Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-28
HIS RESPECTS TO MR.. CURLETT

HIS RESPECTS TO MR.. CURLETI
EDITOR CITIZEN:
Having returned from my yer,
successful hunting trip. oiled ny
gun and put her aside for a season
l had concluded to drop this CORE
spondence; but l learn of the unex
pected accident, which calls me forth
once more. Friend Curlett was SO very
complimentary in his last explosion
and made so many accidental con.
fessions l feel in duty bound tc
acknowledge the receipt of same. and
so ask you to bear with me briefly.
/ think have one of the best guns
l ever saw, scattered and peppered
them from Wheaton to Warsaw.
They say they amt hurt, but they
are keeping lots of fuss about it.
However, the public recognizes in
them likeness to pepper box; that
satisfies me.
Mr.. Curlett compliments me by
me "King Midas" lie saws
the King has "asses ears" L wish to
thank him for the royal compliment,
and for the use of his ears, which be
loaned me. l don't know what
should have done without them; il
would have been impossible for me
to have understood his language had
he not done so. He should not have
sported so over my hereditary deaf
ness; he, too, has inherited much
he has lots of Spice in his makeup;
but we should not be held accounta-
bic for our hereditaments. Thanks,
friend John; / return the ears 10 YOU
In good condition; hope they may be
beneficial to you In the future. "The
King can do no wrong; long live the
KING" If Brother Curlett will get
Balaam to ride him the next time
then it will be possible for the ass to
speak and have more sense than his
rider. Brother Curlett says he is
80 years old; there is hopes for him
yet if he will get hump on himself;
yet according to Or. Osler he has
only five years of grace in which to
pursue chronic candidacy.
The main feature of Mr.. Curlett's
article is in the form of an acknowl-
edgment which ! never expected tc
live to see the wet side make. He
says: "Of course every body knows why
poor 'Aunty Spec is to vote for
Swanson. Just as the sword comes
from above, SO he takes it from his
prophet Moses, and, like Moses of old,
he will never more than see the
promised land" etc.
Now that is what | call the
amende honorable. The public recog.
nizes Editor Lee as the Moses alluded
to. Since Mr.. Curlett has intro
duced the simile let US, in reverence,
apply the illustration: Moses at the
command of God led his people out
of Egyptian darkness in sight of the
Promised Land. Pharaoh had to be
visited with various plaques before
he would let Moses take them away.
Then he repented, got HIS army
together and followed to bring them
back. "And Moses stretched out his
hand over the sea; and the Lord
caused the sea to 60 back; y and
the children of Israel went into the
midst of the sea upon the dry
ground" Again, "And Moses
stretched forth his hand over the sea.
and the sea returned to his strength
when the morning appeared; and the
Egyptians fled against it; and the
Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the
midst of the sea-"
Now as Mr.. Curlett has compared
Editor Lee to Moses, a chosen vessel
set part to do certain work for
the deliyerance of his people, and
as Moses led Gods people out of
Egyptian darkness and bondage so
Editor Lee has helped the people not
only In Lancaster county but other
portions of the Northern Neck, out
of political, as we'll as the damnable
darkness of intemperance aud crime.
All honor to Mr.. Curlett in acknowl-
edgipgit. think ne is experiencing
some of Pharaoh's plagues-remorse,
guilty conscience, etc.
Now Mr.. Curlett acknowledges
that he is not on Moses side; he
must be on Pharaoh's; in fact he
confesses as much. By those two
verses quoted from Exodus Moses
was the leader of the dry host
went over on dry ground. Pharoah
and his host were overthrown in the
midst of the sea-consequently they
were the wet side. Let the readers of
the CITIZEN study this lesson as
given out by Mr.. Ourlett, and remem-
ber that the children of Israel never
had any trouble until they began to
murmur against Moses and Aaron as
some of them are doing today. They
are saying, like the children of Israel
with a little change in the words).
IN the sixteenth chapter of Exodus.
third verse-would to God we had
died In the land of Egypt when we
set by the (whisky) pots, for ye have
brought us forth In this wilderness
to kill us with thirst. And wish
to say to this people that they can
turn against our Moses when they
choose, and set mp a golden calf as