Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21
Communicated
FIsnER's Hill, VA, May Ia, l.

FISHERS HILL VA, Nay Ia, ESD
Mrssns. EDuoBs.-I am sorry to have
to ask permission again to reply TO your
Mt. Olive correspondent, Mr.. Pro bono
Pubico, of last weeks issue but since he
brays again, we think it becomes neces-
sary TO correct some cgregious mistakes,
and TO give linn our final trimming. But
before we enter on the questions at issue
let me compliment the gentleman in that
he has made % marked improvement over
his former article. llc uses descriptivcad-
iectiyes with wonderful sagacity aud
acuteness, so much so that we conclude
he has been attending some grammar
school during the past two weeks. our
suggestion that Mt. Olive organic a fare
Insurance Company OF once seems to nave
tickled Mr. Pro bono Puhlico on the night
side. Judging from past experience J
think yonr correspondent will not be at
loss to find suspicious persons. would
suggest they get some one foreign TO their
vicinity To investigate, should fire occnr
lie saws ut has been said wisely If you
throw stone into a lot of dogs the one
that IA hit will yell.n II has also been
wisely said chat some dogs will yell be-
fore they are hit As he yelled first 10
neither takes poet nor sage 10 tell 10
which class be- belongs According 10
this veteran prophet Hans Rec-' Sons have
not had. nor have, nor for all eternity to
come ever Will have any use for the road
in question. We think they have as one
hundred cords Of bark is being peeled now
on this side TO be taken 10 their yards
This is mere nonsense and not worthy Of
further attention. Tho gentleman caicu-
lates the 100 bushels of corn IN me ear to
be "a tons. What arithmetic oh you
must have some Of your Homemade
grape juice left to calculate 50 miserably.
You had better been eating that sour
kraut and bacon you suggested for the
gentleman and his wife, instead ofwrlting
prcsumptious opinions and prophecies.
II he will calculate better, he will have
no occasion to doubt the wriier'sveracity.
We think the gentleman must have swal-
lowed Jonah and the whale both AZ he
gets OH some awfully whalers. For in
stance. the load referred 10 by the gentle
man was - barrels of -four instead Of 10.
And again he says 80 man was seen last
winter 10 come very near a stall with five
-four horses hitchcd 10 q sled in good
sleighing snow, with well broken road,
loaded with four five railroad Ties
What hidcous vail, he fact is, be got
into a snow drift. and three Of his horses,
being of the same turn Of mind rs Mr.
Pro bono Publico, alias A friend 10 good
roads, refused 10 pulse with him, he
balks-hc won't pull at improvements
And, too, he says it is one Of the biggest
humbugs ever practiced on Shenandoah
comfy. What n dire calamity it is that
this egotstic fellow can't have entire con-
troll Of public internal improvement for
this county. Well, it would crafty his
vanity
We, too, agree with the gentleman in
inviting you 10 examine the read books
for yourselves can't see the propriety
Of his objections since that Mt. Olive, and
Nossville, her rival town, Will soon come
together AT the new mountain road. Aud,
again. we can't see why he objects 10 q
road superior 10 those If his own vicinity,
especially, since Mt. Olive has become the
habitation Of \ recent importation Of Jacks
and iennies. This road may furnish easy
facilities for the furtherance Of that lucra-
tive business. With this we leave the
gentleman severely alone.
Z PLURHrs INrM.