Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-02-15
FACTS vs. FABLE.

Last weeks Sentinel devoted third of a
column in travistie on E1op's fable OF
the lion and the ass, in which C. w. Fvers
late editor of that paper, was lionlzed by
being represented ms the dead lion which
the asses of the Democrat and JOURNAL
were kicking at.
In their blind forts to hide the carcass
of that "dead lion" in the purlicus of the
Sentinel sfice, the ring invariably get both
feet in IT, In fact every move thew make
they give themselves dead away. Seeing
the awful late Of their illustrious ideal
statesman and leader, he who was Govern.
or Of Ohio. by title, not "clear 10 mansions
in the skies," they are thrown into worse
confusion than flock of wild geese when
their leading gander is shot, and their
"yawp" is no less ineligible
Let us remove the hide from this "king
Of beasts" and rec if IL is really what it lie
represented, and If so ascertain IL its "rssr'
will frighten anybody.
The uncloihed facts, or naked truth IL you
prefer, are the best instruments with which TO
perior m this operation. The day previnu to
Mr.. W. W. Dunipace taking his seat as mem.
Der Of the Board OF Wood County Commis-
sioners, we mentioned the fact, 10 confidence
To . representative Of tho Toledo Bee, and
| stated that he might expect 10 hear some music
from the local press in Wood county soon, and
| gave as reason that Mr.. Dunipace in Canvas
sing the county for bis election last fall had
made the discovery that a very large number
OF the Taxpayers Of the couHty, irrespective OF
party affiliations. were under the impression
that The county had been grossly swindled by
the Wood County Sentinel In the manner In
which II had spread out and charged for extra
space In legal advertising and in harmony
with this feeling and as il bad been one OF the
issues uf the campaign in which he was elected
be had decided. In the event that The Wood
County Dem"eroi aud Peirysburg JOURNAL
would put In their bids 10 do The work for 80
per cent. less than legal rates. he would move
10 pnt an order on the Commissioners Journal
10 award these two papers what printing came
under their supervision, This we stated would
most assuredly bring nut howl from the edi.
tor Of the Ssn'inei. and then We proposed Ia
open up and expose,as far as we were able, tbi.
whole s~indlipg business of the rug. We Alsc
stated that our bid had been sent In.
In less Than thee days a reporter was sen
fhm the Toledo Bee to Bowling Green VIII,
wrote up the town IN elaborate shape ip.whici
be took occasion one of the main objects o
the visit--to give the editor of the lSesnn,i ,
magnificent send "a as one Of tho leading Re
I .lla
"tumble", 10 this for a few d,Ys, until ",
lear ped incidentally, that Dir. Evsrs had 1en
in bill for publshinei tho Commissioners
Report which had first been a,ade out for fu,
ksai rates, including big display heading 4
make II c"nnt for all and murv thsn II wa
; worth and the law allowed. but which ba
enough items erased to cut II down 35 rer cen,
, This explained all The reporter had dun
. double duty. for which lie will most rrobaL Ll
he Put IN the pension lit uf tlir ting. lie la
= mt only rcI1hted ir"m bni 10 Bow ling Greer
D No got In just IN The nick OF time. but mi quil
som sn0sgh IN give Dir. Evsrs time 10 MAX
nut a new bill. hence tie erasure of the item
. to cut II down 35 per cent.
r Our misplaced c'I6drnee taved over sl(
to The county, and We have ths pitifni sxhibilh,
Y Of the corpse" Of dead lion In the perl
: ens Of the Sentinel office. To avert any discul
Z sion or examination II the proceedings OF n
ring, Esrrs unsi be go 0ul Of range Hpd ma
. Of straw put st tie helm of The S,niinsI.
lat the esIcass ofa Lion ora Calf