The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
a MAN VISITED EDITOR TO FIND
ssWHU PRINTS THAT PIECE.,,44--

A MAN VISITED The EDITOR TO FINI
'sWHO PRINTS THAT PIECE
He came with an interrogation il
one eye, and a stick in one hand. ON
hand was in sling. His bearing wa
! that of a man with a settled purpose
! in view.
"I wish to see," said he, g the mar
that puts things into this paper"
We intimated that several of u
earned frugal livelihood in that Wa
Well, l want to see the man which
cribs things out of other papers-the
fellow which writes mostly with tn,
shears, you understand"
We explained to him that there
were seasons when the most gifted
among us, driven to frenzy by the
scarcity OF ideas and events, and bS
the clamorous demands of an insatia-
BILE public, in moments of emotional
insanity plunged the glittering shears
into our exchanges. He went Oh
but in voice tremulous with sup.
pressed feeling, and distinct through
the recent loss of half dozen or sc
of his front teeth.
just SO. | presume so. / DOM
know much about this business, but
want to see the man that printed thai
little piece about pouring water down
drunken mans spine of his back
and making him instantly sober. I
would like to to talk with him."
Then he leaned his stick against our
desk, and spit on his serviceable hand
and resumed his hold on the stick, as
though he. was weighing it. After
studying the stick minute he added
in somewhat louder tone:
sMister, come here to see that ere
man. want to see him bad"
We told him that particular man
was not in.
"Just so. I presume so. They
told me before came that the man 1
wanted to see wouldn't be anywhere.
I'll wait for him. / live up north, an
I've walked seven miles to converse
with that man. guess I'll sit down
and wait"
He sat down by the door and re-
fectively pounded the floor with his
stick, but his feelings would not allow
him to be still. ~ 81
!" suppose none of you didn't new
er pour much cold water down a
drunken mans back to make him in
SOOOA1
None of us i'll the office had ever
tried the experiment.
"Just SO. thought Just as likely
as not you had not. Well, mister; I
have: tried it yesterday, and I have
come seven miles on foot to see the
man that printed that piece. It was
not much OF piece, don't think, but
l want to see the man that printed it
inc n faru 70 IN
Smith lives next door to my house,
when Pm to home, and he gets how
every once in a little
period. Now, when he's sober, he's
all right, if you keep out of his way;
but when he gets drunk he goes home
and breaks the dishes and tips over
the stove, and throws hardware about
and makes it inconvenient for his
wife, and sometimes he gets his gun
and goes out calling on his neighbors,
and it amt pleasant.
"Not that l want to say anything
about Smith but me and my wife
don't think he ought to do so. He
came home drunk yesterday and
broke all the kitchen windows out of
his house, and followed his wife
around with carving knife talking
about her liver, and after while he
ay down by the fence and went to
sleep. 1 had been reading that little
piece; it want much of piece, and
thought | would pour some cold
water down the spine on his back, land !
make him sober, it would be more
for his wife, and square |
hing all round. So poured buck
IT of spring water down John Smiths
pine on his back"
" Well" said we, as our visitor
paused, "did it make him sober ?"
)ur visitor took firmer hold of his
tick, and replied with increased emo
ion:
I" Just so, 1 suppose it did make him
ober as judge in less time than you
an say Jack Robinson; mister, it
made him mad. 1t made him the
man / ever see, and Mr.. John
smith is a bigger man than me, and
touter. He is good deal stouter. BIZ
bless hlm, | never knew he was half
o stout till yesterday, and he's handy
With his fists, too. suppose he is
he handiest man with his fists ever
aW."
''rhen he went for you, did he 2"
7e asked innocently.
Just so. Exactly. L suppose he
rent for me about the best he knew,
ut don't hold no grudge against
ohm Smith. I suppose he amt q
Ood man to hold grudge against. l
vant to see the man that printed that
iece. | want 10 see him bad. | feel !
5 though it would soOIhe me to see
lat man. | want to show him how 6
drunken man acts when you pour
'ater down the spine of his back /
hats what | come for" :
Our visitor who had poured water
own the spine of drunken mans I
ack, remained until about 6 p. m,
ld then went up street to find the i
an that printed that piece. The man 8
, is looking for started for Alaska {
st evening for summer vacation, I
Id will not be back before Septem-
n, l87S.-Ddabqtry Neecs.