Middletown transcript., 1895-12-07
sNoLLYeosrER CALEB JANE,

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sNoLLYGosTER CALEB JANE,
"Though thou shouldst bray a foo
| in a mortar among wheat with pestle
yet will not his foolishness depart from
him. - Solomon.
1t was our purpose to have writer
this morning our impression of the In
stitute and its work, and to have tolt
our visitors how much the citizens
have enjoyed their assembling with us
but with shame and regret we feel that
first an apology and an explanation il
due the teachers that our "Sn0lly'
goster" has taken another turn at the
crank, instead of clipping an "edi.
torial," as he usually does, and has
again mortified our people of culture
and offended your ears with miserable
English. You will understand when
we explain that he is our tSnolly-
goster," the ''hog" Mr.. Ham referred
to in his lecture. He is not represen-
tative of our people in any sense and
we hope you will not take him serious
ly. No one here does. Nine months
ago we came among the good people of
Middletown and have been treated
most Hospitality by all save "Caleb
Jane" He has not ceased to slur and
insinuate from the first against the
TRANSCRIPT and we have laughed at
him and been ''genial" in our replies,
as he has been forced to acknowledge,
and we should make no reference here
to his ill-natured and unlimited attack
this week only to ask you not to hold
the people of Middletown responsible
for him but to accept him as Solomon
did such characteristic cannot help
it, knows no better. Of the 139 lines
of editorial" bah! he devotes to the
TRANSCRIPT this week 81 lines, and
here follows the second in length in his
Snollygoster English, fearful exam
pie of the ignoromus let loose
"The unfortunate developments Of
brutality and cruelty at Faruhurst are
deplored by ALL" Indeedl It is not
the brutality and cruelty" which are
deplored but the Developments" the
disclosure? 1t is all right covered up
but unfortunate" when "deyeloped,"
or that is the NeW Era idea.
''Delaware's one institution, by the
accusation and sharp, shrewd investi-
CATION of a newspaper reporter, is
made to appear most loathsome, in
stead of being paradise on earth to
the unfortunate insane and helpless
mortals who were within its walls"
"Where?" are they not there now? Is
the institution "loathsomep" Where
indeed would Delaware have an in i
stitution, "a PARADISE" if Lot "on the
EARTH" and has Delaware but "one in
stit tution?" BAIL
"Murder in any sense, under any
circumstances, is hardly excusable, but
when it comes to killing a poor unfor-
tunate man, an inmate of a State Hos
pital, as is charged against the assis-
tants Lynch, Brown and Swan, moth
ing can be more deplorable-revolting."
Murder" the killing a person with
malice prepense, is ''excusable" ac-
cording to the Neo Era, "hardly ex-
cusable." This is not in fact it's stan
dard Of ethics but its ignorance of |
English.
"Such brutality is inexcusable, and |
he perpetrators should, and no doubt
will, be made to suffer, to but little
extent, for their inhuman acts" What
loes it mean-''to bat a little extentP"
We will send the TRANSCRIPT free for
! year to the teacher explaining this
Snollygoster expression.
"The investigation that will be
tarted to-day by the authorities of the
hospital, we have no doubt, will be
most thorough and effective, removing,
{ necessary, all from any possibility of
larm, at least as far as Delaware is
To the teacher explain
ng the above sentence we will give
hromo in addition to a years. sub
cription. What is the "harm" meant
nd whence and whittier the removalp
Teachers, kind teachers, pity the
ignorance" of the poor old fellow and
that he runs paper, as he
dmits in his attack this week on the
Transcript, merely to demand tribute
f his party, and besides to charge the
tate three prices for all the Fpublic
'olk and to play the Snollygoster, a
tile SnoIlygoster, an Insignificant
nollygos.er in local politics. Poor
'aleb janet Pity him, and pardon his
bominable English on this occasion OF
OuI delightful visit. of which we shall1