An Explanation

Ed Coiuikr:- In your issue of Aug. 17th I notii-e&mongynur "county newa"a clipping froui the Ypsilunti S.ntinel, in which the crauk editor of tliat i aper gives me particular fits and calis ine several hard names for havlng recently shot four ''wild" crimes on Portajre Lake. As you pructically indorse hls mouthings, and nmke me out a "miserable wanton wretch" etc., I deslre to sny in gelfdefeiise, that the word "wild" in the item should have read "white," it beinc a typogruphloal error of the Register. These rare and beautir'ul birda were not shot beeausc of my blood-thirsty nature, but in the cause Oí scienee, as they were placed in tlir hands of an expert taxidermist, and now beautify the parlors of three wt'll Iciiown citizcn.s in thU vicinity. If VVoodruff would put on a white chokcr and swallow tail, I am pr sitive he could liet a job as "inisslonary iu the Soudan" as his angelic goodnes renders him Hable to contaiumation in this wicked country. UlUKKTT COKKKSPONDENT. [Of course the srentlemau is entitled to hisexplanation, tlings and all, but if the "cause of scieuce" is advanced by bc-autifying tlie parlors of well known or any other citizens, it wlll be news to the