West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-06-09
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breath tainted with whisky"
4 certain man in Kinrwood gave
utterancc TO tho above. or similar
words, few evenings since, in A
public place IN this town. when the
dancing class was under discussion.
This man il well known. and the
public will have no DILIGENTLY i'm dls-
corning the individual for whom these
lines are intcnded--he who in Known
as The Snake" having all the nj.
tributes OF that forlted.t ongued crea-
ture. and knowing his own nature so
well that he fears poison from his own
taogS and self-Strangulauon from his
own coils
Let It bc first understood that tberc
Ia not single member OF the dancing
class who Is rot the superior ot this
self-appoiutcd serpent,ne critic. I'm
honor, virtue, sociability, weekday
deceucy aud SUNDAY religion. lie has
set himself up in this towr, for the ms,
thirty years. rs "a pattern of sobriety.
honesty and Christianity When Won
'h'nk OF sobricty, think of closet
Wlne-olooer aud u choral inebriate
when you think OF honesty, think of n
thiet once In official position; whom
YOU think OF Christianity think OF n
serpent at tho Lords supper and tho
poison FROM hls fangs left upon tho
orlm OF the communion cup. wherebv
the innocent may become innoculatcd
with the disease of his principles Ii
THESE comparisons are consistent, then
the being under discussion is lust what
he has always pretended To be-other-
wise he is not
For the past thirty years no young
man or boy has come To thus town 10
enter any trade. profession or calling
VINO has not had set before him, by thi,
man, the alternative Bow down be-
fore me- become n snake and stroke
your scales in the same way that do
or YOU will be ostracizcd bv society and
there will be no room for YOU ia KING
wood "A few yielded aud became
snakes, aud are snakes still some of
them are still here aud bend the knee
as OF old when the old serpent Misses
But there were Others who would not
bend the knee. Some OF them are
still here and think they are doing
God service, whenever occasion de-
mands, in "bruisiug tho serpent's
head No young man of independ-
euee OF character ever received sincere
word of encouragement from this man.
Upon the contrary they have been
hunted and bounded and injured by
MIN in every manner To which he could
resort lie has resorted TO means To
injure certain young men OF this town
which, If known by some Of his worst
enemies, would by them be questioned.
and all because these young men would
not yield mp their manhood and be-
come snakes.
For thirty years this man has tried
to run society in this town aud at the
same time not fit TO enter it; for no
man is TT To enter society, IN the sense
IN which the word Is here used who
will vilify the dead and traduce the
character OF respectable women OF the
community ia which he lives. An this
ne mas done and he knows IL. He is
indeed a fl person to give utterance 60
words first quoted in this article. By
such language he can only mean that
the ladies' who are members of the
dancing class, are those who would 20
ana dance in "a miscellaneous crowd of
drunkards. What right has this mis-
erAoIe and malignant being TO make
such an assertion? Are not the ladies'
respectable? liz CANNOT SAY THE coz
TRARY WITH THE SAFETY or HIS pERgoy
| GUARANTEED. Are not the gentlemen
honorable? There Is not one OF them
livIng on money not his own. There is
not one OF them who does not hold n
respectable place in business. educ,-
tional or professional life. Nor Is there
one OF them who ever has that mid
night priching OF the conscience 20 re.
mind MIN that some widow or hclpless
orphan, AT some time in the past, has
gone cold and hungry by reason Of a
| theft committed by himself while in
Official position.
The ladies and gentlemen OF the
dreadful dancing class are ali mem
bers OF and move in the best society
| There are a large number OF societv
| people who do not belong 20 the dane
ing class, who are just rs good as those
who belong, but are no better. But
whether ira or out Of the class, the
/ lying serpent OF whom we are writing.
receives no social recognition from
them. His Dand Of scullions has les
scned until he finds himself almost
alone. lie is Jealous and spiteful. and
mad not only at society and his own
blood but a. the whole world lie
feels that, like most dogs. he has had
his day. lie sees no beauty in any
! thing. lie pretends religion by hiding
his forked-tOngue and cloaHing his
scales and covering his eleven foot
when entering the house OF God on
| SUNDAY, because be thinks he can Vet "A
better home ia heaven than ho can in
he'll and FOR less money lio goc,
/ crawling around the puOlic places in
/ this town, with his nose 81 every BODY,
/ business. and despOiling whatever ne
/ can win his low SANDER and the alitne
I from hl5 own scaIV skin