The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24
Horace Greeley i'm his Youth.
THE WHITE-HEADED LANKY BOY WHO
SET TYPE FOR MRs REDFIELD.

The following letter appeared in the
New York Sun:
STR-From 1881 to 1884 I was carrying
ON steleotyping at 216 William Street,
and most of the time was employing
great many cOmpositOrs. 1t was In 1883
or 1888, I think, that, being at one time
much in need of more compOsitors,
asked those in the Office to let the fact be
known at their respective boarding
houses. Among others who applied for
work I'M response to this call was a
queer looking chap brought in by one OF
the hands In the Office. He was of rather
more than medium height; his hair was
almost white, his face quite SO, and en-
tirely beardless, and he walked with a
shuffiing and uncertain gait. He wore a
very old white hat and fngtian panta-
Icons which did not come down to his
boots, and these completed a PERSONAL
ity which had never before met with in
O comp0sitor, and turning to Seymour,
who brought him in, / inquired it that
fellow was q eomp0sitoT. He replied,
He's a queer-l looking fellow; bllt they
say he's d good workman Being too
much i'm want of help to be very par
ticular about the personal appearance OF
a eOnlpOsitor, / gave him case and
copy, and you may judge of my sur
prise when tell you that his weekly
bills exceeded by from 80 to 80 per cent,
those of the other cOmp0sltors by his
side, who were on the same work. And,
what was equally remarkable, nOmatteT
how rapidly he picked mp the type with
his fingers, the stream of talk that rolled
off his tongue was never interrupted.
He talked necessarily. When / made
OsRt his bin learned that his name was
Horace Greeley.
In those days he was q cOmpOsitor,
and q good one. He set type rapidly and
made d clean proof. When he was a
young man he did his work well, and
now that he is an old one, and there is a
big take ahead to give out, propose
that we give it TO him.
j. s.. REpFIELp.
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j. Z. PENNINGTON, THE PRINTER
He started as an apprentice in the old
Star Office in Raleigh. Next ha kept q
bar-rO0m I'M Wilmington. Next he was
foreman of q paperprinted in this place.
Next he walked In one day into an Office
Sn Richmond, and asked one of the
young men (whom he knew for work.
He worked awhile in the office, said il
would NOT pay, and left for Petersburg,
posted his bills, ETC., to lecture on Ply
siOl0gy. Next the same jouTneylnan was
at work one day IN Danville, and he
stepped In, in m old ggeaaey coal; eOIla7
held tight around his neck, and asked
w hat would III cost to print some bills
He was going to lecture on Biology
Next was editor of the NeWbern Pro-
gReaa. Next the same jouTneyman had
u lady on his arm, and MS he went into
the cifeug III Richmond, Pennington
nicely gaoYeEa. met them ab the door as
usher, and eEdesi This way, sir, with
the lady, and showed them q seat
Then he came IN, gloves and cont shuck-
ed on, sleeves rolled mp, and @ bic
waiter of cool lee lemonade in his hands
li0llering, Here's y0lir cool ice lemon,
ade. ladies md gentlemen, only ten
cents d glass; and he sold il to the
iaIIaieyman and his lady without even
winlIfng his eve. Next he met the same
j0ugneyanaal in this town when he canle
through here as d ticket agent, with 1
circus wagon and four horses, to post
bills, and he paid the iourneynlan !
good price To do it for him. He was
ashamed To be seen.
And now he IS president of four rail.
roads in AlAba1na, Inns made eight hun.
dlEed thousand dollars. and il going e
run na Grant paper On Grant money oui
there 4illsber0 Recorder.
The departure of the editor of thu
Grang River Saeheln on the press excur,
sion is thus announced
The Old Chief ID off gone, ell
atieks, with the rest Of the press gang,
fDl the Free Grant on Muskoka dis
tTlets and # he don't locate there be vii
af leeat stay away for one whole week
SO WE the y0nng Injinl are left to rua
the machine, and we intend 60 run 1
with q vengeance, so IL you want ;
puff bring ON your presents, from
pin to an anchor from d etTawbeTT,
t0a peach, OrfTOHa a pea TO a pumpkin.
All is tisll that comes to our net, am
we are prepared to be at home to al
who may visit the sanetum with th
THE proper vouchers, and to duly homo
them. Il wink, you know, etc. =
lie young man vilopenned the follow
ing fed from fine town the other night 3
ayaid b Dolly Warden attack. He gav
notice that he would not return until ell
thermometer warranted the laying asid
of " fashionable thin muslin:
When I0fely Woman wells her bosom
With nlGlslln fashi0Aably tiaiaa
What man With eyes could e'er refuse seln
From casually peeping IN
And when, lila argeltt gaze returning,
The dry g00da Aeave To eepsdraNn sighs,
AVsnlti not llis flugeEs' ends De burning