Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-09-26
Good Deal Mixed.

1he cincinnati enquirer (naulcal DeInO-
crat) having been burned out of its former
establishment, that paper is being printed at
the Office of the Times (Radical Republican. }
The Comme. ciial, of that city, pleasantly
comments upon the incidental perplexities of
the situation, as follows:
The editorial corps of both papers occupy
the same ROOM We can imagine the en-
barrassment that must occasionally result
from such mingling of political antipodes-
Abolition editor on one side of the table, and
Democratic editor on the other, peppering
away at each other with the deadly lead
(pencil) and thrusting vicious stabs at each
other with flashing steel (pens, TO say moth
ing of the clash of resounding scissors, which
play no unimportant part in the engagement.
Just think nothing but narrow table be-
tween such fiery belligerents. One side try
ing to haul ten states into the Union by the
collars of their gray jackets, and the other
side endeavoring to keep them out by tug
ging at their abbreviated coat-tails Between
them the States have tough time of 1t
Enquirer editor is mortified to find him
self writing an article in favor of the Civil
Rights Bill, and discovers that he has got
on the wrong side of the table. Times edi-
tor making similar mistake, catches him
self eulogizing Andy Johnson.
The clippings get mixed upon their
way to the compositors, and if it were not
for great cncumspection on the part Of the
| oo.h 1x-Or1lH
and endorse the most pernicious doctrines.
Suppose the pressmen should print the En-
q1,irer on one side and the Times on the
other, the mistake not being discovered until
several packages had been sent with the
early mails Who can picture the conster-
nation which would seize the respective pro
prietors? Boiling with rage, they rush to
the press room together and discharge the
unfortunate pressmen with one voice. The
Indignation of the Enquirer folks is only
eaualled by the shame of the Times people.
Both assert with equal bitterness, that they
were never so humiliated before.
1t must be very confusing to visitors, this
singular fellowship. A Copperhead from
Holmes County rushes in grasps Times editor
warmly by the hand, under the impression
that he is the editor Of the Enquirer, assuI.
ing him that Holmes County can't be
drafted" He don't know the war is over
Malignant Radical mistakes Enquirer editor
for Times editor, and thinking to curry favor
with him, chuckles over the destruction o
the Enquirer establishment. He is summa
rily kicked down the stairs by the combined
editors of the two papers.
What a scene election night must presen
as the returns come in, each side of the tabl,
trying to figure out victory, and each side
of course, claiming it. A frantic struggl,
| between the Times man and the Enquire
man, as each tries to thrust his flag out o
the same window-compromise at last b,
hanging them from different stories, which j
quite appropriate, from the fact that the.
tell different stories of the election. 4
brass band played in front of the Office
The serenade is claimed alike by the Time
editor and the Enquirer editor. They ap
pear at different windows and return theI
thanks, both speaking together, which con
fuses the band to such an extent that the.
march off in several directions, each ma
playing a different tune. 1t is a terribl
mix, take it altogether.