The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-18
COLUMBIAN ECHOES.
BY TOM.

That was a funny letter by your cor
respondent who signed himself last
week. OF course the COLUMBIAN being
an independent paper permits a full
and free expression of opinion regard
ing as to whether the sentiments ex-
pressed by its correspondents meet
with its approval or otherwise, and this
is Just as it should be "a respectable
newspaper should show fair play to
every body but, it is to be questioned
if such Incorporate and abusive epithets
as were used by the correspondent in
question can accomplish good either to
the Democratic party or to his own
party whatever it may be. ' lH"
Spleen can in ordinary instances be
removed by good dose of liver invig-
orator and it is cheaper remedy than
unmitigated abuse and dirty invective.
When man cannot write to news
paper without introducing such express
sions as we find in his letter he would
be wise to lee newspaper writing alone.
We quote the following choice select
ions: "brute," "swine,' swallow in filth, !"
''pest," ''frogs of Egypt" "damnable
fault, devilish plots, satan himself"
"fork full of dung" ''hogs," "worms,
''slimy worms" Is he personally troub-
led with this particular parasite?
If Democrats or other good citizens
wish to discuss local issues, cannot
their object be attained without such
scurrilous attacks? Gentlemen may diff
fer in opinion but they need not cease
to be gentlemen. Possibly from the
nature of your correspondents sigma
ture he has not much to risk - but we
should think that with his classic at,
tainments he could afford to get above
stable illustrations. Your readers need
not expect that the earth will cease to
rotate or that chaos will come again be-
cause refuses to communicate with
an enlightened press.
"Frank A. Whitman, formerly of this
place was elected Secretary of the town
Council of Berwick on Monday. On.
ly one vote was cast for his opponen,
Geo. A. Buckingham who was Secre
tary last year. This is certainly com.
pliment to worthy young man." -
Bloomsbury Republican. .a
In justice to Mr.. Buckingham il
should be borne in mind, lst, that the
Berwick Town Council is almost en-
tirrly composed of employees of the
j. IL w, Go. End, that these men arr
To large extent under the control of q
certain oifcjous gentleman who has q
talent for getting things all his own
way. Bird, that the said o g. made 3
personal canvas in the interest of Wit.
man - against whom we have nothing
TO say, 4th, that the paragraph (f no
sent) was dictated by the .. G., who
well knew that the slur it contained on
Mr.. Buckingham wonld be fully appre.
ciated by she gentlemen of the Repu6
lican as he had opposed them in tn,
recent convention, The treasurer
and chief of police elected by the
council are also employees of tn,
Company. Now we do not make the
slightest objection to the members oi
the council or TO the gentlemen elected
to offices by them because they happel
to be employees by the same firm
neilher would we for a moment offe
any reflection on the members of tn,
irm or the chief officers thereof al
having had anything TO do with tn,
consummation achieved, but we do say
emphalically that the o q, above re
ferred To is getting ,ntirely too fresl
| Ia his methods of manipulating pupli
administration, and he people of Ber
wick are thoroughly disgusted thereat
| If this one man power of dictatiol
on any and every thing is kept "a
much longer the gentleman referred L
is likely to get gentle hint to atten'
more closely 10 his personal busines
and by way of recreation and consols
ton devote more Of his leisure to tn
phenomenal incubation of his extensiy
ohickery.