The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-22
THE oH1TTENDEN CHIMNEY.
Mr.. Horatio @. Eddys Invitation Politely
Declined.

Uocnnod.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--Sir: An article
umns Nov ", under The heading, "Exposure OF
The Eddys," contains gross and either ig-
norant or malicious libel upon my brother and
myself.
This article was calculated to injure our good
name and reputation, damage our business
and bring discredt upon the cause OF spirit
nalism by destroying our influence as honest
The article referred to states that our "cabl-
net floor IS made TO slide away like tho traps of
theatre; 1.-THE chimney Is made In two COM
partments, one for the matcraized spirits to
go up and down, and one for the smoke OF the
Kitchen stove TO ascend. BY a close, narrow
stairs you can descend through the chimney to
the kitchen below" This a, ticle further repre-
sents that our sisters and Others, acting rs con-
federates, 90 up these stairs and appear on the
platform as the spirits there represented
In reply to the above falsehoods, l Will soy
that II the editor Of the Sun Will come here he
can have the privilege of making atty examina-
ton of the cabinet floor and chimney he
chooses, and II he VIII prove the statements OF
his correspondent true l Will give him $1,000
when these libels were first published we
thought we would not notice them, but the
wide influence your paper exerts, and the nu-
merous exchanges that have copied the article
from your columns have had n bad influence
upon us. eur business, and the truths we repre-
sent. For this reason we have decided that
unless through your editorial columns you give
us The opportunity to refute this libel We shall
hold the SUI personally responsible for dam
ages. Yours truly,
HoRATIo G. EDDY.
Chittenden, Vt, Feb. 10.
We give place to Mr.. Eddy's letter, and
are glad to infer from it that he and his
spirits are well and prosperous. We had
understood that the whole party had gone
west.
| Yet we cannot accept Mr.. Eddy's invi-
| tation to visit Chittenden and examine his
| kitchen chimney
In the first place, we are rather too
busy Just now. There is a good deal of
important and pressing news to be looked
after. If Mr.. Eddy reads the Sun care
fully and in tue right spirit, he cannot but
see how exactiDg are the requirements
upon our time and attention. And if he
will further consider that there are prob
ably not three persons on this side of the
river, outside his own family and those
Immediately interested in the draught OF
his kitchen stove, who care a picayuut
whether the chimney is single, double
quadruple, or bricked up as solid as Worth
monument, he must acknowledge tina
there is no inducement for us to visit Chit.
tenden
In the second place, Mr. Eddy's money
has no attractions for us. A thousand dol
lars is handsome sum, and in this case i
|
on the part of Honto, Aunt Sally and III,
other light-heeled spirits, as well as many
agonlzing commissions and contortiol OF
the part of the honest mediums. We Coult
not, in conscience, accept the money 81
hardly earned. 1t would not rest Quietl,
in our pockets. Besides. we should not b
sure of getting it We should be Gale,
upon to prove the state of the chimney Il
November on the strength of an inspection
in February. Now, chimneys are very un
certain creatures. We have known then
to undergo startling changes in much les
time than three months. Although we d.
not think we are mistaken in Mr.. Eddy
character we are not prepared to trust hi
chimney, and especially in neighborhoo
where bricks and mortar are handy, ant
labor, owing to the large, unemploye,
spirit population, particularly cheap.
, In the third place, the threat at the en-
of Mr.. Eddys letter induces us to decln
his invitation, A libel suit for damage t
the reputation of spirits would be move
I and highly interesting And if Mr.. Ed
is prepared to prove the honesty of hi
business and the gcnuineness of his man
, festations by bringing materialzed spirit
into court aud putting them on the witnes
! stand, We should be standing in our ow
light and hnderlug scientific investigate
, by declining to give him the opportunity
: We think we shall not go TO Chittenden.
". y. Sun.