The following excerpts are from an article written by a reporter for The New York Herald and published in the March 5 issue of that paper.
"Pleasant View, Concord, N. H.
"Saturday.
"Editor New York Herald, New York.
"Dear Mr. Editor:—A representative of the Herald called to-day to inform me of the rumor that I had deceased some three months ago. This is an oft-repeated falsehood. I granted him a moment's interview, hoping you would refute this rumor in the next edition of your paper. I am in my usual good health, drive out every day, and attend to my regular business.
