LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 936, 1 October 1910, Page 10

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

. decline OF birth-rate and , SOCIAL EVIL. Sir,—There is no question that these matters aro of vital importance,' aiid demand prompt'and .adequate attention. All are agreed upou their .terrible, prevalence, and when a-sohool had to. be olosed l'or some timo owing to this, things uro coming to a climax. The question is: What are possible remedies?' Disraeli said, "early marriages." That as soon as a young man leaves his father's roof ho should set to-'work. to. put a roof over someone's daughter. In this way, young couples 'would carry - out the object for which the sexes were created, 'without having had their minds vitiated and perverted by false teaching.., This • also is the remedy given by the Apostle Paul in I Cor. vii„ and in I Timothy v. 14. : But then the whole bias of present-day life.' 'is directly opposed to this—it is deemed' impossible for a young. man to think of marrying, so that, by having hardened his heart against the idea of marrying, because it is so far distant, or by. having given way. to vice, lie really becomes unfit for marriage, and becomes too often ,a social leper. .Then again, in the case of those who .do marry, tho advent of children is not welcomed, because it. interferes with' tho present, '-style of life.Married women too ..often, think"-,it'':dull to be at home all day, and : as the coming of children and their care "afterwards demand this, they will hive nothing of it if possible, so most unnatural methods ■are adoptea, whioh not only keep , down the birth-rpte, but completely and utterly destroy tho whole moral hbre ■of .bdtJf man and woman; so. that conjugal love and attachment become an impossibility. Unquestionably the many pastimes indulged in so dominate our youth- that for these things they live and not to extend healthy vigorous, race. -.-> But it. ; ! is useless to reiterate facts. What remedies'may be tried? I suggest' two. ■ First, have all persons in their early 'teens-. instructed by Godfearing : doctors,. who ■; should . teach both tho religious and physical life of mankind. Second, tho ; establishment of a .national fund so as. to the conditions of extending., the" race just and equitable, so that-unmarried men should bear their: burden in the way of contributing to extend' tho..'nation; by'being: taxed;, in the following way-.—That every man of 31- arid 'upwards shall, pay. one-third -of his receipts, with a minimum of .£25 per annum, to this fundi-and from this fund to give to every couple marrying-in early life .£IOO, plus 25 per cent: of all he miay have paid into the fund, and .£2O per annum sh'afl be pai4 out for every living child until'it reaches about 15. Hoping this may. lead to some practical result;— I am, etc., ■ - , ' ' - ■.-■■' FRED. H. SPENCER. THE WAIRARAPA TRAIN SERVICE,':

