The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-24
THE SWEET SINGER OF COLORADO.
Which Her Name !, is Mrs. Hale, Of Denver.

Which Her Name It is Mrs. Hale, Of Denver.
The "Sweet Singer of Michigan
must look to her laurels. She has a
formidable competitor in her peculiar
style of poetry in the person of Mrs. S.
I. Hale, of Denver, who, last summer
sent us some ''potry" about Gen. Gus
ter, whom she solemnly declared had
been ''kiled ded" by the "Soos." 1t
was evident to our mind at the time
that Mrs. Hale was an inspired child of
Parnassus, or some other fellow. She
had the divine afflatus in a most aggra-
waited form. Her poetry was published
verbatim and hattering comments
made on the verses by us, as we were
carried along spell bound by the magic
lines. She told US how ''Brave general
Gustav on his horse did set,'' and how
the "Soos" got on the war path and
the general and his troops '1ay swell
tering in their gore on the beech" We
sent a marked copy to Mrs. Hale but
our efforts to encourage her were not
appreciated. She grew angry about it
and like Tam O'Shanter's wife, has
been nursing her wrath to keep 1t warm
ever since. The poet tells us that Ha-
des hath no fury like a woman scorned
oil on who imagines she is. The
Sweet Singer of Colorado publishes a
poem about us in the Denver Tribune.
Here is the first verse:
'MaGIlder OF the Cheyenne LEADER
Ran for the Legislature and is n feeder,
He being such n perfec fool
He thought In Washington he Good not
rule"
Now that's too bad! But she's a lit
tie off when she thought we were run
ming for Congress. And here is the
second:
II having formerly been IA clown
He thinks himself OF high renown:
He is so very handsome, you know,
think he would make a good side show >"
Who ever read anything like the
above in Byron, Moore or Burns'works?
We venture to assert that were they
living now they'd hang their harps on
the willow in two minutes and a half.
Her fourth and last verse runs in this
wise:
This simple piece | will now close
In some tHr distant future mayin him repose
But tonight don't feel inclined
Further on him to waste my mind"
Since we went and got married the
poor, lone, lorn widow don't ''repose''
much confidence In us. And yet does
she not say in her ''pome" that in
'some far distant future'' there may
yet be found n glimmering hope of call
ing us hers and hers only? Obi what
can equal blighted affections in intens-
ity? Poor Mrs. Halel But it seems
that no pent-up Rocky mountains has
contracted her p~oetical powers. Not
content with writing for Cheyenne and
Denver papers she waltzes over into the
Chicago papers. A recent issue of the
Journal contains a poem of hers on
Fare Colorado" One verse will suf-
fee:
"on Pixies lony peak did stand
And Viewed the country around,
W. NoAol , hlBh cAPhHslNt lulu
Where rich mineral doth abound"
In view of the above would it not be
n good idea to ship a cargo of Ameri-
can poets and poetesses to the Paris
exposition. Geo. Wash. Childs of the
Public Ledger, thus far, is the only
poet who has signified his intention of
going over. If the Colorado poetess
won't go to France We shall negotiate
with her to write something on Spring.
Something like the following for in
stance:
Spring time has come. and By and by
Along Will come the circus,
When little urchlns all will try
Hard and long to jerk us
Out OF a quarter TO go to the show
As we old chaps did n few years ago.
And perchance, sometime after we're
a widower she can call US her own, and
after we've worked hard at the Office
she can waken us at nine O'Clock next
morning. Then we'll gently murmer:
Daisy darling do not wake me
Ere the murphIes you do peel,
Ere you've chopped the scrnpsnndleavin'a
or our yestereven's meal;
Wake me not TO pangful wailings.
Do not serve me so again,
But when once the hash is ready,
Gentle spirit call me then.
Write to us once In a while, sweet
singer of Colorado.
Union Of Sabbath Schools.
The children of the Presbyterian,
Congregational and Methodist Sabbath
schools will meet in the Presbyterian
church this evening ut 7:30 O'Clock, to
hear talks from Messrs. Soutber and