The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-29
PROGRESSIVE AurooRApHs.
An Awful Job which Can Not Bs Executes

An Awful Job Which Can Not He ExoeuteA
. Second Time.
Tho autograph collector occasionally
rises to heights Of holiness which in :
better cause would be truly noble. Last
year.a Western boy entered the ranks
with scheme which one can only COM
pare with ''Please make two copies"
abomination. The venture was Z sue
cess, but collectors are emphatically
warned that the waste-basket awaits the
albums Of imitators.
Upon the first Of little package of
sheets Of paper was written in q boyish
hand:
To the person to whom this letter is address.
cd:
Dear Sir, Madame: inc ose you portion Of
my autograph book. and would be very much
obi ged II you would sign your name on ono
page ana then, addressing an envelope to the
close tho letter and the book If you win. ana
greatly oblige, your obedient servant
On the opposite page were written tho
following names: Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Oliver Optic, E. e. Hale and E.
Eggleston, Boston; S. L. Clements, c.
D. Warner and Mrs. II. B. Stowe. Hart
ford, c.; L. P. Morton, General w. T.
Sherman. Rev. Howard Crosby, T. De
Witt Talmage, George William Curtis
and Theodore Cuyler. New York City:
General and Mrs. Hayes, Fremont, O.,
and Francis Willard, Evanston, Ill.
Upon the third page began the auto
graphs:
WILLIAM T. ADAMS. oaret
Stat nominis umbra.
(Oliver Optic.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
"a Arm hand)
an glad to do what you wish.
EDWARD EVERETT HALR.
ION the note DR.. Hale addsl-
Dear Eggioston: The above was forwarded
to mo by dear Doctor Holmes. Inow forward
TO you. Please pass 1t on till tho tuck shall
come higher-hgher.'
HERE'S NY HAND,
| Sincerely yours,
EDWARD EGGLEsToN.
(Dear Clemens: Pass the thing along. ]
| hope it'll get back to him safely.)
Yours, truly,
MARX TWAIN.
pass the damned piece Of impudvnce to War.
Yours sincerely.
| CHARLrs DUDLEY WARNER.
Passed on in an unrufhed spirit to Mrs.
stowe.J
Yours very truly,
| HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
Passed by Mrs. Stowe to Levi P. Morton
Please pass the little boys book along.)
| Very truly yours.
LEVI p. MORTON.
W. T. SHERMAN.
General.
Passed by Genera Sherman 10 Rev. Mr.. Tai
mage, who will please pass to Mr.: Howard
Crosby. whose address is unknown)
With wishes for your harp ness,
T. DEWITT TALMAGE
Passed by T. Dewitt Talmage to Rev. DR.
Cuyler. Behold tn inclosed.)
Yours teetotally
| THEO. L. CUYLER
dear Mr.. Curtis: hope you will add q nam,
that all men honor)
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
CBv Nj. Curtis to DR.. Crosby I follow m,
Ieader.) HOWARD CROSBY.
(Dear President Hayes: Keep up the boy'i
ball.)
With best wishes,
RUTHERFORD b. HAYEa
LUCY w. HAYES
PsSsed BY Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes to Miss Fran
ees Willard, with kindest riga DIS. The goo
thing about it IS that such busy persons as hav
here given their time to make boy happy seer
70 have made themselves happy In doing II
You will, am sure, 80 and do likewise 4
B. H. FRANCES e WILLARD
Miss Willard returned the book to tn
owner, so made no further comment, bu
speaking OF it to friend, declared tina
after reading the plan, like the Quee,
OF Sheba, there was no more spirit with
in me" IN. Y. Tribune.