The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-07-07


had a desire % 20 - Denver. HI. lor.-
iLg has been AZ last gratite... but =.
Do not o~lieve b. eHloy cd the trip 4.
much A. he had antici PAled, owing ~
embarrassing circumstances On r.
occasion of the recent editorial CONVEX
tson Al Macon Cify he snrreede,s
thr0ngh the infue nee ~ n friend ou ~.
er~dentiAl committee. IN getting booked
for = free pass, A. the rs.prgser.taiiye ~
a popular Missouri ~esxlv he ~.
represented A. the local editor rheresf
ard revelesl for awhile in the g,ory NJ
the situari0u- But when h. failed ~
ut his work IN raveuoI1sly On the bar
Iaet- suspicious glances sere .iirecied
Al aim; and when he touched the Via
lightly, and got not ripro-arioa-Iy drunk.
meInoers Of the fraternity consulted To-
gether and said '.Hic-yeriiv, th.
man i s0t one II usir'
The young proxy sailed under a.
false eolOrs toIera5ly vel. hos~1ver.un-
al he gOs aboard the train, and ~.
wnirling westward Then hi trouble.
began, and he w2s made IL frel the az
fui responsibility ~ the position.
An editor sitting IN the ssat xith him
said
...And % yoa are the celebrated funny
man a the -9-f
The young nan grinnai an arknoxI-
e.iguent. and tried % tnink u-A iok4
THAI he might u>r II pressed too closely.
:. I've enjoyed your articles verv
much = continued the editor IL even
think they c0ntsin more genuine hu-
NOR than 90 those II Bailey. II The
D2uhury Nerrs, or Lewi-, Of the Detro.r
Free Press
Tae young editor PRO ten had ~.
YET hi upon An appropriate joke, 50 IL
could only grin some more. and blush.
While b. plunged again desperaielv
thruuZh his stores % alruan.c al lore.
= 1our paper must have an immense
circulation ~ this time p said the ques-
toner
..Yes.'' said the young man. bright
e1ing up - he thought sAfe groun6
had been reached atlasr ..yes. think
- have fully 81"
-.Wha-r only ssr subscribers ~
. foE interrupted me- va abou-
% s2y 81. 600
Feeling that he had extrica,ei himself
EIth great tact. the yoElg editor leane1
back With . self--@crihcs-i air. and bis
companion. after eyeirg him curiouslF
for \ fer moments. got Up aud vent ~
another p2rr u the ear
soon ln1rher editor came and took
se=- By the Brunswick man. and el-
-a-rsi him in ccnversafiou-
--Are Won : practical print=rs-' ir-
gZires- the nex conner
= Nes. Oh yes-- replied Proxy
:. Ia you 20 any eomp'o-iiioa % the
PaPers''
--Oh. yes I've held a composition "a
The paper for abou- folr years =
: Whas type 10 ron u=es"
Just common metal type"
. mean DO you use Bourgeois, Brs-
vier. Long Primer. or
--Ol, we Us snort primer mostly.
with ! little burve~r for big display ad-
ver-I-emer-s- We find the brejoyse i -
much higher than the other tyEse that il
panehes holes in the paper
The yuung nan VA getting restless
and glanced arOund In search of way
u escape Bot be f0und that several
more Editors had been arrracfed by the
cruvers1ri0n They manifested the
lsvsiiest interest in every thing pertain
in- % th@ journal NJ represented and
plier rirl with inuumer1hle questions.
P@rspirinx AID bewilierei, t. stru--
gIe5 nrAFely 70 carry cut his part, and
replied 10 their inquiries % the best q
his ability
he told them that ne could SCI Is co..
umns Of typ- per day, and distribute -
quarts. that the paper on which he
worxed had \ good self-r2kiHg lobb-r.
and . ne~ d0uble-thread. lOck-stitch
p4per-cu-rer. that they had lately or
teresf a large. hght-running galley.
double-eyiInder, smooth bore roller.
h0Z-hs1t earh Of the different c0lorer
ink. and short-stOp. half-h4 nmond.
self-retruzrading Hoe cylinder hand
press
He noticed his andieEce exchanging
peculiar glances. and he feared that r.
had overdoue the thiE--thaE be had
impressed them most too much with
hi- Own importance and that # the es
tabliShmsnr in whose interest h. VA
travelling He felt that he mHs- escape
from tEem-thar perhaps his life DE-
pended upon it. GAsPing- I'm dry
he broke out u the crowd, rushed a.
the water tank. and lsvsd hi- throt-
hing hro~- Then he shot forward -
the b2gg1ge-car and remained there
during The re-; Of the trip, lodging be-
hind a pile Of trunks whenever the car
SIS entered BY one Of the editors
This i Why ~e say 80 10 not believ.
hs enjoyed the trlp.-BrsrHnctcs MO-
Esnrs-