Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-07
Wolf Pen
ED1ToR On REVIEW:

| Dear Sir.-It seems that your
correspondent W. w. Post or his
vindicator "a citizen aud voter"
are determined to keep Wolf Pen
In the public eye. We think that
Post wrote the article signed by
"A Citizen and Voter" bat am
willing to give him the benefit of
the doubt. As we are getting very
tired of being misrepresented by
your correspondent W. W. Post I
will give you a few truthful items
concerning our community, which
Is principally composed of two
worthy classes of citizens. The
one class mostly having been born
and raised here or In nearby neigh.
berhood. The other class was
drawn here by the developments of
oil. Both classes would scorn the
idea of being represented by your
correspondent We are not the
lawless, ignorant, lying uncouth
horde of heathern Doors that he has
represented us to be. Our people
are generally honest, sober, indus
trious citizens, mostly church mem
bers who take great pride IN send
Ing their children to school and
Sunday School,
Some of the native citizens of
Our community have not had the
advantage of acquiring a good ed
ucation. But this much I will say
for them. They are not deficient
In good manly principal and sound
serse.
We always think that education
Is sometimes worse than wasted
especially If the recipient of 1t Is
william who uses his learning In
an effort to irjure others, and 1t
seems that we on Wolf Pen are be-
Ing made the victim of just such
an effort. It does seem unfair for
Us to get the worst of 1t each week
through the columns Of some OF
our valued papers. For although
we are so densely ignorant we do
read and value our county papers,
and that especially by such man
as your correspondent. We at
home here do not care for his clack
but we know that most of your
readers not being acquainted with
him, may suppose that he Is a rep
resentative man, and our commun-
| ity must suffer In consequence.
When your correspondent said Post
voiced the sentiments of the best
part of our community he made
grand mistake. I think Our people
are generally satisfied with the way
our public officers fulfill their
official duties and If they were not
they would not be cowardly
enough to attack them In the paper
without positive proof of their de-
liuquencies. Now as l have said
1t does seem very unfair to have
Post writing about Us as he does
yet we do not and cannot disown
him as a citizen of Wolf Pen. If
we wished to keep him In the
background we could not. For
like q boil on a mans back he Is
always uncomfortably In evidence.
While we as a community may be
very tired of his ways still like poor
old Job we have no means of get
ting rid of the boil, bit must simp-
| ly bear the inhiction with what for
bearance the good Lord has graced
Us with. He reminds one forcibly
of the fable of the owl asking diff
ferent animals and birds what were
their qualifications for usefulness.
The mule and his paternal par
ent were standing Under the
spreading brar ches of farm yard
tree In which was fastened the cage
of pet parrot.
The wise old fellow addressed the
trio after this manner. And what
can you do my friends? The mule
said II can kick" The next said
"I can bray, while the parrot made
answer that he could say what
others put into his mouth.
While your correspondent has
some other qualifications of use
fitness still he does not seem to be
lacking In the above named traite.
wakefun Children