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| “LUCIFER" CONFESSES.
Smarting Under “The Star’s’ 't hun-
derbolts of Truth, Editor Smith
Resorts to Blackguardism, But
| Makes a Partial Confession.
Rattled and dismayed by Tur Star's
| exposure of the dirty politics and other
| tricks of the Meyersdale Commercial,
| Editor Smith last week devoted a col-
umn and a half of his paper, closely set
in nonpariel type, to reviewing Tar
| 87ar’s charges. He pours his little vial
[ of wrath all over the editor of this po-
per, uttering one falsehood after anoth-
| er and hurling all sorts of vile names
[ and blackguardism at us. But with all
| his Billingsgate and thieves’ slang he
| seems to think that an open confession
iis good for the soul, and he positively
confirms many of Tue Srar’s charges
| while making a clumsy attempt todeny
| them.
| In the outstart he tries to draw public
{ sympathy to his side by telling what a
| gallant soldier he was in the war of the
| Rebellion ; but all this avails him noth-
| ing, for all intelligent people know that
| a truly brave and gallant soldier never
speaks of his own deeds of valor. Be-
| sides that, we were not discussing the
| Civil war, so it is plain to all people of |
lintelligence that he, anxious to evade
| the questions at issue, is trying to take
i to the woods under cover of his war
| record. Come out from behind that
| war record, “Lucifer,” and we will do
| the rest. Don’t prate of your war
| record and try to make people believe
that you alone were a whole regiment.
| They know better, and some of your
| army comrades say that if the whole
{ Union army would have been made uy
of such troops as you, old Stonewall
Jackson and a handful of rebels would
have destroyed the entire Northern
army at one fell swoop. No, your war
record is not half so brilliant as you
would have people believe, in order to-
enlist-their sympathy to hielp you out of
a tight place. Many a coward remain-
ed at the front because he couldn’t
get away. That’s where they kept them,
so they couldn’t easily get away. See?
But you say you never ran from the
point of a woman’s pistol who was de-
fending her honor. Well, that is doubt-
less true, for it is not likely that any
woman would ever have allowed such
a looking jay as you to get within pis-
tol range of her, for you were always
repulsive to the gentler sex, which
probably accounts for your being an old
bachelor. But we never did that, eith-
er, “Lucifer,” and you must prove the
churge of your insinuation or forever be
branded as a liar. :
You also made mention of your rec-
ord as a school teacher in Salisbury.
Here again you are trying to dodge the
question at issue, and furthermore you
are also mistaken. Such instruction as
you gave is not worthy to be spoken of
as school teaching, as many of Sal-
isbury’s citizens readily testify to.
You were what is known as a school
“keeper,” old man, not a school teacher.
To quote your own words, you say:
“Then they knew us as a teacher from
1864 to 1872, and there are hundreds of grown
men and women, fathers and mothers now
in and around Salisbury and elsewhere who
will learn with indignation of the horrible
character that had part in the moulding of
their young minds.”
In that remark you uttered more
truth than you would probably admit
upon second thought. At any rate it
was a God-send to your pupils to fall
into better hands after you left the
town. Honestly, now, didn’t you dur-
ing your Salisbury career set some hor-
rible examples that your pupils saw,
and of which we often hear them speak?
Oh yes, “Lucifer,” we can publish whole
pages of your Salisbury history, every
word of which we car prove, by many
of Salisbury’s best citizens, and it is
history, too, that you, even you, we be-
lieve would be ashamed to see in print.
But it is not our desire to rake up your
personal sins, so much as it isto review
your crooked political career and com-
ment on your sham reform policy.
