, 1873-06-08
"DANBURYISM," +"
The ~ Nexvss' Hams New Book.
Boston {ldy S Correspondence ef e Netp York Ereu-
. . ing Post -

Boston {Aay so) Correspondence u 1e Nep York Ere,
- ing Post .T
Among the notable books to be published i
Boston during the month Of June ia the funn
book Of The Danbury Nelos Man." This boo
is made up largely OF those droll paragraph
l which appeared originally in the Danbury Ne,cs
and, being copied far and wide by different newa
| papers, gained for Afr. Bailey national repu
tation, the title Of !" The Punch OF America,
the name of I" the most popular humorist il
the United States" and 80 forth !; but it con
| tains also many sketches that have never be-
fore been published. The humor OF the bool
/ recalls Mrs. Partington and Artemas Ward
| The homely topics are like those about which
shillaber made his funniest paragraphs, and tht
droll SMILES arc like those Of Ward The full
title OF the book is 'tLife IN Danbury being
brief but comprehensive record OF the doingr
OF remarkable people, under moro remark.
able circumstances, and chronicled in most
remarkable manner by the author, ~" and care
fully compiled with pair OF eight-dol1ar shears "
Hy way Of preface he tells "why I wrote
book" This question, he says, w1y he
wrote a book, has assailed hundreds before
our our day, VII at1aict hundreds II years to
terrogation,' he adds, $50 loaded with subtitle
torture aa this very one, unless it is to be asked
for light in strange depot by man YOU had
Just selected out Of 1900 as the man to be the
most likely to give match" Various authors
have various reasons for writing their books, be
says. but whether the reasons they give the
world are their true reasons it is not for him to
judge. ut is matter which lies betweon the
author and his own conscience and know of
no place where it would be less likely to be-
is SO novel, 60 different from all others, that
the public, he thinks, may be pardoned for
feeling an intense desire to know it, "gou,e
have written book for money; have not.
Some for fame; have not. Some for love;
have not Some for kind1inge; have not
have not written book for any OF these
reasons, Or all Of them combined. In fact, gentle
borrower, have not written book at ALL
have merely clipped it." With this is the fol-
lowing:
SOMEWHAT INTRODUCTORY.
This work is designed to vile away a stray honr
which the borrower may have at odd times. The
% suidng I'll cia.ses and % conditions. within tdn
It's It's cover :. the banker may nnd relief
sho.nsn # j. -, s11trssy doa6ul aud
aeraker the laborer in the mines, the porter, the
the student, the Of leisure the hsck-
though generally right after payday. and is submit
ted to the borrower with great deal Of ti1ndty, but
With the esrnes' hope that i may be the humble means
sven married-borrower is made purer or better and
1ls life made to appear brighter and his soul lifted up
5oetys haA sincerely feJofco 10 hear II. Address
ne at Danhury, encloeing stamps. i
The book has q portrait Of Mr. Bailey, show |
ny him to be q healthful fellow, with bright !
:ountenance and mischievous look in the eyes |
md its "motto" is this, from the Danbury |
Ne,os: ut is just rs impossible to get along
Without advertising as it is for oross-eyed man
Q borrow gun" Mr.. Bailey'a reputation ia no
treak OF good luck. After the war, having q
title money, he cast about for q newspaper, and
'na1ly invested in Danbury, in its weekly news-
aper, after trial as daily newspaper, which
'as not altogether successful. He bought his
ewspaper and began his work, and he
as succeeded in getting himself adver-
|sed all over the country by your
reat daiIes, and in the rural or provin-
ial press, through his own modest sheet. He
, now issuing large number OF papers weekly,
nd they are sold in all the large cities North
nd West. He has had offers to go to New York,
ut be hns declined them all, saying that j" in
ew York they suck full orange dry very soon,
nd then throw it away
The book ought to have good sale, because,
for no other REASONS, it contains wit ind humor
ithout being low, and it attempts to be funny
ithout misspeling words and burlesquing the
nglish language. It's publishers are the new
rm Of Shepard l. Gill. It will be ont some
me during the next week. Mr.. Bailey is now
the Western States pursuing something about
hlch he is to write second book in the fall. =!
erhaps it is to be about the Mormons, Tor Salt
AXE City is to be his resting place for while.