The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-12-02
The Communication over the
name John BunYan.

John Bunyan with commingled feelings
of pleasure and reluctance It always
gives us pleasure to publish any thing
that helps on good work, but it is with
reluctance we publish any thing censori-
GUS, ungenerous, unjust or untruthful
A week ago last evenihgafter our return
from Chicago we found the communica-
ton signed John Bunyan which had been
left in the office during our absence for
publication. On reading it we felt that
it was ungenerous. unjust and untruthful,
and the next morning said so to the fore
man, inquiring of him at the same. time
who wrote it. And when he told us who
left it wesaid we could not think that he
could have written it. Hoping that q
part of il would be modified SO as to be
1unobjectionable we let it lie over till this
week, but the writer declined to modify
it, thus forcing US to refuse to publish
that part which we publish with pleasure
or to publish that part which we consider
Objectionable and publish with reluc.
lance.
The whole article is Objectionable on
account of the nar,e of the writer not
accompanying it. No person should
make such statements about an editor OF
paper for publication without being man.
ly enough to subscribe his own name to
them. The real john Bunyan never
made those statements though the bogus
one may have subscribed his name to
them
About "the very meagre and long de-
layed article we gave concerning the con-
cert of Pilgrims Progress rendered in
1 Kenosha," which bogus John says very
many people were dissatisfied with, we
have word to say. These concerts were
held on the 22nd and 28rd Of October.
On the 28th, the next number of the TEL
EGRAPH was published It was our last
publication day before election. Q Gov.
Fairchltd and Senator Howe had spoken
here during the week and their speeches
1 had to be noticed then or not at al. The
charges against the Governor in the Gam
BILE case had to be refuted then if done
before election. Not 80 in noticing the
Pilgrims Progress concerts. They could
be noticed the next week. We gave q
short notice of them, however, that week
and let a more general notice lie over for
the next week. A. friend of ours had
written out notice of the performance
the first evening with commentary upon
it. In the meantime, one of the Pilgrims
l-one who took part in the performances
both evenings, furnished a report of both
evenings. Taking all things into con-
sideration we concluded to publish the
report furnished by the Pilgrim-by
themselves And we did SO. Now Mr..
Bogus John Bunyan and Gentlemen Pill
grims, if the report is too meagre or did
not do you justice, please blame your
seves for it and not US. We thought the
report fair one when, we published it,
and have read it again and think now
that it was fair report and we are salts
fed with it. And we think the Pill.
grims have no reason for complaint and
very many people" no reason to be :" dis
satifed.,' ssag.oN gbfugog la 1o5 aaa6 "a
AS to the masses of the people not be-
ing given to reading advertisements week
after week but take local paper for itf
local news mostly, and without it pay fol
what they never bargained for, or pay fol
advertisements twice, Bogus John dis
plays impertinence and impudence seldom
equaled.r tits asuficient answer tothil
to say that we are paying for work in the
office, exclusive of extra help and provid
ing wood for the fire Sc, more than al
the papers we publish comes to by a con
siderable amount. Suppose we should
send notice to one of the clergymen o.
this place, say the Baptist clergyman, and
ask him to read it from his pulpit to hi
congregation, something like this: If We
are not mistaken very great many PEG
pie think you should pay more attention
to the physiological department, for with
out this they are paying for what they
never bargained for, or paying twice over
once for your preaching and once for your
praying. 800 Yours Truly,
John Bunyan."
Would the clergyman read it ? We very
much doubt it And yet the case is not
/ parallel in this: The clergyman has no