Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

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incidents a fhIs IN nv expssiebcs
v~re IN the csc of the tso poen.,
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are oct The hrss poem. Il 70 sell
kno~n. originally appeared IN Hwp-
W~,l!s Ipsck~i up . paper coas<in
lnx II NJ frl~nd's h0u-e soon sfteg n
vas pablished. AID s.s Hnsing Dyssli
by illustrating the PORN eth . prDcll
on the ra.rgH Of the paper, shea &
LADY fri~nS. hooking over my shoulders,
said "YOs 0sghi TO palli-h an Has
tr1.ei edition q tia, poem. The Idi--.
struck n~ f.vor2ily. and after thinkIns
of 10 over nizht. drcii-~i 90 10 90. and
wrote raw fri~ni Gas. Hoppin 10 dra q
the requisite plctar-s AZ oree. Yoar
correspondent has alxays understood
that famous Nex York b-lle allo~ ~
Mr.. HepPin 10 drz~ E-r fs-efor thai II
Miss Flora Millinery. and that .
brother e the artist AS deliue3s~>l A.
the hero of the poem. AZ sosn a. |
got the pictarss cur firm Published q
neat little muslin covered edition vf the
BOOB, which sold for fifty cents. We
n 4 ..Iza A.
Peck, q clergyman's daughter, from
Norwich, Conn. came into the store and
claimed the authorship. hitherto at RIB
uted to William Allea Butler. Her
story was that she dropped the manu-
script Of the irst part Of the poem in a
New York omnibus. and knew nothing
of its whereabouts till she saw her poem.
much enlarged and extended it was
true, but embracing all her lines, in
Huper's Weekly. The lady's appear
ance was 40 much in her favor that We
told her if she could produce evidence
Of sufficient literary ability we would
pay her for her production and COM
pensate her Herewith for the poem.
Ere long she brought Us q good novel,
and We paid her 81 900 as compensation
for both works. We afterwards pub
lished second novel for her, and the
lady was at work upon third when her
death occurred, not long after she had
made aahappy marriage. Mr.. Butler
never admitted the laiy's authorship,
and his character and high ability al
wsys made the matter mystery. He
subsequently published "Two Mil.
lions" and q volume Of selected poems,
which we shall probably publish Tor
him hereafter. The controversy a. to
the authorship of Nothing to Wear"
had much to do with its sale which was
very large. The other case IT con-
tested authorship was also over q poem
published in Harpsrs, although it first
saw the light in the Toledo Blade. This
was the famous betsy and I are Out"
which is claimed by Will Carleton, q
young Western poet, whose name was
attached to it In Harper's, and by Mrs.
Emerson. The poem had appeared in
Harper's when Mrs. Emerson called
upon us and asserted that the poem was
hers, rsrbattm ct lileratin,; that it was
written by her at home in Maine, grew
out of actual incidents in the life Of her
Uncle Eliab and Aunt Betsy, who bore
the real Christian names Of the hero
and heroine Of the poem, and that it
had been repeatedly read aloud by her
from her own manuscript to nejghbors
and friends. at whose request she had
made and given away copies thereof.
Her theory was that one Of these stray
copies got into the hands of Will Carle-
ton, who sent it to the Toledo Blade,
very probably without claiming the
authorship originally, and that the
publishers of the Blade might limo.
Gently have attached his name, as he
was writer therefor. Haper's copied
the poem, and Will Carleton, finding
himself famous, went to work and pro
duced a volume of Farm Ballads" OF
similar style and metre, which he sold
by thousands. including the disputed
poem in his volume. We sent to
Maine, and having verified Mrs. Emer.
sons statements, published volume
of poems for her entitled IA Thanks
giving Story" including "Betsy and l
are out" which has sold toler IDLY we'll.
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