The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-08
"A tcardrop In a fathers eye,
An aching mothers heart.
But family shows the agony
W. c.u.n Mnnn No hnnnrf

our rst Tor a. Sd. 4ui any number In heaven"
Tho obituary clerk said he would disclose q
grent secret. The Boss Poet OF the Schuyl-
kill' tmeaning G. Washington Childs, A. NJ
" recently suffered n severe blow, and ono from
which he has not entirely recovered. He read
OF the rapid spread of the plague in Russia.
with it's consequent train Of mortality. and he
saw reason 70 believe that Il would reach this
country aud devastate Philadelphia. Tears Of
sympathy filed his eyes for weeks. With tho
iorethought that led him in early life TO leave
his humble appde stand and entering the
Ledger office rs u boy. To swear that with Tony
DreXel's aid he would one day own that great
journal. he resolved TO meet the demand for
would create. For six weeks he wrote plague
poetry. needing neither the need for rest nor
Tor food. until at last ne mad over seven hun
dred compositions. varying from single line.
Plagued to death.
for i've cents. and the more artistic quatran,
Worse than humps and worse than aguo,
Isthsatal Russian plague,
81 one timel.
Up TO poems Of several stanzas. evidencing the
possession OF an artistic sense and wealth Of
fancy displayed by mono other than the old
original or rs Barnum would say, " the great
est Chids on earth" The plague didn't come.
and evidently il not coming. after all. and G..
Washington Childs. A. NJ. is stuck with some
thing like $4,000 worth OF unsuitable stock. l
should say, poetry The blow crushed him for
a time, and might have ended his career but
for n telegram he received from Grant. This
message from the peripatotie ok President was
A. NJ, did not open II until the lst OF April. be-
cause. you see. he supposed IL was simply an
other OF the many ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that he
and Tony DreNel have been constantly receiv-
ing from Gen. Grant, To whom they have adj
Van'ed large sums 90 defray the expenses OF his
campaign ADVERTISING tour. when the mhstcr
OF el.gluc verso did omen and read the telegram.
he fell back in his chair breatnless. ,The mes
sage was rs follows;
Sccor Robinson and tho hoys say my election is sure
Under the Empire you Will be Post Laureate.
Ps-I have distributed copies Of the Ieg,- Almanac
IN al lhe PALACE. u NE car ana never Wl g. recon-
l. ;. GRS
After all, then. his highest aim was TO be
reached. He was 10 be Poet Laureate. With
III IS in view he had captured every eminent and
titled foreigner thar had ever touched our
shores, he had placed IN scores of European
memorial tablets which advertised him and his
newspaper, and in all this his motto had been.
Hang the expense! Col or returned to the
cheeks Of the mortuary ha.d. and after destroy
ing his plague poetry" he mounted with the
impetus Of new genius 10 tho highest plane Of
poetic art This, from the Ledgp' of the oath
inst. shows Al talent:
high, is from our household gone,
Which never can be hllcd.
Dear husband. cease thy mourning,
For wherefore wilt thou weep
Thy Emma Is tut asleep
Then think. Oh think, how lonely
III, wretch,d heart must be.
Dearest ones, tor thee.
But perhaps the following Is moro truly rep-
resentaive OF his ability. since IL Is trammelleC
by a regard for local and popular cause o
mortality:
Martha Gibbs Of Chestnut street
Two doors south OF Third
Speeds ON hi-h with winged feet
Like soaring bird.
Kerosene was her complaint
English can hut dmly paint
The late she met 50 cruel