Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-05-02

ttOu Ol iuCul ltcWs WtSuoue tSN"'"e
upon somebody's toes. What he writes
he has to do in q hurry, for he has many
subjects to write upon, aud his time IS
limited. therefore he cannot dwell too
long on any n subject or idea. His
thousands of readers, however, find
plenty Of time to read what no has writ
ten, aud voc unto the poor devil if
something Objectionable is found by any
Of the numerous critics who so lcisnrely
criticise his writings, and so discrim-
inatingly weigh tho words which he
failed to duly consider in his hurried
writing. A good local reporter cannot
please everybody, neither is he fool
enough to think he can. II he manages
to please the great majority, he consid.
ers that he is doing we'll; indeed, exps-
rieuce makes him reckless just in pro-
portion rs he finds Il perfectly ~pcaceable
career hopeless, and he soon learns
how to receive and properly consider
the abusive assault of any short-sightcd,
clustering leather head who chooses to
take otrensc.
Suppose the reporter should record
that it was Mrs. Jones' boy who mis-
chicvously charged the stick Of stove
wood with ganpowder, thereby causing
the school house stove to be blown into
flinders, when Mrs. Smiths boy was the
real culprit, would not that unlueky
newspaper chap" DO likely to receive
u belligcrcnt visit from the maternal
Jones? Then again, the reporter is
held responsible Tor plumbers of tho
printers, as well rs his own. For in
stance, let it appear in print that II pris-
ouer has been Illegally released from
the "conuty" Jail, when the reporter
wrote it /" city" Jail in the copy as plain
as could be, aud see how quick he will
have the Sheriff about his ears, or APP
pcaring in a fierce card ~denouncing
the item as a wilfully malicious attack
upon him and his official integrity. A
reporter for a London paper wrote the
verdict Of q Coroner's jury, "died from
hemorrhagc," and the public gained
the information next day, that the
" deceased died from her marriage
This is on n par with the experience OF
a reporter on q Detroit paper, who, 10
au article on the city poor, spoke OF the
great number Of persons reduced to
poverty by the "mysterious DEGREES Of
Providence" His astoui,hmeat may
be imagined when he SAW the passage
printed mysterious decrease of pro-
visions"
One reason for such terrible blunders
on the par, of the typc-setter, is care
lessly written copy. Very few regular
local reporters are handsome writers.
They are always in too great H hurry,
to write anyways pretty, therefore they
generally feel thankful that even so few
blunders appear in their printed work
as there are, although to them, all such
blunders are perhaps really more vexa-
tious than to any one else. One luck
less Z" local" in this respect, writing n
short theatrical puff, once, wrote that tho
talented actor Mr.. John Smith "played
'Myles Na~-Coppaleeu in the famous
Irish drama Of the Colleen Bawn,' in
highly commendable manner" The
copy fell into the hands of nm intelligent
composi,or, who, being used to the
writing, spelled out what he could and
guessed ut the purport of tho balance,
consequently in the paper next morning,
tho aforesaid puff" read that the
talented actor Mr.. John Smith "played
'Myles the Coppcrhead,' in the famous
Irish drama of the : Collar Bone in a
highly coudemnablc manner" Local
Items breathed a deep sigh Of forced
resignation as he read it, and said moth
ing audible, same rs he had done before
on many q similar occasion, but hearing
that the talented Smith was hunting for
him with n big cowhide, lie sought to
avoid collision, by means of an explona-
tory note, which wound up as follows
"On the contrary let me assure you,
sir, all other actors are nothing to me,
AZ compared with you. | couldn't
stomach to listen to them, sir. Their
style of acting is no food for my critical
taste. | would rs soon, | think, risk
eating uulcavencd bread for my internal
food" Crooked writing cursed him
again, for the furious actor could only
make out the last sentence, and he read
that "I think you a hash eating lcath-
or head or Internal fool" He found
that unfortunate reporter, thrashcd him
good, put n head on him." accepted
Of the half column explanation next
morning, and then wiped out the thrash
ing with q dignifed apology Local
Items quit the business forthwith, and
hired out on q ranch. But so il ever
has been and ever will be laundering
items will end their way into print,
somebody must stand tho cursing, and
with all we'll regulated newspapers the
local reporter is the scapsgoat Of the
establishment.
The SrYLs.-The latest styles of walk
ing suits appearing on our streets may
be pronounced very I" nobby"-moro so
when the wearor has a big thing in knee
pans. A nice young man just from Nc
Yawk was noticed ON Montgomery street
the other day. His cost-tail ended