The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-10

nt...rr r!uuder books and papers uHHulh-
f.lf .0aElue the verses Iennyson wrote
,.f.. un recent birthday, that / might
b.. ,.rrfffod to know of the friendship
f.,r..n She fWo herds. Like Father
..-.. .rpa4red the noble old writer, with
bis .or. flowing snowy beard, his high,
,.#en. forehead. and the marks or a
.r..t ar. furrOwed Don his Withcred face
,- -rrfirr. / could not but wonder what
rIeat become of the poets literary re-
mains for in the iuuk-shOp jungle OF
mes. lonesome rooms. there must De much
t t.lue which would Doe lost simply
Because of the carelessness Of the owner
Who considered not the nearness OF death
tu this Was brought forcitly back 10
r. memory. when, dripping nom tHe
rtr I entered the hOspitable home OF
tra custodian OF tine literary fragments
NJ that other Of Americas distinguished
POETS whose death has recently Deeh
mlred Ig the nation. whose tomb by
t-a way daily receives the desecratns
marks of rcllc-huutcrs, who despoil the
c.lars and hedges John Greenieai WHIT
t.- Whatever differences there may ne
ir The artistic value of the works of Whit
Ger and Whitman, certain be ls that the
rIIast distinction existed between them
b. the ordinary affairs of their lives.
whitman was poor and needy TO the
.r and was supported. j rave always
..t.-sto1d. iu hIe final innrmities by the
lr. interest of friends. who subscribed
his mite that the little old frame
I.-a in Camden might shelter the snowy
t.l ~ Cos bard Ca the end Whitman
furthermore. left his papers in such CON
fsIu iu IIs garnet. where % was ms
custom 90 pile Them hclter-skelter, here
ana there. Chat the availability of many
Df fhrm SIS quest .ouable, If not hopeless.
EUr with Whittier order ard business
DIS. care had It's part, his whole life long.
Instead of being poor. his estate, Mr.
Packard tells me. was worth N5oV0. For
re.r- me he'd anticipated the Inevitable end
..aI human Hle aad had prepared for 1t
with caution auJ with run instructions
.s fo the disposition. value ana Where-
.bous of his letters, writings. and pagers
.a3 when Doe died, yes even before ms
death. his literary custodian had already
entered fully and freely into his appointed
work.
l.r Pickard &C. one cminently fitted for
n- delicate task assigned to him by
john Gr.enleaf Whittier. His years Of
experience I'm Journalism, his literary
tastes. Dis ample fortune. which assures
hm of leisure. and. above all the COM
partnership of his wife. the niece of the
f..t Who. in her turn was for years the
..y cunnd8ut of her famous uncle. look
H- after him iu her tender womanly
fashion: aH these circumstances have
aided s.. ~. Pickard i'm the labor of COM
Hue and finally disposing of the Whit
H.r literary fragments
found Air. and Mrs. Pickard i'm plain,
'tl-st0ry house n Portland Maine, on
one of the pleasantest streets near the
Lnurtellow statue. Everywhere in that
house, in the large. airy and unpretent-
inuslv furnished rooms. are the iDdetuable
marks OF the hand OF "a woman of taste and
culture. which means much when a New
England woman is concerned. and New
England domestic arrangements are re-
faTed 90. ] might almost say that this
81 another of the many Whittier homes.
ln his life. IL was hard 10 say where Mr..
Whittier lived. He had houses all up
aud down the murmurous Merrimac and
up ana down the coast He voted in
Amesbury lie frequently dwelt with
judge Cade, where a room was set apart
for him, for hc came and went al whim
lie had another house i'm Haverhim. He
had stilll another at Danver's a spacious
old-fashioned home. set on hill. lie