The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-01-22

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iset nsmeel arAn. ~ha
Ik*liAg heart ssa quick
~ ~ss ha,i. wMklng farmer
No kAe~ mon ~ she Aae, n.
n shL h~ than the ris,thinr. "A
DhN@a, lads~sl. Ne~ England ,hal
Nod INT glimpse II The saaainess
ycssh W those hata ,imrss mr. lnnTvF
stsiei walks stretching fsf into III,
NY c"uli call ,heis own
Iiis early education consisted VI lev
wv~At ct nnml~t II Winters IN the
district schonl. A queer sort of srhnal
n WAS, kept i'm private hnur. John
lovei the master. and spoke kiad
word foF him when he lwcHmc man.
In the library there !. lrau,liul poem
called "Snnw. Bound" a very coed
l~cm ior gc,d people ~ read. Now,
the hoy lived IN jus, such homc ~
Il described III that poem, asd his b. n
hood was passed among Just such scenes
n arc pictured there. You may like 10
read II some day, 80 Nc need not try 10
tell what hns been told 10 we'll.
lie was poet IN boyhood. lie did
MT know II. There are many poets
who 10 not.
lie used to express his feelings In
rhyme; how could tho the boy help III
lie ono day wrote one 81 those pocma on
some coarse paper. aud sent Il privately
- : paper called the Free Pv.., pub.
lislcd In the ncighboring town Of New.
buryport.
Tho editor Of tho paper whose name
Was Garrison William Lloyd Garrison,
you may have heard the name before
found the poem tucked under tho door
Of his Office by tho postman, and motto.
ing that II WAS written In blue ink, WAS
tempted 10 threw Il into the wassc.bas.
kct. but Mr.. Garrison had \ good, kind
heart, and liked 70 give every ono
chance In the world. lie read the
poem, saw there was true genius In II,
and 80 he published Il.
Happy WAS tho Quaker farmer boy
when he saw his verses Ia print. lie
iclt tha. God hAd something in store In
lite for him--that he was called III some
way 70 bc good and useful ~ o.hcrs. liz
wrote other poems. anil sent them 10 Mr..
Garrison.
They were iul Of beauties these
poems. Mr.. Garrison one LAY asked the
postmSn from what quarter they came.
II MN accustomed to deliver Il pack.
agc of papers IL Il farmer buy IN East
HAverhill. guess they come from
him."
Nj. Garrison thought he must ride
over 10 llAverl,ill and see.
80 he went one day and found Il slcn.
der sweet faced, farmer boy working
With his plain, practical father On the
the farm. The boy modcstly acknow.
lodged that lie Ind written the poems;
II which his father did not seem over
we'll pleased.
"lou must send The boy 10 school.
FREUD Whittier" said Mr.. Garrison.
Friend Whittier wss not 70 sure, but
thc good counsel Of tic Ncwburyport
editor, In tho end, was decisive. The
hoy VA sent to tile academy.
John n IN old msn, now almost sixty
years Of age. lie livcs 1t Amcsbary
ncAr the beautiful Merrim.c that liz
loved In youth. Almost every boy and
girl IN the land can repeat some 1t thu
poems lie has written.
lie has no wife and children, yet lhis
homo Il cheerful lAnd socIahl,, md IL
opon ~ the stranger, like Ills fathers and
grandfather Of old.
In common with most men ~ genius,
hc i very fond VI pets, md, among
thssc fAvorItes. little animals aud birds
have their place. II IL Of one Ut these
household pets that we have story To
tell.
She was parrot, and she belonged 10
that respectable branch of the parrot
family named Polly. Polly succeeded,
siaong her masters iAyorites, a smart
little bantam, who hAsl the freedom of
shs house, ana who lerishcl, We think,
IN N unequal contest with m esil.dis.
posed cat.
Polly, too, hAd the freedom ~ tho
house It times, and used 10 MI on tho
back u the poets chair II his meals, and
the two sometimes hold very lsoiound
and confidential conversations together.
The poet u pious man. VIZ have
sees the little Quaker church ~ which