Show he needs no statue they are talking said an in of a statue to isaac singer of sewing machine fame they had bet ter erect this statue to ellas howe singer began life as a loblolly boy on a canal boat he rose to match selling he became a cook he fed ani mals in a menagerie he made five dol lars a week as an actor he met ellas howe a dreamy in the two men liked one an other they were equally poor they agreed to share the same garret here howe invented the sewing machine but singer was smart howe dreamy singer not howe profited by that invention singer thanks to howe died worth a year howe thanks to singer died poor miserable and obscure so I 1 say to give howe the statue singer has already got enough out of the sewing machine |