Sir,—l .ipan " heartily endorse the statements recently made'by Messrs. W. C. Buchanan; and Hogg, -M.P.'s, , and by the general public of Wairara^a -regarding the manner, in which that district has been left in the lurch'through the policy of the present Minister" for Railways. . In', almost every,possiblo way, the "Wairarhpa. is being treated by,' the .Battway Depart-, inent as if' the district were a waste, and/ its inhabitants persons of no importance; The most venerable aiid decrepit passerif .gor-cars are'features. now of the trains: which cnyivl through tho-valley, and' as the entourago enters a station it often reminds one- of' a broken-down ■ circus; menagerie, ' whose furniture had, seen better days in 'the way''-of paint. Tho difference - between' the manner in which -the-through. trains move up the ; Manawatn 'and the ,Wairarapa ; is .astonishi'iig, 'On' tlie ; .'Manawatuj..the'<trairis move-smartly into I'the"; stations, ' and -.as smartly. mdve; . out again (I. refer .to tlie' Ifew Plymouth-' NSpier/ c.vpr'essesJt' vOn ,■ the- :| ;Waifarapa,' tho roverseMs : always .the-'-case,. and .the: impression is. conveyedthat" time, is, no Object.'. Yeste'rdayi'}on the-7.45' a.ni.vtrain' from ■ Wellington,i y these V> "waits" ;'at. Petone, Upper. Hiitt, • Summit; and; Cross Creek r were particularly noticeable,. Vbut/ overybbdy who travels says that the trains. treat, all;.;the'.stations impartially, in' this... i'ospect.' , Those>; trains are > very »littlel ; faster , than they were when the line was), opened thirty yeai-s ago, a'nd-.one .what is the-cause.' Is the place-, un-; progressive? ' Are -the. towns' behindhand in municipal .entorpriso?-. r Aro ; .tho : in- , habitants lazy? Do the farmers of-.the district : neglect . their areas- and;' produce ■ nothing? 'i.These" questions-: can., all; bo aii'.swered -in' 7 the negative, ■ Feathcrston, Martinborough, : Qreytown,'.;- Carterton; Masterton,';and;,Eket'alvuna .are,.all progressive towns; 'whoso municipalities havb spent ; large, sums -of-..money on modern conveniences/ some of which .are not scon in towns 'ten times their sise in' Australia,; The people '.rire :industrious,- i and:.its farmers produce some of tho best'stock in _.tho Dominion.- : In- this i respect-, ; it ■ is": amusing to read tho Minister for Railway's excuse that,he doesinot 1 count;livd' stock consignments, as .a. factor . in' tho suggestion .for - an, . improved - railway seryice in .tho Wairarapa,- Tho hvo etook consignments are .the result , of -industry; Mr. Millar must admit . this fact • still lie refuses to ; credit tho "Wairarapa with its whole,railway,;, turnover, - which' would show, notwithstanding the; Rim'utaka, one of, the -best bits of payable' line in New Zealand. Then again, look at tho Minister's . astonishing 'rule-of-thumb policyregarding live stock consignments, .in or- • darning, that -in' certain circumstances a consignee shall pay for tho services of an extralocomotive.-:.;,The'' Ministersays either' do this.'or send the stuff by the stock : . train,:. which goes on later. " But, if this is,,done, the stock misses : the Christchurch boat—ergo, why. does the Minister not stot the .stock train earlior? If he had opposition from another'railway line, he would- do; so, but hero wo have, an example of the State' in' 1 - sole possession .of a monopoly or trust, which you doing,nothing for: tiie con. venienc'o .of the peopled Is . .this'• tho manner in, which i the interests- ,of tho people are . to, be 'conserved ?..- If it is'-dv it is. time. the .Minister made way for'a better man—a man who would not make a boast that; his intention rupt hard-working; and enterprising Joo'al bodies if they dared' to - (adopt -. a course - which is in the' best interest- of their; district, Tho Minister' for 'Railways ' declared oracularly that he -intended 'to" make tho Foxton,Harbour, .Board "go bung." Does he intend to try and' do the same thing: with-.Wairarapa?—I am, etc., v.':- . s,;-:-','.., „ , , ' ' SEATHBESTON; . September 26. ; " ; k- •

THE WHITE PLAGUE AND ILLS. ' . , Sir,—Heading in your issue of September 2r the; account of the Hospital and Charitable; Aid Board's meeting, arid 'discussion of the white : plague, leads) mo to inquire; Are wo all deluded about ithis and some other serious physical ■ illri? I have just been reeling a remarkable book entitled: "As it is,/ ..publisljeil in 1907, by. the author, M. J: Kodormniid, MJX, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin,' U.S.A., in which he declares that no disease can tagotby contagion, that.all nuirautine is useless and cruel, and that diseases are not communicated by thoir bacilli, which aro all perfectly : harmless, -/most useful scavengers, nor by any of/tlrtiir waste products.; He .cites the immunity of quarantine .officers and medical men and .others in connection with, his proffered' proofs,, beside the impossibility of any quarantine being, perfect. Ho says:; "I took-an air -pump,' attaohing to iti n tube that could bo entered into the bronchial tubes, and sprayed the various poisons that are. usually found in the air,' such as dried sputa, of consumption and other dry animal and vegetable .matter, After forcing', the various poisons into the lungs, l "and keeping the animals under observation for. weeks and months, there wcro no , harmful' results, except, perhaps, a littlo irritation and coughing for a day or two, lalso tried, by force, to introduce the poisons through tho lungs undor an-anaesthetic, making' examinations of tho blood, afterwards, at intervals. But the. poisons and' germs l oould not .be forced' into tho blood/. . . The experimental work during a number of years, combined with tho many years of professional oxpericnco : and; observation, had so thoroughly convinced- mo. that it was impossible to niako a mistake or do any harm in making tlieso tests, that I was ready to experiment on man, as I wanted to make a record, and make it so strong and so cortain that'l could in-the future meet any and all opposition, or arguments, or tests, no realtor- in what form or manner I might have to meet them. . , I made the

