Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-30

ored con OF one Of tho. vet rams. and oall
upon vau, sill, = turning to Gil ito sand up
and show yourself before this Hence. tiat
they may recognize ron. 2 But Gill would moi
stan /. mr.. and when Everett had finished HE
for the liberty no had taken oh. Z returned
Gill, stno apology ais necessary; j should have
risen at your call, only my father was on the
other side /" 81 Ill., *3 81 al IS
soME OF rrs WRITER'S. fI 4
In later years quite hamber OF WRITER'S now
noted. eonlribu ed to the columns Of the Post,
among tnem being John G. SAKE, whose psend-
onym was Jeems; B. p. 8hi,iaber- Icllabod
aud Mrs. Partlngton; Joseph Field, the father
of Kate Field, wrote poetry; John Brougham,
the actor, wrote squibs; George Bancroft, the
historian. an many others known to fame.
George Makepeace Towle. the author, might
also be mentioned. and George Alfred Town
send, or Gath Townsend became CONNECTED
with the paper ia this way: He was in Boston
to write up the Harvard college commence
uaent for some New York PAPER Ha called
Upon Mr. Nat Greene (son OF the ooloneD at
the office Of the Post, and happened to ask
what he could do for him, There was q scarcity
Of reporters IN the Office just then, aud M.
Greene seized upon the opportunity to obtain
\ Column Introduction to tho account of the
exercises IT Harvard s'e Townsend consented
aud sat down, to q desk, which Mr.: Greene,
catering to ~Townsends peculiarities, had
adorned with doz n good cigars, half dozen
pencils, sevt raj pens and fresh bottle Of ink
In remarkably shirt time the article was
completed, aud so pleased Mr.. Greene that he
gave Townsend q rowing commission to go
wnere he would and to write what he pleased
to the world as Mrs Partingtnn,
made q reputation upon the Post
that nitro luced him 10 the Am rican public as
one Of the most popular humori t. OF his time
He became connected with the Post about
lS4O. think, az compassion, amo * his as
died; Luther G 'lbv, now publisher of the Ba n
ner of Light; Lewis Fisher, now Of ST..
Paul, MINI; Judge Charles a. Ferpald
OF San'a Barbara, AMI others. It was about
l847 that Mr.. Shii!aber got his literary start
about The time that the Jamestown start d for
Ireland with relief for. the Starving roor, Mr..
Colby. who worked with Shillaber, write a
spread eagle poem appropriate 10 the depar-
ture nf the ve-sel, and sent 10 Col. Greene for
publication. 1t was subsequently found on
the hror torn to pieces. Shilabe, thought the
Post had published good Danv pc.ms worse
than that, and he thought he would try and get
even with the colonel by writing worse one,
which should be sent to him from Cambridge,
as if from Harvard student ShiIlaber die
ta1ed it to Mr. Simpson, now of the Belfast
(Me Journal, who copied it and had it sent to
the Post. Col. Greene saw merit in it a id
published it. Il came across.a copy Of it the
other d y" said T m, ''and copied il to send
to newly. married friend Of mine. Here it is.
l will read it to you:.
THE HENPECKED.
Showing the remarka able p,iancy Of the masculine
disposition when softened in the alembIc OF con-
jugality.
We saw him at break of day. young man,
Deep Gelvng in mry clay, young man,
full rod or more
From the turfy shore.
And the water all round him lay. young man.
November's blast blew drear, young man,
But he seemed not to feel nor to fear, young man,
But deep he stood
And deved in the null
And We thought 1t COMPOUNDED queer. young man.
The neiehbors., they gathered around. young man,
Tor they feared that he would DO drowned. young
But he seemed not to heed
A word or deed,
Nor uttered a single sound, young man.
But his singular toll he piled, young man.
His arms thus thrust meath the tide. young man,
And we now aud then cav
From his dexter claw
Somethi ng drop in pail by his side, young man.
Excitement gre " stronger and higher, young man,
Aud patience began for 10 tire, young man.
When he turned to the shore
And his digging gave DER.
And washed from his brogans the mire. young
man,
And when be had reached the land. young man,
He spoke to the people at hand, young man,
In dismal-like tone
Which the married alone
Seemed fully to understand. young man
"Of each and every want. my friends,
Which a wCman's MUD can haunt, my friends,
There are certain times
When nor Seasons, nor clrnes,
Nor reasons can hinder the grant, my friends
&Fnr cIo vpifo har ole
And her tongue runs like trip-hanmer my friends;
And I've come here to-day.
In this conf. 'rtless way.
To apDease her longing, d-n her. my friends"
Then be mournfuy shouldered his pail. young man,
And he looked like year long in Jail, young man,
And his n+iehbors all wept~
As from them he stepped,
For they felt the sad truth of his tale, young
"From this poetic ohusion," said Tom.
''succeeded the Darlington papers. The first
were published in this wise. News camo one
evening ts:at flour was selling at remarkably
high prices at the MakdaIen islands, in the
Gulf Of St Lawrence. One Of the compositors.
George Bailey, remarked, 4 don't care q d--n
wia' the price is in the Magdalen islands,
a ways have to give 80 much for half a dollars
worth 1t appeared 80 queer to Shiilaber that he
at ouce set up the linea, 'Mrs. Partington has
always noticed that whether -four is dear or
cheap, she had invariably to, pay the same
money for half adollar's worth The idea of
giving Mrs Partington something to. say was
fresh and bright, and the paragraph was
copied by other papers. Shillabar wro some
more, which seemed to take equally we'll.
Col Greene was in Saratogs At the time, and,
noticing the paragraphs, wrote back to jackson,
who took his place turing his absence. asking,
who the ID is Mrs. Parting ton?'
Upon, his return he learned that Shillaber
sp Ike for the old lady, and complimeutcd him,
for his wit Encouraged by his success in
this direction, Sh,llaber kept on. and con-
,ribused poems upon the occasion. Of the intro
duc,lon of water Into Boston and the dedca-
tion Of the Franklin statue: He afterward
went upon the Saturday Evening Gazette, where
he wrota many Of the Darlington papers, and
also the humorous Blifklns papers A great
many moro interesting stories might be told ct
the old Post and. the man who worked upon it;
but that is, enough for Tonight" saying which
Tom closed his remarks NELsE.