The Yale expositor., 1895-05-03

but literary tyros and bunglers with
the Kings English and your supposed
genius but a phantasy. Dear Pro bono
emerge from thy Pseudonimic covert
and discover myself to the world.
Fame awaits thee.
Pro bono seems to regard preacher
as mendicant living upon the
charities of the people, sort of pen
sloner as 1t were, upon their bounty
and should he presume to criticize
anything adversely under his immedi-
ate observation, of course, his subsis-
lance ought to be cut off, why not?
Are not preacher, popularity and pelf
synonymous words and is it not the
duty of the preacher to whitewash in
EQUITY so as to preserve the ALTERATION
intact. Yes, the preacher, the bank
er, the merchant, the shoemaker, the
printer, the doctor, the saloonist and
the lawyer all get their living from
the public. Yes the attorney, out of
the quips and quirks and bubbles of
the law absorbs his sustenance from
the same source, and here | would
parenthetically remark, destroy the
liquor traffic and the principal occu-
patton of conscienceless lawyers would
be gone. Enter the Police Court of
any great city and see the parasites
who feed and fatten in the wake of
runs ruin; but Police Court advocates
aside have known reputable (?) law
yers refuse cases presented them in the
interests of law and morality by the
pure and noble womanhood of the
WCTU, the wives and mothers of the
community and accept retainer from
a self-convicted law-breaking saloon
list. A contrary course, no doubt,
"would haye ruined his business.
Yet more, | have heard of lawyers
running around with petitions to have
the fines of saloonists RENTED. Yes,
in the great city of New YORK there
was not lawyer or politician that
would undertake the task of reform
ing municipal affairs, all recognized
the necessity but were waiting the
coming man.. He came, a country
parson from the Berkshire hills and
set himself to the task of cleaning ont
the Augean Stables of New York pol
tics, condition produced solely by
runs rule. Truly "the laws delay
and insolence of office" are the great
woes of the world. Yes, it required
preacher to destroy the plans and
work of trimmers and place hunters
and scourge such wretches from the
positions they obtained, and eyer dis
graced through allying themselves
with 1.-THE traffic which is in league
with hell" and if we believe Gods
word, must conclude that anyone who
gives it the most indirect help is that
far particeps-criminis with the great
evil.
Gladstone says that governing pow
ers should make ID easy TOR men TO do
right. If all who make, interpret, and
apply the law would remember that,
the evils of the world would be greatly
lessened. My dear Pro bono / would
commend to you judicious husband
ing of your limited resources and
counsel you to turn your attention to
something of which you may make
more of II success than attempting to
impale people on the point of your
caustic (?) pen, but seriously, Pro bono
before you again "rush into print
read the fable of "The rat gnawing
the tile", it contains u great golden
nugget of wisdom for such as you.
In conclusion | would offer this sug-
gestion, should your misguided zeal
again impel you "to seek the public
through the press" sign your name and
do not attempt to masquerade under
pseudOnym, as in SO doing you merely
bring upon yourself the penalty of
being pilloried before the public gaze
without even the poor consolation of
being permitted to say, Gle is Of
fensively PERSONAL. There is nothing
personal in this entire article. Again
you seem to be especially unfortunate
in your nom-de-plume, perhaps there
is after all something in the claw of
/ once saw that classical
cognomen through which the protec-
ton of the interests of the "dear
people is sought, and an alleged de-
Tense of "our neighbors and friends"
the council presented, doing duty over
a saloon door. Perhaps the proprietor
of that saloon established his business
'for the public GOOD, at least he so
said, and surely the phantasy possess
ing Pro bono that his vaporings may
result "for public good is at least as
innocent conceit and harmless hal
lucination as the one the saloonist in
dulged, when he thought to catch
customers by approprating the same
title. In closing it would seem | must
either use its consort Nox pOpuli which
has so often done duty for cheap
or sign my own name,
always, j. f. II. HARRISON.
p. 5. | don't think the public would
be interested in anything farther from
Pro bono publico, but perhaps it would
accord with "the fitness of things" for
the council TO present an article with
signatures of al affixed disavowing
any responsibility for such drivel.
No doubt such course would be
highly defensible, that is, if they con-
can; but if they really did
persuade him into writing such stuff
ignores the pity" j. f. II. II.
Land For Sale.
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