Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-05-16
SHANGHAI NEWS.

InOSG HODlC Me- L lcdI UIldt uluCIl
learning hath made thee mad. / am
aware you do not possess the virtue
of being as placid as a duck pond. /
do not charge you with being a poor
box, and gaping for pennies, but do
say that your relations appear to have
a mania for Office holding. You stat
ed that your blood was up to boiling
point. Will you please say at what
degree of temperament it began to
boil? In this you must be mistaken,
as your blood will never boil until
you get where better fires are kept,
than we usually find in this country.
Will you please explain the rule for
looking man square in the eye. /
agree with you in all you have said
with reference to your brother, d. HI.
Dodd, except his saint-like goodness.
If he is really in possession of the vir-
tues you claim for him, he is certainly
too good for earth, and instead of you
asking the people make him Co. Supt.
you should down on your knees and
ask the Lord to do unto him as he did
unto Enoch and Elijah. Mr.. Bowen
is married gentleman but his wife
is not so near the confines of imbecili-
ty as to regard him saint. I have
been told by an honorable gentleman
that Mr.. ID. III. ID. proposed to Mr..
Bowen to shake hustle-cap, the one
throwing the lowest number to with
draw from the contest. Mr.. B. being
an honorable christian gentleman, de-
clined going to the gambling table,
but was willing to leave the matter
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them. This proposition coming from
Mr.. ID. HI. ID. shows cOnclusively that
there is some lost motion in his saint
illness. however he has gained for him.
self the distinctive title of hustle-cap
Dodd. retract what l said in regard
to Mr.. DPS friends keeping mute.
am sorry that gave such advice. be-
cause another such one as M. would
elect Mr.. B. unanimously, fless the
family circle), Mr.. Nj. tries to make
points all through his letter, but Ito
use his own elegant language) many
of them are too thin to waste time
over; it would be too much like strik-
ing at nothing. It is natural that he
should desire the election of his broth
err; this is manifestation of brother
ly love, but for goodness sake let some
one else blow their toOt horn, and not
speak so lightly of those who are the
equals of the Dodds, morally, mental
ly and socially. There is public in
stitution for those who seek county
support, kept up by taxation and
whether we scruple or not at our pro-
portions, we have it to pay; and il
ourself esteemed julius Caesars wish
further support, than has already been
received off the county, they should
make application to this general res
ervoir. Unlike Washington, first in
war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen, would they
Dodd it Co. Supt., Dodd it assessor,
Dodd it in higher and more RESPONSE
BILE position, but for some of the level
headed sons of old Berkeley, who are
capable of measuring mental calibre,
at least to the extent to call odium in
question, in regard to the milk soup
effort of our brother M. trying to bull
doze county lin. which erudition is
rife) by spreading before the public
the exaggerated qualities of brother.
Is not the idea preposterous one
we are confident that their friends are
feeling badly on account of their weak
ness. Do they imagine that this Re-
public lisa kingdom? that Office should
be handed down additionally? do
they suppose that the people of this
country acknowledge possession OF
royalty on their part? set them wor-
ship yet few more moons at their
shrine, and when this county thinks
they are prepared for the purple and
fine linen, there will be messenger
from the aerial regions sent to ac-
quaint them of their acceptance.
Then may they come up out Of the
wilderness, bright as the I'M. fair as
the moon, and as terrible as an army
with Banners. j.