Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-03-01

The clnoinnau Kaaiirr Of February IS
contained the following paragraph
"a note from two orthros constant readers
requests ua 10 re-publlsh the poem entitled
Beautiful Snow We have no recollection
OF ever having published such poem, aud
we doubt whethor there Is one In existence
bearing that title There must be q mistake.
II any person now living can put US on the
track OF beautiful Snow we will be obliged
y The next day the Enquirer contained the
There isa poem entitled Beautiful Snow
We have reason to know Il now u We never
had before. We remember reading II some
ten years ago. That must have been shortly
after Meesrs. Faxon, Watson, Major eigOur-
ney, Professor Yenable, Enos Reed, Dora
shaw and one or two other unfortunate por-
turned il out upon the public. We always
admired H. but, consldehng the number Of
people engaged In ia construction, II Isn't
such a remarkable production. However, In
Difference 10 public opinion, We have reli-
gioualy Published that poem every winter,
from that time to the present. ln our edlto-
not less than one hundred doliarn for compo-
sltion on that one piece Of poetry alone, and
that Il is a great deal more than u cost 10
compose II originally. Having, a. we thought
supplied the demand, and placed At least a
half dozen copies Of that lntensely popular
verslAcaiion IA every. household, we CON
cluded 10 lay on this winter. But day before
yesterday we received request 70 publish Il.
IL was the same old request, oouched In the
same old familiar Language. We wero liz
tie exaggerated because q great many news
papers keep the poem standing At the head
OF the first column on tho title page, and We
knew that there could be no Extraordinary
demand for H. In order to escape We adec-
ted Ignorance. y.
ing morning that we didn't believe there was
any such bundle Of rhyme In existence. Alas,
that BIT Of simulated skopticism has cost US
dearlyl Early yesterday morning copies Of
'Beautiful Snow began arriving at the count
lng-room. number Of young ladies called
and left their scrap-books. The hrst mall
brought q basketful Of letters, all inelosing
copies Of the old favorite. Some were dis
colored by age, others were worn and
thumbed with usage; others were fresh copies
In manuecrpt-an accompanied with q re-
quest 10 return II not used. i am astonlshed,
says one gentleman, that you mover came
across this beautiful poem Il did not think,
says another, that there was an editor living
90 stupid "a 70 not know Of Beautiful
Snow" AZ nrst We thought Il good joke,
and were highly delighted, but the Beautiful
Snow kept falling, and the refrain OF the
letters began 10 DO burdensome. When busi-
ness men began 70 drop IN last night, bring
ing copies OF old magazines, among whose
dIsky pages lurked the fugitive poem, and
began 10 express their lack OF confidence In
a newspaper that had never heard OF Beau.
tiful Snow II became apparent that We had
inflicted great injury upon the Enquirer. Il
was no use trying 10 make q Jest Of the thing,
and so we apologiEed 10 all who called.
The fall Of 'Beautlful Snow continued
late Into the evening. Il Allied our waste
basket. drifted upon our table, Infatuated
Itself into the CRATE, and piled up In our
private drawer until We began TO despair OF
ever being able 10 get out Of the room. Al
IL o'clock last night we had enough OF II TO
blockade the Pacific railroad, and at ~
o'clock the once boy appeared with another
Armiul OF the generous contributions, and
We inoontlnently kicked him down stairs.
"ThiA was the condition OF thlnga at 1
o'clock this morning. and not more than hall
the wards In the city had been heard from.
Then there's the entire State 10 hear from
yet and We know what we will have 10 en-
dure for the next forty-elght hours. We nc,
knowledge that we have the worst Of II, and
are anxious 20 compromise. Sunday next
we viii publish Beautiful Snow In ali Ia pris.
tine fulness. We are determined that thll
craving for the poem 90 dear TO tho popular
heart shall Ne stopped"