The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-16
N Il VIZ o n X s M g.
From Our 0lon Correspondent
NEW YORK, March Is, 1870.
New Newspapers.

PunchinelO Is going to make its appearance
next Saturday. 1t has created quite a stir
among the humorous writers of the city and
country, and enough original contributions
have already been handed in and accepted to
fill its columns for the next three weeks. Or
pheus g. Kerr, Josh Billings, Paul B. Shillaber,
Doesticks, and Mr.. Joseph Barber have been
already engaged, and good many sketches and
poems by funny people who are not profession
ally humorous have also been forwarded to Mr..
Shanley. If Punchinelo does not succeed it
will be because it is mismanaged, not because it
has not been provided with excellent material
by excellent writers.
We are to have new daily paper also.
II is to be called the Age, is to be two
cent newspaper and to be under the manag-
ing editorship of Mr.. Wood, at present one
of the editors of the Sun. The Age will be
owned and controlled by Mr.. Rufus Hatch,
and one of the principles upon which 1t will be
conducted Is opposition to the national bank
system. AS l said before, it will be a two-cent
daily, and will very probably cut into the circu-
lation of the Sun. The proprietors of the Sun,
by-the-by, are extremely sorry to lose the SER
vices of DR.. Wood who, for many months past,
has shared with Amos Cummings the principal
editorship of that journal. DR.. Wood believe
to be one of the most arduous and accomplished
plodders in existence. The newspaper he hap
pens to belong to is his god and he loves it with
all his heart, and soul, and mind, and strength.
The result is that he wears himself out and
bears the appearance of q male blonde prema-
turely bleached.
MIR. Greeley and His Visitors.
If the ensuing little anecdote was never in
print before it ought 10 have been, and that is,
the best excuse can give for relating 1t now.
Mr.. Greeley, like other distinguished men, is
yit xyiei nf Ia
easy to get rid. Among them one day, was a
man-an "old subscriber" probably, for it is
generally your old subscriber, like an old friend
who takes the liberty of saying disagreeable
things-who has some grudge against Horace
on account of something that had been said in
the Tribune. So without either standing quite
within or entirely without the sanctum, but re-
naming perched upon the threshold, he COM
menced TRADE of some twenty minutes length,
to which Mr.. Greeley, writing spiders-webs on
the foolscap before him, vouchsafed no reply.
'You've been carrying this game a long
time" said the subscriber at length in despera-
tion, "but I've found you out
''Td rather you'd found me out than found me
at home," answered the calligraphic sage.
"Tve been talking to you all this while just to
tell you what think of you" pursued the angry
visitor.
you've been devilish long time doing it, u
replied Greeley.
''And I've just come to say that you're no
gentleman" added the subscriber, sure now that
he had hit the mark.
s'Who the - said was?" remarked Greeley
going on with his writing.
The subscriber bolted and was never seen In
that Office again, and Greeley finished the article
Git was on farming) as quietly as though nothing
had happened.
Train ut the Bowery.
Mr.. Train lectures every Friday night at the
Bowery. He has had hard work to obtain
hearing space and has not come down to the
Bowery level without desperate struggle. He
wrote to every theatre manager in the city, from
Walack's down to Tony PASTORS, and received
from them all unfavorable replies. Mr.. Wallach
was courteous and cold; Mr.. Booth genial ant
religious; Mr.. Daily admiring but declinatory
Tony Pastor gushing but regretful. Mr.
Freligh, the manager of the Bowery, accepted
on condition that he should provide the usher
and doorkeepers, that Mr. Train should furnish
everything else, and that the money taken il
should be halved between them. The conse
quence is that George Francis crows there NOR
exutantly than he ever did at Tammauy, say
worse things with more applause, and puts fort
more convincing claims of being the champio
maniac of the nineteenth century. If that
his MISSION however, ne brausacIS IL WOuuel
fully well.
Bit of Burnt Cork.
In the latter part of last month Mr.. Edwi
Kelley of the firm of Kelley s. Icons Minstrel
heard of a dear little boy in Boston gifted wit
wonderful soprano voice. Mr.. Kelley
always on the lookout for novelties, and cons'
quently sent an agent to Boston to intervie
the soprano, and If possible induce his paren
to allow him to appear in this city at Kelley
Icons Hall. The agent went and effected a
interview; the soprano was pronounced to
equal to young Coker; he was engaged, al
brought to this city, where the munifcent su
of four dollars per week was paid for his bt
and board Mr.. Kelley and the only Leon then
selves superintended his musical education, al
aboutten evenings ago the youthful soprano mat
his debut in song called "Tuck me in n
Little Bed" The Dear Little Boy was success
the business went up; the audiences applaude
the Dear Little Boy sung to be tucked into bt
every night, and not a woman among the aud
ence but wished she had to tuck him il
At length, yesterday morning week, the De-
Little Boy asked Mr.. Kelley for eight dollars
pay his two weeks board, and also for four dc
lars to buy a change of toilet. Mr.. Kelley col
plied-and that is all that has been seen of Il
Dear Little Boy.
The rest of this story will be found in the ne
number of the Firsside Fraud, price five cent
and for sale by ALI BABA.
SPIRITUALISM.