Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-05

A Tribune Reporter Gossips a Little.
Asa roamist it might be said that one
Of thefeD0fters OF the TRIBUNE fsa sue
cess In addition to. this he has "aoses'
fbr-news. the emily drawback -setag that
ksometines be has ooNmueil- ''nose.''~ II
the could only be employed upon some
metropolitan paper like the Detroit Nelus
or Chicago THINGS, he would not only be
in his true element, but he would also
be a greataaadition tostheir respective
STATS. 1t would not do for the TRIBUNE
to publish an thc different items Of news
that he brings it. Choice bits of gossip
and scandal, which the above named pa
pers would cherish as a choice morse.
the TRIBUNE -remorsely throws aside.
1t does not do in a place the size of this,
where everybody knows everybody else,
f6a aPaPef TO publish many things which
wonldmake extremely Interesting and SEN
sational reading. We are sorry that we
cannet more fully utilize our: reporters
talents. There few events transporting
within our village of which he does not
give us afult history before twenty-fonr
hours pass away. If it was a party he
was, there, ifa church social he was there,
and full history comes. Often he goes
away disappointed, because tits thonr ns
not advisable to make some cnss these mat
tiers public. ,sA,few days since he came
in the Office. We saw that he was
charged I'VE knew that he had been
roaming before no said word. He COM
menced:
"Mr. EditoK's1aK0 az GIh9y
"Well,"
II think have something now that
will be all right. Night before last saw
an elderly married man, a man who is
highiy respected, spending, or calling at
least. under circumstances which,
We interrupted him here, telling him
that under the circumstances we thought
it not best to give publicity to such af-
fairs. There might be some mistake
about 1T !; that. i Was better ten guilty
men escape than one innocent one be
published.
The reporter looked somewhat disap-
polluted, for he certainly thought that-his
story, if put in print, would cause a SEN
sation, and we guess it would; but moth
abashed he continued.
eMr Editor, Can you tell me what win
dowetrsainssa are made for2n ssass j
We explained to him the best We could
that they were chiefly used to make q
house have a more cheerful interior APP
pearanee. and to prevent tho. passersby
from seeing all which transpires within.
Exactly he replied. Il think that
you might writsa very respectable essay
upon window curtains,
We professedP considerable ignorance
upon the subject of window curtains. He
went on to say:
There are marry kinds of window cur
tains, and many ways of hanging them.
TO have window curtains accomplish all
that they are designed to do, require much
CARE. A very fine curtain, if not prop
erly cared fer, or hung, is no better than
poor one. Sometimes in the evening
they are not lowered, or there may be at
an anglesso that they do not close out the
view from the exterior In some houses
this would make no difference, but where
there are young ladies, and those young
ladies' lave gentlemenF friends call to see
tfenA Saturday nights or any other
nights. the curtains should be carefully
looked to. Now it was only last night
that passed residence. The parlor
window curtain was considerably, ajar !
and could not help it, saw the young
lady"
We told him that it was entirely un-
necessary to tell just what he saw The
TRIBUNE. did not care. TO go into de-
tails regarding what might be seen al
most any night should person take the
pains to roam over town looking in at all
the windows where the curtains might
De careleSSly lett alar.
The reporter departed, muttering to
himself that when he published news
paper he would put in things that would
create q sensation. We thought he
might not come back again but he did.
He comes nearly every day. and is always
freigh.ed with news. Many times he
brings us matters which we can use,
but more frequently it is something
which Is altogether too sensational.
However, as reporter he is a success.
andit is tori be regrett ed that other bust