Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13

yoke. Though some
course, are not edible
and that he thinks tt
more nutritious than
Looking over my pi
fiat, 1 found "copy"
umn sendof, which
print on Mr.. Meltz '
charge. This is it:
To the Editor of this
Paper:
SIR-My attention
has been called to a
m ost unwarranted
and indecent attack
made upon me by
your paper in its last
issue regarding the
ice cream which was
had on my lawn for
the children of poor
property holders and
voters of this place
on the 18th inst.
When respecta BILE
and law abiding peo-
pie are attacked in
this way it is time to
call q halt.
The pain I felt on
having my attention
calledjto the reference
can hardly be over
estimated. For years
I have been a constant
reader of your paper,
and also have been its
friend. When others
about mewasdowning
it on every hand, I
have said, "No,I think
you are a little off in
regards to that" And
sometimeswhen itwas
as much as q mans
life wasworth to stand
up for your paper I
would stand up for it.
The reference to me
and the doings which
was had at my house
was scurrilous in the
extreme. We had in
every regard what
might be called a rat
tling time, and for you
to attack it and make
it q personal matter
was, to me, most pain
full, and l think to be
real low, as also does
all those with which /
have been thrown into
contact with since the
issue of your paper.
! hate to be all the
time in print and see
my name before the
people.and it has been
such q little while
since I appeared in
these columns in the
capacity Of a contrib
utor, asking for a por-
tion of your space for
the purpose of thank
ing my many friends.
who had done somuch
to make the last ILL
ness of my wife a sue
cess.
As I say, I dislike to
be constantly before
the people in the light
of a contributor, but
when the leading pa
per of our town sours
on my ice cream and
attacks my motives.
as 1 said, I think it is
time to call O halt.
l have lived in this
place now, boy and
man, for over seven
years, and I have yet
to know of any paper
ever before speaking
an unkind word re-
garding my course OF
conduct. 1t was my
idea to have q good
time on my own
grounds, and to do all
/ could to make it a
success, andI 1 spoke to
you about sending
down q man to write
it up more as O joke
than anything else.
When lie says that
mymotives and my ice
cream were both adul-
rerated he does me a
great injury, after eat
ingwhat Ithoughtwas
an ungodly amount of
the same.
But let me be brief.
1 have beenhereinthis
place seven years. and
1belong toeverything
that is worth belong
ing to. When q man
that amounts to any
thing is buried here
you will always see
me in some kind of
uniform following his
remains, or mayhapas
a pallbearer. l have a
larger and better rec
ord as q pallbearer
than most any other
man with so few ad-
vantages as I have.
! have also shaken
hands with everypres-
ident of the United
States except Halford
since James Buchan-
an, and / believe that
I have been a consist
ent professor and un-
swering believer in a
burning hell, with a
draft TO it that must
certainly give to one
who feels that he is
wellsaved a mostcom-
forting and delirious-
ly soothing sensation.
As / say, l hate to
be before the public