CORRESPONDENCE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 35, 1 October 1869, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

Axti communications must be accompanied by the correct name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.

(To the Editor of tie JMoujn t t Ida CruosicmJ Sib, —In your issue of the 24th inst. I have observed a few impertinent remarks toward me, by some paltry scribbler, whom yon call your "own correspondent" of Hamilton. Who is he who puts on his armour without necessity, and insults without provocation ? Who is this illogical logician who has the peculiar talent of drawing conclusions without premises ? The people of Hamilton may, indeed, bless their stars, for having this modern Demosthenes among them. What a blessing to have this born genius, wao is still a dunce! I think lie and Impartiality " have received their educaiiou from "the same tutor, because they coincide illogically in their uncalled-for arguments; so tar, indeed, that there is a striking resemblance between the two for a long time. And stranger still, they have both a few words of elastics by rote— I mean, borrowed words, —-and with these theyy romiscnously and pedan fcically muddle their ungrammatieal and eqiiivocalexpressions. But the reseinulance no longer remains; my unlearned friend of H amijton soars, as it were, with the winys ot JJasdalus, but in the ambition ot his flight meets with the fate. ot Icarus, w.io, flying too hi { >*li, molted the wax ,-ot his artificial "wings, and tell into tiie Icarian Sea. It may be asked what was his-object in soaring so high ? In order, of course, to assist his co-partner, " Impartiality," to shower down his eloquent vengeance on me, because I am one of the Nasebv School Committee, and also "a candidate for the vacancy which is about to occur," if their false assertions be true. I wish to- inform them that they are grossly mistaken on this point, for I have given up this idea long ago. The gates of promotion are closed against me in this parr of the world. I\>r reasons which I do not deem prudent at present to explain, qualifications indeed, which are far dearer to me than all tne honors wiiicn miiy be bestowed upon me were I otherwise (thank Providence and the land of my birth), so that neither " Impartiality" nor' his Hamilton friend has "hit the right nail on the head," as they term it. ° I wish to address this Hamilton orator once again—or, rather, to interrogate him. W ho is this great A. A. of wiiom he speaks so much, and tries to prove by his boblogic that he is just the man to suit? Does he mean'the great Ayrshire Ass P If he do, let him, in the name of decency, keep him away, because we have already got too many of his kind. Has he'been influenced by any deputation or petition? I suppose •' Impartiality " is his sentinel, to sound the alarm bell and keep sleepless vigil over the School Committee of Naseby ; and in retaliation this prepotent of Hamilton proclaims aloud tiie injustice of tiie School Committee of Nasebv. His voice, as it were, reverberates and awakens "Impartiality." Oh, what stentorian voice ! What a P 1 m J Hamilton friend is not trained j to the bar ; he would rank with Jeffreys. If trained to diplomacy I believe he would surpass Minto. But, as a correspondent to a there is none to him I can compare except himself, and hence he is his own parallel. There is not the slightest doubt but

this man is a great boor, to the inhabi- i tants of Hamilton. Were it not for ! the peculiar croaking cry he keeps up I he is perpetually descanting on dangers. ! He reminds mc of Heraclifcus, a cele-; brated Greek philosopher, who, from constantly deploring the follies, vices, and vicissitudes of mankind, was termed the " The Weeping Philospher." I wonder by what authority does ho I style the inhabitants of the Hogburn ' " Hogburnites ?" I think he knows I but very little about the affix "ite?" I suppose, upon the same, he uses - the ! present tense for the past—as when ho I says, in his letter of the 17th inst., "I! hear you want a schoolmaster," and ' also rise and shine in thy proper I spaere." I would recommend him to be a little more careful in future about his grammar and Orthography, and also j his etymology and When ; addressing that.. Unintelligent body called the " clique," What a pitv to have a man, so well inclined to bestow 1 his services upon the public, so deplor- ! ably ignorant P As I understand that! he and " Impartiality Tf have plenty | time to write, and also that theV are j assisted by others, I believe a, Council of them writing against me, I will not I take any further notice of them, as they have not the principle of signing or making their names known. This Council, no doubt, are too many for me; I mean they have too much time for plotting those t nngs. (This reminds me of that terrific passage of Milton's w Tere he describes Satan and his angels sitting in Pandemonium planning the destruction of man.) In fine, I \n ould advise this stub orator of Hamilton to keep his stultiloquence for his admirers. He offers me a small bit of applause, but it poisons in the taste like the apples in the lake of Sodom. His finished art and eminent hypocrisy shall be imperishable in my memory. If " Impartiality " is not a ' barber he must have been " barberously" dictated to, for he thought to give me a clean shave, &c. j X>y inserting the above you will j greatly oblige yours &c., P. M. Moron v. ! Naseby September 30, 1869. |