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Show A HUMORIST GONE. i BENJ. P, SHILLABER, BETTER KNOWN ' AS "MRS. PARTINGTON," DEAD. ' I He lias for Many Yeara Il'en a Sufferer ( From Rheumatism, But Waa Suddenly v f Stricken Down hy Heart Dlaeaae Sketch or Uia Life. I r Rostov, Nov. 20. Banjamin Penhal-low Penhal-low Shillaber, familiarly known as "Mrs. Partington," died yesterday morning at Chelsea, agod 70. For many years he was a victim of rheumatism. He died of heart disease, having within a short time been prostrated by tho latter lat-ter affection. Beoj. P. Shillaber was born at Dover, N. II., and there learned the trade of printer. In 1&I0 ho went to Demerara, Guiana, as a compositor and remained there five years. Ho afterw ards worked as a compositor on the Boston Post and was then for three years connected with the same paper editorially. Later he edited a comic paper called The Carpet-Bag, Carpet-Bag, and from 18.10 to 1800 he conducted the Saturday Evening Gazette. His "Life and sayings of Mrs. Partington" Part-ington" gave him a worldwide world-wide reputation. It had been preceded pre-ceded by "Rhymes With Reason and Without," and was followed by "Knitting "Knit-ting Work," Partington Patchwork" and "Lines in Pleasant 1 laces." In itf70 ho began the "llie Partington Juvenile Ju-venile Series," with "Ike and His Friends," which ho followed with "Cruises with Captain Bob" and the "Doubleriinner Club." In 1882 he published pub-lished "Wide Swath," a collection of verses. |