The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-28

Taken at Random from Gen. PIeasonton'.
Mail Bng.

Taken at Random from Gen. P1easonton'
| Mail Bag.
My DEAR GENERAL: II has worked like n
charml Subject from early youth to periodic
couDs de soleH. which have frequently impaired
my public usefulness at inconvcnicnt seasons
was mpclled to write you for advice. Since
receiving your kind letter | have had all my
hats rooted with blue glass. and have replaced
with the same material the silk on my UNI
brclla. am now able 10 inform you that have
got through the month of February without a
sunstrokc. Your enterprise will be n wonder
full success. believe there is money in It.
Yours eyer. is G.. BL-NE.
P.S.-Can't you admit me to share in the
venture? do not feel that | should prove n
deadhead. see various channels in which |
know l cun be useful.
AN UNUSUAL EVENT
GENERAL Since put blue glass lights in my
bedroom window. have astonished myself and
my descendants by cutting new set of tccth.
which promise to be great comfort TO me in
my old age. Yours. anccstrally.
J-N A. DIX.
CHRONIC WEAKNESS CURED.
GEN PLEAsoNToN-Sb: For years have been
subject to attacks of the widows" in the most
a'utc and painful form Of that distressing NAL
ady. These attacks were rapidly undermining
left me atruly pitablc spectacle TO behold. Some
one told Don about the virtues Of blue glass /
have taken seven dozen pancs In the past three
weeks and can now drive by the Treasury De-
partment without a spasm. 1 remain, sir,
Your altered servant S-N C-N
T. S.-Whatcvcr weaknesses may have been
guilty Of, no one. l trust, will charge me with
being id fool. sc.
ITS EFFECT ON LITERARY STYLE.
SIR: whether from congcnitil constitution or
from the accumulative force OF habit, which, as
the poet Justly observes. IL bred by use In man,
or from some indeterminate cause which II
would be useless TO inquire into on this occa-
sion, it has been my misfortune in no wise
mtigatcd 10y the requirements of the profession
to which devote my energies TO lack that con-
ciscness OF diction and compactncss of express
sion which lend n charm To style and facilitate
the transmisson ofthought from mind creative
to mind receptive; and this misfortune. | will
say. has brought about so much occasion
for unnecessary intellectual effort, both TO
my clients when / have been called upon TO
explain matters primarily OF nm abstruse ma
tnre. and to ihe general public. who have en-
grave constitutional questions. that when L
heard of your admirable discovery. applicable
IN So many cascs Of correative inilrmlties. res
Olution came 10 my aid. and. like Brennus
throwing its sword into the scale mpelled me
e purchase pair of bluc-Class spectaccs, by
the aid Of which now indite all my speeches
rndis ltd'gestdqt,e mOleS. YOU may Judge from
this brief note which. ! will add with pardona-
bile pride. II conveyed in the shortest sentence
which have penned since | used to write the
days. W-M VI. E-Ts.
TRur-BLuE THEOLOGY.
SIR: Having exhausted all the resources of
thcological knowledge and personal enthusi-
assn in the missionary cause upon Col. Robert
g. ingcrsoll. now tarryinc In this city, | finally
sent him a copy of my sermons bound in blue
muslin and printed in blue ink. He read them
at first with scorn. then with Indifference. and
finally with deep interest. The effect has been
heard To speak respectfully. Of Moses; after the
third he burned his copy Of the Age of Rna-
humhly and voluntarily requested me to hear
him rccite Now l lay me down to sleep,
MET puMsI' EeF Cn 1THy w,sSispro Nm d. D.
NEVER PELr so WELL IN HIS LIFE.
DEAR GENERAL: take mine in blue tum-
bier now and never ielt so well in my Interior
D1psrt% w i'm in my LIFE z I, cH uas
IN u blue glass bottle and stood it in the sun
but he grow 50 rapidly under this treatment
that We had to break the bottle to got him cut,
RATHER THIN.
RESPECTED SIR: | gratefully take my pon 10
assure you OF the fiattcring improvement which
has resulted from my adoption Of your counsel.
a l1rinisht ago went To my tailor and had the
and ordered them 10 be constructed of tn in
blue sagz,. Although my appearance on tho
provoked tho thoughiless TO levity. | have al
hercd 10 my original intention with most en-
couragine results. Ny knees. | am happy to
say, are now from half 10 three quarters Of an
inch nearer together than ever before, and /
have reason to hope that the sad infrmity
which has 50 long been thorn in the flesh, win
IN the course of time be entirely crudca
Truly the crooked shah he made straight" /
remain yours Respected Sir. -
p S.-You arc at liberty 10 make what use YOU
like OF this.