Litchfield enquirer., 1857-08-20
Advertising.
Peck vs. Butler.

THE GREAT NOTHING TO WEAR CONTROVERSY. From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] Mir. w. A Butler, of Trinity Square, Has published popular poem,
 Called |" Nothing to Wear,"
 In which he lays bare The nonsense of fashion and ladies fair, Undertaking their folly to show 'em.. Now this popular poem has had great run, This poetical Butler hlt just begun Tu be purfed and praised and lion'zed, Honored and laureled and ldollzed,
 By ladies fair
 Who had " Nothing to Wear," And their husbands tGo who had nothing 10 spare When all at once a certain young Miss, Who, 1t seel,s, had once oecn affected with this ew-fdshlon'd complaint of IN othlngto Wear," Come out in print and proceeds to declare That she wrote the popular poem ln question, Or at least that twas written at her suggestion i; That che penn'd the first and the finishing stan
 
 Of this most successful of extravaganzas; That she lost the Ms. one day last year, When out ln search of something to wear,
 And she cts Us Infer
 That thls Mr Butler Picked up the fragment when out for the air, Far away from Trinity Square; That he added, multiplied and divided, Used all the arithmetic to eXlend It. Interest, rule oi three and satisfaction, And even little ot vulgar fraction- And then hhd the imPudence 10 send 1t NIlh all the lines that just colnc tded With those of her own illte fugitive poem, To an edltors' voom without daring to show 'em - Which were his and whlch were hers, By saying that ali were hs-Butlers. Now this Mir. Butler, of Trinity Square Proceeds most soemiy to declare That the lady (Miss Peck) who had dared to This charge which puts lis credit at stake, Is wrong-lhat m fact she Iies-under mis- That she's following plainly mere pa'alogy, (Which means " false reasoning" See, ii y,u please,
 Your Webster or Walker among the P's;) That in all the Butler genealogy, Not one, no matter what his station, Had eer been accused ot Peck-u.ation: That if hls poem reSemb!eJ nerS, As she, or rather her father, ayers, It isn't plagiarism or stealing, Nay, it cannot even be called double-dealing, But it's only d case of Buler's Analogy.
 Now it may be
 That E. and Miss r. Are both iu collision to advertise This poem that caused 50 much surprise; Tha, Butler, sitting near Trinity sleepIe,
 Plainly asplres, Or rather desires, To sell at once both the poem and peope- For out of this row throug houl the nation He has some fortunate expectation, And may g,ve her share of the speculation. But MT. Peck most solemnly swears- No, he does not swear, for that would be, With one who clerical garment Wears, !. shocking .h.ng-but this NIT. P. Stlil persists and stlli declares
 That his daughter talr
 Wrote Nothing to Wear:" And really, to read the lAdy's verses, Which her pa in his published letter rehearses,
 One cannot but see That the poet B. Writes strikingIy like the fair Miss P.- Like hef in his thought and style and phrase, Like her in his hits d, fashion and pleasure, Like her in rylhm and various ways, Nay, he even writes in good Peck measu.S All things considered. the publ will think That Butler has sadly misused his ink, Ina, horse-s,ealing' not sny worse nowadays Than stealing Iady's fresh young bays Nay. they'll! cali hun a jackdaw aud pluck from
 his sides
 The plumage that all his deformi.y hides, And mob hun from Madison to Trinity Square Crying "Nothing to wear! He has Nothing ,e
 Wear!"
 To prevent such dire and distressing exposure And avoid any further unpleasant disclosure,
 We would offer 10 B
 As well as Miss F., \ sober and friendly piece of advice, That iffollowed will settle all things :n trice
 Friend B., be wise
 And open your eyes
 To the wrong you have done both her and you Then offer the lady "a compromise, As your betters have not blusned to do. For the sake of your mutual reputation, As well as to silence this great sensation, This Nothing-to-Wear" most terrible strife, Just offer her Something to Wear for life. Two such clever souls should be more thai
 friends, For, divided, the honor of each has a speck, So come out like man and make her amend. For cen should you be hen.pecked for your lii. You will have wit and poet for wife fes, B., cry "Peck-avi," and marry Miss Peck
 C. P.