The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-09-15
A Tempest in a Teapot.

i Tempest in Teapot.
Ed. U7oion:-I find in the Mi1aca do.
partment Of the Princeton UNION OF
sept. 9th, 1892, a pusillanimous and un-
called for attack on me by person or
thlngg-"O Temporal! o mores!''-
DER cover, not OF a nom de plume, but
OF another correspondent, thus playing
a dastardly game on his partner by
leaving him exposed to the censure of
the public for an act of meanness from
which every fiber of his nature would
revolt. will not say 'spar pari refero''
put l. feel placed in the position of the
| hunter who went out hunting deer in
the night and was afraid that a calf
might present itself instead, SO he de-
clded to shoot in such a manner that
he would hit it if it was a deer and
miss it if it was a calf. I have only to
reverse the order and try to miss the
deer as it is the calf [ am after. But
on following up the scent [ find the air
SO strongly impregnated with the odor.
reaching to several thousand readers
OF the UNION, that am inclined to be-
lleve it to be the animal who sswith
lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial,,
and whose hope of victory is in it's
pungent strength. He, she or it ac-
cuses me of pouring a ''tale of woe''
into the ears of listeners, which tale of
woe was simply a statement in regard
to the facts as related in a little book
written by Mrs. S. E. v. Emery. of
lansing ichigan, a lady Of transcend
ent ability and unsullied character,
entitled 'Seven Financial Conspira-
cies' which have enslaved the Ameri
can people. A book in which appears
no exceptional or immoral passage. I
suppose it was my remarks on the So
called 'sCredit Strengthening Act,''
that grated so harshly on the ears OF
the fellow behind the man. I don't
know where the monkey ends or the
fish begins. &.. -. 49,,
l have had to listen to italics of woe''
recently outside of Princeton, not of
credit strengthening acts but of credit
weakening acts which would probably
have been far more tiresome. for nv
ambuscaded antagonist to have listened
to, and such things have tendency to
make a person a pessimist no matter
how much of an optimist he or she may
have been before. And lastly nv
sneaking antagonist strikes the deadly
blow which is to sink me into eternal
oblivion and disgrace me in the eyes of
my many friends who have known me
for over twenty-four years in Mile
Laos and adjoining counties, by the
statement that Some people intimate
that Tom is after an office.'' If this
were so suppose I should call on the
eternal hills to fall on me and cover
me so that [ might be no more seen of
men or angels. But I defy any person
within the area Of the circulation of
the UNION to prove that I ever asked
for an Office. I hope my interesting
friend can do likewise and
let the Office seek the man.
And now / hope the party who
has endeavored to place me before the
public in a false light, will in Justice
to the other Milaca correspondent and
myself, come out of his fools paradise"
and make his attacks over his proper
signature so can know at whom to di-
rect my guns. Please give the above
a place in the UNION and oblige.
Yours very truly,
THOS. P. KERR.
Princeton, Mimi, Sept. IA, 1892.