Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-12
Letter from Comus.

Mr. Editor We have witnessed the
power OF steam; we have been appalled, hy
the statement OF Prof. Tesla that Mars has
sent a telegram; We have been astoun' ed
When the X rays showed us the living,
beating heart OF an afflicted neighbor; won
derlul indeed are the triumphs OF science
put Tesla, Roetengen and Morse have been
handicapped-Mr. Abel has raised the
dead, and dead negro at that
Now, Mr.. Editor, although had my
doubts as to the advisabihty Of calling an
extra session of the Legislature, see now
that our Governor was entirely right in call
ing an extra session, for do think that al
though live white man may not, in the
opinion OF many, be as good as negro, he
certainly is as good as dead one
England struggled. Egyptian bones to fer.
tilize her barren fields; Shakespeare used
Cesar's ashes to stop q hole to expel the
winters flaw" but no one, until Mr.. Abel
(Able) rose upon the scene, has been able
10 resurrect the dead negro and give him a
living power in the political arena. Surely,
II the negro Is rs prolific in st. Mary's as
he is in Montgomery, 1t Is unfair that the
deiunct OF his race should be resuscitated to
fight his white opponent
While the Maryland census was undoubt.
eddy muddy affair, it was not supposed
that such an able man as Mr.. Abel would
be transformed into a Mudd. dauber and
smear coat OF mud over the political record
OF his friend and patron. We did not sup.
pose that he would roll the mud to pOllute
the water of his own drinking.
We must all acknowledge that there is a
ridiculous middle in the census of some
portions Of our State, but We should await
with patience the new count, so that II Mr.
Mudd can vindicate himself against the
charge of resurrecting dead negroes, he shall
ever aiterward be known as the Hon Mr..
Mudd. do not wish To join Mr. Able in
his Mudd-throwing, and Idesire the honora.
BILE representative may receive u just verdict.
A short while ago | took occasion to con
graduate an old negro friend and nelghbor
upon his recovery from the grippe. "Yas,
Mr.. Amos" said he, "Tse made fifteen days
since Christmas"
"George il worth dozen dead niggers
yet" remarked leading churchman who
stood by. agreed with him, but since the
Abel developments have my doubts as to
the truth of the statement, for George, un
educated, can have no show In politics,
while the dead "nigger" is given more than
living power
Mr.. Editor, while the above communca-
ton is rather muddy, wish to slap on an
amendment las they do on the appropriation
blls) which l trust will be as mudess as
the mountain stream.
Mics Virgie Maxwell has returned to
Comus after four weeks visit to Green.
field Miss Matte johnson is home after
spending a month in Washington Miss
Emma Maxwell has not terminated her ex
tended visit to adjoining cities.
Although much complaint has been made
as to the condition of the growing wheat
all that | have seen looks "a well as il
usually does at this season The poor
knobs only have been affected by the wind
and drought, otherwise the wheat is look.
ing fairly well. Flowing is well advanced
and the farmer has no cause for complaint.
April a. 1901 Y.