Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-29
SKETCH OF m. QUAD"
ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE AND
GENUINE OF OUR HUMORISTS.

BeriuninS His Career by Being Rlow,
Up ON a Steamboat-Three Noted Char
ter. OF His Creation-In Ills Den
or 'SanCium."
C. r. Lewis (bettrr known as NJ
QuHd' Is perhaps the most unique an
gruulne humurlst this country has pro
cucrG, excepting only ArtemuS Ward All,
Ho ca b glow
NJ Quad is not a humorist ARTIST
boss mechanic who manufactures Jokes "a,
carpenter does packing boxes with saw
and jack plane and much eNudatiou %
pre-p ration He Is naturally and spon
t"ne"usiy funny. Humor gu,hcs from
HIM like champaign from an uuCorkcd
bottle, huhnllug aud eITUS.vr. and drencn-
lnE u. whether we will OF not. with
laughter And there Is WIS iom with his
wIt-stronE. homeIy common sense mixed
with raCy. uuCtUous humor which
makes his wisdom as grateful To our taste
a. whale oil Is TO the palate Of an ESqul-
mau. He is not a product OF the soil. s.
with local flavor. He is Of universal
rv!i~h. n is witnessed by the VIDE pupu-
IarIty of his newspaper contributions.
BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER
he MAS born. nor D, it matter Of much
cons, queuCe since his career did not begin
TIL he was blown up, some fifteen years
ago, on an Ono river steamboat He is,
perhaps the only example Of man who
has been lifted into fame by being tossed
hundred feet into the air. and coming
down, more dead than alive. Ia tell the
story. He dsi this. Sanding at his print
er's case, when he was So far recovered as
10 limp about, he put into type How 1t
Feels To BE Blown Up,7 and the whole
west burst into laughter. That laugh
maze N Quad" famous. He WAS then
transferred from the composing room To
the editorial department, and ever since
short extracts from his writings nave
been copied into every journal through
ont the country
Atsout ten Years ago he invcnted-or
rather createi-~Hi> Honor" ami "li3jah."
aud Brother Gar.ner, Of the Lime h In
Club"-CharacteT~ totally disSimilar. but
each aS natural, original. individual and
lutlcruu> aS any in American literature
His Honor prcsidcs over police court.
ami makes sage reflections upon men an i
things As they come into his field Of view.
Brother Gardner i a slrewd aui quaint
gentleman OF color. who has all the Idiums
and characteristics of his race but Is not
burlesque on our coIored fellow citizens;
he handle, his own people gently. but
satlr Us the fuibleS. fra.ltieS and weak
neSseS uf the whites inim,tably III, say
ln-s might De termed explosive wisdom
the reader i SURE TO imbl be wise tuoHEht
but II j. certain 10 explode with HIM
"ATtemuS Ward" created one character.
M. Quad has given birth to three. and
each one has, during period o. ten years,
given delight to millions
The man = precisely what we are led to
expect from his writings. He i 10y turns
His Honor, "BtJah' and "Bruther Gard
ner," with the dry humor and quaint wis
dom that is peculiar to each character
"lf there is an odder man than he in the
country said a Detroit gentleman to me
not long ago, we would ike TO. have hm
sent along with the circus" His looks,
his manner, even the tones Of his voice,
are peculiar and eccentric. He talks a.
he writes. and always without any serm-
iny pTemullr alton.
AT HOME IN HIS "DEN."
His den" aS he calls his "Sanctum." in
au upper story Of The Free Press build
ing Is "A curiosity p filled with odd
mementoes and kni, xnacks Here is a
bit of rope that help TO hang a muir
derer. and a pair Of ii .ckles of the Old
slave time. there are bullets from Grttys-
burg. powder TASKS from the Mrrrimac.
and swords saOers, muSkets. and shot
and she'll from score Of battle fields.
while around the walls, side by side with
portraits Of sheridan and Custer AMI
husts OF Grant and Ice. are pictures Of a
dozen Of the most noted criminals But
the oddest thing in the room is slender
man Of about ~, with close cropped gray
hair, heavy mu~tache, keen, intent eyes,
and an earnest. somewhat eager express
ion, who Sis at an old-faShIoned table, .
and looks up with a smile of welcome as
3 stranger enters his apartment This
Is M. Quad, known among his personal .
As {. b. Lewis. and he
works away at that table eight hours in "A
DAY. writing at high pressure. and now and
then seeking relaxation in little merri- (
nent with "Bijah' and Brother Gard .
ler, for his b 81 work is done a. relief .
from the daily drudCery Of journalism.
The rrvisrrs have not been able to
amend the text: Woe unto you when
all men shall speak well Of you. and If it
1 is TO be taken literally. NJ Quai" Is in q
4 bad way. as all his acquaintance unite
n saying that he is temperate. social. do
nestle kind hearted a lover Of his friends
and hater OF nobody He is, also. they
say, open handed, and so given to charity .
hat though imposed upon seven times in
/ day by fraudulent meniiclucy. he
again seven TINES in a day enptirs h.s
Iuckcts to the pleaIinSs Of distress. He ,,
: also said Ia be modest, and not at all
Iuffed up 10y the fact that he has Il weekly
audience Of a million. nearly one half of ,
whom are matlrr-o! fact Euglishmeu,
who take him with their beefsteak and !
lie. as a sure help to healthy digestion. ,
He is spoken OF as odd and eccentric, and
hat he may be- but ! incline To the op'n-
on that this peculiarly is due to the fact
hat Natur. produced him in one Of her
genial moods when she would do the
world kindly turn 10y hr>JowIng on 1t
yentle soul. who should do Us good by
preadIuE for Us wholesome feast of
min Llcd wit and wisdom. IIarpers Mag
IZIne
Cases Of ''Unc"n>ciou~ MLsnetism."
There are hundreds Of people who seem i,