The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-12-31
DR.. Fichtner's Reply 10 Rev. A. $.
Baunsardner.
CcNFLUEscE, Pa,
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Baumeardner-
CoNFLUEScE, Pa,
Ds-cea5iss Is, 1854
EDIroa HERALD: Sir by your
permission viii make a brief and
inal reply 10 Rev. A ; Baungard-
Eer, whose card appeared il The r.
sue of your paper oi the week beiofe
last
When the Signal published the
names oi a numUer oi persons, re-
siolng IN this place, IS petitioners
on d re-appiicatlon for Incense,
mine alpoDg the number, /, Tor my
self. aud IL Deaalf OF some of the
others, requested Dir. b. by letter 10
make the proper correctlOn or pub
IIsh the petition IL question, and
promised to accept either az eatis-
iactlcn upon my own part, also
stating that IL Was lot q re-Appilca-
uon for license as The Licenses were
granted az the May term ef Court
and that the petition Ia question
was drawn up aud signed suose-
quent 10 TIE granting oi tue license
aud that IL had nothing 10 do, Il
any way, WITH the granting oi any
Incense. here OF elsewhere. Dir. Is
geplied and ia his reply lie refused
~ make ANY correction and accused
me OF having written SAID petition,
as he recognIzrd my bandwriting.
This at once convinced LIE that he
was uutruthfu. Ia The matter. ar
never did write such petition, or
cause it 10 be written, oT IL any way
hsd any knowledge Oi It beiUg wit
ten, Until II was Presented - me iof
my signature. made aD explAEa-
ton oi the matter through the cOi-
UNITS of Your payer. also calling
upon Mr. b lor al explanation. de
trIes 10 justify bimseif for not doing
either. by saving that the Somerset
County Signal Il not printed iof tie
goIpOse Vi publishing hqOor license
v-utions 10y the yard. The ecOuo-
nv Of space could not have been
much OF al object, since hs consum-
ed az much, II not m0re, space IL
giving his own Construction OF the
meaning of the petition as Il would
nave required 10 publish the petl-
tiOn - a whole.
he also published another article
in subsequent issue Of the Signal
for my benefit, that required iaoie
space Than the publishing oi the en-
IRE petition would haYe consumed.
fhe excuse Is rather a Lo8r one.
Some Of the parties who signed the
petition when he refuses 10 publish
are az good temperance WORKERS as
Mr. b. can ever expect 10 De. In
fact, they have dUue more fJr tie
TEN nperauce Gauge than Mr. 3. j. ca
pable vi doiug-meu who 1--we and
leach temperance IN thelr daily walk
aud conduct, but VIII forever reluse
TO recognize the man who irIes 10
slauder them until be makes an
humble apology, winch lie ~lil do II
be Is SIucere, aDd NIii practice what
he prefe-ses A number 0i tlose
sho demonstrated az lbe May term
0i Court asaiAst The granting Of any
LICENSE iOr lae sale I'll Intoxicating
drinks IN this place offered 10 sign
the petition, but were refused. The
only question submitted by the
Court was which OF the two men,
Schrock or Frazee, the citizens Of
Confluence Borough preferred to be
entrusted With the privileges a IL
ceDse to sell liquor conveyed TO the
holder, and no more. Had the pc
tiiion been as represented by the
Signal ii would have been out of
place 10 have signed it, bu: as it Is
quite different III every particular
Mr. b. should make the corrections,
AID uulll be does do 1t, his ldburs
here will be failure. de has done
much more harm than good, and II
he does noi believe 1t, let him come
here, aud he will soon ascertain the
fact that there are not few who are
very indignant at he course be has
seen NJ to pursue.
| have long been acquainted with
Mr. b., and he has frequently been
my guest ; IN fact, when ne gas here
TO organize a temperance party he
put up at my house and L recon-
mended bin TO the people here, and
a few Of them rather accuse NE OF
having introduced TO them chron-
ic crank. This, in measure, ac-
counts for my defense OF the people
here.
Now let Mr. B. do as he likes.
never expect TO make another reply
TO anything he may say, as | will
not recognize him hereafter until be
makes the apology due those about
whom be published a falsehood. II
is matter Of too much importanc,
to let pass over without some
notice.
So FAR as his personal references
to me are concerned, / am entirely
indifferent. / have lived too long
among the people here for him tC
injure me in the estimation Of those
who know me better than he does
He can assail my characlerin slmosl
any way be wishes, and 1 will try Il
endure IL. B. 4. FIcHTNER.
Cure for Piles.