The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-27
GNIADLE FARMER POET DEAD
rUE "LIRIlT" or "INNOCENTS
aRRO W." VINO WROTE RHYMES.
A Recent FnII DOwnstairs contrpbuted
10 the Death OC BlOOdEOOd u. Cater
ri s0-He Mad n ROInanee and
LEFT a Zine Estate on Long Island.

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nj sO-He Mad q Romance and
LEFT a fine Estate on Long Island.
Rloodgood II. Cutter, the lovable old
Farmer Poet OF Long Island. died yester-
dav morning at Poets Hall, HE farm
house at Douglaston, Great Neck, where
he wa, bora on August 10, 1917. His death
was caused by a complication Of ailments
incidental TO his extreme age, which were
aggravated by an accident two weeks ago,
wbep he fell and hurt his head while coming
downstairs.
As the original OF the Poet Lariat' OF
Marx Twain's "~Innocsnts Abroad" tho
Farmer Poet was placed among the inn
mortals years ago. His other claim TO
fame il the collection OF verses he has writ
ten for many years, doggersl fred at any
object in sight at the drop Of the hat and
read with amusement all over the country.
Also thera was a omanc in his life, but
that happened so long ago that few are
left 20 tell OF II.
Almost seventy years ago tbs romauce
began when young Cutter fell in love with
a pretty girl Of the neighborhood named
Emmaline Allen. Because the young man
had preferred the sea to the acres hat he
had inherited and had shipped on,a Sound
trading sloop there was just enough oppo-
sition 20 that sailor even II he wers
wealthy, from Miss Aliens family to spur
the troubled lovers o The young couple
were married at last. however, but Mrs.
Gutter died while still a bride. Ever since
the old poet" has rsversd her memory
even to the extout OF avoiding the society
OF women.
A famous traveller and friend OF mon
srchs he had filled the old Cutter home
At Dolglaston with interesting mementoes
Of his wanderings. There, too, was a COL
lection 81 one horse shays and other vehicles
that Gnteiated the civil war by many years
and il WIS amid these old relics of early days
that the farmer, ~ rbed in old fashioned
frock coat and high hat and affecting the
suh-chin whiskers hat made one think Of
Horace Greeley. consciously or uncon-
%sciouely added TO the gayety OF things
bv sending forth his verses.
Pens and ink we're not necessary to the
poet. Even in the white heat OF anger
he would stop to saddle Pegasus. Only
those who knew his thriftineRs and fru-
gality can appreciate his anger when he
once discovered several small boys stealing
the incompatible Cutter apples. Never
heless, in the middle of his wrath over the
heft he did not forget his gift Of poesy but
numbered forth from the orchard fence
hese memorable lines, OF which he was not
tie author:
He who takes what il not his'n
Surely shall be sent to prison!
Disaster did not daunt him. On one
occasion the horse he was driving along a
shackle blackboard was too debihtated 70
stand the strain to which it was being SUBJ
iected and lust As Mr.. Cutter was passing a
field in whrh were working two German
farm hands he carriage broke down with
a crash. From amid the wreokage OF the
old blackboard tho poet a to the Germans:
Here. ye lovers Of sauerkraut,
Come here luiek and help me out!
When Mr.. Cutter accompanied the famous
Innocents abroad he amused the travellers
during the Journey by reading nightly
epics on anything that had happened since
he last enusion, rom peeling potatoes to
q storm at sea. Twain offers this sample
Of the poet at his test:
Save lis and s~anctify rs. and finally, then,
See good provisions W enjoy while We jour
ney to Jerusalem.
For 80 man proposes, which IL is most true,
Aad time will wait for mne, nor for US. too.
poets verse in which the verbs are not
preceded by the word odd" He has dedi-
Gated verses to every man OF prominence
with whom he has come in contact, and
there were few OF his time that he did not
meet. Recently he wrote thirty stanxas
about Mrs. Mackay's election to the ROslyn
school board: He wrote 100 separate poems"
on the subject Of George Wsshington's
coach, which he owned.
Next Fourth Of July will he the first In
dependence Day in the memory OF the old
est clamdigger on Long Island that Blood
good Cutter has not read an original effusion
at the annual spreadeagle celebration in
the Little Neck town hall. characterization
never kept him from managing the
comfortable estate he inherited from his
grandfather, so that it has increased greatly
In value. So far as can be learned at this
time the old man had nc direct relatives
TO inherit the money.