Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13
Ilnrle Toms Cabln.

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Uncle Toms Cabin.
The newspapers tell US that tho glii
ed woman who wrote that wonderful
work. Uncle Toms Cabins or ~
| Among the Lowly." is lying upon he
he'd Of death. | have just roread viii
interest Mr.. Charles D, Stlckney i
article relating Mss Cushing's re
min SCIENCES Of Mrs Stowe at the time
she was az aged in writing her gre a
! book. which / found repnblished Il
! y6s 7rarsler from the Detroit Free
pyssa MIR Slicknoy says that Mrs
Stowe had great d iii :ulty in finding .
publisher for the story, in book for IN.
and that il drew little attic ntion fron
the public At large" during its original
publication as a serial in the National
Era. an anti-slavery paper published
at Washington.
As to the first statement kno"
nothing but the second can only re-
gard as incorrect | have IL upon the
authority OF the mailing clerk OF the
National Era at the time the story was
published that il ran the circnlat on OF
that journal up from a few thousands
TO over thirty thousand, a great clren'
latiOn for that day That seems 10 ms
10 be drawing great attention trom thn
public. instead OF Little.
Moreover, tbs story was w,dely ad.
yerlised o. the discussion 1t aroused
in the papers throughout the country.
The southern papers generalt, sud
the prO.slsyery papers VI tho north all
attacked il, accusing IL Ut presenting
false or exaggerated descriptions OF
slave fife. Oi course thu auli.s.ayer
papers defended H. Dat OF these 10
tacks grew tbs Key 10 Uncle loW >
Cabin" atlerwnri published. Iha
editor OF the Est,gaa! Bra. Dc b. lev
/ think. instructed his mailbag clerk 20
never rstuso an exchange With i south.
ern paper. lilo further directed him
to examine Theses papers irogu week 10
week and to cut lhcrsfrOm nui pre-
serve all accounts aud advertisements
OF runaway negroes. aud generally
eyeryLh NJ which would 90 10 sustain
the picture presented by uaCle Toms
Cabin" This task was ia thfully
performed. and from the mass thus
collected tbs material was selected
from VIII Gu the key Was wrought.
Among tho ia Ds, used. rccgllcci.
were large number VI advertisements
Of runaway slaves which wcrs rm.
heli.hed with q cut OF Il negro with
bundle ,Iung on stick thrown across
his shoulder, While no was supposed
10 b. enieayoC NJ 10 reach n station
Of tho underground railway. whore
he would take a passage 10 Canada.
then tho slaves happy laud u
Canaan.
Tue mailing clerk refer to Il sE,ll
with IL, hale oud hearty man. though
now on tho shady side VI l.Ir That
his memery u those days Is good. was
shown some ear, ago in aremarkaGIn
way. Whom no used TO write the
wrappers OF tho Era hs always puE tho
county on. About hga year. ago uo
happened to be- present when a similar
work was going on In behalf Of new
publcati on. lie found that upon tho
naming Of any Of the towns to which
lio had formerly sent tho fra be- could
call tho county Il was IN. Hn was taslnd
with huntrod. Of names On the north.
crn states, natura|I }. anI hg was sue.
cessfuI in every instance. III. SAID thnt
for many years. n quarter ~ CENTURY,
at least, he hal not had uccas on 10
use this knowledge and did not know
that his memory still retained uutTl nc.
cidcnI demonstrated that II dji. loan
but regard this a. notable feat Of
"a tn as much so IN ia way
rs some of those Marvellous Memoir.
les told about in W. comes artgrlg.
reprinted in Tie 7ragsisr OF September
9Th.
Mrs Stoves physrcian4 hold out no
hope that she will ever recover. b..
fore tn note reaches the public her
spirit may have entered upon its i,ur
ney to that bourne whence no trav. |
aIer returns" May her soul rg,l In
peace. -Di1geus, J5He,