As to our Carleton record, we are
proud of it, and justly we may be. We
went to Carleton. Neb., shortly after
arriving at the age of 21 years. We
went there on borrowed capital, as we
were poor, having been rendered father-
less at the age of 18 years and left to
support a mother and several young
children as best we could. Of course
other members of the family did what
they could, but we were all very poor
and were striving for an education as
well as for a livelihood. It was a hard
battle; but where there is a will there is
away. Yes, we went to Nebraska on
borrowed capital ; big-hearted, grand
old Dr.Stutzman loaned us the money;
had $7.00 left when we got there; work-
ed about a year for our board, learning
the printing trade; then took charge of
the Carleton Times on salary; later on
bought the plant, which in all cost us
about $1500 as it stood when we moved
it to Salisbury; paid for it out of the
earnings of the plant; paid back the
money borrowed from Dr. Stutzman;
always moved in the hest of Carleton
society ; married as good a woman
there as ever lived in Nebraska or any-
where else in the world; commenced
house-keeping and paid for everything
we bought; had a better patronage
when we quit there than we had to
start on; had a good printing plant and
several hundreds of dcllars in cash to
bring away with us; paid off all our
obligations before leaving and came
away with scores of letters of regrets
®
and good wishes from scores of Nebras-
ka'’s best anu most prominent people.
We have these letters yet and are al-
ways pleased to show them to all who
care to see them. All that we. men-
tioned was done in a little less than
five years. “Lucifer,” can you show a
better record for any five years of your
life? You know you can’t. If you
want to malign us by making false,
slandrous and malicious insinuations,
go ahead and do your worst or your
best, just as you see fit to call it. Such
stuff emanating from so foul a source
as the Commercial office will but act as
a boomerang on your own head.
As to our Salisbury record, we will
let it to all honest people here as to
whether it isn’t far better than the rec-
ord you made in the same town.
You admit in your tirade of abuse
that you indulged too freely in drinking
peruna, which is even admitting more
than we accused you of. But then
You go on to insinuate that we do not
pay for our drinks. “Now, “Lucifer,”
that is the unkindest cut of all, per-
haps. Well, when it comes to drinking,
a man is to a a certain extent a fool for
drinking intoxicants, whether hisdrinks
are free or paid for; but he is doubly a
fool when he fools away good, hard-
-earned— money for the vile stuff. But
we, too,have paid for several gallons of
“booze” in our time, “Lucifer,” of which
we are not at all proud; but we are
proud of it that we always drew the
line at peruna, golden tincture, Car-
penter’s liniment and the like, which,
like any other old thing in the drinking
line, seems to have always been good
enough for you. But speaking of good
old “booze” makes us awful dry, so just
excuse us a moment while we take a
twist at the editorial decantur.
Yum! yum! Goes down as smooth as
oil, Lou. Look not upon peruna when
it is red, or whatever color it is, old
man, but come up and take a “snifter”
of something good, with— Tie Stan:
Then probably you can write better.
Now about that election proclama-
tion that you printed in two issues of
your paper and want $587 for. We
raised no kick about your rate per inch.
That part was all right and we will give
you right so far as you are in the right.
But why do you not tell the public that
the ballot form you printed in connec-
tion with the said proclamation was not
required by law? Why do you not tell
the people that that portion of the law
requiring tne ballot form to be printed
with the proclamation was repealed the
year before you got the job? You knew
these things, and that’s where the out-
rage upon the tax-payers comes in.
But law or no law, you schemed with
“Timmie” Scull to get one good final
grab at the county treasury, and you
know it. You also know that you pad-
ded the job beyond all reason in order
to get more inches. If this was not
your motive, how then did you get 101
more inches than the Cambria Herald,
62'5 inches more than the Johnstown
Tribune, 187 inches more than the Con-
nellsville Courier, 52 inches more than
the Altoona News and 194 inches more
than the Monongahela Republican? Can
you deny that this looks like a theft
planned by “Timmie” and yourself?
You may try to deny it, but it won’t go
down with the people. You may win
the case in court, but if you do, it will
be a most damnable case of outraged
justice, which, we are sorry to say, is
altogether to common these days.
As to Dr. McKinley’s* candidacy, you
admit just what we said about the doe-
tor, but you needn’t try to hake it ap-
pear that Ture Star hates Dr. McKin-
ley, for such is not the case. Some
time ago your paper contained a glar-
ing untruth concerning Dr. McKinley,
and Tug Star picked you up on it. The
following quotation from last week’s
Cominercial is remarkable:
“Equally untrue is the assertion that Dr.
