Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-24
stin More of the Smut Machine
Feeder.

Over our dose of his own medicine
which vas administered 10 him last
week the smut machine feeder squirmed
like thrashed eur and beloved like
a mad bull. The big blue pill took him
wholly by surprise and completely
knocked him out Of his element for the
time being. But he was not long in
grabbing his slush pail and out on the
hunt, manufacturing stuff TO heal his
wounds. consequently the smut ma
chine will this week overflow with de-
nuneiation of the editor Of the NORTH
WEST. This may in measure ease his
conscience, but the people of Henry
county, and especially the smut ma
chimes handful of readers, are not all
ignoramuses, and his swill this week
will go the way of all the filthy stuffhe
has emptied from his slush pail during
the past year or so.
We have resided among the good peo-
pie Of Henry county for now over thir-
teen years, and whatever the fellow
may say 1t matters nothing to us, for
We are satisfied to place our character
and actions beside his own and let the
people decide between them.
In his search for "pointers" he has
been delving over the records of the
Office Of Judge Meekison, seeking our
guardian trust, which no doubt will be
dished up with his usual interpretations
to tickle his foul tongue. We care lit
tie for what he may say in this respect.
The records are open to all, and we are
not ashamed to have them scrutinized
so far as our doings are concerned. We
are unlike the smut machine feeder
What we do is done open and above
board. We pay our debts, and no busi-
ness man or citizen of this or any other
county is troubled about getting what
is due him from us. He or she is not
compelled to take it out" in order to
get even with bad debt. Can the
smut machine feeder say as much? We
will let scores of citizens answer.
Then, too, we pay our hired help
promptly, and no one in our employ is
compelled to go begging for his money.
Can he say as much? We will let those
who have. worked for him testify. It
has been but few months since that
one of his employees, after having ex-
hausted his patience in asking for and
being refused his dues, threatened to
sue the fellow, when he cody informed
him it would do no good, as he did not
own anything the law could get hold of
and that the printing Office was in his
wife's name, "by 3D." (his usual ex-
pression.) Asthese are facts, would it
not look better for this fellow to curb
his liberality using other peoples
money! and pay his help and debts? ?
We think it would.
The fellow will also have something
to say of our religious belief and our
morality, but of all the many sins we
will have to answer for there is nothing
like that of pawning wife's watch, as
he did at Defiance some time back,
where it remains to this day for ought
we know. And neither did we ever
borrow money from a sister-in-law, her
hard earned wages as school teacher,
and neglected to refund it when she
was in sore need of it, as he did; and
we never borrowed money on our
wife's credit to ostensibly defray the ex-
penses of law education, but in
reality squandered it as only money
can be in large city. Neither did we
ever connive to turn a brother-in-law
out of his house and home, and send
his family into the street.
Speaking of religion we wish to show
what little respect this fellow has for
the feelings of Others by citing an in
stance. At the time of the last me-
mortal services neighbor on his way
to the church met him and enquired if
he We're going to attend the services,
he got as reply 1--WE have not got
down that low yet" Insulting neigh
Dor and insulting the soldiers, and ev-
cry one who reveres memorial day. A
fit subject truly for the work he is en-
gagged in.
The fellow will also have something
to say about our taxes, but whether he
thinks we pay too much or too little we
know not. But what we have we pay
that at which it is assessed. We may
have occasion to publish the amount of
taxes this smut machine feeder pays.
Get your glasses ready to view the fig
ures.
We might go on dd infnit,tna, but our
space is exhausted. Ia, ia, Mr.. Smut
ty. @ A&
/, JOHN w. DANIELS, the successor of
Malone, of Virginia, in a recent speech
voiced the sentiments Of many loyal
Democrats when he said, speaking of
civil service reform: