Finding this most uncongenial he entered journalism in 1873, and began his editorship of Puck in 1877. The first editorial outfit consisted of himself and a desk. "Here he was responsible for everything, letter press, mechanical make-up, and many times he wrote half the number himself. For ten years he poured into it an endless stream of matter, and was ready for anything at a moment's notice."

With his wit and humor he had nevertheless the gentle delicacy of the poet, and it is perhaps by his verses that he will be longest remembered.

Bunner dearly loved his Nutley home. It was the house now owned by Mr. Barron on Whitford Avenue. Every nook and corner of the house, every inch of garden was dear to him.

He built the little log cabin for his daughter Nancy. He is accused of having had thirteen different kinds of fence, each with some pet purpose of its own.

He writes to Lawrence Hutton, "When you push your way up the Passaic Valley where Irving, Hoffman and Frank Forrester lived, come up and see a fellow named Bunner, who lies up that way in the House of Spare Bedrooms. We've vaccinated a baby to-day, we keep a pig, two dogs, cats and are contemplating a donkey."

Bunner's warmth of heart was shown in his instructions to the doctor of the town that he might call on him for any expense in connection with the illness of his needy patients.

Source: History of Nutley by Elizabeth Stow Brown,