National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-12-05
4 letter Tiom Wr. WCteRdy.
FAIRLEE, Nov. %, 1873.

Nh. Edit0r.-My attention mas
been called to the announcement IN
the Opinion OF week before last, OF
tho fact that | have brought a suit
against the town of bradford for
damages sustained by me in May
last, in consequence Of an lnSuiiicI-
cncy OF a public highway IN said
Bradford. You are disposed 10 treat
the matter with great lcylty and say
great many funny things about
il. and, doubtless, laughed heartily
while pcnuing the wlttlclsms. It's
remarkably witty to say "Mr. Sulli
van Mclcndy, Esq, has sued the
town OF bradford, Sc and to dis
play certain grammatical plumbers
which have always been ascrlbcd to
Tcutonic stupidity.
Unquestionably, it afforded yon
huge satisfaction to belleVe that
your readers would have another op.
portunlty TO appreciate more OF your
natural wit, perhaps, many OF them
will begin to suspect they have an
Artcmus Ward or Il Doe Sticks
among them. Such flashes of wit
are extremely rare and liable TO dam
age the mental equilibrium Of Their
possessor But, seriously, it may
be sport for You, butit is very Sc
rious thing to me, | have been con
fined to the house for six and one
half months, and large portion of
the time to the bed, withoutthe abil.
ity to walk step III all this time,
and so lIttie encouragement do |
Get from my physicians that begin
to despair Of ever being able to walk
again. DO you suppose money
would compensate for such calam
ity Nay, if the tho town of Brad
ford possessed the power to restore
me to the condition of health and
strength possessed 10y mo before the
accident, so great would he my graf
itude that would heartily forgive
them for all the pain have endured
for the loss Of my time and for the
expenses Of my sickness, | am unN
willing to believe You so depraved
as to mock at and ridiculc the ms-
fortunes and suilerings of others,
but am rather inclined to the opn
ion that you have heart, aud can
SvmpathiHe with human suffering,
but have been mislead and imposed
upon by people possessing prejudlc.
cs against my father, and who i'm
aminc themselves to be remarkably
smart, 1t may be very entertaining
to Yourself aud to some Of your
readers for you to use your paper as
a medium to make fun Of and lidlN
Guile my father. My father may
have failings like other men, but |
wish you to understand distinctly,
that his children probably cherish
as much affection for him as any
other children entertain for their
paternal progenitor, aud of course
slurring and ridicluing him is ex-
tremely annoying 20 his family.
AS respects the destinations III a
former number of your paper, that
olIv and tLot II was q nrn,rranoe1
accident, and that was not injured
they are unworthy of any notice by
me except to say that the proofs III
Ia,, 1', ,, ,'Eo U w. n ' ,'n,
have frosted t|,c .nhiect with uropel
candor and fairness.
ASK You as Il matter OF Justice
~ INC ~ Sl,c ti''' "' 'q"'l ''0''''o
> y" IrAR MEtENDy
The writer OF the above (hot lr'
Ii. Mclendy) Is a very appreclatlve
/ person, and we publish the article
mainly on account of It's very Hat
terlng criticisms on our humble eli
forts to cheer up Mr.. Melendy il
his role of Invalid. Far be it from
us to rldicule or mock Al the suffer