The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-07-06
wANrED-yusrIcE.
Farmer Goal Blast" Answers
a SANDER and Talks OF
Other Things.
CAT llIneE. Ky. July 3.


An old gentleman of Floyd coun-
ty, on being examined as juror in
a murder trial, was asked If he be-
lieved in capital punishment. His
answer being such that the attor-
ney clearly Understood that he did
not comprehend the meaning OF
capital punish nent,' he was ask
ed if he believed in hanging. Re
sp nsively he said 20: yes sir yes
sir it is very necessary to hang
once in while | am like this
old man. Some men ought to be
hung occasionally.
know Mr.. Editor, that u news.
paper is not like a board fence, that
any man may come along and
scribble over il at will and, too, |
am varying from fixed policy
But shall ask space to pay my re-
spects in a mixed way to certain
correspondent At Fallsburg under
the nomdeplume OF "Perigrine." l
quote as near AS | can from memo
ry a paragraph in a communica
ton not long since by this cores
pondent The Cat country, after
producing thieves and murderers,
has produced Coal Blast, the emf
nent politician, and now | learn ii
is infested with vounterfeilers"
Now, if these times had appeared
in some eastern daily or Chicago
Inter, Ocean, who have hired vii
lains in the tielu Matching up such
malicious fil;h for the money that
Is in it we would look at it with
less seriousness. But, Mr.. Editor,
when it comes to u neighbor, man
Of mature years, one who has Tor
years past been pleased to recsiye
material aid from almost every cit.
Izen of the Cat country, TO so far
lose his head as to be guilty of a
wanlon attack upon his own coun-
ty and neighbor., many of whom
he would be pleased to call his
friends, 1t is hardly safe it seems to
me for this man to be allowed TO
run at large. I'm a good deal like
the hish witness was by the law
yer who concluded he would brush
the witness a little Tor his conduct
on the stand. tie said to him,
Now amt you Lice fellow?'
Yes, responded the witness, land
| would say the same ofye il | was
not on me OATH But There be
those whose SANDER is praise, and
whose defamation honors its o.
ject."
Have you not yet understood
that to attack the morals OF a com.
munity in an article published 10
the world is to that degree attack
ing The individual character of ev.
cry citizen living in the territory?
| know you will deny the allegation,
but it is none the less true. / am
not asking one word fer Coal Blast,
not half a word. Pour it into him
as much as your liking may die.
tate, but i'll the name Of decency,
justice and honor, spare the many
good men, virtuous women and or
phan children that this, she better
part of our county affords,
Perigrine, in all good feeling and
candor, if l could not better con-
troll that political pencil OF mine |
would flip it over into the mill
pond ana let the tide carry it as
the Republican, tax laws of this
country have carried the farmer
over the cataract of destruction.
Now | ask in the name of friend
ship,dcn't do this again.
| know that you understand that
you are a misfit as a political con-
tributor. and 81, here's my hand.
Goodbye old boy. If you should
drop into the cold, cold tomb be-
fore |, will drop 4 tear Of sympa-
thy and roll a barrel OF a X Fan
cy" into the back door of the wld-
Ow in times OF need. But as TO
politics, never. | will die in the
ditch, with my boots on before |
will surrender to such oppression.
| shall rally around the old banner
of Jeffersonian Democracy as long
as there is a FRAGILE left; and as to
the Democratic party
For her my tears shall fall,
For her my prayers ascend;
To her my cares and tolls be Civ
en-,
Till tolls and cares shall end"
Referring again to the uselesi
charge that has been brought upoI
us | would like to ask this ques i.
ton: What lie the difference be,
tween little thief and big one2
| suppose one steals from necessi-
ty, the other mu It necessarily steal
Or | think | can put another ligln
upon il by narrating an incident
that occurred in Circuit Court
not many years ago. A negro who
had been convicted OF stealing
some chickens rot two wears in ihn