| Show A Song Writers Experience I The late Henry Oay Work the song writer Will a philanthrophiat and Abolitionist whose convictions led him to suffer in many a southern prison He was a man of considerable consider-able culture and wrote an antislavery book that had a wide circulation It is probable that the song writer inherited in-herited bis literary ability from the paternal side of the house although hiamother who is still living and a terrible sufferer in her old age from this sad blowis a lady at no mean attainment The deceased was not a wanderer in the unfortunate sense at that word but he was an extensive traveler both in this country and abroad He was very careful to visit localities concerning which ho had it in his mind o write In this way he became acquainted with the genus looi and was able to put his whole soul into his songs These brought him more lame than money but be cared little for this his aim was to benefit the wcrd not to amass a fortune for-tune Hartlord Post 1 |
