The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-09

| their asininity. How far an editor is re
sponsible under the law forbiddiDg cruelt,
to dumb animals when he treats them a
the Commercial man treats Taxpayer, ! an
not able to determine.
Regarding Taxpayers structures on til
Poor Board, have nothing TO say-tis' n
[ my funeral-the men whose names are mix
81 up in the matter have seen tit to keel
quiet, to say nothing, to permit a politica
demagogue, a would-be prostitute to th'
arms of any political party that vii
embrace him, to handy their names a
thieves, swindlers, forgers and perlnrers be
fore the people, on the basis of sn q I'ayt
report almost every item of which is srScep
tible of an honest exclamation. can stanS
il If they can, and once again say, 'tisn'
my funeral. So leave Taxpayer and turn
my attention to a weakling who calls him
self ''Southerner," and who just aches fo
the privilege of having ~Plumbago' no,ic'
him.
The desperation of saying that the Cour
House privy Is responsible for the stencil al
luded to is only equaled by the nairefe witt
which the assertion is made Bah. The Court
House privy is thoroughly drained, and is,
dare assert, as eleanly an Institution of 1h'
stencil is concerned.
Whether or not persons try to get into the
public offices does not matter on the ques-
ton at issue. The phosphate manufacturer
or the coke man goes into the one business
or the other TO make money. He knows
that there are certain discomforts which
cannot be avoided, which are incident to
the business, for which no one is responsible,
but which must be endured in order to at
tain the grand result desired, which is the
making of money. But how is il in the
case of stencil from the Jail and those who
endure it Certain Offices are provided by
law, and il is necessary that they shall be
filled-there is a tacit assurance that the
rooms they occupy shat! be tenable, that
.they shall cot be compelled to run the risk
Of typhus. typhoid. cholera, etc, etc, by
inhaling stencil from the Jail or other public
buildings; in short that they shall not be
treated as public enemies because they are
public officials.
Now, as to the annoyance of Gen. koontz'
Col. Scull. and Others. These gentlemen
own property, fine residences, and they
have right to be undistnrbed in the pos
session and enjoyment of what their talents
and their energy have accumulated. South
erner'' gets OF this bit OF twaddle: " Why
should lawyer, who prefers to make hi;
Doodle By clearing criminals from Justice
be looked after with such sohcitude by tbs
taxpayer" Let me give him this defini
ton: Nuisance, RoelnReatanl, or annoyance
signifies anything that worketh hurt, incon
venience, or damage. And nuisances are o
two kinds; public or common nuisances
which affect the public. and are Annoyance
to all the kings subjects; for which reason
we must refer them 10 the class of p1bii'
wrongs, or crimes and misdenieanors, ans
private nuisances which may bl
defined anything done to the hurt or an
noyanee of the lands, tenemen,s, or here
ditaments of another As an example o
nuisance the learned author whom | hav'
quoted, says: "Corrupting the air will
noisome smells. for light and air are two in
dispensable requisites 10 every dwelling y
and this is precisely what tie County Com
missioners do. or permit to be done in tn
case of Gen. Koontz, Col Scull and Others
and it is time little solicitude should D.
manifested by the taxpayer.
The closing paragraph of Southerners
profound article IS such solid chunk o
wisdom that mortal man cannot digest if
listen: When people cease to elect idiot
as justices of the peace and to employ jan
birds and cut throats as detectives and po
llcemen, then false arrests and imprison
ment in the county Jail will cease, certainly
Heavens and earth But I've somewher
seen a passage that reads something !ik
this Answer not a fool according to hi
Now. as to the responsibility which tn
Sheriff incurs when the custody of prison
ers IS intrusted to him. and the means OF re
tanning them safely are not furnished him
have been Informed by a member Of tn
bar Of Fayette county, whom met quit
recently, that in cases in which prisone
breaks jail p" the Sheriff is liable 20 actor
for an escape. An old resident of this town
ship informed me that during the term, nj
thinks, of Sheriff PhiIlippi, young mar
confined for E and b. until q sentence Of th'
court should be complied with, broke iai
and got away. The person who had brough
the prosecution against the jaii-breake
commenced an action against Sheriff Phil
lippi, and recovered in full Now. il th'
Sheriff be liable to such ''pains and penal
ties, is it treating him fairly to refuse to fur
nish him the means of safekeeping the pris
oners whom crime or misfortune places il
his hands There are certain duties whicl
rule" is Just as applicable to communitiel
as to individuals. and now Think that from
the humanitarian standpoint, from th'
standpoint of public expedieney and econo
my. from tie standpoint of justice to public
officers. we need new Jail. Not reyamp
ing of the old one, built as it is on ante
diluyian principles, bat Ree Jad, one tina
will hold prisoners, and hold them in com
fort. not in elegance and ease but in com
fort, where they need not be tortured by theil
own eifiayia. and where their very existene,
need not breed nuisanees in the commGni
Is in which they perforce exist Nothing
but the most pueriIe s,uf has been adyanc
ed to meet the solid line OF argument hav,
laid down. ! shall no more take up ny
pen to answer children, or men. it may be
who do not recognize logical conclusion
when presented. and who cannot reply 10 an
argument if they honestly wished to do so
shall say no more; my inkstand is empty
the points are broken off nay pen. and
shall treat future s. scribblerendos with
silent contempt unless solid answer shonld
appear to the points have made
Very Respectfully.
PLUhBsso.
ADDISON, Pa, SEPT. 8. 1885.
DEssH or Hon. GEORGE WEysSD.
1t is with pain and sorrow we chronicle
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