The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12
A Much-Edited Newspaper.

The Philadelphia Sunday Press relates
the following: Once upon time party
of editors went out West on an excursion,
and reaching Omaha, the idea struck them
to edit the Republican of the next morn
ing. 1t was at dinner, and the Republican
editor was there, that the bright thought
was born, and the Nebraska man agreed.
They did edit that paper, and remark
able one it was. The Omaha editor, of
course, explained matters in brief article
of his own, saying that he was in no way
TO be held responsible for what his journal
that day said. No man in his senses would
think he cared to be, for the Republican
was Democratic. Republican, free trade,
protection. and all the isms in the same
number Everybody took it as joke,
even the Republican mans rival, the DEM
Ocratic editor. He smiled over it, but
when election came round he went to quo
ting from that wonderful issue, and the
Republican man, who ought to have been
hurting thunderbOlts at the opposition,
found all his time taken up in explaining
| things. The Republican editor is plOud
vet of the feat. but he is satisfied, and will
never do so again. But it was not to tell
of his troubles that | recall the Incident
| it was to prove that there are really news
paper men who write badly. There was
one in this editorial party, who, when he
went to get his proof at the Republican
office, found the editor in deep despair.
"See here" said that accommodating
gensleman, "yOu've kicked up an aw-
full row. Why. when they put your
article on the hook and the men slip
ped gaily up for takes one of
them suddenly turned pale and fell to
the floor in swoOn. He was revived
|
we had given him four or five slugs
out of nv private demi, he turned his
white face and said, Let me look tit, let
me look at it, may have been mistaken
after ALL Look at what?' | asked.
why. that copy handed him page
of your manuscript, and he gaZed at it
steadily a moment, and then said, It's
true: is there no mercy on this earth? L
| left Philadelphia TO get rid of that man,
and now he's out here. | shall 60 to
China. Perhaps he may not come there"
1.-THE man is better now" the editor adj
ded, land has gone away for day. We
| told him you wouldn't stay long, but
thought it better for your personal safety
that he should leave town while you re-
manned. | think he would kill you If he
saw you. Don't you think it best he went
away ?" The other man did think it
bet.
We got upon this subject by reading of
what is said of BlOss, who has just retired
from the Cincinnati Enquirer. He was the
fearful penman and heavy editor of the
ENQUIRER since 1912. His = hand write =" is
wonderfully made. There were only two
or three compOsitors who could set his
manuscript, and it was standing joke to
give new conner some of it. One man
who went to the Enquirer office to work
for the first time was given take, which,
after studying for an hour or sc, he brought
back to the foreman with the meek request,
just tell me which end of this thing to
begin at 1t is further stated that when
Bl0ss goes away from home and writes to
his wife, she has to send for one of the
compositors to read his letters. This COM
position is very old, used to nurse Bloss,
and is sworn to secresy. He knows a great
deal about the Bloss family.