The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-09-18
Fancy and Fact.

When the man Yard had fully settled the pre-
liminaries to establish paper at White Cioud,
after having the advantages of the undertaking
gl1wingly portrayed to him by the great men of
the town, he sat down to a sort of waking dream,
in which his fancy pictured the fhingas ID would
be when he arrived at White Clond. He saw
himself stepping from the ears, aud vending his
way up the Main Street of the town. "Thst's
him." THAT'S the man!H he heard exclaimed
in an undertone, on all sides Men thrust green
hacks at him as be passed along the street, o.
dering one, two, or three copies. The infnen-
tial men met him in delegation, forking over
ten and twenty dollar bills, telling him TO never
mind the change, but to put them down for Eve
or ten years. Little boys aud girls came send
ding after him, bnlsling ont their money, and
crying ont that their mothers wanted to take
the paper. Ladies' waved their handkerchiefs
from upper story windows, and dropped bouquets
on his head, each one containing greenback.
The mail pouches were stuffed with letters con-
tanning reuittances from the farmers through
ont the land. In fact, be was So besieged at all
hours, that he could not eat nor sleep, and he
was compelled to call upon the town authorities
for protection, to enable him to take necessary
food and rest. On going into his Office, be found
sacks of -four. packages Of dry goods sugar, eof-
fee, and groceries; baskets of vegetables, pitch
of beer, and chunks of ice. He had not only
enough for himself and his hands to live on, but
sold sufficient surplus to pay for his ready
printed outsides.
Well, be came, and after several weeks of bard
shining, managed TO get his material out of
soak at the freight depot, and was ready to go
TO work. Then came the realization of his fond
fancies, something in this wise:
Editor seated in his Office. Enter the "Judge"
"well, you've got along. thought would
drap in, and see how you are getting along. The
delay in getting your material, you will fnd
when the truth comes ont, was the work of Mil
Ter. have some things want to tell you, then
you get to going. You want to go for him and
the Chief, and never let up ON them. / see he
has been pitching into you already. He may
say that he did not mean that, but can see
through it all. Never let up on him, and he will
soon be like duck trying to dive 10 shallow wa
ter. lie will play out in Douithan County. Here
is a dollar-send me your paper for six months"
Enter Clerk of School Board. Il am glad we
are going to have paper that will express the
sentiments of the citizens of the town, and it's
got to be sustained. 1 knowed you'd want wood,
so 1 had a cord hauled. The regular price is
three dollars and half, but this is little bet
ter than common, and ought to have four dol
lars for it. Just give me three dollars and
half in money, and the other fifty cents will pay
in advance for the paper three months. Now,
dog -gon it, don't bust up before the three months
is Out-tee-hee-hee!"
Enter Wholesale Grocer. "This is glorious,
stupendous! Now is the Winter of our diseon.
tent made glorious Summer by this son of Yard
We want to regulate things in this town, and
good, high-toned newspaper is the one thing
needful. Do the right thing, and the whole in-
fuence of our family will he in your favor, and
you are bound to succeed. can command two
million dollars myself, aud will see you through
Send me ten copies of your paper, and stick in
a half column advertisement. / will pay You
well for it, by writing for your paper, and use
my influence in its behalf I'll get up a series of
army sketches for you, that have never been in
print, and that will take. Give the Chief Hail
Columbia. Our Post Office is very badly man
aged, and We need a change. Open up with a |
broadsde Oh that"
Enter Dealer in liquid hell-fre. "This is what |
We have been wanting all along-an organ of
our own. Put me down for six months, and my |
bottle washer for six; and whenever you want |
drink of beer a chunk of ice, call down. But |
d-n you, want you to keep your sheet clear of
them churches and Temperance people, or I'll 90 |
for you. Bring down the first copy, before You |
print off any more, and let ne inspect it, to see |
if it will pass muster"
Enter Sh-nyo. "D-n it, guess we'll have n |
paper now that's fit for decent man to read |
and take into his family. It's got to be sustain-
ed, too. Pnt me down for three months. Whatll |
be the probable IA st of quarter column ad- |
vertisement Times is pretty tolerable hard |
now, and if it don't c-a-a-st to d-u much, I'll |
advertise. Bat you must patIonize us, and take |
it out of the store"
And so it went. And this is the sort of back
ing that played the paper out in three months.