The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-01-23

graph come to the door r Such eager.
ness forwork as this shows itself IN diff
ferent forms. An enteTprising English re-
porter had heard that Lord Palmerston
was to be present at an archery meeting
in small country village in Hampshire,
and he accordingly posted down to the
place. Lord Palmerston's task was to dis
tribute prizes to some halfa,dozen blush
ing young ladies, and the whole company
present didn't much above ascore.
His Lordship performed his task with I'M
usual grace and good humor, dare say
giving the young ladies paternal pats on
the head, but making only the most COM
monplace observations, Our stenographer
waited most anxiously In his place until,
to his horror, he saw the proceedings
brought to close without speech from
the Premier This was more than he
could stand. He rushed from his corner
to the noble Lord, who was getting out OF
the room as fast as he could - My Lord,
I beg your pardon, but really this won't
do" "What do you mean, sir y was the
reply of the astonished statesman. why,
you've made no speech; I've come all the
way from London to report it, and
must have q speech Of some sort"
Whereupon, it Is said-and this story
is true One-that the good-tempered
old gentleman turned back, and detained
the retreating audience for twenty min
utes, while he gave them genial disserta-
tion on the good qualities of English
women in general, and Of Hampshire
lasses in particular, On another occasion,
however, he made up for this complais-
ance. He was attending an agricultural
dinner, and saw large gathering of re-
porters, for the times were critical, and a
speech of his certain to be valuable. But
he made up his mind not to speak-no
man knew better when to hold his tongue
and accordingly he slyly sent down to
the gentlemen of the pres" a slip OF
paper on which, in his bold round hand,
were written the words; Thisfsh won't
bite n
An American reporter of St. Louisa
very genial fellow, by the way, and well
known all over the country among his
profession-was once sent by his paper to
report speech Of Kossuth, at the time the
distinguished foreigner was visiting st,
Louis. He (the reporter) went, as he sup
posed, to the proper place where the
orator was to hold forth. There was
large crowd of Germans on hand, and
great deal of enthusiasm. The meeting
had not begun. Before long, however, the
proceedings commenced with speech
from man who spoke in foreign tongue,
and whom the reporter supposed to be
Kossuth, though he was of course unable
to report him. On going back to the
office he found he had made very slight
mistake as to the location Of the meeting
1t appeared that the meeting he attended
was German Debating Society, and the
orator whom he supposed to be Kossuth,
was an individual named "Wild, a car
penter," who was just about to open the
debate Of the evening, which was Is or
! is not lager beer Intoxicating ?"
But the most enterprising reporter l
ever knew was a gentleman who is now
an editor in New York, and who, some
years ago, when reporter LAS. he says,
though / will not Vouch for the correct
ness of the statement), reported two meet
ings at once in front of Tammany Hall
one being held inside, and The other out
side, He was sitting about midway be-
tween both of them, and was, possibly,
"half seas oFef, D also. '5 Y ~NtA
The following is the feat of Western
reporter, hailing from Nevada: The edi-
tor received the following as his first man
lily effort; We are informed that the
gentleman hoo stood on his head under a
spile driver for porpos Of having atight
pair Of butes drove on, shortly Afterwards
found hisself in Cbiny,, perfectly nakud,
without cent in his pocket BE writes
that it is his intenshun of returning by
way Nv the Paris exposition"
Not many years ago, it is said, when
two distinguished opera singers first came
to this country, an enterprising Southern
paper sent to the rooms prepared for the
distinguished guests four reporters, reliev.
ing those who had been aboard the steam;
er. One devoted himself to the earpeI
and sofa another to the bed, while the
fourth examined the chairs and the wall
The apartments were counted on theil
fingers, and were found to be five In mum
ber 1t was also found that the side WALL
were ernamented with green and gold
while TIE ceilings were painted al Ia fTesc0
| Upon puncturing and slightly scratching
the paper, it was found that former Goa
of paper had been removed to make way
for that on the walls The furniture wa
of q carved rosewood, covered with rici
satin damask, supposed to be worth from
three to five dollars per yard. One Of thI
corps cut small piece of the sofa cover
ing, and ascertained that the upholstere
! had defrauded the purchasers of those ar
ticles, as they (the sofas, not the uphol
sterers) were discovered partially stuffe,
with moss, instead of curled hair. Tn
J window curtains were of linen and dam
. ask-47 yards, foot 6 34 inches Of tn
! former, and 80 yards, 2 feet and 4 Il
, inches Of the latter. The carpets wer
J livery rich and costly. In one room ther
} were 33 carpet tacks, and Ia the others 2.
So, SO and 73 respectively.
. That was an example Of the aecurat
: reporter. He is particularly admired b
, the authors Of arithmetics, algebras, al
. tronomers and people Of statistics
minds generally.
. / know Of no better description Of a
9 English reporter of the " old school" tina
the following Proby had never bee
2 out of London, never in q boat, never o
e the back Of horse. To the end Of bal
{ wigs he wore q bag he was the last ma
! that walked with cane as long as hin
: self, ultimately exchanged for an umbrell
9 which he was never seen without In WI
/ weather or dry, yet he usually reporte
Q the whole debates In the Morning Clir0niel
q and wrote two or three novels depictin
y the social manners Of the times he WI
g strange feeder, and ruined himself
g eating pastry at the confectioner's she
Q (for one Of whose scores Taylor and
:, bailed him) he was always in a perspir
y tion, whence George Colman ehristent
9, him King Porus and he was always
8 punctual to a minute that when he arrive
2 II sight Of the office window, the remai
y used TO be There's Proby--it's half-pa
= two, and yet he never used to set b
q watch. IF ever IL came to right time,
q cannot tell; but If you asked him VIII
g o'clock It was, ha would look at itand q
8, culate something ii this sort q
q twenty.six minutes past seven - fou
q twenty-one from twelve, forty--it d iu
g three minutes past three 7 Poor, atrant
e and simple, vet curiously ly.informed Prol
" ibis last domicil was the Lambeth pari
p workhouae, out Of which he would CON
q in it's coarse, gray garb, and cali upon
le friends as freely and unceremoniously
Y before, TO the surprise Of servants, VI
e entertain an 'orrlP jealousy Of paupe