McKinley ran for Congress on the Repub-
lican ticket. Dr. McKinley never asked for
any office of the Republican party. After
A.V. Diveley sold out the nomination for
Congress he had obtained from the Repub-
licans at Bedford, Dr. McKinley, a few
weeks before the election, was placed on the
ticket.”
Exactly so. That confirms what we
said in our issue of Feb. 17th, on this
topic, when we remarked that Dr. Me-
Kinley was a candidate for Congress
on an independent ticket. We did not
say he was a candidate on the Repub-
lican ticket, old man, as you will read-
ily see if you read that item again. Of
course we will make due allowance for
your blunder, realizing how nervous
you are getting under the glaring light
of the truth we are firing at you.
In speaking of the Phil Sheridan Oil
scandal, in which Col. Scull figured so
prominently, you say:
“80 you know something about the Phil
Sheridan Oil Company, you saw the docu-
ments and ifwe don’t be good you’ll print
em. Bless your innocence, lots more of us
have seen them. They were out-lawed in
1834 and we hardly think they have been re-
vived since”?
You might also have added that a
good many Somerset county farmers
saw the documents, and saw them to !
the tune of a good many hard-earned
dollars that seem to have been outlaw-
ed, too. Yet the Sculls are the great
champions of the people since they
own you, eh? Yes, champions like their
royal ancestor was when he took Christ
to the mountain top to tempt him with
something valuable, which he (the dev-
il) did not own to begin with.
As to your old: time attacks upon Col:
Scull, you offer the following buby-like
excuse : )
“Just as false is the charge that we wrote
the reams of stuff’ against Col. Scull. That
J] matter came from the Somerset end of the
line,and was prepared there. We knew little
of the truth of the matter the contained:
We did not at that time know enough of
Col. Scull to write a half column article.”
Indeed! So you admit that you were
but a tool,, a figure-head at that time?
A pretty, admission, indeed, for an edi-
tor to make. At that time you claimed
to be the author of your editorials, for
which you also claimed great credit;
but now you deny the authorship.
When did you lie, then or now? And
you did not know enough of Col. Scull
to write a half column article, eh? And
you printed all the abuse heaped upon
him, knowing little of the truth of the
matter, a8 you acknowledge? Oh, what
an admission that is! That kind of an
editor will do even worse than sell his
political birthright for a mess of pot-
tage. In the same connection you say
that later on you returned to your al-
legiance, which means your allegiance
to the Sculls; but why did you not tell
it all and mention the price?
You also admit that you supported
Samuel Philson, a Democratic candi-
date for Poor House Director, which we
accused you of, and which you say you
had nearly forgotten. Aye! there’s the
rub. You are in the habit of forgetting.
That’s why Tre Star must jog your
memory so often, since you want to
pose as such a great leader of pure and
undefiled Republicans. We want to
show your political crookedness and
warn Republicans to beware ot Scull
tools and broken down political hacks
of your ilk. Your forgetfulness is one
of the things that gets away with you.
Following we will give you some of
your old-time editorials, just to freshen
up your memory:
HERALD NOT A NEWSPAPER.
Thank God the people are rapidly finding
out that the Herald is not a newspaper, but
merely an organ, and so much garbles and
distorts such news as it does not print, and
invents and manufactures lies to suit the
malignant desires of its stalwart, stall-fed
cditor.—Meyersdale Commercial, Oct. 27th, 1882.
COMMENT ON OPPRESSORS.
The Somerset Herald in its desperate ef-
forts to dodirty work for Boss Cameron has
und :rtaken to send men to the Legislature
who will vote to perpetuate the Cameron
dynasty.—Meyersdale Commercial, Oct. 27th,
188.2,
BIESECKER.
The returns of the primaries, probably the
smallest and most insignificant ever held
in the county, are presented this morning.
