To the public

At head of text: The bearer, having lost his eyesignt, and not wishing to become a burden to the public, takes this method of gaining a livelihood, and most respectfully craves your patronage. Please buy my appeal! Poem in seven eight-line stanzas entitled: The blind man's appeal. To be sung to the tune: Auld lang syne. At end of text below rule: Price, five cents. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.