Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-17
9 IRISH JOURNALISTS il II3 > In LONDON
An Amusing sketch.


The London staff of newspaper report
ers in principally made upof Irishmen.
What treat it was, some years back, to
dine with hose choice spirits, at the old
Cheshire Cheese Tavern Drury Lane. This
house has of late years become the resort
of second: class sporting men, and is no
islonger frequented by the reper vers. What
;zwise saws, statesn enlike views, breadth of
:, thought, classic wit, and flashes of shumor,
one listened to, amidmerry peals of laugh
II ter; r;woFtlIy of school boys out for holi-
ftdayI ? At those gatherings. the Cork
= brogue could be heard in an. animated dis
tcussiony on Irish wrongs, with the broad
4 dialect of Donegal. while the young Dub
lin student, fresh from sold Trinity, dis
! puted a passage in Homer with rollicking
jds'fnaIi for GalWay.va .r5'iHt = u ;.b = Eibt.f
: 1 But among these worthless, the strangest,
:Lmost whimsical, eccentric, gifted, uhfor-
. inmate, and Ioveable,. was Jenny Farrell,
- = from the ssbeautiful city of tCork.D Jenny
= was. Parliamentary reporter for the Times
long before it had staff of Parliamentary
reporters, and many, are, the funny stories
told of him while in that capacity. Al
smost suFebto be dismissed or severely rep
riman,led before the session was out, he
was as sure tobe taken back andi forgiven.
Sometimes going. down to the House, after
"a too cenViVial supper, he would put all the
! speeches of the "honorable members. into
! ofie,9 One time leading Tory member at
Ireland, and out cf revenge, Jenny con-
sJdensed "a long speech of his into two, lines
inthe Tines, The gentleman called at the
Times office and complained OF the report.
2 KArrellA who. by the " way, suffered great
e q show IS this, Mr.. Farrell p asked one of
the editors; tsMr. -4--says that he spoke
last night for an hour and a half, and you
have only given. him 1.-TWO lines in the
:fl11n6S ,zauodT q ~ saliiFftTfi- ~ g &. 2
D :..IIei Ma-wae.was7 irl-au-au-dible in the
gallery, 2 said Jenny. .j.j ii ~ n ~
.5s1.S~Very well, sir replied the gentleman,
sHI suppose must take the excuse; but
YOU shan't have to make it again." ~ :
= In about two weeks after the, gentleman
made another long speechs and frightened
the decorum, OF, the House by his loud
stofies: but as usual. he only got two lines
in the Times. In great wrath he called
again at the Office to complain Again
Jenny was sent for The moment he en-
tered the room,a the angry man opened on
him: :5hs 6aW .7g7 z Z ;t7a 4 7Isk .it'ns 4
I g.'Now, sir, What excuse have you to offer
i spoke loud enough last night, should
'srssYoti .spo-o-oke so loud, said Jenny ;
issyou, bro-o-oke the dr-r-r-drum of my
He x was dismissed on the spot; but was
reinstated before the member had reached
his clnb, tor he was spoiled favorile with
the conductors of the Times, and they
would not abandon him at the bidding OF
the first Duke in England. After he be-
came superannuated he continued to draw
his, full pay, to1the day of his death. And
herein lies one ofthe reasons Of the success
of the Londoit Times. 1t is a prince In its
dealing with its employees, and therefore
can always secure the best talent, -.
on another occasion musieall professor
arrived in London. His fame had Travelled
bef;Dre4 him and he was announced as p
great STAR 1t is usual for Theatrical OF
musical celebrities to compliment the re-
p0rters wfth a champagne supper or some
fhin9 Of the kind, before appearing but ii
seems this foreign professor who was very
penurioiis, though be would avoid this ex-
pense.. The instrument he excelled In was
the German fute.4 Farrell who was a fine
musician, attended his first concert and tore
hinlste pieeessiH a musieaiO Ocritlqae IN tne
Times. "A 5e or san0 ss ~. ss fltdi --lhs'
Boiling with rage the professor rushed
into the office, and insisted on seeing one
If the editors Z admitted into the sanctun1
of nne of the Junior editors, he spluttered
ont. in broken English, that he should have
s.von gresc satisfaetions he had played in
ali the cities of Europe. Such. an insult
had never been put upon him. He should
have, yon great satisfaction. He should
have blood.n s.,ol ,st Igas ,,i.ag, a. -. , e.
The editor listened coolly and then pre-
,,ared himself for rich scene. 31itL ~
tSir;D he said, ''as you have come Win