experiments on, seventeen people between of fifteen rind - thirty years, but 1 ill lio instance, could a case of consumption,' soarlet ; "fevor, smallpox, or diphtheria be'. produced; These experiments were niade'.'in the following manner: I sprayed the poisons' of diphtheria, smallpox, scarlet fever, or consumption, into the throat,- oi; 1 had them "breathe them into the. lungs,; repeating fcho experiment m. most: cases wery one or two weeks for'months, .with the result that no disease could; bo developed. Of course, 1 .1 could'not let the patients know, what . 1 was •doing. . , I'. was supposed to be . treating then! for catarrh of the noso or throat. I-'wnnt to here call attention to.the fact! that I did not make cultures of tlieso poisons, and'germs, which is now', considered' ;^so1 ':. scientific, but in reality, is and misleading. I used the genuine stulf directly 'from. the patients, .qarrying quantities of smallpox;arid /scarlet fever scales in my, pocket for, months;; Note the difference between my experiments and the authorities . of■. to-day.. I Tliey. take, the : hypodermio syririge,.and inject the poison into tho blood, whilo- I did rnot. if disease cannot, be':produced .without the .use of tho hypodermic .. syringo the public ,is certainly safe, as no oho has ever seen hypodermic . syringes around in the air, injecting, smallpox -germs' and. diphtheria,"j and consumption''germs; into' .the human body. . ..'•.'let'Mveral hundreds of millions of people', and' most''of : the general practitioners,: have \vith open eyes .swallowed blindlyjVand'v.believe'd j.this' ' unscientific .teaching '.arid "practice'\that. ilia? killed arid ruined millions";'; He gives other than contagion for epidemics : ( whi6h might' be -unpopular;! because the public leans so, on the profes■Mori, apd"histeachirig.\yould greatly reduce the dependence on'professional aid. 5e ta. equally eriiphatic in his .denunciation of •«,, very large proportion -of. tho; operations : jierforined on ; these lines';, especially upon', women and for appendicitis; both of them sources , of..::quiclt'. and: easy fortune. : In respect of' tlie: latter,, ho points - out that tho appendix in theihuman being is. not. hollow, as ; iri . the dog,; which • seems { not. to suffer from appendicitis, but a lubrioatirig gland absolutely .destitute of any hollow wjiich anything could enter, whether : pips',or seeds or ariy : other swallowed things, but to. whieh'inflamrimtion might spread' from the mucous membrane of .the; intestines, thereby " obstructing the lumen, but not requiring" operation once ill- the cases now subjected to tlio; knife, but most simple treatments which' Ko describes, to .remove' tho fecal occasion' of :the intestinal trouble;' and says: "The. priatoriijf'shows that it is an absolute,,' i'mbpssibility. 'for the appendix, in . man 'to.Decotno -obstructed any more than* the glands that 'secreto the salivacari:be' obstructed: by: the food in, the mouth." , This. > go6tqa to set, us. free, sir, to 'cat .figs arid, gooseberries again : without fear. '■. ;■■■• v. 1 I should like; everyone of our legislatorsr ..book, and instituto 'the necessary inquiries'.before .voting ...away thbusands:'iof. of ■ ; the peopled money": on. possibly useless methods . of; ;preventfag'.disease/-''lt is certainly written >by-, a. ttanX;6f - largo medical practico. and abundant .medical diplomas, and British land 'American', training and experience; but; who-, writes as one holding a brifff for tiie public, rather than for tho •professi6n ; ,to, .whioh 1 he- belongs. But. I. >m: whether.'the, book .is on country/ The author, is not a. 'writo'r wlio hos a "nostrum to dispose of.— I amy etc.,'..

