The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-23
/, Open Letter Re-
~ Lived we'd From DR..
I. M. Rhodes.
I. r....s. Lake waterways
contemplated improvements
ana the 'o mad. Made Him Quar-
fOy irwin City Ta'es'

10 all Wnom nortiiy that dreams are ro%o
Thsis 10 cer' ,:cts. Well, had such a
timer O tbe other night, when pnn p pa
dream VI iancied saw a NED bnme that
sws111h, sd been away from nUl and II
day. ra aIS9sx " DIsEAsE-DiPh,
sid, y Rut between the lines l c9nia
TERRA n Du physicians must ia
read as lo''1 Quarantine our State-germ-
Card anu IshIshments-they are INCL
esleu " m for the purpose Oh prlne INK
ts Saut RICH m HARVEST for iMpEcoNioo' AM
s sTysaY N. D,'s. ~ .o,up OF pLAcARDs. |
ORDER s sso WHITE sHEET-whi'e you
saw ablamatico of innocence ana pur'
know :. 'nas in fact DAILY NEWS PAPER:
ity-n w." ! road that the state Board Oh
ana on ,a ~ If Michigan, had recently helu
Hs-calu1 ,nNIRATIoY Society Meeting'
ANU ANU their Mathematician had maue
a A., ,or them some WONDERFUL cacula
wv. W., ~ on the saving to the stare III ooLp
uon' t Vh State has no soul you know
sAsu ' ,hs nrofits on the difference between
pens ~, and DEAD ANGEL, in value TO
s ,S,o,s tbey say about $500 piece
~, ls - ara they whose bodies come out Oh
ys.oodnO establishments not entirely
eaten up by germs, orsr,rr wr,rru
wben MApE-if MADE AT ALL-Dy the
s sur (no swearing intended) state
u uaahinos that now exists A business
wbieb unsupported by proper ABoR-
WE erR,uclDAL treatment would depop-
r an the state in few decades, forthere
S ~s' more germs and deaths by germ dis
ssses today than ever before, | must
have remembered TO haye made IA similar
romark when | was awake:) and this
wben hacked up the strongest CAST IRON
law that could be made. Law-suggest
Iscislators-thoaep poor fellowstbat have
ali had rings in their noses and the said
hoard has had hold OF the other end OF
the rope.
The State Board proclaims n GOSPEL
OF PEACE to germs, and the Legislature
atsa Law to it. IL then becomes the
Law and Gospel unto us mortals.
Twas passing house the other day
and AZ the sound of the a-carding ham
mer died away heard from within dis
cordant sounds, one was from the my
RAIDS OF germs. They seemed to say
Thanks, dear Protectors, Thanks. But
the louder sound was human voice
the voice Of the germ-filled, suffering
patient. which uttered this wall of wo'
and anguish: Farewell, vain World
Farewell, it may be for month and il
may be forever, good-byel" Weeks hav'
passed, the pla-card il there-I dom
know whether the patient is or no-'
guard-man with mDurnful look still
PAGES in front of the pla-card.
Idreamed this alsG-would it b
thought sacriligious il | ASKED the sai'
board to secure the services OF the sail
Mathematician to figure up what tn
people OF the great State OF Michigan
and the other smaller States, and tn
world besides, would GAIN II the "ABof
TIVE PLAN OF TREATMENT FOR GERM Di'
eases, WAS ENFORCED ut never will b'
come GENERAL unless IL is thus ENFoRCEI
and IF 1T SHOULD PROVE to be A DEN
ONsTRABLE FACT. Now think, IL MUS
HAVE been the MATHEMATICIAN Spir
that spoke q am certain il did not con
rom any 81 the State Board fellows
ION, LIFE Is TOO SHORT for such work
and too many germs around these day
and they would SURELY go for me.
And then, as it were, had "A sPIRiTUA
VISION, and saw ALL ALONG the roa
reading to HEAvFN-and the number x
ngthereafter the abortive treatment W,
auOpted-DIMINISHED SO ABRUPTLY-MoI
THAN 10 to IL mean of those goiI
thffe PBEMATURELY-(we all expect
20 there sooner or latter, you know,
tnat | yelled yell OF delight and
aw0ke me.
these r,fiectiOns and visions did m
SCARE ME MUCH Q am not easily irigt
ened but 1t did set me to thinking of Z
good things | had done) had, you 9,
amutual admiration meeting by myse
am0ng other things, remembered go,
ou hymn used to sing some 80 yea
ago, which being paraphrased little
'~ no poet) sing again now to-wit:
HOW long, dear State Board. oh, how 10,
snail .llls germ breeding, death perm
nm, ung-law appear.
"Vn round We legislative wheels of tir
Anu bring the COMMON sense. life-sayil
\, germlcidal year.
MORE REFLECTIONS for these spe
aaye been on memore or Iessfor 20 yea
a %;a over. Now this is an age OF wbe
oGeycies) and other "fads"-but wHEr
mwNfLVENcE-l mean now, you scrat
ne anu VIII scrath concentrating II
V0.sNcnlng' anditching, itching palm
IT, e,s common complaint now-a- da
lo~ oI.a'e Board says to it's MINIoNs
~, az, W US and we will be loyal to v,
m" KEEP up our germ-breeding establi
oIa 'I az iong as we can. and il we KIN
nr;n. oe'.er way will not suggest it
r mr ~ And the great State Uniyersit
r,c . uea' olu mother-ene OF the sCIrN
de.s VtIVRE TESTERS YoUKSow, says "
m" mo. ooys don't use too much &C
vo vu sense and try to see anything W
ndeural eyes, we have begotter
mr.. FAMILY OF YOU, and of course
; nor " not Interfere with the .Rjch- Br,
tionas s'aollshment-H arvests'" - m
irom nea neiore. Forshame, oh gentleu
civ ~ sop 10 bottom. there is more du
estv aau sclence-more greed than h
tenes u tois whole matter. This last
avail was written when was '
Drrr ~e' ana the "FEAR OF GOD" AND
'n ONLY BEFORE MY EYES.
Dated m L. M. RHODES. M. !
hancock, Mich, Dec. 10, IL
m, s-S-s
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