The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-07-13
The Joar,,eynpan Printer.

confess to a strong hiking IOf cue
jOurneyman printer, especially when
he has served his time in a New York
newspaper office. He is such a quick
witted person, that he can take the
meaning of q fragmenta1y slipOf copy" /"
sooner than many men could find out
what a column of words is intended to
signify; and he has a keen appreciation
of good thing whenever he sees it. He
is no respeeteT OF pers0ns-nOt he He
does not hesitate to reyile his chum, nor
to be disfespetcful to the foreman, nor
to give the g governor O piece OF his
mind, at the precise instant when he
considers that his rights have been in
flinged upon. To be compelled to: stand
waiting for copy, puts hun I'D a rage,
which can only be appeased by paying
him the regular price OF fifty cents per
hour. But the straw that breaks his pa
tielt back is bad copy At that he
swears and / confess | have seen scrab-
bled manuscripts on na printers case which
would lave inspired the gentlest soul
with intense l0atling for the creature
capable DC clo4hing d decent thought in
such shabby garb. The struggles over
9 fat takes Is one OF the comic sights of
d newspaper office. No foreman, be he
bold AS brass, has yet been found coIIra-
9eOlls enough to show undue favor in
the distribution Of these peculiar nug-
gets of n printers mine. L he sunlptuous
advertiser who willingly pays q huge
price for the use OF u column, with only
Il dozen types from one end OF it to the
other, has no idea how the prize OF 9 fat
matter is gi0ated over by the eager
eyes above stairs. To the uninitiated
the business seeTas most absurd, but
every printer knows how Jolly i6 is to set
biz al1adFats IN b row, and 10 count them
afterwards as the full equivalent of SC
much solid type. Hence the printers
Joy over displayed announcements
and. hence. too, his profound admira-
ton Of the genius of an advertiser, who
delishSing In the use of big letters, fiji
whole pages with Gtyertisements of the
most shoWy and costly character
GNeWsp paper Reporter.
1ouRNA IIsTIC FUN.--An incident il
the history of SSIla lrach Penn's life, which
sulneof the old citizens of Louisville may
vet etTemelnber, and which doubtless af.
f0rded them d hearty laugh, occurred
about fhifEY-alve years ago, between
the years 1875 and 1910, when Geo. ID
Prentice, at the head of tlle Louisville
JoIiTmal, and Penn, as editor and pub
fisher af the Advertiser, were running
what was called, iii those early days 81
American journalism, 4 lively 0pposi.
tion. About q year previous to the Ue.
cflrrenee, Il horrible murder or some
great calamity had occurred in the South
not far from New Orleans. It happened
that Prentice had saved a copy of this
paper, which had not been clipped or cut
His natural AEit struck upon d good ex,
peaient to get OFT d good joke ON Penn
by means OF this paper, thegi a year old
Accordingly he spFinkled the paper
folded Il Itg, neatly pressed il, which
gttve ii tile appearance 0f Il new issue
and inclOsing Ill in u larger wrapper
backed 1T. Compliments clerk Of The
steamer III 1ueOTlsta, five days, seventy.
eight hours ont from New Orleans
Quickest tEiE On record. To Sladracl
Penn, asllt0f Louisville Advertiser.
ae boy csllaae rushing into the editaria
saHlctn1m al os6 total IN exhausted, threw
down tie 5eI ON the table, and theI
SEAM g4ered e9I. Penn picked it g1g1, tOrs
tase WYslpgser hllrfielly ly. and his ewes i'm.
mesliateiy rested ON the important ar.
tic1e 0f news referred to. No time was
tn ae lost Z llH paper sySsS nearly up
severed ill tslnt Iaasters were in the
form, bTlt illes Ypssre ordered ON, and ths
new III han III the printers
with fsN cd d1tozlaI comments and yelY
pTpfuse lislall d ~ the Iemanlg clerk
of the elegant ;6sag fast steamer Fan
ealstas fel BE inTal lnal1le favor, etc
Tie whole trick proved successful and,
Prentice delighted On every possible
0ceaal 0f. esIlaeissl when Penn had q
9 bic thing in the ADVERTISER 60 ask
as Did tRisIf item ff neSps come by the
Naucousta he b0at referred tO WaE
nfltsa slow size had bnt one en-.
gine. ans Yas rom faIaed hY Capt
1salk DolinaaGlsl. 0f s. sfeu oelly lille, Ohio
aIfate1's Circular.