Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-04-29
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MEXICO, April, 25, 1885.
EDiToR of SENTINEL AND REPUBLICAN, -
In reply to the communication of the 18th
inst, would say that the article was mo 70
of an abusive, than denying character, al =
though, when a missile as soft as putty is
hurled at person it leaves no mark on its
victim, but falls, itself disfgured beyond
recognition, as has besn the case here.
1 bis polite gentleman in disguise of Old
Honesty, has assumed quite popular
name as all the readers of his jargon can
perceive.
''Old Honesty" furnishes good sheath
for 'Rascality' in such cases.
To prove his right to the honorable title,
he annexes to his article, he goes so far as
to misrepresent the nome de plume of my
former communication and adds the word
"French" to it, showing how dearly he
loved to be SO honest as he seems to DO in
public. He also makes this grave mistake
in the number of his signers on the petition,
calling it forty five which should be only
five or so. Now he wants to be too hon
est to do such a thing ,willfuIly, which he
knows is not right, so | presume he had
been reckoning the amount of profits, he
was going to make on his beer and Porter
and the mixing Of these two, his favorite
pets, must have produced Delirium Ire
mems of the mind, and in place of counting
his signers he multiplied them by tens.
Take an advice and do one thing at a time
for which your Uranium was designed. All !
Dear Old Honesty, thou art an angel walk
ing about in disguise, but thy steps are get
ting feeble, and the track behind is like IN
to zigzag fence. Now do please do take
off that "sheep skin" for the people who
know you saw that left eye of yours wink,
and it looked, Oh so wolflsh, that it made
their very skeleton quake with fear, TO know
how You would exhibit their gray bleached
bones strung on copper wire, in your ''Mu-
scum de Medica," after having satiated your
greedy appetite with their flesh, ''the dime
and nickle." You call me hypocrite. For
an illustration OF your hypocracy, see the
wolf in the Bible Looking Glass" He al
so says that | never wrote ths article whic b
appeared in your paper. How supersutious
Dear Master of Jokes, how can you account
tor all your fiction / would pleasantly
have You to understand, that | am using
my own pen, ink ard brains, not yours or
anybody else's. On yes perhaps you are
not aware that have no assistant as you
had, dear soul when you s'shot off your
mouth" l am able to compose my own
communications as they appear in public,
and if this one wounds your feelings As bad
as the other did, try one of your court-plas
tiers, and in addition take small dose of
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup to ease you
and then you can flake your 'Lulla bye"
that my article was s'nausea and disgust"
to the readers Of the paper. If this is really
true, then hope his sweet voice may be
the healing 'sbalm OF Gilead'' to the wound
ed readers. Further he says, | am doing
this under "false cover" | challenge him
to sign his proper "Handle'' to his article,
and can follow suit. II he can do so, with
that honesty be proclaims in his article,
then the people can see his right eye also.
Perhaps it will not blink so much as that
left one does, when restaurant is men
toned to him. He goes on and lays the
foundation of his argument to "better the
town BY securing employment for young
men and boys. This is fine employment,
wherein is the odor of liquor aud the fume
of cigars, as a general thing. | wonder
what the mothers and wives of such VIC
tins think suppose Il would be very
stimulating to his femployment theory"
Dor't You He asks Us to spend our ''sur-
plus money" at home. Yes, sold Homes
ty'', we will for family -four ETC., and he
This we will do most undoubtedly, but at
the pump. Next he wants US to reform. 1
am certain in this act we wonld come out
where his political convert did few years
ago. After having persuaded him to vote
his ticket, by promise of returning tie
compliment, he winked with that bad eye,
aud laughed because he had made one more
political ioel. This is bis reformation pol
icy. Beware OF it in fine. would like
to reform but We hate the idea of having a
nose like a pigeons bill in poke-berry time.
Come down from the tree of ssSelfishness"
sold or Young Honestly, as you may be
and smile again. Don't look so fretful and
sour. you know this is only scheme for a
few more pennies, which you are not much
in need of. You can live without so much
ado. In conclusion would say If you can
not rest with this explanation, just squesl
again, and loud, Yours for news,
CITIZEN.