Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-06-10

Pep"en' weekly paper 10 10 oeVo'eo 10
everything, including the defence Of or.
ality and the accumulation of money
Couldn't refuse suoh an offer. Accepted
at once. Clinched the bargain by accept.
ing ten dollars from him. and taking din.
ner with him.
Monday, lOM. Type and material
purchased. Wen, home jolly and at peace
with all the world. Took an apple and
two oranges home TO my vile.
Tuesday, llh. Rented aoor for publ.
cation office and composition rooms, in
Third street. Rest of the day occupied
in planning
Uednesdoy l2m Moved in material.
My partncr-very green in the business
objected to any intcrfer ence on my part
with the financial department, yielded
point and consented to trust the pecun-
iary department to his keeping. Mag
nsnimous, that wasn't it?
Thursday, 1914. Engaged foreman
Foreman went out TO look up few COM
positors and didn't get back. Have my
suspicious of his whereabouts.
Friday, l4th. Office begins to look
ship shape. Prospects fine. Two friends
Of mine assure me that the paper will be
brilliant success. They will take it reg
ularly. Good for them. They took the
other paper l edited and published, reg.
ular)y, but owing to defect in their mem.
ory, they never paid for it. An editors
friends and the warmest admirers Of his
genius are always dead heads. There is
nothing mercenary, nor the faintest remi.
niSconce Of filthy fucre in their patron.
age.
Monday, l7th, Under weigh a. last
have hired sub. editor at five dollars q
week. There is nothing apparently OBJ
jcctionabls about him except his breath
and boots. His breath is strong, and bis
mouth is not unlike the bung hole Of a
brandy cask. His boots are dilapida.ed
and dusty. Very dusty. They seem as
II they had not been used to ssraigh,
walking They have an unusually twist
ed look. l may be prejudiced in shis. !
suspend judgment.
Tuesday, 18th. Had twenty calls, mos,
Of them contributors, DESTROYS of selling
me divers brilliant sketches. Prices va
rious. Mem. These contributors wer,
none of them remarkable for the eleganc,
Of their attire or for their modeGty. Fou
OF them wanted a slight loan sssdiest
hin,ed that twenty FIVE cents would not b.
refused in case l should offer it 10 him
Another one insisted on selling me thre,
hundred and twenty pages MSS. for thre
shillings, averring that he just needed ths
amount to make up the sum total of hi
passage home---in Connecticut. pur
chased his MSS. Two hours afterwsrd
found him 10 the St. James, helping
friend swallow the contents Of black bot
tie labeled Jigwater. 1nresume he wa
then en- roule for Connecticut.
Wednesday,, goth. Wrote a scorchin
leader defining the position Of Our Jour
al Scored the Inquirer. Pitched int
Harding. Mem. 10 country editors
! when you ere in want ofa subject for
lcader-pitch into Harding. 1t will tickl
your readers immensely, and wont ammo
him in the least. Received a let or Fl OF
man who has invented "patent doubl
ribbed gravy saving grid. ron, "and wan,
it noticed-thinks description of it wi
be intensely interesting to the readers
the new paper. Says he won't charge n
anything for writing the article. Had
call from the Reverend Texltwister, wh
wished to know whether the new papt
will devote any considerable space to n
ligious matters. Has a sermon which b
would like to publish on our first page
Is quite sure it would be feature. Text
81 am the resurrection etc, ThinI
if l would publish a continuous history
his church, with his biography, in lieu
= romance, it would increase circulation
l declined all bis offers.
Thursday, 20th. Getting over hea
2 aud ears in trouble. Sub editor, breat
boots, bung hole, mouth and all, disa
, peared. Cry Of copy prevalent. N
|, partner gone Of in phrenzy. Public
t ton day near at hand, Just had vi,
from bore who wants to be the milital
y editor of our paper He is cock su
4 "military column" will make journal il
). mcnsely popular. He won't charge an
= thing for bis services il ] will let him a
!. vertise all his friends gratuiIOusly. Car
l do it. sogering don't pay, either on p
o rads or paper.
l Friday, 2l". Foreman announces t
Il oompostors all off on spree. Nine &C