The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-24
+. A COMMUNICATION.

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A COMMUNICATIONS.
To GEO. w. OWEN:
In the issue of the American, of
Oct. II, 1884, you made political
attack upon Judge A. A. Harper's
personal character, and drag in, and
display before your readers falsify
and Boosting, the relations existing
between you and me three years ago;
for the reason, as the article plainly
shows, because Judge Harper would
not give you all of the Probate print
ing. "n n
/ wish to ask you first one ques-
ton in regard to one acquisition you
make against the Judge. You say
the Judge promised you the business
of the office if he was elected etc.
Now, if this be true, why did you
send me, the first week worked for
you, to the Judge to secure of him,
if possible, all the Probate business
for the American?
l am fully aware Mr.. Owen, that
the public care but little about the
circumstances which existed between
us three years ago. Therefore, l will
notice only few statements you
made setting them forth in false
light.
You say, ! assured you that l was
perfectly competent to do the work,
and knew that 1 could give entire
satisfaction, whereupon you engaged
me ETC. 1t cannot be that you have
SO entirely forgotten. AT our first
conversation you proposed to me to
buy half interest in the American
that you had rather do this than to
hire. My reply was that l knew
nothing about the business and did
not wish to buy business which l
knew nothing about. Further on in
the conversation you referred to my
qualifications, and told you l had
knowledge of the business more than
had written local correspondence
for the several county papers.
And further than that / never
claimed to you, or anybody else to
haue any knowledge of newspaper
, business. If had been ever SO well
, assured of my qualifications, / never
would have assumed the egotism you
represent me to have assumed in your
statement above.
/, You refer to my incompetency to
do the work. l admit my incom'
potency in many ways to take the
editorship of a newspaper, but never
theless l took occasion to corrcc,
your bad use of grammar while in
your employ, and received numerous
!, compliments for the improved con
!, dition Of the American while con
nected with it.
, You refer to my unwillingness tc
do the mork, and say that l worked
only two days in the month of De
cember. Why was that Mr.. Owen
!. Yen know. And at the time wa.
glad l did not work more. The
l roads were in so bad condition
). could not do work satisfactorily tc
you or to myself.
You say you did not discharge me
Have you forgotten that one Thurs
day morning you came into the offic.
II quite late, q being at the table writ
: ing) took off your overcoat and ha
and hung them up, and turned to mt
u saying, / have been thinking Of on
: talk last night, and have concluded
do not want you any longer. / re
> SLED, what is the matter, would Xix,
to know all. You put kour hat OF
). and went down and out, giving m
y no reply. Whaf do yen call that
c Why, your memory is as treacherou
as mules heels.
= You refer to the suit / brough
e against you for damages. In whicl
II you say the justice rendered verdic
!. In my favor for SIoo-the amour
" asked. But in the Circuit Court yo
J. received judgment for sra cost.
:. Why? Have you forgotten Yo
: we'll remember that you raised tn
- point in the Circuit Court for tn
= first time, viz: that it was only vel
bal bargain between US, and such
g bargain will hold the parties for onl
:, ; year. This being the law, the jury {
10 course rendeSed a verdict in yor
favor for the costs. Now do you nc
g see that in this YOU threw away a
'' moral obligation
Now take this advice: Tell til
Il truth hereafter. H. B. DUNNING.
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THE COUNTY TICKET.
st II is with no little pleasure an
pride that we feel in saying what '