



Produced by David Widger





PECK'S SUNSHINE

By George W. Peck

Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis.,
Generally Calculated to Throw Sunshine Instead of Clouds on the Faces
of Those Who Read Them.

Belford, Clarke & Co. - 1882.




"NOT GUILTY."

Gentlemen of the Jury: I stand before you charged with an attempt to
"remove" the people of America by the publication of a new book, and I
enter a plea of "Not Guilty." While admitting that the case looks strong
against me, there are extenuating circumstances, which, if you will
weigh them carefully, will go far towards acquitting me of this dreadful
charge. The facts are that I am not responsible, I was sane enough up to
the day that I decided to publish this book and have been since; but
on that particular day I was taken possession of by an unseen power--a
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