Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-12-29

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nRd IN the depths ef his nzll tax .cEus
ssaFthBx communication proposing 10 dls
pose OF his saFplus wealth aid eaeEgsss 10
. ssy thas Is ealcaixssd 20 make hiH wca.
der at the weird possibilities q tie human
b<arn
sraRks, like many ether thiags in the
eeanQny 81 nature. have their own peculiar
seasons. As rais. shs letter writing crank
ties dormant during the summer, eogitat-
iHg possibly some new aud thrilling sur
prisss for the winter campaign, when hts
energies get up steam This il the time u
year when public men dad themselves as
sailed By the erFatie fraternity almost daily.
snd he Is indeed a happy individual who
can point 10 . single day that has been
wholly free from them
DIR. TalmAge has perhaps larger daily
mai than any other clergyman in this
country, Eot even excepting DIR. Dix. Of
Trinity, who Is a member of some Itty diff
ferent benevolent societies. l doubt
whether any member Of the present
congress. even Speaker Reed. who Is
famous as a correspondent, can point 70
. mountain OF letters as high as that
which the famous editor-preaeher has u
face every morning after breakfast Foi
several years his mail came To the pastoral
residence in Brooklyn; but its volume
threatened 10 swamp the premises, and sc
he now has il ssut 10 his sanctum in The
Christian Herald editorial rooms in the
Bible House, New York, where, with the
stern face Of a martyr 10 duty. the dominic
sits down TO ii. BY and by smile lights
up the gray eyes, and you can tell by the
grin that gradually spreads over the rug
ged face that he has struck crank.
They are funny fellows, some Of these
crank correspondents. Here is a man who
writes from Dayton. o., in all seriousness
And, dear doctor, had dream, and
in my dream l saw you approach me with
check book. 1t was made clear TO mt
that the Lord had directed you TO assis,
me. for l want to build barn with a
church attached To it. You may remem
Der my face, for came TO hear you when
( you spoke in this neighborhood."
/ Another writes:
Hearing that the Tabernacle is burned
i Hasten To offer you the pastorate of oul
church ct an assured salary OF $50 year
They will treat you good here"
This is from Baltimore woman. who
writes like person of some education:
And now. doctor. will tell you what
want. l need just 5000 TO go into bust
ness. am perfectly honest, but canno,
give you any other security than my word
that will return the money in five years.
y young woman, evidently in dilemma
writes:
81 have told you frankly how things ART
between John and me. He visits no longer
Now. should make the first advances t.
bring him back, or must wait until he
comes back Of himself2 l will anxiously
wait for your reply"
A man in Illinois, who, like many others
has gone crazy on prophecy, writes:
please send me by return mail true
explanation Of the beast with the seve,
horns and the triangle on his tail. for
will not sleep until | hear from you. 1t i:
all have TO wait for, and there is no other
man in the United States to do it,"
An Industrious crank correspondent /.
Azariah Jackson orion, the associate Of
Dougherty, the other crank who lately
shot and killed young DR.. Arnold in The
Flatbush lunatic asylum Orion writes il
denunciatory strain, and threatens the
good doctor with all the terrors of the pit
unless something happens TO make the
writer change his mind meanwhile. There
were DO threats Of personal violence. the
punishment was TO come for not answering
his letters.
Pictorial letters abound, many Of then
relating TO the mysterious prophecies o!
Daniel, and suggesting startling elucida
tons that would make professional proph
cts turn green with envy. God nose dor
my best" writes one of these wrestlers
with mystery in mental agony.
For Hon. mr.. gladston e. hir MAJESTY
victoria; to the cair of doctor Talmage.
writes a Newport correspondent inclosinl
letter in which Washington, Habakkuk
Mr.. Sturgeon, Moses and a certain New
port reporter are strangely jumbled
Doubtless her majesty and premier would
have been greatly edited by its perusaL \
Canadian rises TO object to the good doc
tors Characterization of Victoria as
"penurious old woman," which he declare.
TO be "a snare of Satan" One of the odd
est Of all is from a man in Trenton, n. J.
who bitterly denounces Talmage for being
a semi Democrat. and Spurgeon for being
free trader in disguise-facts which he say:
be has found out through some mysteriou:
process of his own
Next TO the money borrowing cranks
and those who give advice under inspira
ton" and otherwise, come the advice seek
ing correspondents. One Graves an opin
ion on a new book, which the writer q
LADY, declares took seven years to write
IF you have not time to write me about
1t you might preach q sermon on 1t,
she modestly suggests. Another ask
whether it is right TO go to the theatre
and if so would you please tell me wha
plays ought TO seer"
man in Culpepper county. Va, writes
considerably requesting that the doctor
deliver. lat his earliest convenience" I
s:rmon upon the death Of his father and
mother, both of whom died many year
ago. and who supposedly are resting un
easily somewhere in the sunny south. III
gives date of demise and burial. and fur
n.shes texts and notices for the clergy
mans inspiration. One of the best of al
is the following from girl Of IS.
Papa. dear Gin n spiritual sensel, l wan
to be married on New Years eve in you
new church. and IL it is not asking 70,
uSffcH Npl&d Isr MI CpAfEtou 70 t1fi J
ne. think. with the rest of the ceremony
would be dressed as | want 10 be dresses
10 satisfy ny ambition, as far as the mar
rage ceremony Is concerned That Is 81
for this time. but / want to ask you =
pray fer ms-please do. / want you Il
pray more than once or twice"
Here follow a parely original poem o
three verses, host Of Scristsral quota
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