Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-03-30
TOO DUMB TO SEE It.

IOO DUMB I'D SEE H.
The Janiata Star published the
resolntion of the Port ROYAL church
council, and then followed with near
~ half column of editorial comment,
which showed talent, excellent judg-
ment. and above all, true christian
character. just one week before this,
The SENTINEL AND REPUBLICAN, and
also The HERALD we're helping to
give lie wings by each publishing
illusions to it, while The Star said
nothing at all about the matter. A
newspaper hs. reached low level of
existence indeed wien it stops to
publish gossip instead Of news and
when it helps to persecute the minis
ter of the Gospel. Such papers
therefore net only fail to fulfill a
useful mission, but are positively
dangerous in any home. And The
.Stas is not only far above such low
journalism as this, but is as newsy as
any and in addition is square on
every moral question. Such paper
is a blessing to the county, and
ought to be in every home
The above article, appeared iu
''The Port Royal Lutheran" an April
publication, gotten up and edited by
r v. Il. 8. Gilbert, of the Port Royal
Lutheran Church, and printed at
The Star printing officc in Miff1in-
town. The preachers article is like
the theatrical company that played
hamlet. and left Hamlet out of the
play. So the preacher article plays
denunciation and taffy pulling but
don't tell what the denunciation is
about or give the motive for the
taffy pulling, and that very miss play
will cause every reader to grub and
grub till they find the Hamlet of
the play. There are only two points
in The Port Royal Lutheran article.
FIRST, and last, a dose of taffy for the
Star:
The Star is almost smothered with
tafy, Josh Billings said, "You can
catch more flies with molasses than
with vinegar The Lutheran has
laid the taffy so thick,y on the Star,
that the flies themselves are almost
sick, and the article looks like piece
OF molasses candy dotted over with
walnut and hickory nut goodies for a
Christmas childrens entertainment
run by Mr. Gilbert.
Tie second point con tains no farffy
it is rather sulphurous, and smells of
birthstone and is for the especial
benefit of The SsNTrNFL AND REPUBLI
CAN with pinch Of the vitriolic
thrown in for The HERALD "The
Lutheran says. The SENTINEL AND
REPUBLICAN gave 'g;e wings We
trust the reader will excuse us for
using the word lie, for we are not
accustomed to use SUM words Of
that kind, and we blush for the Lrth
eran. for using it here, but as We
! give Its author, the author alone is
responsible for the use of The word
and If a lie was told it WAS manu-
factured in Port Royal, and that
place and the people who manufactured
it must father it. But the article of
the Lutheran does not tell it readers
what it complains of; it denounces
this paper, what fora Why does it
not tell, why go whipping old sat n
around the stump? and have its IN
4, thinking readers wonder what the
matter can be The Lutheran hes
left it to THE SENTINEL AND REPUBLI-
CAN t., again come to the defense of the
preacher, and tell what the trouble
is. There wss no jpsinuation about
the article published in THE SENTiN [
AND REPUBLICAN, it was clean cut
article that WAS meant we'll for the
preacher, and for the punishment of
the thousand tongued gossips, and it
brought its answer, for this paper OF
that issue had scarcely been printed
till the Lutheran church gu hority of
Port Roysl instituted an investiga-
ton into the gossip that was going
on about the minister, and exhoner
ated him. The preacher should
thank The SENTINEL AND REPoBIICAN
for its condemnation of the eossips,
and for urging the church authorities
to investigate the matter and punish
those who were falling falsehoods
against him But not witbstanding
the fact that the authority of the
Port Royal Lutheran church have
declared their pastor to ba innccs Mt
of the bad things told about him in
Port Royal, the people there who
raised the reports against him are
unwhipped cf justice. But what did
| Tn,,
about the case. 1t said:
A report prevails, that the Luther
an preacher at Port Royal and y
handsome you1g woman OF that town,
have associated in way that is no.
becoming their standing in society.
1t is hoped the reports NAV one and
all be untrue EVIL TO him who evil
thiDketb," is a good old saying that
people might consider with profit to
themselves and to others. People are
presumed to be innocent uns'l :hey
have been proven guilty. There IS
entirely to much upkind talk going
on about people in this and other
communities, Too many people talk
over affairs that they know little
about It would be an offense to re-
port he things that are said about
the Port Roysl parties and the
Church authorities who are engaged
in sitting the case will doubtless
spare TO mears TO find out the truth
and punish the guilty. If you hear
a wrong thing a5oat your neighbor
don't repeat it unless you know it to
be true.
That srticle was published in de-
fense of the preacher, and against