The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-03-26
An Edisorin ub,c.


An Editor in Trouble.
Receiving paper yesterday containing a
piece Of poetry by the editor marked so as to
attract our especial attention, reminded Us
of the last visit this young writer made to
our editorial den. We have been waiting
Iong while for our good friend. Starbuck, OF
the Cincinnati Times. to tell the story of his
introduction to our other friend. the poetical
editor, but as native modesty or something
else has prevented him doing 90, we shall
try it ourself.
A year or two ago. friend Starbuck was
making our sanctum his headquarters during
brief visit TO the metropolis of Indiana
While sitting with US one day reading over
stale numbers of the Cincinnati Times, and
other things calculated to put him to sleep,
and we writing under the full inspiration of
his presence, young man in whom we re.
cognized an incipient poet and full fedged
country editor" entered our den. He
shook hands with rs warmly, and as the big
"city editor" over in the corner appeared to
be bearing up heavily against the dead
weight of one of the Times leaders, we did
not introduce the new conner to him. Our
young friend said he had been spending some
little time at Cincinnati, among the printing
Offices and editors, and left the inference he
members of the press in the Queen City
in fact was "haii fellow we'll met" with the
whole amiable fraternity.
SWELL" said we, continuing the CONVERSE
ton, and winking at our Cincinnati cotem-
porary over in the corner, "of course you
know old Starbuck of the Times!'
"Starbuck! I should think I did-the
d-dest old rascal in the city. wish
didn't know him." -.
"Ah! Well. you do appear to know him
-he has kind of general character that
way, hasn't he!" [Starbuck screwing around
on the chair in the corner, not very comforta-
BILE apparently
"General character that way! You're
right. OF all ID, mean, stingy, thieving
old rascals, he can certainly knock 'em oil!
Now used to be very intimate with him, too
intimate as I afterwards found out for my
own reputation. In fact, between rs, he
rather wanted me to take the leading depart.
ment of the Times. [Starbuck evidently
trying to swallow pocket handkerchief. j
But it wouldn't do-no SIR"
"You missed it, then--you ought to have
taken half the Times, anyhow-it is said to
be making money"
ayes, money enough. but to be connected
with old Starbuck! Why. says I to him
once--'Starbuck, old fellow, what is the use
of being such ID mean, picayunisb
dirty, theving old rip,"
"And what did he say to thati"
"Why, says he. BILL taking me by the
button, you know it's the only way to gel
along with these Internal Cincinnati publish.
ers-you must be one of 'em, or they'll skin
you to DEATH" GStarbuck almost collapsed
but holding on to the leg of desk.
SLOW long has it been since you saw the
old fellows" .'a.. -
"Just before I came away. But, sir,
wouldn't have anything to say to him, for
thinks I-you id mean. cheating old
scamp-I've been injured enough in charac.
ter by intimacy with you." -
swell. we'll, Mr.. -" said we, "don''
know that you ever should have come into
} this Office at all, if we had known you were
ever on intimate terms with old Starbuck.-
This gentleman here is from Cincinnati, and
. knows the old rascal as we'll as either oil
u.s."
, "Ah indeed-welI, it wouldn't do for old
Starbuck to meet me outside of Cincinnati
and want to renew acquaintance, that's all
But must 60. Got some young ladies from
|, Kentucky in my charge"
: And go our poetcal friend did, before we
: had time TO carry out the half.fOrmed idea Of