Show A tells a rosili TC absolute and Ws last evening me sheet in an article on the free heading room contained the following scandalous and untruthful statement j the writer of these lines knova positively absolutely and distinctly eliat a certain bishop of a certain ward the of which are fluctuating between the third and fifth discouraged discountenanced and disproved the free reading room even the awfully pious and bioly bishop of thy fourth ward lifted up hia eloquent voice in admonition against the free library we believe alic bosses of the other wards followed suit but wo are not entirely sure of that the above was a deliberate falsehood an representative called on stratford today to day to see if there was any foundation for such statement mr stratford however was blissfully ignorant of the fact that any reference to himself had been made by the postmasters ashett the matter was explained to him andic states that when the keado ing room was cirit started he furnished it with a number of chairs and up till two or three months ago has donated toward its support monthly thustle Thus the pos lute and distinct knowledge of the irresponsible editor of the wail turns out to be a hallucination the result of a cuddled fuddled brain or else it is a positive absolute and distinct falsehood which is it |