Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-11-10
The Governors Letters,
Harrisburg Telegraph.

Harrisburg Telegraph.
There are certain minor penalties at
tendant upon greatness which no one O
prominence seems able escape. One o
| these minor annoyances may be found IL
| the letters which cranks are continually
| writing. Governor Pattison seems to re-
| ceiye more than his due share of these
| delicate attentions The letters ara upon
| all conceivable topics-political, philan
| thropic, religious, financial and domestic.
| In one letter he is Landed to the skies; in
another he is roundly denounced for al
/ lowing the writer's cow to be taken for a
debt; he is praised for attending church
| and censured for not holding certain pc
culiar tenets of belief which some indi-
| viduaIs consider essential to salvation; he
is asked TO attend, personally, to the real
estate troubles OF many persons; he Is IN
| formed that Pennsylvania will be ruined
inside of a year if the Governor does not
heed certain suggestions; he is told to call
the poor people to the State Treasury and
| give them all the money they need. As
the Commonwealth safe rarely contains
more than half dollar mt time. Governor
Pattison would need to have the money
drawer endowed with the same miraculous
power that kept the widow of old supplied
with an inexhaustable amonnt of oil and
-four. One persistent correspondent sends
| a voluminous letter weekly.
While some of the writers are women,
| the great majority are men. The women
| who write either, send poetic effusions or
| else are deeply concerned in the Governor $
| spiritual welfare. Our readers may be in
| terested in reading few OF these very Gu
rious productions of genius. OF course, only
a lew extracts can be given. The cores
| pondent in toto would make very volum-
| inous work. One fair creature says: Hon.
| Robert E. Pattison-We, who dwell be-
meath the emboldened planets, are often
| wondrously inspired. True, the intellect
has its own particular limits wherein ii
positively reigns and still continues with
magnetic force to enliven the the earth,
| drawing ont of others less capable natures,
wise and stable exertions. This is within
your own immediate jurisdiction where all
OF self dominates with executive right and
| zeal. Shall we expand the genuineness OF
yirtuous resolve in youR It's all satisfying
results as reviewed by Time will make this
epoch the boldest in your lie and shall
radiate your excellence and wondrous
| force, etc.
Here ia another II do earnestly i'm
plore you to write to the Danish King to
help me because of my cruel and injustice
| treatment which some OF you do know. l
do demand that you send me back to Den
mark. / not have treated right have been.
| want to hear from you quickly. One
admirer thus breaks forth: "Y You're man
that is honest and true; by faith we can
trust you again, we find that you are the
peoples friend and will give us govern
ment pure" One good Methodist brother
is much disturbed because his minister Is
''no good at all" He calls upon Governor
Pattison to exercise his omnipotent pre-
rogative, and to send to ca man who
can talk about the Bible and not think he
knows a-sight more than those who
wrote it." 0ne proud parent from Mt
Holly writes as follows: To the Hon. Gov
ernor Pattison: 81 have been informed
that the State of Pennsylvania gives pre-
MUM Of $500 for the birth of Triplets, and
as such has been the case in my Family,
take the privilege of asking you IN regard
to same.
Here is still another style: "DBAR SIR
Il see by the papers that you are coming
TO Lancaster on Thursday-I wish you to
get me . change of Venue while here. DO
not forget to attend to it. This is very
Important" Here is good one: do
not let any body Deceive you in your souls
affairs. | am thinking on different subjects
while / am righting. ON Faiths strong
eagles pinnon's rise and their Passage to
the skies and scale the mount Of god. |
expect you are purity busy these times In
these critical conditions of our country.
people are Getting very Wicked. Hosts of
Sin are pressing hard to draw us from the
Skyes. There is horse in this county that
/ have my eye on. | want to know If
shall bny it, He is q bont yeafs and six
months old he can be bought reasonably
and he is good disposin horse He will
make good work hoarse / think. He can
be broke to travel right well for he is q
good looking .hoarse. | will wait till
hear from you before / buy the hoarse.
please tell me what to do. if / buy the
hosrse / can take some young ladies out
riding. There are some right nice young
ladies here and am ackainted with some
of them" Poor mani We would give
something to know Governor Pattison's re-
ply to that letter, for be it known that
every communication received is duly ac-
knowledged aud answered.