Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1868 — A BASE SLANDER. [ARTICLE]

A BASE SLANDER.

Rensselaer, Im>., I November JO, 1808. ) Messrs. James «fc HEAff.ty : Will you do us the favor to insert the following? Some evil disposed persons in the county of Jasper wishing to do us a private injury, but who arc afraid to burn otir property or make an attack upon our lives, have put a story in circulation in regard to us calculated to affect Our business and efeate bad feelings. They are telling tktit we discharged Enoch Pettit Jjoni our shop because «he voted the Democratic ticket Wo say the story is false and slanderous, and if any responsible man can be found by us that is so mean as to tell the story, we will sue him foe slander. The morning of the State election, Mr. Pettit told J. H: Vanatta, ir., that he would vote tl>c same ticket that ho did, and they both took Republican tickets and went to the polls and voted. Mr.-Pettit said, on returning, that he did vote the same ticket that John gave him. And we bebdieve he did so vote. —... We have too good an opinion of Mr. Pettit as an honorable man to believe that he would practice stiqli a deceit and wilfully lie when there Was no necessity for doing so. There never was an unkind word between us and Mr. Pettit. He left our shop of his own accord because we did not need him any longev at present. He has left our shop several limes When wc had no work for him, and came back again when we wanted him. And we expect him to work for ns again when we want him. We don’t proscribe men for their political opinions, and we could not do so in this case, because we believe Mr. Pettit voted just as we did. We refer the good people to Mr. Pettit, and are willing for him to tell his own story about the matter. There is be-tweea PdUVand. ua,. and those mean creatures who are secretly circulating this.slanderous stuff, are too mean to be worthy of notice. We hope our friends who have heard the story will do us the favfir to investigate the matter before they believe it. We can respect the brave man who will attack us openly, but we detest the mean, cowardly sneaks that will stab our character in the dark. J. R. Vanatta & Son. ■ : ***' —'— —“Barrett’s don’t” stain the skin or linen. JjgT'Tlie sidewalk built along the race near the mill has caved in again. «fc Bro. are building a two-story addition to their Hardware store.