Described by Thomas Gunn as "a weak, well-to-do Fifth Avenoodle [sic]," Robert Pearsall was born in 1833 (Gunn, vol.
A mother chides her very young son about not running to her mother's side like good little boys are want to do. Upon seeing a shooting star that night, the child wonders at how much it must love its mother to fly so fast.
An electronic version of this text is available in a CONTENTdm viewer. Page images of The New York Saturday Press were scanned from microfilm owned by Emory University, which was made from original copies held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Described by Thomas Gunn as "a weak, well-to-do Fifth Avenoodle [sic]," Robert Pearsall was born in 1833 (Gunn, vol.
27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015