A Most Eemabkable Man, Sibbe I— Mr Halstead is no chicken, and there is nothing Verdant about his observations. In personal appearance it may be said that he is gifted, bis physical charms fairly emulating the virtues of the good Deacon Richard Smith. He is also a poet, and has written much of a sentimental and romantic character for the periodicals of his native country. His idyll upon " The Young Girl Maria," and that weird epic beginning— The boy stood on the burning deck, Selling peanuts by the peck, ; Beside him stood the girl in blue, ' Who said she'd take a peck or two, will long live as evidence of a talent for metrical composition prematurely: abandoned for the. unmusical realities of journalism.— Courier Journal. J
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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1851, 8 December 1874, Page 2
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126Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1851, 8 December 1874, Page 2
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