Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-09
GA Elliot ST. 5-24-'05.


GA Elliot St. 5-24-'05.
Editor Crane:
CPersonaD If you please:
GA. II. Harvey
please word same, or not publish.)
Mrs. A. II. Harvey Is in New York
City (Which Is not so foreign to many
of us). but the Central Thought" is:
her young grandson. Leon Simonds
Harvey, jr.
II so published. want 10 papers;
in fact. please send over and collect.
A. H. H. 81 Elliot.
The foregoing did not strike the
editor of the Reformer as exactly
plain. and he sent the following reply:
May "a, 1905.
Mr. A. H. Harvey.
ga Elliot ST., Brattleboro, VT.
Dear Sir: Your favor of this date
is at hand. l regret to say that We
cannot accede to your request to pub :
fish the item "as written or not at
ALL" for obvious reasons. The Re-
former is published for the purpose of
giving our subscribers the news
worded In such a way that all can
understand what the news Is. The
wording of your item may be such as
to make it interesting to those who are
familiar with your family. but 1t Is
not Ineligible to the general public.
If you can rewrite it In any way SO as
to make the meaning perfectly clear
to any reader avoiding any illusions.
humorous or otherwise. that do not
bear directly on the item, We shall be
glad to print it to suit you.
In case you do not care to do this.
we will simply print that Mrs. A. H.
Harvey is in New York city. which. |
confess, Is as much of the item -
am able to understand.
Very truly yours.
Ephraim H. Crane. Editor.
Friday morning when all hope of
hearing from Mr.. Harvey had been
abandoned, this letter came:
ga Elliot. Town.
Yours reed. Somewhat surprised.
1t seems you wish to stick to the
old time way-"John Smith is paint
ing his barn" Thanks. that we all
think different.
DOUBTLESS Mr.. Harvey means to
say Thanks. We all think differently"
II so. thanks be. The way Of Horace
Greeley is still good enough for us.)
I enclose Mr.. Hawthorne's words.
(This refers to a clipping from the
New York American Of special ar
ticle on walking as an exercise. by
Julian Hawthorne. We do not know
why. Perhaps the hidden significance
is that we ought to walk over to 81
Elliot and see Mr. Harvey.) Please
read the punctuation. (The meaning
of this would puzzle a Bacon Shakes
peare Suddenly OF course you have
read it, (not guilty. but you don't
seem benefited by same.
You say. very sarcastically. l think.
1.-THE Reformer is published" etc.. |.
e.. as IL I had written cloudily.
(Seems to have no trouble in getting
the point Of our letter)
l wrote: (here the item above is
copied at length. with notation in
dicating that our objection may be
to the phrase in parenthesis. Which
is not so foreign to many of us.O
What is in the above purporting to
be humorous, ETC.? more stupidity
on our part. Every fool who fails to
understand what he reads thinks it is
a joke.)
1 write for the N. Y. Herald. but
never had such rebuke. Just got
check for 5000 from that paper (This
must be a mistake in the decimal
intended for $4,000
However. we will friendly be. (cheer
up) if We think words, as intended to
De. are Inherently ici'. NDio"hi~
couldn't beat that)
Respect. A. H. Harvey.
Having reduced US to a sufficient APP
probation of our own ignorance. Mr..
Harvey goes on thus:
Gater)
Mr.. Crane. in my hurry. & advice.
don't ask what it means) l will saw.
YOU will never be arrested for libel.
You are safe. You have not the vim
for New Thought" young as you
are. but the "old luggage-John
Smythe had a COW that died. | will
meet you i'm debate any public place
and shame your impotence.
A. H. H.
Now. isn't that mean? Harvey
knows We can't accept any such chal-
lenge. When he has saved up enough
from his salary on the New York
Herald staff to buy the Reformer, he
can print his items in the style OF the
New Thought" Meanwhile we'll |
shuttle along.