Acute gastritis, which carried off Charles Pfaff last week, removed the proprietor of a "wine cellar" whose supply of the "rosy" kindled more genius than ever met in a New York wine cellar before or since. Such bright spirits as Artemus Ward, Miles O'Reilly, Mortimer Thompson, Fitz James O'Brien, William J. Rose, Walt Whitman, T. B. Aldrich, Fitzhugh [sic] Ludlow, Nat Urner, Charles Dawson Shanly and George Arnold met there and matched the flavor of their wits against the flavor of "Papa" Pfaff's wines. The majority of them died long ago, and those who survive have lost the relish and eager ambition that belonged to them when Pfaff's was at its prime. They are only philosophers now. Then they were poets, wits and true disciples of Bacchus.
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"[Acute gastritis, which carried off Charles Pfaff last week]." Brooklyn Eagle. 27 Apr. 1890: 10.
Type: newspaper ; Genre: obituary, journalism
Abstract
This obituary of Charles Pfaff takes a moment to reflect on the Pfaff's scene and its various participants.
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- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey [pages: 10]
- Aldrich is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- Arnold, George [pages: 10]
- Arnold is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- Halpine, Charles Graham [pages: 1-]
- Miles O'Reilly is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- Ludlow, Fitz Hugh [pages: 10]
- Ludlow is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- O'Brien, Fitz-James [pages: 10]
- O'Brien is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- Pfaff, Charles Ignatius [pages: 10]
- Pfaff is referred to as "'Papa' Pfaff" in this obituary. His cause of death is attributed to "Acute gastritis."
- Rose, William J. [pages: 10]
- Rose is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- Shanly (Shanley), Charles Dawson [pages: 10]
- Shanly is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- Thomson, Mortimer [pages: 10]
- Thompson is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- Urner, Nathan Dane [pages: 10]
- Urner is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- Ward, Artemus [pages: 10]
- Ward is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
- Whitman, Walt [pages: 10]
- Whitman is mentioned as one of the "bright spirits" who met at Pfaff's.
