone that came in bale oil
wool from Ohio county. l suppose MIR. D
must be the same man that told that In
this neighborhood, some few years ago
When 1 first heard II, it was peck. now
la half bushel, a few more years il may be
a hogshead. am glad had no wool in
that batch. But know something about
the case, audit is this: "a few years ago
some parties bought wool out the pike that
went to that firm. The wool was bought
| in Ohio county and Washington county.
It was hauled to the wool house and sacked
and shipped. Some wool growers did not
get the money for their wool when deliver
ed, but were 10 get 1t before the wool was
Bhipped, and II don't mistake, one OF the
men went to Wheeling and was expected
back to pay for the wool, but did not come,
As the parties were not thought very re-
sponsible, some uneasiness was felt by
those who had not got their money, 80 q
man was sent to Battle Brothers to look
after the wool. The wool was secured and
brought back, Now by Mr.. DIS own state
ment II would seem Mr.. D. was that very
man, and that Mr.. D. lisa wool buyer, too
He bought last year and year before. He
says in his article he saw the limestone.
The man that looked after the wool told o.
seeing the same, and never heard Of but
the one man. Yet, Mr.. D. Gays in his arti'
Gle he is not wool buyer. Mr.. D. how is III
In conclusion want to say the editort
article was not from the editor Of the
ISTRLLIGEScER, but from an up the river
paper, and at some future time 1 propose
to write an article on wool, American and
foreign, and how 1t is manufactured.
And now | shall leave Mr.. D, to his
pleasant dreams" R.M.N.
Valley Grove, October G.