The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-10-30

Mr.. EDITOR: T rise to speak, and get
up to apologize for and explain how
happened to punch hole in that big pro-
fessional hornets nest, somewhere in the
vicinity of Annie, S. c., occupied, as tap
pears, by one no ordinary tualdrep. While
in Anderson short time ago some young
friends of mine were laughing and telling
me about some fop or swell.heRd passing
through town, with the letters I'M. D."
wrought conspicuously on each shoulder
of his coat, and they (the boys) insisted I
should give the aforesaid I'M. D." a "set
OFF, (as they called it( in my next items
from the Kingdom" and Inadvertently
done 80. never thought of offending
anybody, or doing any one wrong.
What said in my locals was said In
romancing way, merely to please and
amuse those young men. | am truly
sorry now that | done 80. see made
an innocent mistake, and would haye sub
mitted to an ordinary chastization from
the much mad Doctor for my impudence,
folly, or whatever he pleases to call it, and
never complained or said word about it,
but consider the punishment unpropor
tionable to the crime, and so propose to
Job another hole into the aforesaid Thor
nets nest' by accommodating the Hon.
j. D. tDaldrep, M. d, to fresh supply of
my .'trundle. bed trash," which he is 80
anxious to see consigned to the waste
basket i do not blame you, Doctor, for
wanting my trash sent to the waste bas.
ket." It seems to have gotten seriously
in your way.
Well, yes, it is as You suppose am
pretty smartly "Shanks - quite bony,
and by the time you blunder over this
bundle of old 'iShanks" few more times,
you will find out they are not "Adam's
house cat"
My reason for thinking you slightly
educated was this: I did not think any
sane man, with liberal education. would
exhibit himself in public with bis shin
giles on his shoulders, instead of hanging
them in front of his shop. I hardly think
of the "Kingdom" to apply the Waldrep
plaster to my fate. am tolerably solid
in the 'Klngdom," !" Sine Die'' to the con-
trary, notwithstanding. I am glad you
endorse "Sine Die" in thinking will yet
make something of myself. am, how.
ever, sorry that T can't return the COM
pliment to either of you.
You are mistaken IN supposing thatI
had seen you on some occasion. never
saw you In my life, and were I to meet you
on the highway might not know you from
Baalam's mule. When I penned those
items that has 80 fred your indignation
wrote from heresay, supposing you to be
some medical tramp or quack, seeking to
establish a reputation as an Indian OF,
Root Doctor. I had no idea you were
regular "Diplon,atized Quack," and q citizen
of South Carolina. You say there is moth
ing the matter with you. This speaks
badly for you as a physician. Read up
little, Doctor, and see If you are not
afflicted with sof1ening of the brain
Hydro-what do you call it?
Well, In, conclusion, let me insist that
you give me credit for giving you an op-
portunity to advertise yourself and see
your name in print, with the much GOV.
eted IN. D." dangling at the tail, and also
for giving you the chance to disgorge q big
load of indigestible technicalities and
high sounding big words, Come up, Doc
tor, call on your humble servant at the
Mansion and get some of my antl-swell-
head pills. am, dear Doctor, kindly and
sincerely your humble SHANKS.