Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-04-24
COnMU NICATION.

CLRARFlELD, PA, April 20, 1873.
Mn. Enron ~ would respectfully ask a brief
space 10 the columns Of your paper, 10 order to
note some things that are noticeable In the article
under the heading Of Successful Operation, -
which appeared In the last Issue Of the Journal.
OF what applies to Miss MeAlpine, either d.
rcctly or indirectly, personal or otherwise. | have
nothing to say. "All's we'll that ends we'll |
have no reflections to cast upon the editors Of the
Journal for their duties as journalists are such
as to render them oxcussble for many omissions
and errors which sometimes appear In the colu INNS
Of their paper; but there is no excuse for those
who write and deliver the article for publication.
shall designate very clearly as ] proceed, what
parts Of the article | design TO notice, and who the
victim is. The motive will be explained at ZONE
future time.
In the FIRST place, It Is safe and very proper to
say, that Washington l.. Atlce still survives, not
withstanding the i~literate biographical sketch Of
bis life, which was attempted In the arfcle above
mentioned. an not sure, however, that II would
be reasonable and correct to sag, that " his lDr.
Atlee's) eyes had rested upon that famous "local, =
whether his delicate and refined sennbilities
would not have been violen lily shocked, and grave
doubts entertained for his well being. Imagine
The chagrin that would have been depicted on his
naturally pleasing contenance on beholding his
much loved and popular name mutilated, chang.
ed and the association Of years ruthlessly broken
up by the unwarrantablc omission Of the letter o.
How vain would have been bis "attempts to OK
tract common sense out Of the bungled mass Of
words aud dashes which RUM thus land with q
steadines OF hand that Is rare-indeed, among
younger men-in the presence Of seven other ply.
s%ieians, the time occupied being just IS minutes
Here is steadiness, skin, rarity, age, presence, and
time huddled together 10 such an ungrammatical
and unblushing style, that be that walks very slow
could neither read nor comprehend, much less b,
that runs. N.'D tIf
The name Of the attending physician stands
out In bold ~relief-solitary and slone-apparently
sepernted from The world and oil mankind by two
large dashes, one on either side, The prominence
and isolation Of this individual leads one, In i'm.
agination, to the. conception Of that period IN
f~uturity described in campbells poem Of TIT
Last Man" whore he ssysi
"The sans eye had . sickly glare
The earth with age was wan
The skeletons Of Nations we're
Around that lonely man"
Prophet-like and alone siands The aitsndin,
physician, Without even the aid OF a consulting
physician, or the comfort and consolation Of
visiting physician.
What IL most remsrkable with regard to thi
article Is, that Il was dictated, revised and cor
reeted by one, aud probably two medical mon
the former, tho attending physician and tn
latter, a minor Waiting physician. The evidence
u the above fact 10 apparent, for no editor, CON.
mon or could ever have conceived Of
uttered such a jaw breaking name as =" ~mnltiiocu
Tar ovarian fsmor," without having had II stuhe,
into his noggin and explained by some msdica
man. Surely, the eongIomerate mass Of ~senseles
matter, which has been referred TO, aud the at
tenpt at dashing II together, aud In pieces, 70
CARELESS Of the proper rules and characters o
punctuation, does not reject much credit upoI
The preliminary sdseAticn Of those Who had y Il
charge.
These nosegays In the profession had bette
make another literary attempt, and, no doubt
they will be abba IN the future, after repeate
mental Efforts, to make fome sespectable displA
Of their literary attachments and professions
ability. ffuNN ecAtfHl'