The Union And Journal

Notwithstanding we have so many times stated in this column, and keep the notice standing under the "imprint," that we take no notice of anonymous communications, in fact, that we rarely read them, we are almost daily in receipt of such articles designed for publication. With some it seems to be a weakness to write letters without a signature, always a disrespect to the person receiving it. As a sample we may mention a letter before us, from some friend in N.H., giving an account of the exercises at Commencement, and closing by saying, "As you are an Alumnus, I hope you will be here." Signed "n." Now we do not know "B" from a side of sole leather, and cannot acknowledge his favors. These remarks are called out by being yesterday accosted by a worthy citizen who felt slighted that we had not published an obituary notice sent us by his wife, to which no signature was appended. And we have made this repeated explanation, because others may have wondered why their favors (if they had been signed) did not appear.