The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-09-24
A Reply to Mars Hill Scribe.

EDITORS JoURNAL-We had decided not
to write any further upon this matter but
friends insist, so we will say that the mis-
takes and plumbers of some people are so
numerous and gross as to not only be of inn
mense damage to them, but also to damag-
lngly effect their community We think
that the Scribe of the Mars Hill Club made
a very natural decision when he concluded
to not let himself down any lower to notice
us for as he had already reached the bottom
it was quite plain if he let himself in any
direction to notice us il would not be down
ward. See his inconsistency, for he saws in
the beginning Of his last Surgical advertise
ment that if he had known it had been us
he would have never have noticed us. and
he then turns to us in the same piece and
confess that he made a gross mistake in
wanting to treat our case with vermifuge,
and electioneers for the privilege of treating
our case with his new process He claims
to be possessed with extraordinary power
with which he proposes to supersede the
heavenly authorities in supplying any de-
hclency in nature works in furnishing
brains to its creatures, and as he missed it
so far in his vermiiuge treatment he prOpos
es to give us a round with his patent surgi-
cal process of injecting brains through the
pressing need for more intellect, we object
to the grade of brains he uses in his practice.
1t appears that the surgeon is of the opinion
that a man will make a more creditable
showing with his skull crammed to the ex-
tent Of the .big-head with his adulterated
counterfeit butter than he will with mod
crate amount Of common grade natural
brainS and as we have some taste as to
quality as well as quantity we shall object
TO his performing his prolered operation
upon us. We do not like to be so coarse as
to say that the Mars Hill scribe is trying to
produce false impressions, but we would
like for the public to look into this matter
and see whether or not our opponent is at
variance with the truth in his insinuations
upon our personal character We will give
references before closing.
As the scribe has made such signal fail
ure IN producing any argument upon the
| subject or in complying with his promises
| and like "a polecat is doting over his quail
ties of raising blue fog with which he
smokes things ont, and persists in the idea
| that the man who can stay the farthest from
the subject and display the greatest amount
of malignance or spleen is the man that
produces the greatest argument. In max
ing such pititul assault upon our charac-
ter he makes II appear that he has never
been blessed with the privilege of knowing
the old philosophical maxim that there is as
much to be gained by concealing ones IL
norance as there is in displaying ones wis
dom. And he seems to squirm and writhe
so helplessly in his base condition, and has
tucked his tail and left the field in such dis
order, that we, instead Of harboring malice
against him. really sympathise with him,
and az our Heavenly Father does not hold
any one responsible for talents that he
doesn't possess we do not fall out with him,
personally, for the abuse that he has thrcwn
at us We will say to those of the public
that do not know the scribe of the Club or
the writer Of this that we would like for
them to make some enquiries concerning
our character, and will refer them to any of
the business Or professional men of Dallas
or Acworth or any of the honorable citizens
of the Mars Hill community, and will say
for ourselves that we have not yet conde-
scended to enforce this obnoxious game law
against our neighbors, W. r. House..