The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-27
HE GIVES HIS VIEWS
j. i. Horton, an Old Wichita Boy, Writes
Characteristic Letter.

j. =. Horton, an Old Wichita BOY, Writes
Characteristic Letter.
john Fisher yesterday received dfae
following letter from ]. p. Horton, an
old Wichita boy, but now city clerk of
Anthony, m which ne correots local
ideas as to the Shcmberg line he'd by
Hank Hiassrmal and others. The let
t5r reads:
Anthony, Kan, Dec. % 1895.
Dear Fish Yours OF the 23rd inst,
. o'clock a m, is at hand, its contents
Gisse and percolated, and ye- I
I'm umzible TO penetrate the dense fog
of ignorance that seems to envelope
yU1r benGsilJted minds TO such an eX-
tegIt that you are unable TO locate the
'SihCmberg line. as you cali it.
IF Hank H5eserm3n thinks tEis line
separates Bucks county, Pennsy.van a,
a-d Posey county. Indiana, or from
Pike coCn'ty, Missouri. ne is fin of
puu1Iss: ami If you knew as much about
English diplomacy and cGpidity as ehe
comm c-est kaffiT-cor-fei Pop does
about OUT system Of national fe-Tuuce,
you UoGild know EiH3t the ShOmberg. or
.Shambu-k' :bne Is a preliminary, self
aijusting and osc:llatsng picket li-e
t.rcwn cut OF the fro-Eier Of British
Guiana % keep the Venezuelans off the
grass.
BET wat is ii to you, any how?
Can't you wait unkil our good p-esi-
dert's commissioc have Ia a chance to
absorb ftat 100000 approp-iat ted before
you rise uD III, and honAwogg. 2 som,
deserving Democratic brother oct Of a
chosce pace at the pie counter.
Lei me suggest to you old &c flee
coolers who ilfest the city blilE11g.
talking fight. shoot, war and all that
sort Of 'ilhi-g, tina. you had better p5rch
up you rscksty old war record CT 1S61-5
before you aspire 10 lead yo1r fellow
citizens into q bloodleSs combat with
tie nclble BrTtons.
IF you have Il for Old Johnny Bull
and want 70 see him 'dtarnally' chaw-
ei 20 ana sDTt ont. why don't YOU rib
up Douglass Donnally 10 muster his ter
rser legions and lape IN upon Canada
With the 'wCir c-y Of 'Er.ngo urunl, ana
'Eplur5bus b-augh.' ard recfte TO him
that familiar toast:
odd Ireland was nation when Eng
lan- was pup.
And 0uiG Ireland Wi. be a Eaticn when
EDgla-d's busted up. &C.
and in a short time old England viii
be wiped off the face Of The earth.
II conclusion let me say 20 you oil
coasters WHO are lowering around the
city bu,3-lIS. Ike b-ZZarSS around
battlefield. waiting wIrh pz-chei
ulsuats for an invitation from 'Tige'
nd Tuck to assist il destroying Ehst
81 ock u liquor stored IL ans a.bo,Jt The
b0ndiny. that you had better wait until
Grover Cleveland invites You out to z
tail-iuwiStirg, before you swell up a-s5
s,cp over with a patriotic th5-s. for
B-ikki gore. You e-Te 4 fire or fl .
allk about war; You had better pu<
down YOU whisky rebellion a. home be-
fore YOU gst any more trouble on your
hands. o. .ycE, are liable 10 bite eff more
han ycg can chew
Il am Informed by & travelling mar
from YOU place that you have a sort -
4 Waller case en- your hands n Wtchi-
"a: zslaf Sc two duSky uTaldens T-nom
you AMI Charley BCrrcws are hoaSin.Z
Z, grSev.cus b0n6age. under the trump
81 up charge Of street walking. 1s-e held
w5sfloOt having elsS a fair court TIT2r-
shat. sad alza1 the Hon Jim Burton
consulate from their ward. has been d.
nied access e tie records.
rAa2s2, I Qus, you Il disgust,
- P. HORTON