Biesecker had no opposition. * * * go
long as it is the policy in this county to
make the position (District Attorney) a wet
nurse for new fledged attorneys, we sce no
reason why he should not offer for the
place. Buta recent law requires that an
attorney must have practiced at least two
years before his election. Mr. Biesecker
was only admitted to the bar in April term,
1832, and hence is not legally eligible. * * *
We are aware our stalwart friends have a
profound contempt for the law when it in-
terferes with their plans.—Meyersdale Com-
mercial, June 29th, 1383.
How do you like’em, Lou? That time
you condemned the acts of the same
coterie of bosses you are now bowing
the knee to. Was the price sufficient
to justify your going back on the people
for the benefit of the bosses? In the
long run we think not. No wonder the
leading men of Meyersdale are think-
ing of establishing another newspaper
in their town.
Poor old “Lucifer,” you, the old maid
alleged editor of the Commercial, in
curl-papers and side-combs, seduced
and abandoned, should
name retreat from the public gaze,
in
still continue to wash the dirty clothes
of your betrayers. Your horrible con-
dition is another lesson to teach the
fruits of a sinful life. Rashly inrpor-
tunate, one more unfortunate gone to
her political grave.
To whom did you lose your virtue?
We fear that the devil in the shape of
a wily politician appeared unto you,
and with thirty pieces of silver accom-
plished your ruin. We are afraid that
the serpent beguiled you and that you
did eat. You have not yet suffered the
full penalty. Ridiculed at home, the
finger of scorn pointed at you from
abroad, despised by the former friends
you sold out and held in contempt by
your purchasers, beware the fate of
Judas Iscariot, who cast down the
thirty pieces of silver and went out
and hanged himself. Go thou and do
likewise, and thereby fill a long-felt
want. :
yet. The mantle of charity and indif-
ference has permitted you a happy ob-
livion. But we may decide to throw on
the calcium, if nothing else will do you.
Your record will furnish all the colors
but white. If we once go for you right,
you will think you are taking a dose of
carpet tacks and barbed wire instead of
peruna.
Your past sins which you hoped to see
no more, will march before you in their
shrouds. Benefits forgotten; friends
remembered not; ingratitude and faith-
lessness—these sheeted dead will
squeak and jibber in your haunted
ears. Go slow, “Lucifer.” lest retriba-
| tive justice come too quickly upon you,
| lest your hour be struck too soon.
rie stamp lm Somes
Lookout for Them.
There is a smart chap on the go with
| a patent plowshare for whom our farm-
| ers should be on the lookout. Of cource
| he does business on the note scheme.
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Another swindler is selling “Asbestos
lamp-wicks,” which ure nothing more |
than cotton and paper. Lookout for
| them. :
| Is Elk Liek Township Retrograding
In Agriculture?
For a good many years past the com-
missioners of Somerset county have re-
quired the assessors of the county to
make returns of the farm products and
live stock in the several townships in
the years that the triennial assessment
made. These returns are seldom
tabulated, but this year the tabulation
was made and the results were pub-
lished by the Somerset Standard. The
figures afford an interesting study and
show the status of agriculture in the
county as ndthing else would.
The totals for the county are, wheat,
249,376 bushels; rye, 56,807 bushels;
corn, 689,474 bushels; buckwheat, 81,
287 bushels ; onts, 887,705 bushers; bar-
ley, 7,788 bushels; potatoes, 258841
bushels; hay, 60,676 tons; butter, %786.-
790 pounds; maple sugar, 876,299
pounds; maple syrup, 22,491 gallons;
11,264 horses are returned ; 32,354 head
of cattle; 18,704 head of sheep, and 22.-
915 hogs. The estimated value of the
products of the farm for the entire
county is $1,443,794.88, the prices ruling
about the 1st of January being taken as
a basis.
Jenner township leads all the other
townships of the county in wheat, re- 4
turning 26,796 bushels, followed by
Brothersvalley with 52,390 bushels,
Somerset with 23,525 bushels and Sum-
mit with 20,030 bushels.