_ . PEO 130X0 PUBLICO. . District Health: Officer; 1 tol'wbbmvthe'/AboTO'letter, was submitted, expressed! the. opinion, that, a.'man who •acted''like;.;ljr:,'Kotlermun(l is alleged to.I . have ; doiie be , deprived; of his , liberty, but ;his' v 'olementary knowledge • ajf-'j 'Beared, to'bo so/miich.at.fault. that it was laughable; .Dr.'.Frerigley : wished' to know'; .what'.the "authority-m^ut'when he said;, "15sprayed 'jthepoisons . of diphtheria,'; smallpox,'" scarlet-• fever, ■ or.consumption : into tho throat." "What,".''said <Dr. FrouglejS' "wore the poisons;, of. the : dis? cases?.; There we're' probably.iover:a hurt--dred men : at' the: prosout ,-tim'e; trying to.' dotermine tho .cause', of scarlet' fever—to isolate-the baoilh, if there wns a bacillus.' It' ;was :'the.>sa'mo. with. "diphtheria, '. and. even'coiisumption. 'Jt,.wa,s even now only' regarded., thatthe;. tubercle -bacillus. was jtho canse'.of consiimptioiu but, there, wnis .nothing sure on ;the point;', It was found; that a person whose :snutnm';was;. well! charged withtubercki. "bacilli would do much botteri'under open-air / treatment 'than tho .infected person in whose, sputum: tho bacilli'were we,' If what Dv. Rodcr- v :muiid, said ,was true, :liow does ho account for the presence and spread of what we . call,' contagions ''disease,?.::-His reriiarks. pi} tho , treatment. of appendicitis : were ■ equal-' ly ibesido the, mark.The appeiidix is-hot : alike/in all—it varies itf shaoo.and size, but it is hollow, and medical; men knew it could contain pips, seeds, etc:, 1 for ■ the simple reason. that. they have been found inrthe-.appendices of .people;;.who vhave,: been operjited.upon.c"lf:this.;Avero.;nQt:;so,: would-medical men or. their wives 'CQnsent'lo bo operated on?]- :■

"DO IT GRA-ADUY; MON!'! • A'HOMEIiT LANCASHIEE GOAD. ' ■Sir;— : Among . Lancashire /folk thisstrenuous exhortation is. "familiar .in their mouth's iia .household .words."- It" is often given impatiently, and implies'; dissatisfaction and. rebuke.-' In common English: it.' means, "Do 'it : properly, - thor-oughly,-..roan"!- ' .It comes, with suasive, is.aii inoisive moral thrust 1 that .pricks'-Hhe,'.' heart and hbn-, our)I submit, Sir, that there-are no words more,', apropos to our' versatile Premier and is Cabinet than this appeal. They have ,-essayed-to settle-the"land question, the' gambling dilemma, the ocean mail •route,-;and- ,tl)e:j)ew\j'ajlway ■ routes; and now they- propose to deal, with the -Vaccination' ;A ct, out' in each of : these,. as -in other matters,'/, they."' hear or ought 'to hear, a.;voice behiiid them, "Do it graadly, mon" 1 v.'V'v - '-'-.v. :

• '/Xhey propose*to abolish', compuisory vacoination; r :: ''Will:.'this tardy, act of justice apply. :r to':'all,v,Ciyil;vSoi'vants, : and to" all .who .'e'nter/vthe. 4 army' mid navy service? Hns it conie to this,: that the Government and the peppK.'if. represented by • tho Government,' are.Vso 1 demoralised as. to', be; ofdecision 'of eljaraoter, . too .morally:feeble 'toi follow' thoroughly,, the: law'of. Right?- Has the Government be-cdmo.-.so .ujtoiicated, with ' the , love and exercise of. power that, like the habitual , drunkard,. , itv has lost moral power to 'give. up :.the ruinous .indulgence, and goes, ;in.for. "moderate drinking"?:; ■ Gambling is- a-moral eviti ;who' questions it? Then, given- it up-ill part—banish the" book- 1 maker,, but -keep. :the : totalisator? ; Vaccination .19 : an evil' physically and morally! - -The. conscience- of the colony conand -resists it, yet here again -Vis heard .lhat' miserable, - makeshift,... half-1 doing , a: giving with one hand :pnd: witliolding with the other!.;: .'Compulsory' vacoination is to be abolished, but not If there should bo an outbreak; of. smallpox'. ..-..Thentall' the.offioial ( steam-:. whistlesi' will .scream danger-danger.., l the community—and ' this said oommunity is to, be then-treated -as "dumb-driven cattle"! Yet, cattlo :are not/ always dumb, .nor can thoy - always 'be. I 'driven—', some of.'them, will die first.■'■{ •- ' :Does the Government suppose that the overwhelming'majority of; "conscientious pbjectors" Will'-tamely • submit /to vaccination. in-;what (as;at Christohurch) health : officers'stupidly-deolaro; to 'bo. an-, outbreak of .-smallpox ? Not thoy!' Thoy are made of .firmer ,stuff! . /This'compulsory.:: vaccination - zone, pot'project of. made law,': will be dead as a nail after flie first attempt to carry t out-.at "the -.point of tho bayonet," as it-wero!,- Does anyone.; ask, .Why? "For many • reasons. Your spice only-allows liie to namp one,' viz., that' vaccinating hafe,. per se, utterly foiled to'''profeet from,' smallpox; nay, more, ;it has 1 , diffused it! Allow nie to give dno ihstauco, one pf the most .demonstrativo, and which fpi- that vory. reasons 6 .littlo.bas been heard.or .written about iti It is the; historio instance of Trinidad at'the time tho late Dr. R. H. Bakewell, M.D.-, was. Chief Medical Health Officer. An island; libont . the sixo , of Jersey, and 1 a. population of some 200,000, ..vaccination universal, with many, ve-vac-cinalicns, yet a rnest violent outbreak of ! smallpox—2s,ooo cases, 5000 deaths—the I detailed hospital treatment simply horrible, "and; yet spread tho'idisease. On pago 40. of his'book entitled, "Tho Pathology and Treatmont of Smallpox" (J..and A. Churchillj London, 1872), -Dr. 'Blakeiyell records that in one portion of the island there was no smallpox until au 'onergetic vacoination' officer :was sent, when in a' few weelcs there were 100. cases, arid.lie had. to leave .the place! ■ I > Amid this .terriblp carnage the Nemesis !- of intolerable insanitary conditions, thero wna heard ono true;.witness to tho offlcaey of the eimplo, suro "Nature Curo"| A

