Puck — June 26, 1878 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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14 PUCK. RICHMOND SITS DOWN ON GENIUS. The following note, from a belle in Rich- mond, explains itself: To the Editor of the Transcript: Enclosed you will find some verses which I hope you will publish, if you think them worthy a place in your columns. I sometimes feel that I am a poetess and then again / don't feel so. Please read my verses and tell me plainly if you think I have genius. My favorite poet is Poe—Edgar Allen Poe. Very truly, Fitna, P. S.—Give me your honest opinion in print. F. Here are the verses: BYE AND BYE, Waving fields of summer, Fruity glinting gloams; Greenish golden sunlight, Where the sad bee roams; These shall go and wander, Down the grooves of time, With the ceaseless measure, Of a Runic rhyme. Mellow tints of sunset, Ghastly moonbeam’s ray; Happy songs in snatches, At the close of day; These shall go forever, Leaving nought behind; ‘hose who come hereafter, Dust and ashes find. When this all is over, And froin toil we're free, ‘Then may joy and gladness, Come to you and me. Candidly, Filina, we do not think you a genius. ‘Those occasional spurts of feeling to which you refer are the harmless indications of the change of the season. We have felt the same thing frequently—the same intermittent flow of poetic fervor. Brace up, Filina, bea man, Desert the muse, play off on her, go to the springs, take a pill, disobey the Bishop's injunction and dance round-dances, do any- thing, go to sleep, teach Sunday-school—any- thing but verses!— Richmond Transcript. AMD YET BEING GOLD AS COMPRESSED sy RE WORTHLESS IMITATIONS (AIL, PEBISCH MANN & COS, CENCINE ARTICLE MATHESIUS & FREY, (MAMUPACTURERS OF CABINET FURNITURE Upholstery, Decorations, &c., at Prices to suit the times. Every Article guarenteed. 91 BLEECKER ST., NEW YorK, APOLLINARIS NATURAL Mineral Water, The Queen of Table Waters. HIGHLY EFFERVESCENT. “The orge’s Hosp., Dr. J. MILNER FOTHERGILL. London. 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It has rained so much in this section lately that when it holds up for more than half a day Bridgeport people feel uncomfortable and go and chase the watering-cart around. ‘The appearance of sunshine this morning caused a member of the Scientific Society to look up the authorities bearing upon the sub- ject, and he found from the record that a similar phenomena has occurred in this section before. It is pleasant these June mornings to see the sturdy farmer arise from the breakfast table, don his ulster, wrap his muffler tenderly about his rugged neck, encase his horny hands in good warm mittens and sally forth to irrigate the gentle pea and weed the odorous onion.— Bridgeport Standard. An editor offers a reward of five dollars for the best treatise on ‘How to make out-door life attractive to the mosquito."—Desrott Free Press. ‘THe Chicago Zimes calls Judge Hilton one of Stewart's errors. Now let error die amid his worshipers. P. S.—He hasn't any wor- shipers.— Rochester Dem, GeneraL Howarp, we read, is in the field against the hostile Indians. Isn’t this encour- aging the Indians?— Kronikle-Herald. SEVERAL papers continue to mention Mr. Potter as Mr. Pottah; and Mr. Pottah says there is such a thing, by Jove! as being too in- fahnally pahticulah.— Buff, Exp. Mary Watker asserts that the Venus de Medici never wore corsets —Bos. Fost. Of course not. She didn’t wear anything; her wardrobe was tore so.— Phila, Bulletin, THE GREAT EUROPEAN NOVELTY. HUNYADI JANOS. The Best Natural Aperient. The Lancet, — "Hunyadi Ja- v scnbed these Waters with remar- CANZONI, Waraburg. “I prescribe ER BRUNTON, M, D., F. R. ¢ pleasant than nd “sure R.S.. Royal A Wineglassful a Dose. SABLE TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC pottle bears the name of TH Aroutinaxts Co. INDISPE Sole Agents for the United St FOR SALE BY DEALE! DRUGGIS' ‘The Label on every genuine Rottle is printed on BIL Tried and Proven Trustworth NICOLL, The Tailor, I— Pr Bower Yo Prices Lower than before **e War, $3.00 t0 $10.00 #1200 to Fron fizcoupeand, PANTS to order... SUITS to order OVERCOATS, ER THAN WOOD-CUTS. pecut by hand. They can be ctrotypes may be madg from them in the usual way Sexo Sramr rox Tutustearen Cimcvtan TNX. TIE IC, Pamphlet & Book Binder, pa BEEKMAN STREET. Pamphlet binding of every description and Pass books for banks a specialty, Personal attention to everything entrusted to my care.