Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-03
MAURERTowN ITEMS.
BUREAU SHENANDOAH HERALD,
Cor. MAN St. a. X. X. Ave,
Maurertown, April 20, 80.

Maurertown, April 20, $50. }
Miss Emma Crabil and Miss Ola
Kiser of Stephens City, visited friends
here on Sunday last.
The beer saloon at Maurertown is a
thing of the past. The last bottle was
sold April 3Oth, at 4 o'clock, p. m.
Miss Pansy splker left for Philadelphia.
Washington and Hagerstown yesterday
where she expects to visit friends this
summer
The church bells Of the different
churches Of this place and Toms Brook
we're rang promptly at 9 o'clock on April
the 3Oth in honor of the Washington
centennial
We undertook in our last communica-
ton 10 say a word In defence of your
strasburg correspondent whom We be-
lieved to be grossly wronged, not only BY
the person or persons who wrote the art'-
cles which appeared IN the VrgiHidn and
Netes Of April Goth, but also by one OF the
editors Of said paper, who as We under
stand, changed the phraseology OF the
author 10 suit his own tastes. NOW Cd
serve the squirting and twisting OF the
editor Of the Virgiuian and heus IN MS
paper of April Goth. In answer to his
reference TO us of that date let him
answer the following questions and we
will then see whether be deserves to be
placed among the mudslingers Isl, Did
he or did he not ask the Strasburg CORE
snondent, v hen he applied to him Tor the
author of the article referred to, to wait
until he could hear from Strasburg 2nd,
Did be not change the article so that II
read different from what il did when IT
reached his office 3rd, Did he not go to
Strasbnrg to get some one to father this
fendish, ungentlemanly attack 4th, Did
he and another Democrat compare in toto
the article signed zone of Thirteen" or did
he and said other Dem ocrat only assist In
the composition Let Mr.. Editor an
swer. Again we cannot help thinking that
there is great deal Of crookedness about
this whole matter, and that it was as we
said only plan on the part of some OF the
scbeming Democrats TO steal the Stras-
burg postoffice. If it were not so, and the
"One of Thirteen with whom these Demo-
Gratis seem to have entered upon this
questionable project desired the good OF
the Republican par ty, why did not these
men recommend a worthy Republican for
postmaster Why was it necessary for this
Republican from way back to publish q
slanderous commun cation in a Demo
cratic newspaper Why did not this Re
publican 90 to the proper parties IN the
proper spirit and ask justice : We are
sure he wonld have been courteously
treated. aud had be shown good cause
would have gained his point We have
inquired of many good, honest, sober
minded men of st zasbnrg and vicinity,
who have known the Strasburg CORE
spondent of the HERALD for more than 20
wears, concerning the charges made by
zone of ThIrteenn-both those made
directly and those made by innundo-and
in every case these men have answered
that they never heard anything Of the
kind, and that they thought the HERALD
correspondent was a much abused man.
/ Again we cannot understand how u man
having any respect for religious things or
the precepts of holy writ can deliberately
enter any household and destroy the
peace and blast the hopes of innocent
women and children with no other ap-
panent motive tn an fendish malice or the
advancement of his own selfish interests.
We cannot understand the difference be-
tween the perpetrator of this deed, than
/ the deadly assassin who steals into the
home at the dead hour of night, aHd in
Aicts the mortal blow. To an urpreju-
diced observer there can be no good rea-
son given for rakng up the charges which
these trio Of authors prefers in the issue
o. the Tirg inian and Nrcs Of the 10Th nit,
against the HERALD correspondent OF
Strasbury, Va, even they were true,
which we are confident tbeS are not and
parading them before the community
through the polluted columns Of the V"-
ginidn and Ndrs. To all proper thinking
people regardless Of party, the man who
is capable Of such things must appear IN
the light of one who either does not know
what be does, or who IS willing to sacr-
flee everything that is dear to make his
own base, and cowardly desire for re-
Yenge.