The sun., 1900-12-14
rnr ,ss,rir q, rrr ~ yrw yonK.
some suvsesto.. 10 Dishop Potter b, q
NlInarr Of No. NltaInIn

| somr suss~stios. To ulshop Potter h, q
iiuaarr Of west virginia
! In tuE Enron 49, Tur srN ,u I see
that Bishop rottor i. making an orort ~ rid
! or grcli metropolitan ci'y ~ ao'ro ~ the
! moral MN that has became stencil IN IN"
| no~tril- " tho4" Who have noses sufficiently
, deiicato to d"ieoi ruch thuga u ls pleasant
| 10 hear ~ men who have such olfaotorios,
I and, especially. of mon who viii rRkc q de-
tcrmincd. practical protest against moral
nli-anocs
Bishop Potter ha, not askol mo 90 give
| advice. nor called upon M" 20 JOIN him IN
his councils and for tho good reason 10 did
not know that was In existence Though
un1sk"d and unknown. It viii appear upon
the surface of this communication that
albeit mountain villagcr and 500 miles from
New York. | am justified in, intrudIng
myself upon his attention, that and others
are concerned in what he IL doing and how
he IL doing IL As emerge from the unknown
aud unhcard Of. wearing The carb Of a noun
taineer and villagcr, he doubtless would
think ought TO confess myself ignorant OF
city affairs. but | know he will be as willing
TO forgive me for my ignorance as he has
Willingly forgiven the imaginary Tityrls. IS
Patuio recubdns sub togmine 'nOi. he confessed
himself ignorant In imagining Rome Ike
unto other towns and cities
| am afraid there Is too much Scotch per-
slstency in maintaining opinions for any
one to hope that will some time confess
that my village Is unlike New York and
its pig nuIsances are unlike the city
nuisances you have TO deal with. So. my
dear Bishop. think Of me as n citizen with
nose sensitive TO bad smells. and among
n people who persist in having pig pens.
ThA lla GA haa la, rip ha ok NIL
ness Of these pens. and when pen be-
conner offensive my nose easily detects II:
and for my own comfort and the health Of the
neighborhood, I set about abating the nui-
sance My first step is TO visit the keeper Of
the pig tell him Of the offence and that he
must remove Il. | generally succeed In
accomplishing my object by these simple
steps But II he. through forgetfulness or
otherwise. does not sweeten things. ] COM
plain to tho Councilman who looks after such
matters. and rarely have to go beyond him.
The few rare cases are marked by attend
ance upon the Council. and, with a few
friends, making the Council understand
that we mean business. when they carry out
our wishes or give us reasons for not doing so
IL would be bad policy to begin snuffing
my nose at the smell. saving TO every passer-
snuff'nR and oxcaming and finally TO pro-
claim the nuisance in our village papers Bad
POLICY Tor We would arouse all The pig men IN
the Ni,laEe, put people 10 shunlng VINO had
noses put no sinell,hs power, ana Ten 70 one
our, nuisdhNe Wouiu pc Noteu hoh-eNistcht
dhi !,e pig eNll Would spread In our NiliHee
ana uhe Eililt"r7 N other villages ana nam
nI9 M"uIl ncdr OF ~ ,uhn tin PIE nuisance
"1lIu n',CoIr N. Il1r'dinln ,tcreaseo
Now; my uear BISHOP whal nave Wrlt,eh
h@oout @ III ps nul-anoe II. our Elllhee, appne'
teHhi".S, efeiI ~! VI tile N..up''hIuou- nuisance
~ oo lpunu @ y, ai, ti,e ihrirol,oIls oi heLI.h
,pu oIiu your !.IiJM WorhelS must 20 qulely
y" W., any a.tach ~ .'e .Nus Wnere th.y uro
pdtsht' snI % ocu ~ vi noi 10 arouse ana COM
% u%iuo an Snp alS IuS.eIinR tnerni anu tnose
wiz "io u.t.i 81 ..ru ,niirru lot to ete ,henl. lou
mius t LII, 81 =, o."o,y herp 20 !our woIk, re-
i'S &c. i o.ei @ ~ 'snance anu Voi-
tt,n, ,ira"ainS iS III I'm lne pI'" oi cieah
hTio, e 1s ,ii, 'Lako, h, Oh .lean city. 49,.
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t a, ~ % Ill II ~, " u.'pe " ", vi. - ~
nUhiia,inn IN ,nti,Ts, 'Its ehH ~ ior osai
burst anJ ;ha II Io,,, ot ~. IN
a,i "H iSaas ,i ., 'irSSoMi, toi'.u,'ee gave .no
WI, ,nn,,'e 49,, 81 ~ ~ nIiaulies anu ~" 20 caIrg
ani''' ~ ou' ""''n 'heS he'ei "ouio nave hau
i "a aI>um Nnr w W W Ir,rrt 70 q triai men took
II IL ~ ~ ~, ~. ,ttS anu me evL lnat was
Vie n'uu,Iinoii @ nu 're Mnoir c9u,liry no ns
W. pt u"' ri.I ~ w. ~ iiai ol I,.ehry
a.. IT, eh'lt t put ,., w, "n"ie counlr! at the
im Il imo 10 ~ enn ,ii99 JiIte9 I.sen JURY. peotue
a. ' a., IL IL, Pn ~ p piouueulnes an3 could
in ia tbonpht iessness and NJ "hn a,I ,neI
ns1ca ~, trIai IN ~. ,arsnr u - ~, @ .nt pas'1ra
oIUtt on lTlil III lnf person OF Beecher. Il6