St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27

0lanpsss q tAs Daly Lals u - unsSSsos
eiassd Amsssess Comics.
Asoiled blank book. tied with . string.
was lately picked up on the Battery BY
. policeman. II appears to be the
fragment Of . diary; but what it is all
about, nobody seems to know. In the
hope that somebody will come forward
and throw light ON the subject, an ex-
tract ID here given:
NAY MAILED '.Death. IN Allego-
~" to Haype,s'. Must finish epic
poem by lst Of june. ] notice that
there il dearth of epic poems in the
market, just now. Who knows that J
am dsstiued-B But will not anticipate.
MAY 2.-Spent nine hours revising
'.Afush-e-mush-tush. . Legend Of Wyo-
ming Valley" Think it my best work;
Sent it to Scsibney's this r. u. Ne
ceived by morning mail four sonnets
from Overland Monthly. Hardly ex.
pected to see them 50 soon. i suspect
the editor did not read them.
MAY 5.-Received letters from Hdr'
pers'-a check? No! ''Send stamps
for return of Death" How cold! Sent
seven children's poems to Youth's COM
panion. and '.Blue and Gray" to South
ern Magazine.
MAY 7.-Nothing from Scribner's for
five days. They must have taken
'.Mush-e-mush-tush."
MAY 10-One poem returned from
Peterson's, and one from GOdsys-
Might have known better than to try
Philadelphia Believe l will try my
hand at comic rhymes. Can easily veil
my identity under nom. aud Harpers
will never know it. A brilliant idea
strikes me: Lines on Mother-in-
law"
MAY 11.-In excellent vein to-day.
and wrote three cantos Of epic poem.
Wonder why Scribner's has not sent
check?
MAY 14-Sent eight comic poems to
fudge. and eight to Puck. Mere child's
play to me. However. the money. will
be useful. ITO Jennie's Eyes" returned
from Cosmopolitan COLLECT cents).
MAY l6.-Received ..Mush-e-mush-
tush" from dead-letter Office to-day.
Seems l forgot to stamp the envelope in
my excitement. Sent it to. ScTibner's
again. Also sent two madrigals and
Quatrain to Century.
MAY l8.-Received death from Hdr-
pcrs' to-day. and promptly mailed 1t to
american Magazine. By heavens! !
UiH succeed In the path have chosen.
Mar Finished epic poem to-day.
aud sent it 10 Atlantic with request to
submit TO Holmes Eureka! this il
fame. Another poem returned from
Overland to-day. No remarks. Well.
I am glad Of it.
MAY 26.-'.Mush-e-mush-tush" came
back this morning. This ID q conspir-
acy. Sent it to Prairie Former, Sent
two war poems to Grand Army Scoue
and Aail They pay handsomely. 7
hear. ~
MAY 27.-"Blue and Gray" from
Southern Magazine, and epic poem from
atlantic, this morning. Holmes never
read it. I'm sure. He was afraid.
YoatA's Companion says poems are
crude. Such criticism ispuerile.
MAY 28.-No letters to-day. Whas
can il meanf .c-.
MAY 29.-Madrigals and quatrain
from Century. / Iexpected that
MAY S0.-.'Mush-e-mueh-tush" n.
turned from Prairie Farmer to-day.
Grand Aymy Scout and AaI accepts
poems Does not pay for poetry. but
no matter. At last an opening!
Mar T.-What does this meanf
Check from Drake's Magazine for
death" Thought sent it to the
American Aegasine. Editor writes:
Too long for our pages, but the abb
surdity of the idea and its o0mical treat-
ment commend it to our favor. Pleased
to hear from you again" What! Ia
this the ende Can l.
(Here the writing breaks on abrupte
". and the worst il fearsd.)@ ~
Sxsikh, in brakes Magazine.