Middletown transcript., 1895-12-14

bical macninoS, ana bosses, and the
power of money as a medium of bri-
berry, we would utter s.Note of
:. Warning" to the Republicans of
Sussex county to be careful how they
sow, for "What shall the harvest te?o
/ "Go not forth hastily to strive, lest
thou know not what to do in the end
thereof, when thy neighbor hath put
thee to shame. ."-Solomon.
~ congratulate the TRANSCRIPT"
said a prominent business man to us
yesterday, "that at last it has put the
New Era" to shame for its personal
attacks upon the proprietors Of the
TRANSCRIPT for the past ten years,
and it at last sues for peace. You
have conducted an admirable cam
paign, bearing in silence the meanest
insinua tions, occasionally answering
with jolly ridicule but so pointedly
that the "Snollygoster hog' has at
last pledged the public ''to hereafter
let you alone in your glory" You
have no idea what the people of the
town have endured from his personal
filings and silly allosions towards your
predecessors, gentlemen in every re-
spect: w. Scott Way, Moreau
Brothers, W. P. Mifflin, Abram Van
degrift, and Burris & Browne. The
TRANSCRIPT is to be congratulated
but the people of the town should
rejoice with exceeding great joy if |
your "Caleb Jane" only has the good
sense to keep his word.''
Thanks, kind friend, for the above
and other words of approval of the
course of the TRANSCRIPT. Nothing
will please the ''good and genial |
editor of the TRANSCRIPT" so much |
as to live in peace and harmony, and
it matters not to us whether some |
kind friend writes his editorials in |
fairly good English, as has been done |
this week, or whether he writes them
in his Snollygoster style so he only
treats us 'half decent.'
The same ''good substantial friends
called at our office and requested usn
to "have mercy on the poor fellows
Ignorance" and we will, while others
said hit him hard for his affliction
upon the people of Middletown for
ten years past, following up the advice |
with recitals of mean acts from his |
removal from a house because the |
agent for it had job work to the
amount of one dollar done at the
TRANSCRIPT Office to the threatened |
discharge of his employees if they do
not IDEAL with those who support,'
him. We could issue book of these
charges, whether true or false we
know not and care not as they have
nothing to do with the public though
he has not ceased to meddle and in
slnuate about our business for nine
months. He has insinuated that we
are not the proprietor of the paper,
then who is? He has taken editorial
notice OF the laying off of a compost
tor in this office. He has insinuated
that the employees in the office shave
to hang around to get their moneys,
when every employe who is in the
Office now or has been, will testify
that their wages are paid in full every
Saturday afternoon. We have borne
all this and much more in silence.
Things that are not true, and if they
were a man with good sense and
gentlemanly breeding would know
that they are not matters of public
interest. We have treated Mr.. Free.
man as gentleman, going to his office
to do him favors though he has never
called at the TRANSCRIPT office. I'll
The good people of Middletown ap.
prove OF such course then we can
understand why Mr.. Way sold the
to the Messrs. Moreau
md they to Mr.. Mifflin and he to Mr..
Vandegrift and he in turn to Messrs.
8urris & Browne. We are not yet
'eady to believe they approve of such
reatment. Let us prove it.
"If we have been unhospitable to
Inn during his nine months residence
lere it is no ones fault but his own
avs Mr.. Freeman. Let us prove it.
We propose that the three Sunday
chool superintendents in the town
ach appoint gentleman to form q
ommittee OF three to pass upon the /.
nsinuations, attacks, and references
he papers have made towards each /.
ther during the past nine months, of
rhich list is to be furnished them,
ach paper to have the use of the files
the other for this purpose and the
aper having made the most attacks,
ne committee to be the Judge, to pay
the three schools twenty five dol p
'rs for their use. This is fair and
ill prove the matter to the good of
ne schools. The TRANSCRIPT could
ford to make the offer four to one
ut of course the "New Eran would
OF accept such generosity on our
art:
"But one thing more" Mr.. Free
ian says 1t is downright lie that he
larges three prices for the public
ork he does, and he calls upon Mr..
oils to testify as to his charges. 1t
probably true that with Mr.. Jolls in -
le Levy Court the charges were mere y
lst and the people would be polite =
ly wise to keep good man of the "
pposite party in every board to pass
pom the bills of all Snollygosters. I
70 are ready to prove that Mr.. Free -
an has charged the State three
mes the amount he charges other
arties for work. viii he let us have nt
cess to his books tn do II, W.