The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-25
To Those Whom II May Concern Pronun.
ciameutO No. ?.

To Those Whom 1t May Concern Pronun-
ciamento No. 3.
Unsolicited, there comes to me the
following letter, and take the liberty
of printingit.
July 18th, 1878.
E. r. SwIrzER, ESQ.,, NJ. D.:
Dear Sir have just received let
tor from DR.. Crowley of Salina, asking
mo if you are graduate of McGiIl. /
have just posted him tho proceedings of
Convention for 1865 with your name in
it, also Calendar for 1923 with your
name as student. DR.. Crowly has owl.
IDENTIFY seen ono of our Calendars in
which by some error you arc put down
as John f. X. Switzer, and is suspicious
of you. We regret very much that such
an error should have occurred, and it
shall be corrected in next years Calen-
dar. The printers mistakes will creep
in, and are repeated from year to year
unless we are informed Ofths misprint
by the person himself. If your broth.
or professionals require further proof we
shall be happy to forward it.
l am, Sir, yours truly.
FRANCIS J. SHEPPARD, NJ. u.
Acting Registrar.
Upon the above have no comment
to make. The public whose instincts
are keen and whose judgments are Of
ten so singularly correct can dispose of
it as they may choose. In passing l will
merely say, the information asked from
DR.. Sheppard could haze been obtained
LOT thu - and af
and an honorable and friendly purpose
would there have sought it. Malicious
and cowardly motive would seek it as II
did, fifteen hundred miles away. 1t
may all be right, but to me in the above
letter there is the sound OF secret.
stealthy movement of serpentlne gliding
that is altogether audible, and superin-
duces an involuntary shudder. There
seems to me no symptoms of generous
impulse, broad and honorable, but the
unmistakable signs of basilisk sting and
iron fang of deadly grip and poisonous
trail, have no more to say. l had
purposed to say somo harsh and perhaps
ungenerous things, but shall withhold
them. have an "Alma Mater" whom,
as as nourishing mother, l ana compelled
to respect, and cannot afford to be dis
honorable or unknightly, besides
there rushes over me tonight stream of
softer memories.
My recollection Is busy with the con.
GLIDING words of that last "good night
that greeted the ears of that band of
newly crowned"Esculapians," who stood
en- AMOUNT Royal" on that most auspi- |
cious third day OF May, 1865. Words |
that throb with manly and honorable !
purpose utterances that come to me
with q GOODNESS and refreshing that il
unspeakable. | shall repeat them tor
the benefit Of those Of the Saline Coun.
~ profession who 80 sadly need them,
repeat them as best may, Is they come
ringing to me across the chasm of the
thirteen years that have fallen out of
my life, and been added to those "be-
yond the food" Listen then you pro-
paupers while l write:
81 would counsel you against refusing
to acknowledge or disparage superior
skill or intellect in your fellows, and
would urge upon You that il is better to
endeavor TO rise to ones superiors than
10 lower them by detraction. As those
before me have earned their honors after
long and faithful labor, may they wear
hem long. So shall our "Alma Mater"
,end forth her sons skilled and worthy
INTO places unfamiliar and under strange
'kies to spread abroad the honor, man. F,
rood and character she has endeavored
o preach and educate, and after the de- ]
line of years may honor still be unsul-
led, that manhood irreproachabie, and j
hat character unimpeachabls."
Respectfully Yosn, 9
E. r SWiYxn-
'sHov greedy yos ere. said ose Hesis