Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1884-03-06
A CARD.
OAKy1LLE. Feb. 2hth. 1894.

Editors Oh Ot. Mary BEACON
Dear Sirs Since my young friends
of the Enterprise have seen fit to deny
me an opportunity OF repelling GER
tain unkind illusions which had been
made to me in that paper Of the End
inst, by the Rev. j. w. Graves, |
have once more become your humble
petitioner tor sufficient space in your
paper to make only plain unvar-
nished statement Of the part | played
in the capacity of 'WacISs rural
contemporary "a Mr.. Graves has
been pleased to term me.
At the session of the Legislature of
1880, there was u local option bill
drafted for St. Marys county, and
worked through its various stages un-
til it reached a successful terminate IN
in the lower branch of that body, and
it is u well established fact that the
Maryland State Temperance Alliance
neither advised nor assisted the au-
thor of that bill in any way whatever
But shortly after the adjournment of
thet oessioiI, tl880)>Ml. G. s. Mosher
acting upon certain newspaper re-
ports that local option bill had pass
ed for St. Mary's, this gentleman
whilst on the train to Prince George 8
county did hurriedly pen certain
postal to my friend advising him, as
both he and myself believed at the time,
that the bill had really become a law,
and that he, (they) the State Temper
ance Alliance, had expended 300 in
the passage of the same. Now, while
/ knew very we'll at the time, Mr..
Mosher was mistaken in the passage
OF the bill, yet | expressed both my ig-
norance and surprise that any money
had been expended in that connec-
tor. My friend assured me that he
would write to Mr.. Mosher for an ex-
PLANTATION, 81, but nothing more was
heard from this matter until 1882
when at the Camp Meeting held near
Oakville in that year, Mr.. Daniels rs
well as Mr.. Mosher paid the Camp
visit and Iectured on Temperance,
and as Mr.. Mosher seemed to be CON
stantly busy issuing temperance GER
tIfcates and getting persons to sign
pledges, ] approached Mr.. Daniels
and asked him to explain the circum-
stances connected with the one hun
dred dollars. He expressed surprise
that Mr.. Mosher should have written
the postal, AZ follows: "Dtd M0sher
do Mat?" And to convince him |
took him to my friends boarding tent
and then for the first time heard
the explanation ~ it is given by Mr..
Graves in his letters. But in the
meantime however, and during the
session of 1882, whilst on visit to
Washington, and in conversation with
a gentleman better known as 'Wack,
| made mention Of this postal, but no
more was said as between US until the
late controversy in the Emterprt8e.
After Mr.. Graves became offended
at the mention of this postal, this
gentleman, 'Wack demanded Of me
my authority for my remarks to him
CONCERNING the same. Shortly after
the reception of this demand by
Wick | met my friend, Mr.. Graves,
in the road near my house, and |
made known to him the circumstances
He seemed willing to give me the
contents Of the postal, and stated that
he could repeat the card word by
wotl. Whereupon, took from my
podet an envelope, and indited the
LAM uage Of the postal word after
VOID as my friend gave them to me
lid called my attention particularly
to- the fact that after the words st
Mhry's, should place period, which
IBID. But no mention of the dash
Wis then made, az | am certain my
fkend will admit, Yet he stated thai
lb could not be certain that he wa
Adressed as Brother G. or Broth
Dr. Graves" and the precise date o
the month he would not like to state
but he thought the postal was writer
tn or about April 7tb, 1880.
/ Below, | give the postal as M
friend gave it to me and as it wa
when it left my hands:
On the Rail for P q. Co., April 18th, 1880.
Dear Bro. G.---Hug yourself until yo
I,oler. l.. o. has passed fYr Ut. Msry'l
Ne paid one msa at A, SldOI aad Odd a
lss VS. could. 0S. D.