The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-04-17
AFTER FARMER FRIEND



I would say by way of retaliation
to Farmer Friends valediction that
consider it 4 production of unex-
cuseable for one who shadows such
-piety and violates all rules Of
courtesy, and worse he eIudes and
prevaricates the face Of truth and
although he has ambushed / am on
the defensive andwill still contend
for what l believe to be right, leav-
ing the public bring In the verdict.
Let it be a sensational boom, or a
low tide decision.
He accuses me Of tempting him
to entertain bad thoughts aud to
have to suppress words that are
not lawful fora good man to utter,
butinstead he has found express
sions that are not the mark Of
christian charity. He cries hay
seed to divert the public mind hut
the truth remains the same. lie
thinks he has discovered "the
InoteD IN Hillican Ben's "eye."
Docs not your prevarication show
Il A"beano In your own eye. Your
excuse Is wounded feelings and
sarchasm. Who began the as-
sault and who has been more i'm
pudent than yourself? Do you
think you are u Goliah? What came
you in the ring for? For gl,ry.
nid you get IT.? You say Hillican
Ben and Farmer Friend have side
tracked. Well, l know you start.
ed on 4 side-track aud Kept it too,
'till you saw Hillican Ben's Modus
Operandt and run off the track
and met with II final crash. 1fodus
Operdndi, my friend, did not
mean to "Iook out for the carsw
But with proper infections might
apply to the soil tilIer. AS 1 am
not a classic writer I will not At-
tempt to bride the phraze now.
You will have to offer stronger in
ducements for my surrender. How
could Hilicau Ben be side tracked,
for Farmer Friend has not given
an idea tosswich on. r. went at
all it was tosatisfy curiosity. Have
you never seen fly follow an OK
and sometimes have seen the OK
switch" his tail at the fly and miss
it,. / have not boasted about my
education nor legal attachments
hut presume am MT more un-
fortunate in Il common sense fund
than my opponent. l have the in
tegrity to mt deny my own state
inents AMI the courage to defend
them. also have the noble chari.
ty to confess my faults if I find
them. Does your valediction show
as much?
You said it was hard totcll which
was the Bachelor from my Caption
Twill say did not formulate that
Caption nor don't accuse of you
of saying ii and none of my articles
llrars such an import, and all have
said about your Bachelurship or in
any other way were not sail FL
personal insult as understood the
to he inventive
"for the goose picketh The grass
closely" to induce some good
thoughts on good roads. You start.
ed for Il bluff and. ii you have to
much in the soup don't blame
ine.
You question my aptness at bible
quotations. i really did think that
you knew more about the good
book as to take analogy for literal
quotations. But excuse you for
your confession, in this case gives
n good reason for you said you were
at Sunday School a few times when
a hoy and believe your mother
. then took you and tried to make a
good boy ofyou, but like many 9TH
ers you Fave strayed, or else you
would read the holy scriptures and
take an interest in Sunday School
yet. Good day Farmer Friend, 1
now quit without the least malice.
Now let us have good roads.
HILLICAN BEN.