New-York tribune., 1873-03-01

II cousin in sprtngn.if W Thence went 10 Newport
- 10 see an unce did not dDd aud back 10 tins
eicoton
won't 20 work again. and IN the Of the Winter
louco ItIJN-Workm1l lF, St0fy) IN buylng n Few
type and undertaking the printing mot pnblishnj Of
twocent paper IL failed peedy for the editor and
left without our pay and with the tyre hands
MY partner went out TO work foreman; kept ON
gbch proved very good. In July my partner was
drowned. and friend Of the family took As interest IN
the concern. We did WELL and spring fd Of Aarch,
1874 issued tle first number Of my long projected
cheap weekly newspaper Ihs Se'e- Yorher wa tol-
and anything 1lt profitable. L starved US together
that part business which mad thus far upheld he
paper leaySgR the payer alone to me and most uBn
third partner as pubiissr He left me in the Fas Of
ofmmnent bankruptcy TIL l84o had several partnefs
Que aItsr snother oue tAey proYed no neps ~ nc r
bio 10 stave of bankruptcy another day beyond the
seeing nv evident sadness learned on inquiry that
must have 800 70 take note next day ana knew NOT
the money aud did; atterwart increasing the loan 10
1900.
La ls3s was engaged to edit Wing weekly at
Albany entitled The JeGcsoa' and was paid sooo or
years service. This great help. regularly
went up % Albany Saturday night made up my paper
there by Tuesday night took the boat down, and got
out my he'c Yorker by Friday then prepared copy Tor
part OF each Winter p3s and 39) spent In |
Albany doing little for my Ne,0 Yorker but by proxy
bard to bear as In 81 when they novelties
In 1870 matters gradually frightened with IN good
part owing to my establishment OF The Log CGotn, |
Harrison campaign paper which acquired an Inmense
circulatiOn-900o0. II cheap and L was |
obliged 70 publish it very wastefuy, that the actual
gain from Il small but 1t supplied me at the outset
with food OF ready money, enabled me 20 turn myself
and of my old debts so that my credit was bel
after In 1871, april 10,L | issued the nrSt /
number OF THE DAILY TRIBUNE, which / should |
not have done had / not issued prospectus
before Gen. Harrison's death. This enterprise |
OF required ready money for time. and great
deal OF 40, aud was again straened but early IN tne
Fall kind Providence impeled hr. Thomas McErath,
formerly a bookseller. then lawyer aud Master IN
Chancery 20 call and suggest the idea OF part,
nership. gladly closed with him on any terms, aud
from that day to this not another hair has been worn on
head by the aching puzzle OF studying out the means
Of paying tO-mOrrOws note. have embarrassed mYsen
greatly by ndOrsng and trying 70 help Others Dut the
finances OF the have never cost me an hours
sleep have been, as always wished 70 Dc, an e1ltOt
and partner in publishing business, but burdens
but those Of editor have fallen on me- our business is
prosperous and has been measUraby so ever since
Mr. McEirath came into the concern. ~ septelnoer;
TIE WEEKLY TRIBUNE, which has done wei, ana uoW /
enjoys large circulation
was married in 1895 before the evil days camel TO
Mary Y. Cheney-a Connecticut sclOOlms trcss, tnen /
tpaching in WarrentOn ~ ca little younger than and
Just rich I was though then fancied mysen IN
way live comfortably. But me He'0- lorIseT never
yielded anything We have had three children only
one OF whom surVives-Arthur Young Greeley born 22d
March year years day from the date OF my
first issue OF The He,o- Yorker.
There, you have my story. / did not mean 20 write
such yarn but thought or writing on the SUD-
ject before, and this mas of my fingers uneon-
scously ought 20 have said that was offered an ed
uoaton at Exeter Academy. in 1919 Gust before our
friends. BTy parents de slined itparty
PRIDE believe-bu mother said sne was not wilt
with then, nine years OF age Oi course,
suppose 1 ought 10 sorry but am not much Yours
tluy, HORACE GREELEY