The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-10
How We Missed the News In Adj.
vance.

Several weeks agO Il we'll dressed
Stranger came into the INTRLLIGESCER
editorial Office, at nine or ten o'clock in
The evening, and asked US il We would
like TO have some election news for our
morning paper. We replied that
We we're always open for news,
.aliIhe had anything OF genuine kind
shout him we would be glad to be the
MEDIUM Of its announcement to the pub.
lie. lie eIikcd our reply and Immediately
lairtl paper and pen, and asked what
,p,s We could spare him for his news.
We reminded him that breviIy was the
nal Of news as well as OF wit, and II lie
eaallpossibly putitin couple Of"sticks'
!. would greatly add to its popularity
Eih the public. He said he would try
Dsbriei. Just as he was ready to be-
% We ventured 10 question him lit
Ne a. TO the sort Of political news
'All he expected to furnish the pub
lie lie replied that he proposed to
Iaruish some Of his observations in New
York, with view to showing that the
Empire State would certainly cast its
rostOr Hayes and Wheeler on the 9TH Of
November. ITO start with" we inquir-
d,"Vha. are your ideas about New York
city, lie was ready in minute with
biz answcr. lie never hesitated for
tconl, "Ncw York city, my dear sir,
vi @'t for Peter Cooper. lie will carry
iSscity. You have no idea OF the popu.
Ii'ity Of Peter Cooper in New York"
SaeWhat set back at this astounding an.
''aOcenent, We rallied enough to observe
hat bis news seemed to have the merit
0 g7eat freshness and exclusiyenesS
shout it, and that we thought no other
paper would be likely to anticipate
Us in its publication. With this
remark We eShortGd him to proceed
Nth its reduction 10 black and white
''next mornings announcement. Sohe
nrned himself in his scst to his desk and
"!sit him alone with his task, lie
cot himself to his work and we proceed.
aNIth our usual labors. Wa observed,
@'evsr, alter a moment or two that his
sa'Iot wheels seemed to drag a good
sll, and that he did not somehow wield
@Pen Of ready writer. There was
Fea'p'opCusity to ink his pen frequently,
sd'ots'ch his breath rather hare, and the
'a'Ii'e Indications were that the stranger
VS. N't'!linS with u subject that was
Ss'Ioo many for him. Considering the
A'a'e Of the news that was about to be
a'''sd'nto being we were not surprised
a'@sPatturition was little laborious,
"" rather sympathized with the suf.
Ns Alter chad scraped away with his
lN@' Oe'tpart Of an hour, he suddenly
, aa'N ahAlt, aud folding up his paper
- 'aI'onning up his coat, he took his
@'ai rising TO hiS feet observed that he
s''a be could not precisely do justice TO
, ,S,es' Of the situation in the space we
S'% -, aaOfdhim,and therefore he had con.
1''' aO'tO publish. them in Wheeling
S,'P S."P'.s'e'i our regrets in 4 mild way
.Sa' Efforts TO boil down his ideas in.
n%.t united space had not resulted in a
'lS'''y success. "Yes," said he, az
WI ~M''' that can't present my views in
Ts''a'ed aiOrm," With this hU took
ave and Iet! US to wonder what sort
nj Jam this could be with such exclusive
i, ,'Ia''ud'n,able = new. in his posses.
NV" not until the last sound Of
"s''''ng ! ioOt.tops had died away on
,S'T,'aanbient air that the idea
,@ ~ 70 US that 1t was no won.
l,.c ts view, would not condenso.
>s% U""ps' I' v" opposed to contraction
S,,'s.S' S,'' s1panSiOn-hO aud his fol.
y ss1a aa,5 ahOFtor Of contraction l' How tS,
~ a !. =, man who "" clearly per.
VI, ,,,t NJ, S, mind that Peter Cooper
lSS's'5!y,SS' lSs'5y New York city put hi. view.
S'''' amount Of sp.Os1 nva.