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minded body.snatcher, and thoro fs = fno feel.
ing OF melancholy In Lis a1usions to tho1n, a. Wit

lug OF melancholy IN Al6 hlu6lone to thom a. Wit
noHs tito followings
sopt 2o.-Went out TO the Asylum this afternoon.
nnd stayed unuf aflor dark with DR.. scllinor Thcro
was cadavor OH hand, but We could not gc.it.
Nov. 3.-Dr. 9climpr md droye out to HARMONY
Cotnotery this afternoon. Baw Rubjecta In thu
vault and went after them Tonight but could not Ret
into tho place AZ It Was locked. uazcn wont with us
Nov. 9-sunday. .-pr. Hchlimer wont out riding thia
afternoon, looping to aee 4 funeral, but not 10
fortunate aa to meet onc I waited two liourn near
Ebonczcr Church, but did not md anything.
Tho cruel disappointment, as Christian waited
hour after hour Aul no funeral camo along to
gladdon Lis vHion with fftcen-tlollar pros
pect must lavo been very hard, and, ii 1t waa
hard for him, how much lardor It must hAva
boen FORM. Wo have no record that aha waa
doing we'll on thcao cloudy days.
This romantic gravo.plundorer mot only dis.
cloaos TO us Lis own opefatiouB, moditationB and
foolings, but aomo letters found In Ills posaea-
sion rovoal the details OF THO businoas In com-
mercial sonae, like tito following:
ANN Anpon, Mich., Dec. 4, 1873.
d. s. f. French, No. 800 East Capitol sr<et, Rashs
fn0ton, b. c.:
DEAR Bin: uo1ea hnvo come or rnther barrels.
Do not send barrea oy always oct tho heads knock
cd ill., md excite suspicion II they do not tho hub
Jecta shake about 80. The beat way to pack Is In
tight box, three feat by two. near that dneusion,
tue Aubjcct having 1ega md thighs Ac1ed and head
festtng OH chest eawdust packed abot prcvcnt odox
and the subject from sinking about in tua box Two
can 10 put Id single box ttlo Arger than the one
doscribe You may keep Oh Bending until nm dona
work ut 25 each for good We sell for 80 to tha
ssudents. all injectcd aud have to get my pay for
keeping tho room and all Incidental e1rcuaes. Tho
express averages about 81 subject you sec tho
price you montion could not bo afforded. Your money
witt e nent promptly tho receipt Of goos and yoa
may aend mo juat a. fast you between now and
Jan. l. In hnete. Youra truly,
@. E. Fno7nNauAM.
This letter from tho Ann Arbor doctor III cal
culated to Impress poor humanity with very
cheap idea OF itsolf. OF what possible ooncozn
is 1t for one to aspire to dignity and to plums
himself upon being tho nobleat work in tho cro-
tion, whom ho reflects TINT after ho has ahufllod
OF this mortal coil 10 may bo packed away In
box, doubled up like Q trussed fowl, mud sont-
II he ia ia good QUO "-per express to Ann
Arbor Q. 0. D., as "goodB," to DO rotailed out to
students ata handsome profit This classification
among the staple articles OF commarco, aud thia
fixing Of poathumous commercial yaluos upon
ono by ring OF medical ghouls, is nttle
Horao than ohriatian's graveyard mcdisationa
upon the beauties OF Nature. Considering tha
fact that II we didn't havo tho doctors we
shouldn't bb so likely to die, they ought at loast
troat ua with some respect aftor We aro gone,
and not claas us as "goods." Looking at the
subject from serious point Of view, 80 long aa
| there are doctors, and professors. aud colleges
to buy caaavors, why shouldn't thore be Chris
tinnB to furnish them? And 1t tue Chratiana
are to be punished for stealing thom, why
! shouldn't tue doctors, aud predecessors and col
iogos DO punished for buying tho stolen
"gooda"2