Burdette, Robert Jones (1844-1914). Author, humorist; The Rise and Fall of the Moustache, etc. Four lines of verse on a sheet of paper: 

"Ifyou have a friend and you love him well                                                                     

Set my advice on your friendship glimmer

Print all his faults in 'nonpareil' ,

But publish his virtues in big  ---- "

Executed with a steel pen, at Howell, Michigan, February 3rd, 1896. About 5.5" x 8". Very good.