, 1874-05-03

atteHp: that Was made to explain to him how
ungrateful he was, he swore till he got out Of
oatls, aud then left, q used-up man.
So, in reporting the trial OF certain mnn, 1t
wns stated that he had devoted himaelf to the
cultivation OF blue-botte flies to see it he could
not get them to raise honey for him. There WAS
no truth in this, but, being reasonably wcll-
written, it increased tho sum total OF human
happiness. made people laugh. and attracted
attention to ono who had hitherto been, 80 to
speak, an obscure worm OF the duet yet that
man, who had really been made by the reporter,
turned upon his creator, and cursed him, there
by becoming guilty Of tho worst order Of BIAS
phemy. He, too, wanted correction. It was
explained to him that 1t would spoil an e1-
cellent irem, but such waB his rerversity that
the argument had no weight whatever with him.
Such instances Of ingratitude on the part OF mon
are, unfortunately, too common.
Time and again. some person who has been
f.hed up from the slime OF obscuritv on the
point Of reporters pencil, who has had the
mud rubbed OF By hlm, has been made present.
able and has afforded pleasure to the public,
ana clamors for correction. All, the i'm
DO ' display their petty vanity @ and
self-oouceit! The other day. meeting was held
to pass resolutions in reference to gentleman
who had recently died In the report Of the
proceedings it was stated that A B said tho
deceased had never been defeated in his native
county. That afternoon, 4 came in, trnntic.
He protested against such report, and against
being maneled by such an ignorant reporter.
That report, said he, was calculated to give
people the impression that he simply jumped up
and said tho dead man never was defeated in
that county, wbereas he had said many more
things, which ho went on to repeat, to the great
uneasiness Of his hearer. Now, continued ho,
why could not the reporter have written it that
.amonc other things" Mr. A B remarked, elc.
And that man. person OF ordinary intelligence,
actually fancied ho had been wronged.
Occasionally there is an exception, and now
and then person will talI and act in such
correction. Thus, for INSTANCE, there came in
the other day young man who said he wished
to call attention to . notice OF himself which
had appeared in that mornings paper. 1t was
. statement to the effect that his wife
had begun proceedings against him for
cruelty and drunkenooss. He said that.
under ordinary circumstances, he should not
have taken the liberty Of calling attention to
this slight mistake, for he was not married and
no one was after divorce but the fact waa
that he was engaged to, be mar
ried in couple OF days to
young lady on tho West Side. and this abatement,
appearing i'll such q detailed, circumstaptial
form. had caused m unpleasantnesB between
himself aud the young lady and her friends,
which bado fair to break oil q match On which he
had set his heart. Indeed, as be remarked, tho
brother Of that young lady WAS ercn then clay
ing for him." aud he would like to have some
thing to show that he Was not already welded
He old not demand any correction but lntlmated
that it would be g desirable thing to have under
the circumstances It being special case he
was promised u small correction, and departed
happy. apologizing for the trouble he had given
May he never regret the granting OF his prayer
Il ia one Of the curious features Of these
people that they have all lived in Chicago
twenty years, and that they Ill say that they
hare got good characters. No matter il they
ca1no here yesterday direct from Joliet, they all
say. with the utmost gravity, "Iwenty years in
been only one exception to this; that was d
constable who came IN to complain because ho
had been charged with e1tortlng illegal fees.
He started to say that he had good character
but, Immediately after fniahing that statement,
the absu1d1ty OF the proposition struck him, and
he burst out into furious laughter. and WAS nm
able to proceed any further III his declarations.
Bur far worse than the men are those ccca-
sional women who, finding their names in
newspaper, come up in search OF correction
OF low meanness which they display is almost
Incredible. Not long ago it WAS stated that
certain Mrs. Spivins was in the habit OF calling
upon persons in the County Jail, praying over
them, and occasionally singing pious songs,
which bad tendency to move them to repent
nnce. and to turn them from their evil ways.
About two days afterwards woman dressed IN
black. with sharp eyes and still sharper nose,
plunged into the Office and proceeded
to state that she uas respecta-
bla woman, that she had been resident
Of the City Of Chicago for twenty yoa1s. and,
during au that time, nothing had been said
against her character. 1hen ahe took breath,
aud her nose, which had previously been poiot-
ing directly to heaven. turned downward 50 that,
had it been protracted, ita extremity would have
struck the ground between nor feet. Her 1e, nose,
indeed, was endowed with extraordinary dexlbu-
ity, like the trunk Of an elephant. 1t described
an arc Of leo degrees. When she wanted to e1-
press sarcasm ahe pointed to heaven with 1t;
when she meant to be pathetic, she turned it to
the earth Recovering breath 9iter 9 her iiEss out
terday morning. It was all . lie. I do not
sing in the County Jail. cannot sing:
have never been endowed with the gilt OF sing
ing" To these remarks response WIS youch-
aafed that she ought to be exceedingly grateful
to the newspaper which had endowed her with
30 many excellent qualities even II she did not
possess them. Ihereupon she replied: ~
prayed for You when you we're SHUT up IN tue
County Jail and intend to go aud pray for you
when you are there again, which you will be,
pretty soon." No type Of mammoth Dimensions
eaui sho1v the amount and intensity OF eInphASlB