, 1874-08-08

"kocK ME no SLEEP, 1IOTHER.v
A''f1s.bcth AfKcrH At1cn ExuInl,,s.

70 the 1,,;or I'm, poEr14sn, No., July 90, 1874.
sih: u your paper Of Jiily IS I not,co thu fo,.
anna4S tsoln o. news, contained iu Tue lettor of
'nve'al sa &c. ee.ofroupondont 1T AuguBta, Mo-;
"Forcne s ,SiSe. o.l Alesa Ae equally well known az
%,h he PORTLAND drer sta sa ~ connected
9eh @ alo to scop otlcr" witch poe ~" uas m1r ,r oe
sess of S euasso rdS 1s1o,ygr H. ha siso upon tho
for nSa honghs ler noo.no aoh ad W WIKI M,sn wnn me
| ~. .Aa hoar 10 recotnneEco labor ~ "A''' waiting
Eia W it cnfe,al ~ pnrtlcularly Of .dota Visible in
.a olt Of news gives It smack Of nthentic,, ~
Thlc Is almost rresHtiblY c0nync,nr i
could almost boliove 1t mysolf Ind M, ~ hac, hhnc.,
previously Informed by Nh enuajy vnrsc;o,,a Joun
hhSTsSp1pe1 hS iSpp correspondent a wrote tle noo,n
~hon, under tho oay'oat pross1ro ~ n1s - nc4sto
anu poverty. waB earniug pInehca iiyt 9a.
hlnl and myaef by d6ing slop.work WITH witIISsnt toe
no,Wlng-machino, nn,' wan naturally enough snr.
did alopaSor without BqwIng-macIno inoyor nSyo:
earned my litto ooy'a living 6yor Wrotc vn,sos
ut ILLS bedaile my little 10y Hover tlisi 'erse4 snS
nover nov st1l lad ttlo boy Still 1 did not sputo
gestyo ss @ 9f If cDnaor Gontrndction as Hs-
1RGyed ,saIi t2 oply in extromities And it was ~
wei wei tnat did not, for I wns presently nys1reIi
sMroush tho Same channel thai wrote tho poem
on, OF tho TO- lowest depths Of poverty and despair
Mhom WI had clipped from bnartllug-Achool. and
w. Wllo mad reGntd ny devotion By forsakfng mo
tno ~ next day. Notwithstanding tho i1ntiaaai
ty psoVity OF my matrimonial earoor, aud tho fnct
homo, hia aesortion appears to hayo ]eft M ~
nttGr WrotGhctlncss u1id immnpnt dal,cnr of
starvation, under which depressing cIrcumnton.
ees s wrote tho poem roferrel to- romorsoiu1
s 1nont '; aor Tue mother whose hoart had broken.
Anas WOW wns aeaTce]y less unllappy than lie
loimer, and would laye Affected mo deonlv ~
,coptl1!s that mover was invited to oioph from
pG5aral'lhehool. .,5'nxn mover elopod from any
,,,Is Mncrs. noyor attended boarding. ny
my Mothers heart. But I waa drawn away from
= ihourntul contemplation of these thjnra by
lA'fu ssatolnont to tho effect that I ,yrofo fhn
poem on my doatll-bed in Philadelphia, in
wrotcllcd hoyc] where tho rain driftod in acroaa
illo miserable bed yilcreon soon aftorwoT
1reathed MY last. ""o
THIS way the best story Of tic tlreeo, bocauso IT,
Nas concltlslvo-1t put tho unfortunate writer
exult over this contamination. Jorsay contls1
nun, Mr. Alexander AZ. ". Ball, found nnothet
:; world TO conquer, and published book to provo
tnas l never wrote the poem at all, but lad
stoca ,a ~ u from him. Wl,at was to boIieye?
tlie & noSsnapers that Aliss Elizabeth Aleor, Of
Now York City, another lady out West, eontln,
man hontpwhore olse, md . blacksmith Id Gcor-
~, each wto1o tho poem, and each hid frio,ids
aot alroady sufficiently bewlisrng, here conos
!, yolco Of conviction from my own State. do.
'larius through tho !vorld that I wrote tlo
!9o SainsS %Ss0 bfs wh9n n I, was ss tgsory gil
ng tint never carriod my lunch ii t.coarnso
'roWn wrapping-paper," very much r1oferrng
J newspnper whea I cal,.ot alford, a nup.
I'm tlat should Ecorn to write such verses On
'rown M paper obscuroa by fragments Of custard
'ic and apple.sauco, aud that noycr was inside
factory in Maine. Lilo the culprit in court,
'loso case was 10 pnthoticnlly presented to lid
'5ry IS TO to.icli even himself to tears, must
dMlt Tint did not know hayo suffered 30
oWsFaapor correspondent.
For Journals and Journalists hn7o eIncoro
,spcct, and cyon q family Affection, but wllnt
Ie'h9 n,os nare over committed ngainut that
"a; in all lis fsslts of fanoy he Invariably de-.
r!bes Mo Us in tho depths OF poverty, distress.
u Disgrace, aud incapable Of earning q rosoccl.
'Io ltying5 Why docs lie not say!; Sometimes.
wy o. variety, TINT wrote tho poem iii fue
s1uotlco Oh Murray Hill, In q palattn} mansion
Fifth avenue, in tuo midst Of tic regal reo-
nGnlarity Of Philadelphia, or in y2no.clnd
lntfy. on tho hudson: Why not, insscad
;: calling me pus1por, . dlsobcdiant da,lghtor,
etclled factory operative, with hor lunch
apped III course brown paper (thut Ia tho un
ldest cut OF a!l) why not allow mo sometimes
20 =, fayorito OF forluno, q Indy Of fasLion, Or
IL ue not TOO much to asa-a uewupnpcr
no OF two things is proven by thoao mclau.
'ly roeitnls Of my impecunosity; for with all
'se-and othar--denands in MY boIalf Oh tho
nllo sympathy, have mover yet received tic
: oi1er OF nsslatauco from planthropists.
llor tho advantages Of advertising aro oyer-
Leg. or tho children OF this world do not be-
o the newspapers.
make this faint protest againat tho irropros.
10 newspaper correspondent simply from q
'crlng instinct Of Be1f-dofenae, aud not be-
10 l expect to convince hin against whom
Il and men contend In vain.
ELIZABETH AKEAS ALLEN,