For some weeks we have been reading a continued article in your paper on “The Bacon Chapel neighborhood,” written by J. H. Pollard of Clarence, a gentleman who lived a short time near here. As correspondent to the Herald from Bacon Chapel, we took occasion in a short sketch two weeks ago to criticize these articles in a friendly spirit, owing to some mistakes appearing in said articles. We noticed last week, he not only takes exception to this but responds in a rather rough and insulting manner, claiming if he could find any evidence as to the fact that our father ever did anything greater than farming he would in the course of a hundred write-ups give him (my father who is the oldest settler in this vicinity) some notice, otherwise he would receive no attention. We will say for his (Mr. Pollard’s) benefit that while our father never held any public office greater than school trustee, or never ran a “one-hoss” grocery store, he knows more in a minute about this neighborhood than Mr. Pollard ever did, or will know. He doesn’t have to get it second handed either.

Mr. Pollard has branched off already on to people, who never even made a success of farming or anything else, but securing a pension. Mr. Pollard intimates that farming is beneath his notice and still he was practically raised on a farm. Great guns of America! Think of a man, who never filled an office or anything else but captaincy of a Calathumpian parade with any degree of success, deriding the farmer.

If Mr. Pollard will take a trip to South Missouri or Oregon, he will be in a position to write up a community right. If he will come down some of these cold bad days, our father will stop farming long enough to give him some information, that will enable him to make his articles not only interesting, but correct and complete.

This vicinity has had as citizens some extra good men, Mr. Pollard and his father among the number, and it was by my father’s help that placed some of them in office so high above the farmer. Hoping the articles will continue for a full hundred and that all but farmers will receive a notice, and promising to read them all, we are

Respectfully,

H.S. CARROLL,

Lentner, Mo., Dec. 16, 1901