Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22

stoh lufouSH the Columns OF your valuable
paper to resent the scurrious Onslaught
made on us from Mr.. T. f. Walsh, In behal
of Dave Oesterle in last weeks REGISTER
and, as Mr.. Walsh had no proyocation (st
far as we can see) and he, being the agressor
surely will accord US the privilege of so do
ing. In the first place one, outside of Gran
1teylile, would infer from the letters tina
they were miles apart at the time of writing
when In fact they were both in the sam,
house, and, as it is now rumored, that Mr.
Walsh did not Intend his letter for publica.
ton, and, If this be true, why did ne allow
himself to become part and party to the
matter, and thus meddling with affairs, as
he infers, not worthy of notice? Unless il
was intended to defend the Company's Store
OF which, at no time, have we made one dis.
paraging remark against the Company or Of
its officials that could be construed in the way
| of personalities in any way, shape, or form
but, to the contrary, have always had words
of praise during our six years. employment
He says, "as nobody pays the slightest at
tention to what 'Tyro' says about nybody
| or anything" he is surprised to find Dave
so wrought up at his C''Tyro's'') mean fling
To this we will say we meant to cast no re-
Elections whatever on Mr.. OBSTETRICS charac-
ter and reputation at the time we wrote our
letter, and didn't think, for moment, that
he would construe it in the light be did,
else we would not have made the remark,
but as Mr.. .. feels badly hurt over the mat
ter we willing y retract the statement made,
and offer our strlctest apologies with true
Mr. fIr t ste
only an exhibition again Of his usual style
to toady to, and slop over on anybody at the
expense of somebody else. "We have never
attempted to toady to or slop over on Mr..
Oesterle Except in this instance) before, to
use his eXpressIon; land as to Mr.. Walsh,
we can also say we meyer felt disposed to
toady to or slop over on him, and never ex-
pect to. For, to toady to and slop over on
Mr.. Walsh, one has got to be pretty clever
and something of John l.. Sullivan style,
or he'll share the fate of Jack Dempsey. AS
to Mr.. OBSTETRICS qualifications as salesman
and stock clerk, we don't assume to ques-
ton, or presume that anyone else does, but
only spoke of his mode of accommodation
and manner of courtesy. And as you say 1t
was certainly his qualifications as stock
clerk that enabled him to serve the company
for so long time, that this of itself ought
to give the lie to "Tyro" and his ilk. And
while reading this, two sayings come to our
mind; one is the couplet of Horace, "par-
turient, monies, nascitor, ridiculous, mas"
Mr.. w. ought to be able to translate the
above paragraph readily. The other is the
saying. concerning the slaughter Of thous.
ands.. with the jawbone Of an ass. But as
he has heraded the news broadcast, brand
ing US as liar, we accept the phrase and
take Ter straight, Mr.. Walsh; but as the fell
low said that was kicked by the jackass-we
consider the source from whence it came.
Now he next turns up as an adviser, saying,
pay no attention to such as "Tyro;" you
can't afford it. To our mind this sentence
uncovers the first part of Mr.. WIS letter,
where he says "nobody pays the slightest
attention to what 'Tyro' says abou ut anybody
or anything" 1t surely brings to light the
fact that he (Mr. W. and Mr.. o. have to
some extent paid little attention to the
matter. He further adds that "the man who
does his duty by his employers honestly
and fearlesslv Of friend or foe is far more
pI eferable than he who seeks popularity at
the expense of his conscience" To this we
will say, if we have sought popularity at the
expense of our conscience, we did it through
an act of ignorance, and we therefore eX-
tend our thanks to Mr.. W. for his enlight-
ening views on the matter. In his last sem
tence, he says, ga man without enemies is no
man at ALL" We would like to hear some
learned gentleman's version on this subject;
or, in other words, we would like to see the
man of no enemies, to know to what class or
position in Mr.. WIS estimation he would be
placed. We fancy Mr.. w. meant to apply
the epithet to himself; and, knowing him
self to have plenty of enemies, perhaps,
thinks himself an exemplary man. It
seems to me that an accomplished man OF
Mr.. Walsh's calibre and position, like Bot
tom, wished to play the lions part; but.
between the time the part was cast, and
the rendition, became satisfied that too loud
a roar would scare "Tyro" too dreadful
ly; so, like the Athenian, he doubtless
thought his vile epithets would show, as in
the Bard of Avon: 81 will aggravate my
voice so that 1 will roar you as gently as
any sucking dove; 1 will roar you as 'twere
any nightingale" All have doubtless heard
of the oft.repeated saying that was current
in our halycon days, of the Irishman, who
laid that he "never opened his mouth but
what be put his foot in it, This seems to
us in this case to be pretty we'll proven as
regards Mr.. T. F. Walsh. TYRO.