stipendiary magistrate living in tlie country, when the members of his own family were attacked, treated them successfully by hydropathy—by the whole' body-pack! Being a benevolent man, ho then treated the natives around by the same method, his success overcoming, their stupid prejudice against water..' Out of 174 oases-he lost only 4, whilst the.fatality rate in a neighbouring district under a medical officer was 45 per cent. !y Here, as elsewhere, as in London,, Glasgow, / Sheffield, and Gloucester, aye, the world over, smallpox, like the vulture, followed the scent of oarrion—the. wealthy,"olean, hygienic areas it avoided, and made direct for the pestiferous, ill-drained, contaminated regions, and filled them" with fear and fatality. , I thus conclude: If our Government passes a Compulsory Vaccination. Zone .Bill, and enforces it,-should an outbreak of smallpox occur, it will be guilty of a twofold gross neglect of teaching and enforcing true sanitary and hygienio conditions, and the crime of infecting the blood-stream of . a. whole community. with a: disease far more to be dreaded'than: smallpox, which is. in truth a "life-savpji'," a. preservative effort of Nature, and this blood pollution a lifelong taint and subtle' , peril. Rejoice with W, Sir! Vaccination is ..doomed! New Zealand leads the nations on to this fraud act of Righteousness and Peace,- of i'eedom arid Justice: .'But let Zealaudia lend on "gra-adly"!—l am. etc.. V, -. EDWIN COX. . Cambridge, September 25.

