Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-03-02
M. Stricklin TO .P."

| Mr. Stricklin to .P."
| Ed. Register Once more I will hav'
to ask for space in your paper to answe
/ ..P. IS" assertions. In his communica
ton of February 9th, 1898. in he REG
IsTER, s.P. /" says, lis 1t not fact, Mel
con, that all the kicking you and YOU
father did about the school that p.
taught was done through malice, sim
| ply because the school board failed t.
employ single man against the wishes
of your father, whom he intended Il
board?"
My answer to that is no; we go1
enough of that when you were single
and we boarded you for five dollars pei
month, while you taught two terms Of
school and then kept you the rest Of
the two years and got nothing for our
board and the trouble we had in taking
you to and from the railroad; we want
no more single men such rs you were,
'sP." And further say If you were 4
gentleman you would not have said
anything disrespectful about us. You
make me think of one verse in the
Bible where it says, '.Never cast your
pearls before swine, lest they turn and
rend you;" now you have turned on us,
like the hog you are, to rend US.
..P. " says he does not hesitate to say
that am liar about what said about
his teaching school. Now, what / said
was this: II have known him to teach
school some days with only one and
some days with no scholars" When
said taught without any scholars I
made a mistake because he could not
teach unless he had scholar, but he
could go to the schoo1house and stay
there but not teach. AS to the rest I
said can prove; in regard to his teach
ing, ''P." says the term report of his
school shows a daily average for the
term of six months of a fraction over
nineteen; now, am too much of gen.
tleman to say that '.P." lied. but I'M
hesitatingly say the report lies, and
"P." wrote the report himself. s.P. :"
infers in his article that l did not write
the answer to his slurs some time ago;
I am responsible for every word that
was above my signature and will say
this. if did have help it was by man
that never reported a mail carrier for
four cents like you did.
Oh, that house of 'sP. IS" he says it
is sealed. but fails to tell what it is
sealed with; it may be sealed with
newspapers. Some eff us out here seal
with newspapers; they are cheap, and
''P." knows how to economic; all they
cost him is the ink he sings at his
neighbors.
'sP." says what had wrote over my
signature was more ridiculous than
serious to "P. !" but he seemed to take
it serious, for have been told that he
rode about the district trying to get
somebody to recommend him as teach
ing good school, and the only one he
could get was Mr.. W. F. Stuart.
Say, Frank, did not you forget yourself
when you went to sign ..P. 81 paper,
or have you got in the habit of signing
everything that is brought to youp Be
careful, Frank; now, Frank, can look
over you for you only said that to your
knowledge ''P. taught a good school,
and know your crop and excuse you;
oh, how l like to read the eulogy of a
ludu pouuOu ny ulmo0lt ttuu SAS uCu ny
w. F. Stuart; oh, how sweet!
s.P.' is it not a fact that New Years
day and Christmas day both fell on
Sunday. and is it not fact that you
claimed them as holidays and counted
Them as though they fell on school
days? Be sure, s.P., - before you give
the lie; ..oh. them thar holidays!" It
has been reported that if ..P. could not
beat me no other way; he could choke
ne off with language; now, there is
,hree things s.P." is superior to me in:
First, is education; second, is teaching
school; third, for low-down trickery he
IAN beat all the Stricklin family put
;ogether.
..P.,' you got off a pretty good anec-
tote on me about the polecat, and I'll
Try my hand. You are like the bell |
he man hung in the door of his hen
house to keep the foxes from carrying |
hem off, and the fox came and saw the |
oell and he raised his paw and moved
he bell, and it made a loud noise; and |
he fox said: -
s'Well, well, big mouth and long tongue.
heap said and nothing DONE"
NELSON STRIcKLIN.
Clones, Mo-, Feb'y 27th. 1898.