The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-30

"A RoSSlpy 1eLteE 10 Ine new 4OEE
Tribune has the following:
THE ELBOWS OF THE NINcIo PARTY.
Almost every one remembers the ar.
ticle which appeared in the Times
some years ago, In which ''the elbows
of the Mincio," "the sweetest sympa.
thies OF youth" and other incohereni
phrases were strangely blended, ma.
king mass of ridiculous confusion
that gave 1t the title of "the drunken
edltorial.v As 1t was printed while
Raymond was in Europe, and after he
had figured prominently as IN ener-
getic fugitive at Solferino, the Herald
and other papers chargedsits authorship
upon him. he never knew anything
about 1t until he came home, and then
learned the entire history of the arti-
Gle, which is as follows: s.s..--
One of the staff, a clever but erratic
fellow, now on the World, was in the
habit of dining out, and drinking SO
copiously at times that when he came
to the office at late hour his MS. was
very uncertain. Consequently the
| foreman had orders to look closely to
Mr.. Is MS. and see If It were safe.
II not, leave it out. On the eventful
night the eccentric parsonage came in,
flushed with wine, but sat down and
wrote few takes very clearly and
lntelligibly. The regular foreman ex-
amined the first part of the MS, pro-
nounced 1t sail right, told his foreman
to follow copy, and went home.
The heat of the room very soon acted
upon the Journalist, who mixed up his
rhetoric alarminglY. The assistant
obeyed orders literally no doubt rel
ishing the heterogeneous editorial,
through that passion of waggishness
SO characteristic of printers. In the
morning the article appeared, very
rhapsody OF nonsense, to the greR:
amusement of the readers and the hor-
ror of the editors.
Raymond is small is stature and
slight, has dark hair, gray or light ha-
eel eyes, a thin, nervous face, with dark
side-whiskers, and is quick and ener-
getic in movement. He dresses neatly,
but not extravagantly; has pleasant
manners, talks huently and rapidly,
and has quite the appearance of busy
man ofthe world. He would be thought
by strangers, merchant, or, perhaps,
a stock-broker, rather than n literary
man or n Journalist.
He was married while quite young;
has five or six children, the eldest n
son in his eighteenth year. He has
made journalism profitable, his income
being probably $4,000 to $4,000. He
lives very comfortably, having house
in town and one in the country. His
wife spends much of the time in Eu-
rope, and he himself has made four or
five tours of the continent. He is the
author of several books that have had
large sale, and will probably write
dozen before he has'surrendered active
duties.
Raymond is OF very sociable tenn
perament-likes company exceedingly,
and when he has nothing to do, which
is seldom, enjoys conversation and
storytelling as we'll as any Journalist
in New York. He has great fund of
anecdotes, knows exactly where
the point of story lies and
when 1t is reached. He is fond OF the
society Of women and theatrical enter
Iainments; hRs a keen relish of the
good things of life; is in no sense an
ascetic or a puritan, but much of a
practical optimist, who thinks that the
world was made for our enjoyment,
and that work is necessary to pleasure
no less than health. He is very we'll
liked by his brother Journalists, and
has very large circle of friends of
both sexes.