The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-26
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Editor lDss:
Your advocacy Of Judge Morrison for the
Supreme Bench is not too strong. He
we'll deserves the honor of the appoint
mcnl, qHl cope it will be bestowed al
though, if it is nladc. pp shall greatly
miss him from our district, wltcro he 10
highly esteemed, and regarded, in fullest
confidence ,s ;,~"fonnd lawyer. lie is
one of natures gentlemen and ripe schol-
airs. .%H"yNgm r1n GnyNtps, he Will re-
hect lustre on any bench of which he is a
| member.
once tried to read law. but it WAS too
harry amt for me to crack.
We must have good men, such rs yon
arc advocating,f for our high Office of State.
Many, with myself, rcckoned Of seeing
General Ayers fill the post Ex-Governor for
the coming form. Hp would have made 4
good one, bcin. energetic. elcsr-hcadcd,
and general fnvoritc. II. is made of
the stuff which has put our country
amongst the iUrmOst nations of the earth,
and all in this section arc proud of him.
The present occupant Of the Common
wca!th's throne may he clcver-alid the
newspapers may shy he hss jlIlc4 lot Of
State debt-bnt ! think he mHst he .
milk-a nd-wAter,chap for his work. Thr
General would not have allowed us TO be
dctcd by the Fleming boys, month after
month, but would. long since, have Sccnr-
ell and brought to Justice those proving
murlercrs, even if it had required for ac-
complisbmcnt I'll the State troops. The
blood of innocent ricfjma Of one of The
foulest Of mnssacrcs calls loudly for jn9:
ticc, and the supinrprss Of the States
Guardians is y crying shame.
Your citizen, Mr.. Irvine. Is not much
known amongst ue, but hs canvass has
aiken we'll Hes smart, hardworkinS
Young man. and will make good dele
gate. n would have had ha5d fight for
the Office If our rcrprcted tomnsman had
kept in the race. as the latter is an old
politician, and has Il winning Nay with the
boys. who DO nol forget hi4 war record.
Some of our people baye heeA 10 the
Worlds Fair, aud have returned with
wonderful accounts. The Philadelphia
Centennial and this years big cjrcn. At
the Gap sink into insSnihcancc. hear
that some one who went to the Fair from
YOUR district could not find his way about
very we'll, and was taken by steamer
trip Of 30 miles to another city, thinking
all the time he was going to II division Of
Chicago WAS it the smell Of Milwaukee
beer and cheese which drew hili, 20 far
out of hia way? If reports are true light
6ngercd gentry and cards hsrpers have
heoh busy during the Fair, and haye, hy
exhibitions of their own, made 2 lasting
impression on some of the boys,
"Doc" TAYLOR is about to quit, without
leaving any address 1t il said that
crowds arc going to Wise c. H., to wit
ness his execution. When the cunning old
fox quoted scripture to the judge, he
passed over the Divine injunction to "tell
the ruth and lie not" The Reyl c:n
quote scripture by the ysrd, 20 doubt.
Was it consi:'e emf Of tho Docs lawyers, on
bis trial. TO strain every point to show
that he was not present ut the time the
foul murder, of which he was justly con-
yictcd. and, that falling to sci up his in
sanity: We're they not hoist by their
own petard?
Your lively, well-informcd paper takes
we'll around here. It's the best we get.
With principio non homi"e<-c.pecially
those purely llnmocratic-for your text,
may you long flourish.
HAABLHR.