. THE LAND QUESTION. Sir,—The annual crop of Land-Bills instead of facilitating closer settlement is rather .impeding it. ■ Most of the larger landowners, alarmed at tlio continuous hostile legislation, are intending to cut up their properties, but-while considering and making arrangements to)do:so, another land Bill is introduced proposing .new .conditions l .' I -have a "'property, very, suitable for closer settlement, • but that is impossible" underthe Settlement Finance Act, as some section would have'to bo much over 200 acres to give access and water. Tho proposal to extend tho area to 500 acres .would me§t S' y, case if . the,/valuo was not ' limited .£2OOO. Tho cost of clearing, fencing, sowing, and improving land is over £i per, acre and 'I paid much-:.-more than that for. what I: have.'. I do" not think thoit good quality land, mostly low hills, in a good neighbourhood can be bought for per acre. I would suggest that;the. maximum value should be ,£4OOO and that the average value of the sections should not exceed ,£3000.. This "would permit of an estate being cut up into sections, varying from 50 to '500 acros, and. enable mixed farming to-be carried>on. As you have so ably explained in your, columns, tlio present Land Bill is so obviously unfair to landowners that it should bo, opposed to tho utmost. When the. rent has been Arranged between tho owner and intending lessees, the agreement should . be: accepted :or rejocted ■ by' the Government, and not' varied: except' withvtho consent of both, parties. 1 -..The . proposal to pay only. cent on .the capital amount is" iriost unfair as the ownqr will have many expenses in surveying, 1 ' etc.,'and' securing, lossees; Moreover, it'should be remem-, bered; that ho is losing his cannot get other' land in the; Dominion.: He also has to dispose of.'his stock and plant, possibly on a bad market, and ho gets - no , compensation!: •: Many: business : firms have acquired town sites which hayo increased enormously .in .value.. Tliey have added storo to store , and have : displaced smaller tradesmen: who have had to go to back , streets and are' now struggling": to live. ;lHow would these big: firms like the , Government .to' take tliejr. premises, except perhaps one store,. without , any, cpriipensatiori for disturbance? '.The;' State' many advantages,by-.closer settlemerit and :it sliould- give :fair, if. not gerierons terips.-to ,'thqso dispossessed! ;.Debentures should be issu'ed' to the owrior should' have. Ji.o. further trpuble .with" the pro'-' 'perty.'and. he'conld s'ell if-Jie did not wisli to hold them; The landowners, .". many getting aged; -unable: to .start again'■'as' small, settlers,, should: every, consideration. Tliey,' developed'the ' country,' making .it .fit . for closer , settlement, and. are the survivors of.many-who .went;urider. &nd> lost.;, their' all. and they: should ..not' now .be": pehalised::as thbii'gh' they'weje'un-' : desirables . and criminals.—l. am; : etc.; . ; :' AN APPEAL FOR JUSTICE,

• OUR RAILWAYS'. \'.Sir,--'{h» G:\zotto of22nd Septenilwr 'TencUMii;TO«' : '.tfte •railway l /-' returns.. I ;,for V'tlie s period lending' August 20 last. Yy '}, TheseVrshow' v that £he:..railways v ;dnring' nunciul ' year -.nave increased , what ;■ tie ;Pcpa.rtnlent r.is.; : ]jleased to' : ; term net. fiBOTe.-%;jW,9p7/'.but;oy^ < ptoji.ofv?thisl and '4!i290 ;more' : has. been- cont-ributod^by: ; tho'Nortlx'• Island,. the So'uth-.tlsland havi;- - ing l added/another. -JE4290 -to, the-enormous losses. they •' have'-'previously inflicted;.oa the' Dominion., - ■.-, \ These' focts";-.:ajid. ; ;qthers' I liave dmwiii' attention 1 : to -repeiitly;:.establishthe ;faet; that .Mr'.'. :MillnrV, idea. . x o£'..-®'m'aleirig!: the. : the;,berient' pf ' the; Smith.: How.long:'aire ,\ve. etc; •' v r '. N SAMTJEL YAILE. .jvA'pcktand,'' '''i'-'V-i "Sp'S:—Oughfehot our falling exports to beji ; us? chiet 1 causaVof tlus':-fall ioft'. 'is'.pur. disgraceful.| railway mismanagement. -y '-- . ''• '''\ V'-' I'■ -, ' REV. B. HUTSON. notice, in'''your. issue of -to:day, ,a , -"Reader,".; in' which., he states,\.:l)is :. regret; that": the.'Presbyterian; minister of : Brooklyn has" made: certain'strictures ■ in 1 : ypu'r - columns on the Rev. ;Mr;-iCliapplo,>aud . goqsv on to make certain .insinuations; derogatory ..to.:Bev.. Br Hutson duriiig- th'e/time' he .was•minister of Stratford. ;I- do, not'.wish to ;go .back on', and go ; intb, details :of this ancientcongregational history, i but would simply refer .'•readers,.: to': the proceedings 1 of 'Assembly '.for 1D03,< whcli the .whole .matter .'was gone. into :and a. ; unanimous deliverance, arrived at,'fully, and unequivocally -justifying Mr. Hutson's conduct throughout. 'His reference to the Presbytery iiot desiring go- tpi Str'jitford.' is puerile,, as it is the congregation ,who,' call . their.. minister, not; the l'resbytery. And let mo stato • that should there ever be ,a vacancy in .the pastorate at- Stratford, "and Mr. Hutsoii bo available,.! believe he could have his old. charge back again. I will take no' further notice of "Reader" .unless he signs. his name, which, if he does,' I will follow his example and. give * lum- mine , in retum.-rrl am; etc., . . : '. : . '' INTERESTED. ; Stratford," September '21, 1910,' . : :