St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-30
RosAlID TOWN ,AnURsDAf soaNING. srrrtNBfa 80 1853

ri II 1.sk
asteiiflnk ss'1 argucI 50 fayorably in behalf
of p ahssls1 slat a benevolent genffcnau
81 th#t xlty. Mr.. john b. Seaman. -v.aun-
ftess = t.eiFay the youths expcIscs et T,.inr
s,ilekss lie sssfef was gladly accepse-l. s..,:
PayW ak lis departure tor. Albany in sloop
in esisa - nd h;s friend and ki,rd adviser.
tie <sz&ktd American Novelist. Cbarles
Bruc Dfnwn. The bhnkrsp,s:y of Ii.
father Tpehe Payne to insist uposl tryisa
The kka - means .af sllpuEt aisa-vfnas-
much ]. = i,.A already dls5sxaei IlGstriorie
cslEsaz@s q 1ltaiEed the cansessf = lis
parent aud Iatf6ss md Having q s7ece nlass
his first appearance at the Park Theatre a
Young N"rval, un the evening Of Fcbruavs
oath, 1909 in his sixteenth year. The per
lnrmance. like those of the whole enragr-
mcnt, was highly successful He Subsequent
ly fulfilled engagements in the principal
cities of the United States. In January
1913, he sailed for England where and in
France he remained until the year 1892
when he returned home. ofthe varied sccn...
III which lis life was passed on the island
aud Oh tie continent, I'VE have not the S,.ace
To write. An account of the TRANSACTION
which resulted in The c,Hn',">.inn tina; : S;tna
wherever the English tongue Is spphcn. must
not however, I've omitted.
When Charles kcuille 10 an. manager n
Convent Garden. he nix" his pr r.dcc,.S~,r. az.
pied to Payne for all. Payne offered Il.
new manager number If manuscripts h.,
93Se. The odd thirty was the yalu:
SIT opposite the li"c" afterwards ,allc
'Ciar. kemhlc cl,.>nd with The uIcr. .n,
produced this piece. which 1T lis request
the author hal converted into an opera l.
made the fortune "t evcrv ole prominently
connected with il, except the usual -xr",,ti.a
in these cases-fhc auth"r. 1t @ainc,I fu
Miss NJ. Tree ithe cltcr sister of MrS. Charlie
kean.l VINO first sang Home. Sweet Home.
; wealthy husband, and filled the houSe anC
treasury. Upwards oi one hHwIrd t.o"san,
coptcS 81 the song We're estimated in 1892 t,
have been sold hv the original publishers
whose profits within two years after II wa
issued, are said to have amounted H. M.
thousand guineds.
After his return 10 the United States
, Payne issue! the prospectus If pcfi~lca
which was to appear simultaneously in Eng
land and the Unted States. The rrospec,u
of eight pages was the only part nt the worl
that ever saw the light. lie subsequent,
became Il contributor IT, the Dc,n,r9,',, r..
nent Of Consul To Tunis, died thcr,. il I~52
he e''''E ny which he is best known, appear
ell originally as f,ilnws:
HOME, SWEET HOME.
MID pleasures and palaces though we NAV roam
SuIl, be i; ever so humble. there's no plac, ia
Eom-:
A charm from the skies seems 10 ilaliow II ,t-r
Which, z" through ihe wrrld, you'il not Mce
elsewhere.
Home. Home,
Sweet Home
There : 10 piace I.ii. home
inereS no pace i.ne nome.
An exile from home. pleasure da7zes in vain,
Ali give me nav lovely ihaichcd cottage agf.n:
/ The birds singing sweetly, har came :" my call
Give me Them, ara that ,.eace of Inind, deare
than all.
Home. home. &c.
MANY songs on whose composition far NOR
! time has been eGip"ve,. than was ever slcll
on this. have faded from recollection. not tina
they were destitute of merit. but l"ca,lse the
! failed IL awaken tnat thrill of the heart wr!
Is the true measure of the power Of music iEo,
different the fate o: this ballad Written wit
nothing Of the delights ci home about him
but the recollcctions of its hone!incss. It's ct
! tage thatch. and its birds. the author strur
the song with chords whe-e tones find a res
! ponse in every heart that ever had or dreame,
nf a home. This simple lyric i known al
over the world. and dnuhtlc<s salutcd lis an
/ thor's ears in far "ti Tuni> He one" hear,
it sung 10y fellow captive Will" in Londor
prison, aud sighed Tor tie freedom of the bird
of which he had written. In the parlors an,
Suions Of the great; the rich and the f:,sLiolia
Ole; III the simple ahoie cf the humble, tn
poUr, and the afflicted; by tie way>lc in th
concert hall. at midnight in the screna,le, a
morning aud at evening Ia the street, an,
through open windows. i heard tins song
which will hc remembered as long a>the Ian
gtiage remains in which il WAS written. Still it
author wanted the leg If mutton while L"ndvl
WAS dissolved in tears by his lvric and lie 10
only lost the twenty-five pounds wlich wa
TO have been pa, him for the copyright ol tn
opera IN which the SONG Appeared ,n th
twentieth night of its FeI torurancc, but va
not even comPlimcuted with a copy Of his OWL
ballad by the pubiisher.-T:oy Wig.