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Show the people of the county, will be jj pleased -to see the doctor here at any tuje, a:.d nope Ins proposed lecture will j et be delivered through out this county. Ed. Dr. Charles Ellis Explains Why Ho Did Not Bleet Ei3 Appointments in Sun Pete, and Answers the Ephraim Tribune Tri-bune Correspondent Salt Lake, Feb., 27, 1S91. Editor Register: I enclose a "slip from the Trib. of this morning. It is the first word I have heard f rou' Ephraim. A week ago to-day I wrote to Pres. Peterson cancelling my appointment ap-pointment at Ephraim and in fact everywhere. Mi. Jadsen,of Gun-uisn, Gun-uisn, wrote me of the prevalence of pneumonia and diphtheria and the danger of being out in the cold mountain air, I was already suffering from cold and concluded not to go j to San Pete until it would be safe as 1 to weather. It was fortunate I did I so, for I have been entirely unfit for work the last 7 days, having that indefinable in-definable affliction called "I. a Grippe." I am sorry the Trib. correspondent was disappointed, yet if I had been in E. as announced, an-nounced, the man who is too great a coward to sign his name, would have been equally too great a coward to come out and "take his medicine." med-icine." I will try him one of these evenings. Respectfully Yeurs. Charles Ellis. Editor Tribune. Being that you seldom sel-dom hear from San Pete, a few words might be of interest to you. We are having all the snow that could be desired, and everything looks as if a good crop of grain would be raised this season, but we are not having all the lectures that w e desire. The Register published a notice as follows: "We taki pleasure in announcing that I)r Charles Ellis will give another frae lecture lec-ture in Ephraim on Friday evening, February aoih. A hearty invitation is extended to all. The subject to be treat ed is "Libeialism." The day and hour came, and the people were on hand to hear something from a stranger about " Liberalism" but the Doctor did not show up. Now, we d m't km w how to ac count lor this. Could it be that the Doc ter thought that the lecture would be as advertised, "ftee?" Or could it be on account of some ungodly Gentile having posted a clipping from the Tribune in the drugstore window, explaining what the Docter was, and that he was ashamed to meet it? The last we heard fiom him he was in Manti, He may be working in the temple for the dead. There is money in it. ukum. ' Ephraim Feb. 25. 1891. The letter above referred to never did reach Pres. Peterson, hence the assemblage on the night announced for the doctors lecture. It was a great . disappointment to those who came to hear the lecture,though they were not entirely unfortunate as some very good impromitu speaking was done. The Register, with the majority of |