Allegheny leads in rye, having 12,084
bushels.
Somerset township has the lead in
corn, with 58,295 bushels; Brothersval-
ley being second with 56,738 bushels;
Jenner third with 55,429 bushels; Con-
emaugh fourth with 37,468 bushels.
Shade and Paint take the buckwheat
cake with 10,091 and 9,863 bushels re-
spectively.
In oats Somerset stands first, with
73.174 bushels, while Brothersvalley has
71,772 -bashels, Jenner 53,048 bushels
and Stonycreek 52,247 bushels.
Quemahoning has 2,231 bushels of
barley—more than one-fourth the yield
of the entire county.
Brothersvalley has 28974 bushels of
potatoes; Somerset, 24320 bushels;
Stonyecreek, 22347 bushels, followed
very closely by Summit.
Somerset and Brothersvalley show up
almost even in hay, the former having
5,947 tons and the latter 5,928 tons.
Stonyereek, 4,624 tons; Jenner, 4,203
tons; Summit, 4,069 and Conemaugh,
4,046 tons.
Conemaugh reported 140,655 pounds
of butter and Brothersvalley, 87.038
pounds.
Stonycreek is ahead in maple sugar,
ite figures being 108.694 pounds; Elk
Lick second with 91.640 pounds ; Broth-
ersvalley, 90,270 pounds; Shade, 68,211
pounds; Summit, 64,027 pounds. But
if maple syrup is to be considered, then
Brothersvalley will have the greatest.
yield of sugar, as Brothersvalley had
5,177 gallons; Jefferson, 2,969 gallons;
Elk Lick, 2, 429 gallons and Stonycreek
but 533 gallons.
Somerset has
965; Brothersvalley, 888;
661; Elk Lick, 645.
Brothersvalley had 3,137 head of eat-
tle ; Somerset, 2,792 head; Stonycreek,
2.382 head. :
Elk Lick leads in sheep, with 1,503
head ; Stonyereek next with 1,441 head ;
is
1,304 horses; Jenner,
Stonycreek,
decency’s |
{ head.
where you may, perhaps, for a pittance |
You have never been half shown up|
Addison, 1,407 head and Shade 1,348
Jenner has swine 1,850 head ; Somer-
set, 1,728 head ; Conemaugh, 1,521 head.
In wheat Elk Lick stands ninth inthe
list ; in corn, tenth; in oats, seventh ;
in potatoes, eighth; in hay, seventh;
in butter, eighth ; in maple sugar, sec-
ond, but ten years ago it stood first.
In number of horses it is fifth; in cat-
tle, seventh ; in sheep it leads all the
other townships; in hogs it stands
seventh. The estimated value of all
the farm produce of the township is
$74977.73. Except in hay there has
been a falling off in almost every crop
as compared with 1888; when similar
statistics were taken. Is the township
retrograding from an agricultural
standpoint. W.
Somerset.
W. H. Kantner and Jacob Winters
have abandoned their trip to the Klon-
dyke and will take possession of the
Hotel Vannear, in the near future.
They are the right men in the right
place, as they have had experience and
have both traveled. They will be able
to meet all the wants of the traveling
public, and no doubt will make it a fav-
orite resort to all their patrons.
HH. HefHey will move his store from
| the Parker building to the old stand of
{ Charles Shaffer, April 1st.
Ed. Weimer has his new house on
Southwest street equipped with all up-
to-date conveniences, with the excep-
| tion of the manager, and no doubt she
will be forthcoming in the near future.
The removal of a winter’s accumula-
tion of filth on our streets shows that
some one was ashamed of the unsight-
Qur streets are chang-
ly appearance.
led to a more healthy condition.
| When Professor Coles predicted that
| a new star would make its appearance
this season, I had no idea it would first
} rise in Somerset county, but so it is,
rand is now shining in all the dark
| places and exposing hidden mysteries.
Shine on!
The Baker heirs of this county will
meet at the Court house, in Somerset,
{ April 9th, the second Saturday,at 10
a. m. VOLUNTEER.