The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-18

Skin Of THIS ilrm IN the Eprluk o. 4bots
Mrs. Maxwell vas tho owner OF the IN.
divided One-sixth, and under my advice
had prepared herseli with the necessary
funds 70 purchase this land, aud ap.
peaTcd at the front door Of tho court
house on the day Of the sale. and with
tears running down her cheeks bid OF
this farm-her home-at tho price men.
toned by Mr.. Curtis, NO person being
willing 70 bid against her, except Mr..
Kelley, who simply bid enough to cover
his claim. And again Mir. Curtis did
not tell that four years ago had offered
Mrs. MaxAell SIS, 900 cash for this farm
for Mr.. Allen, OF Marshall county.
Mr.. Curtis says: "Five years ago 9
portion OF the Joseph Harvey farm was
sold at 81 or $50 per acre. Tho same
portion was sold this last winter at SIS
per acre." He does not give the facts.
Why does he not stAte that the whole
Harvey farm OF 500 acres was offered for
sale by II. n. Russell, Esq, as trustee
In decd OF trust 70 secure A. 81.
Ridgely, AZ tho request oil Mrs. Harvey
and family, Mr.. Harvey then being alb.
sent from home, and on the day Of sale,
on the premises, that Joseph speidel,
Z. II. Atkinson and others were there
for the purpose Of bidding on the farm.
but finding Mrs. Harvey and her chill
dren greatly distressed, and desiring to
try 10 save the farm, they refused 70
bid on 1t, and the whole farm was bid
oil by Mrs. Harvey's son, T. L. Harvey.
and the whole family have resided upon
It ever since. Mr.. Curtis does not tell
US that in November, 1883, John String
er, OF Jefferson county, Ohio. was will
ing to purchase this 302 acres at $50 per
acre, but Mr.. Harvey was then asking
$S5 per acre. And yet the land which
was sold this last winter, as Mr.. Curtis
says. at SIS per acre, 10 really the best
farm land on it.
Why did not Mr.. Curtis tell In his ar
ticle that his fathers farm OF ITO acres,
on which he ltves, was purchased by
his father in 1871 for s., 500, and that he
refused $500 for his bargain the next
day, and that although MIR. Curtis has
erected a beautiful new mansion" on
this land, he could not now sell the
farm, with oil these Improvements, Tor
within $1,000 OF what his father paid
for 1t. Again, Mr.. Curtis fails to tell in
his article that his own father, Joseph
9. Curtis, who, by the way, is one OF
the largest land owners IN this county,
and one OF our most intelligent Demo-
cratic citizens, states on all occasions
that he has lost at least one half OF his
investments IN real estate in this coun-
ty. II Mr.. Curtis, or the Register. or
their friends, have any money that they
wish to invest in real estate at advanced
prices, would be- glad to show them
over number OF farms in this and ad-
joining counties.
Mr.. CurtisIs statements Of the value
OF real estate are about as valuable as
his statements were two years ago when
he proclaimed to his friends through
out the neighborhood that "if Cleve-
land ia elected we will get forty cents
pound for our wool inside OF three
months" Where Is that wool buyer?
Nothing short OF Chinese wall OF pro-
lection around the United States will
ever enable him to find his way into
Liberty district.
Mr.. Curtis would have his readers be.
lieve that the ruinous prices the farmer
ia receiving for all his products Is the
result OF the drouth, but who ever heard
OF drouth making fifteen cent wool or
forty-five cent wheat. There is another
cause for most OF the farmers ills. 1t is
the want Of employment to enable our
people to purchase the farmers pro-
ducts.
Mr.. Curtis says that the Democrats
will all be at the polls in November,
and that many Republicans will vote
with them il things continue to improve.
do not know what he means by "con-
tinuing to improve" unless it is more
time for us to rest and starve. At any
rate promise him that as the morning
OF November it will be found that the
Republicans OF Liberty district have
given tho largest majority they have
given for twenty years.
would now suggest to Mr.. Curtis
and the editor OF the Register that they.
instead OF attempting to accuse their
neighbors and friends OF lying far potit-
icai purposes, go like Judas aud hang
themselves.
This article is already too long, but l
have given names and figures for my
statements that all your readers may
inquire and see who is at fault.
". NJ. DUNLAP.
Liberty District, Ohio County. Oct 10.