The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-12-28
An Editors Troubles.
The DEEP GRIM SILENCE OF THE FOURTH
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The DEEP GRIM SILENCE OF THE FOURTH
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No one over comes up into the rooms of
the top story of a four story building set
apart for the staff of daily paper. This is
why every article reads SO evenly and
smoothly. All you've got to do if yons be-
long to the staff is to climb up there, sit all
day long in the deep, grim silence, anu q
when midnight comes you can lower yourself
down stairs with consciousness that every
article will read like clock-work. So 2 ~
Yesterday morning Icommenced ant article
entitled "1'he Unseen Influences OF the
Spirit World" an had got as far as TO- say y
that aAlthous sh we hear no voices, there as
some subtitle influence pervading tn. 81
when man came up with demand fofTa
correction of an article charging him with
b:gamy. You have to keep right on with
an idea when you get hold Of it, and so { run ur
,hi'J lin. .-..~ 5''@ -.
+,ncrvading the air about you all the titnc
Peter Smith has called at this Office to- say
that the unhcard voices coming from tho,
dead often swerve us from he isn't the man
mentioned as having two wives the path
marked out blythe obstmate-' ..:;ss
(I1ere another man came in and wanteda q
notice of his new building.) 4. - ..t,a %
spirits which refuse to yield to that .uew
Llock on Mich;g,n av., although Smith is
directly charged by tie police with marble
front and 12O feet deep. At night, after q
DAYS toll, who does not love to sit down a. and
let his mind run to the mysterious shadQqSy
bascmentunder it and stone caps above the
widows we take great pleasure in setting
Smith right before his fellow citizens. and
(IIere nan canlc up and wanted to look.
at State map, although he could have
found one down stairs.) PR
I-"Certainly. sir, look at all the State maps
you want to and call back the spirit Of some
dear friend gone before us will ascertain the
name Of the policeman who wrongfully accus-
ed Mr.. Smith of having n frontage on
Michigan nv. which helps the look of that
that street very nlnch. and you will find the
County of Hillsdale further. to the left OF
that land from which no one has ever re-
turned to tell us whether our friends arcsad
or joyful-"
IEicrc a,b yscanc up and wanted to sell
some tonka beans to keep moth off,
'Thank. yc bub. don't want any tonka
beans if you ever want to look at any nlarell
of our maps come right up with Mansard
roof to Grown all, and Smill' now s., -;cis ;,
before the public and his friends generally,
who have thus improved the town and conf
mpe with them as to whether 9 moment i
saahcss docs not occasionally steafbsef Tkeaf
as they think re ;hc fond friends loft behind !
came rp again and III talk with you about
che tonka beans and every patriotic citizens
t.ueht to keep a State map in his new block
on Mlehigan av. Smith states that ono OF
his ylvos deserted him in Illinois and the 9th
er---H
(Hcrc subscriber came IN and Tantod 70
know why no paper Was issued the day after
Ghanksgiriug)
nBepauso it was 6 day set apart for one
hundred and fhrty-four Windows IN the en-
tire block with tonka beans enameled on
State maps to mourn their early departure
through the valley and the shado9wy u
death. don't want you to bothar me any
more, Mr. Smith about your wives and come
bub get right down stairs now with. your
beans to that spirit land where all Joy and
peace the compositors wanted holiday and
it's against the PRINCIPLES of Christianity
to ~"
(11erc boy came up with basket of ap: /
p!es.l -
=" ForcyGrmore can't eat apples owing to
my teeth and Smith is now made good tor
any beans which any State map connected
with this Office has nothing but JOY and
peace to mark the never ending time LII
break your neck if you say apples to ME
again and you see that the new block spo-,
Ken of has no bigamy to prove the months
don't apple the tonka beans sold in liillsdale
county, '.-....... ..:..: .- ...1..-..'f