The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-10
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Few people are aware of the inside
work. - printing office, nor of the
annoy hndant upon the publica-
ton Oasd newspaper. It is impossible to
form anything like correct idea of the
number of men there are in every COM
munity,. who make it a point about
every other time they meet yOu to tell
you of some important fact that ought
to be noticed by the paper pro bono
1)Ubtic0. Generally, however, it turns out
that the item referred to is one in which
the informant has an axe to grind, and
the newspaper is to be the free horse on
which he expects to ride into public
notice and confidence. Or if not that, he
is constantly annoyed by multiplicity
of communications, which are always
lengthy, and contain nothing that any
body cares to see in print or know any
thing OF whatever, except the writer,
and perhaps one or two other partic-
ular individuals, and for whose exclusive
benefit it was written, it not for Il mo-
ment occurring to the writer that com
munications for a newspaper should be
such as would interest thousands OF
readers. The newspaper business is very
exacting on all connected with it, and
the pay is comparatively small. The
pfOpriet0rri risks large amount Of money
for smaller profits, and the editors and
printers work harder and cheaper than
the same number OF men in any other
profession, requiring the given amount
of intelligence and training. The life
has its charms and pleasant associations
scarcely known to the outside world; but
it has its earnest work, and hours of
exhaustion, which, likewise, are not
known to those who think the business
all fun. The idea that newspaperdom
il the charmed circle where the favored
members live d life Of ease, free from
care, lis a mistaken one. Business is
business, and the journal that succeeds
lis the one that is run on a square busi-
ness footing, with the same system as a
banking establ blishment. Il Printing Ga
zette. .-.....-.-.. ID.
A FEMALE REpoRTER.- Miss Middle
Morgan, of the New York Times, is
thus photographed in sketch to a Gin
Cinnati paper: 49,. .ss. ..s,,.,s. .. ~.
It is now some two years since the
office of the Tribune was assailed, one
fine morning, by what appeared very.
much like a wild Irish girl. She applied
to Mr.. Greeley for position on the staff
of the Tribune. She talked horses to
him /; SHE amazed him by the scope of
her equine knowledge; but T was no go.
He didn't want a horse editTess. She
then entered into discussion with the
farm-editOT on the subjectOf carrots aud
cabbages. Mr., Greeley admitted that she
had wonderful knowledge of agricult-
llrai subjects, but preferred to be his
own editor In that department.. Failing
to gain the position she sought on the
Tribune, the lady's next visit was to the
Sun; but Damn proved as Obaulate as
Greeley, and she had to beat a retreat
there. Finally, she was caught up by
the Times, and made agricultural editor
of that paper, and here she has renamed
ever since Her denartlne ent includes the
reporting of all the races and cattle
shows throughout the country, and she
is Away to be met at these places. 1t is
a gIlf3OIis sight to see, moving about
among the sporting men and reporters,
the stTapping form of Middle Morgan.
But she is not out of place, il knowledge
of subject can capacitate one for a place.
She knows more about horses and their
diseases than nine -tentls of the profess
si0nal h0Tsemen In the country. Middle,
although a giantess in form, has most
ailiahle and pleasing .face, and is every
inch the real lady. She has the one fault
that seems to peIineate the entire femi
nine genus she will talk, and her con-
velaatiOn lis often times yoluminOus /; but
she is always SO thoroughly good
nafllIed, that one never gets tired of her
talttlee. She ID known and heartily
welcomed at every TacecOurse in
the country, and her reports of the
contests on the the turf iH no wise
fall behind those of her steIner Coz
labo1ers iii the editorial field Middle =
ID understood To be the old Irish dimin-
utive for Mary.
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