Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-22
How Stubs Got Ahead Of Father
ericsson.

PRACTICAL printers, and especially
those who are connected with newspapers,
do not often consider individuality in the
type of newspaper heading as matter
of much importance. They can identify
any regular newspaper at a glance. 1t is
not necessary for them to see the heading.
Little pecdliarilies in type, paper, compO-
sition, impression, etc.-peculiarities so
nice that they cannoC be explained by
words, reveal the name of the paper quite
as clearly as the heading itself There are
men who, from a moments inspection of u
fragment torn from the center of any of
the leading newspapers Of this city, will
give the name of the paper from which it
was taken with never failing accuracy.
But the mass of newspaper readers have
not been educated in habits of nice OBJ
servation. They cannot tell the World
from the Tribune, until they see the print
ed verilication on the paper. Father
Grigson was of this class. For more than
twenty years he had been in the habit of
reading the morning papers at the Astor
House. A sound Democrat of the old
school, who had voted for Jefferson and
jackson, who believed in the Virginia re.
solutions of '99 and the States rights
theories of Calhoun, and whose sympathies
for the South during the late "onpleasant-
ness were undisguised, how could it be
expected that he could read anything but
undefiled Democratic literaturep For he
was full seventy-five years old, his eye
sight, even when aided by spectacles, was
failing, and reading was somewhat of an
exertion. Every day, at IL o'clock, Father
Grigson entered the reading-room of the
Astor House, and peered through his spec.
tacles in quest of the World He would
read no other paper. If it was engaged
he would wait his turn, and amuse him.
self, in the meanwhile, by a stroll in the
hall, and by talking politics with that
clever fellow, but incorrigible Republican
Stubbs. Talking was his strong point
Gfigson had rasping tongue, and in de
bate Stubbs was always worsted.
l Stnbbs planned revenge. Early oDe
morning he selected clean copy of the
| New York World, and with great neatne 81
cat out all the headings Then selecting
a fine copy of the New York Tribune, he
proceeded to overlay and paste there N iu
taultless style the clipped headings of the
| World. After an hours labor in pasting
over and smoothing down edgesand creas
ing folds, he succeeded in making coun
terfeit that would have imposed on a bet
ter judge than Grigson. The ravening
radical wolf of Tribune was completely
metamorphosed in the sleeps clothing ot
the guileless World. This done, he laid
the sophisticated paper in the way of Orig
son, took the opposite seat, tilted up his
chair, lit cigar, and waited developments
In due time Father Grigson arrived, anC
seized the shameless fraud After the
usual preliminary of wiping his spectacles
he commenced to read. And there sal
Stubbs, calmly pulling and philosophicallJ
surveying the expression of wonder anC
perplexity that stole over Father Grigson'.
face, as he read an editorial criticising the
conduct OF the Democracy. He shook hi
head, skipped the conclusion of the half
read article, and commenced the next edi
! toral. Horror! 1t was most outrageou!
assault on Southern statesmen-Calhoun
McDuflie, Toombs and Davis were abused
and the war on the South was justified anC
applauded. Father Grigson surveyed tn,
the paper with intensest bewilderment
He read the World, on every page. TherO
could be no mistake. The World haC
gone over to the enemy. Just heavens
what were we coming tol Ben Butle
had apostatized, and Dan Sickles hay
made clean shipwreck Of faith, and nov
comes the high treason of Manton Mar
ble And all without word of explana
ton or apology. Yesterday, sound con
servative paper; to-day, pestilent breede
of strife and Radicalism.
Sadly he took up the paper again, ant
examined third editorial. Who shal
describe the disgust that seized him as h
read the muscular English Horace, cryinj
aloud for the emancipation proclamation
and the arming of negroes? Just then h
saw the malignant Stubbs, grinning sal
dOnically. 1t was too much. He wa
consumed with wrath and indignation
but he said not word. He seized tn
wretchod, traitorous sheet, tore it to tai
ters, and smote it with his cane, stampe
on it, spit en- it, and then strutted out c
the house, in a manner that Coriolanu
would have commended. Stubbs wa
avenged of his sdversary-America
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