Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-02-22


room enough for two or three visitors
This is the Editor-in- & hief's room; a win.
dow sash puts him in communication with
his assistant editors and reporters, whose
desks are ranged abou, a large room, each
desk lighted by gas burner, and more OF
less covered with papers, cut and uncut
opened and unopened, maps. plans, bits o
manuscript, pens, inkstands and some ink
scissors aud waters. One end of the room
is completely covered by long case, h old
ing all sorts of dictionaries and eazeteers
legislative, agricultural, Government and
City Reports, aliases and books of refer
ence too numerous to be pariicularized,
ready for use whenever required.
Here is the commercial editors desk, an
expert can tell that by the trade circulars
about it, and by the commercial aspect OF
the papers upon it. Files of the Skipping
List, the Commercial Bulletin, the Aark
Lane Express and similar sheets marked by
the inroads of his scissors, show that he APP
Preciates the good works of his cotempora-
ries. Here is another desk file of the
atre bills suspended on hook, three or
four envelopes enclosing tickets and await
ing the arrival of him 20 whom they were
addressed, small photograph of Booth and
carieature of another actor suggests that
the absent occupant does the dramatic and
musical" A third desk has black be ard
ed looking man SC. atching away busily at it
who uses no papers and seldom the scissors
or waterS-the local reporter-he who fur
nishes the full account of the fires. the
shocking accidents, the incidents and occur
rences; his productions are always original
being merely statement of facts. Here
Is a mana photographic or verbatim re-
porter-rapidly transc ribing a sheet of odd
looking characters into Il speech. which
some political speaker has Just finished ;
here one who reports the suburban news,
who is bound to keep posted on the events
in Roxbnry, Charlestown, Cambridge, Chel-
sea, South Boston, &c. Still another, who
is the individual dispatched to attend to i'm
portant political and other meetings at a
distance, one of our special correspond
ents; a further examination reveals to us
the quarters of the ship-news editor and re-
porter, who is expected to know the name
of almost every vessel in existence, where
she now is, and by whom she is command
ed; files of Shipping Gaeettes, Shipping
Lists, Marine Circulars; &c, show that he
has all the means and appliances at hand to
assist him in his labors. A few copies Of
legislative pamphlets printed list of mem
bers Of the legislature, and autographed
plan of legislative halls, indicats to an ex-
pert the seat of the legislative reporter
the presence of a few stock lists and brok-
er's circulars, and several railroad reports
and pamphlets relating to coal and copper
mining companies, &c, where the monetary
writer sits.
Pushing our way still further we come
to the assistant editors. who, perhaps, we
should have mentioned first Four of these
gentlemen are hard at work here are two
ne'cs editors, whose attention is devoted ex-
clusively to ne1es ; one is entirely engrossed
in foreign news he has the latest files of
foreign papers maps of different countries
on the European continent, plans of differ
ent parts of Italy and the scenes of Carl
baldis victories, charts and maps of the
Crimea, of the riger Anoor, etc., shows his
department OF newspaper writing to be for
eign news; another more exclusively de-
voted to domestic news, is the chief or head
of the staff Of reporters, and has the re-
sponsibility of reporting such matters as the
public interest requires, and devotng to
each such amount of space in the paper as
its importance demands; he must see that
the paper has all the news that is worth
having, and not waste either time or space
on that which is not,-and in this instance,
The editor is one who fully understands his
duty in this respect. The othertwo are en-
gagged, one upon leader and the other on
a literary eritique.
Everybody is hard at work, everybody
minds his own business, very little CONVEX
sation is carried on; only now and then
few words, and those are such as smack of
the shop, perhaps something after this style:
News Editor Got that fire z"
Reporter Yes sir, most ready"
News Editor" How much will it make2
we're crowded tonight"
Reporter Makes about three sticks
fall; can cut it down, thought
News Editor" You'll have to get il in
ie one stick"
(He means aeoRposiag stick full Of type-)
One asks if that head will go in " fulI
face or small caps" ard another sug-
gests that "thst dinner might be solid.
(He means his report Of it, and not ihe din
ner Rself, end the " head referred TO is a
heading of type.)
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