Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1871 — More Bad Spellin’. [ARTICLE]

More Bad Spellin’.

That people may fchow what ignoramuses travel through the country obtaining money under tljp false pretence of superior knowledge, skill and education, we. publish the subjoined letters, following cojiy exactly in the use of capitals and punctuation marks and in the spelling of words. letter was written to Dr. Wincgarden and is copied from the Franocsville Local Topicr '' Chicago Aug,, 29” 1871 J. G. Winegnrden 1 agree with you, where your remarks are justly applicaple, but “honest journalist” should be a little careful whom they attaet. The‘‘Ransselaer Uuiior” would notnow publish what they did, and I ad wise you .tb say as little as possible. The “Modi- 1 cal Indipendcnt” ofPliild., Pa. clears that “matter up” Dne is Enough at a time keep hands off. You- would not say one word to me (to my face) that you aim toapply to me and my reputation hi “The Local Topic” Nobody but a dam coward will take siljCh a course,, meet me in public dis cu anion or otherwise hold your tongue. I havib tights as well as you and I shall defend them under nil circumstances f .< Yours J. Stolz nil tii lir ¥ — ll

orthography of late, or Dr. Winegarden’s compassion impelled him to correot it in type, for we had in possession within a week past ono.of the “celebrated physician’s” missives written only about a month ago in which the spelling , woulcVhavc rivaled a Xasby or a j Billings. It was truly unique, not to say energetically fantastic. As this quack who publishes he ! “is a graduated physician” from a j school where females alone were i taught, and who delivers lectures , to married women and girls not fit ! nor proper for their husbands and ! fathers to hear, left an appointj incut to be in Rensselaer during tho : present month, this notice w ill be sufficient for all whoso feelings go out in sympathy towards this dear, sad-eyed, persecuted individual and they will accordingly get their chronic aches and pocket-books in condition to prove substantially and conclusively that their confidenc and gullibility romains as permanent and unchangablc as the unpaid accounts they have contracted with our local physicians. Wc pass to another of these vain-* pires that roam - about the land plundering the poor, deluding the ignorant and criminally endangering, not unirequently destroying, the lives of their simple-minded patients, and reproduce as nearly as possible with types his manuscript circular, adding nothnig and leaving nothing out: f At the Hotell undrsgncd DoCtor Collius is here and Will Treat disease- •-<— - Cronic or nervis flatulence ' labrlng under Jenrel disability Soure Eyes Cured ail accepted treated BuCCessfuly With oui medisinc Charges moderat And yet Collins had. traveled quite extensively in the Northwestern States and wondered that people were so foolish as to be humbugged by Indian doctors. “As though tho ignorant savages should know more about tho sciences of medicine and disease as the college bred fersishan!” said ho.