Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26

who had noticed their chiefs amusing
blunder. Mr.. Charles A. Dana, then
managing editor OF the Tribune, rallied
him upon his innocence in making
Heidsick and champagne Two wines.
Looking blandly upon his co-workers,
Mr.. Greeley retorted: did do that =?
Well, | guess am the only man in this
Office that could have made this mis-
| take"
DONALD C. HENDERSON.
Years ago Donald C. Henderson, now
editor of the Allegan (Mich.) Journal,
but then Horace's walking encyclopedias
OF politics, had many of the phiIoso-
piers strongest points he wrote even
worse hand ; he walked as badly; he
was an lmitator of Mr.. Greeley's toilet;
but what allied them was the fact that
Don had penchant for political Stats
tics. Mr.. Greeley often detected errors
IN his tables, and two or three times dis
charged him he chung to his place,
however, for, said his fellow workmen,
| his "caeek" was as boundless as the
Western prairies whence he came. One
day Mr.. Greeley saw him at the exchange
newspapers, and said, "Don, what are
you doing there? L thought discharg-
ed you long ago." 81 know you did,
Mr.. Greeley but I've got q good place,
and amt goln'." That joke was even
too much for Horace, and official life
died a natural death. He only went
when he got ready. One of Don's &C
! qulrements was his ability to read Mr..
Greeley's writing at sight as easily as
print, but his remarks to compositors
| hn hnt u
degree. 10 compostor who asked
him to read a word which Mr.. Greeley
had written IN religious article, Don,
with contemptuous sheer, sna d o.:
Eucharist you darned 1col qua you
never play euchre?'
''YoU SEE HOW IT Is YOURSELF
When he went to the Worlds F .ir. in
London, Mr.. Greeley was to b., on
board the Baltic, at the foot of Canal
street, at II o'clock, sharp. He sat at
his desk writing for the Tribune until
very nearly quarter to twelve. Sud.
denly he sprang up, clapped on that
famous hat, seized a small carpet-bag.
and pushed toward the door, saying !:
Boys, I'm OFT for Europe, somebody
read my proof" A carriage was ready,
turned he made for the office with equal
economy of time, rushed up stairs, and,
without waiting to speak to any one, or
even take off his hat, was instantly at
work at an account OF the remarkably
quick passage of the steamer Baltic. A
friend entering, greeted him with :
Why, Horace, have you got to work
so soon?" "Well," replied Horace,
"you see how it is yourself" This is
supposed to have been the origin of the
wellknown phrase, which has been at
trlbuted to William M. Tweed.
GREELEY FAvoRITE SALVATION.
Scientists say they can tell what a man
is by the style of his salutation. If this
is true, 1t is easy to measure the frank
democracy of the great farmer-editor.
The meaningless "good mornings" and
all the preliminary rites of recognition
were little to him. Instead of "Good
morning, Mr.. or judge" his favorite
manner to known friends was to give
your hand hearty shake, saying
"Waal, sinner, how air you?'
"woULD YOU LIKE TO KICK ME?n
The Fremont campaign profoundly
interested Mr.. Greeley. In those days
the telegraph and mail facilities were
not what they are to day, and the cleo
ton returns were tardy and trustworthy
He had compiled figures from various
sources, and had mass of documents be
> fore him from which he expected tc
close his work. A numoer of friends
demanded his attention, and while he
was in conversation with them the Office
boy handed him an evening newspaper
a containing what seemed to be careful
ly prepared table of the figures that he
needed. Mr.. Greeley gra ped his scis-
sors, cut out the table, made his com
meuts upon the total, end sent it up te
the printers. The next day any close
observer of the eminent statisticia
could have seen that he was deeply
troubled. And he had reason to be
The evening newspaper had the reputa.
ton of being habitually inaccurate IN lis
political figures, and in this case the
totals that Mr.. Greeley had copied were
erroneous by many thousands. Forget
ting the. source, whence he had taken
his figures, Mr.. Greeley went to the
posing-room direct, demonstrated
with Mr.. Rocker, the foreman, saying
that he ought to be kicked and finally
to the proot-reader, that he ought to be
kicked more soundly than all the rest
The latter meekly produced the original
manuscript of Mr.. Greeley, with the re
print FROM the evening newspaper
"What paper is that cut from 2" said
Mr. Greeley. g. The Eveninq - re
piled the proofreader. Mr. Greeley
+ suddenly bethinking himself of the
b a1 anta Of hn Al