The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-25
NEWSPAPER REPORTERS.

1t is not often the penny-a-liner in
England has a chance of showing what
is in him, but we get fair taste of his
quality in the following bit from an ac-
count of the anniversary dinner of
Foresters' court: "The usual hospita-
BILE and ample catering of seasonable and
substantial sustenances, with true Eng
fish SUGGESTIONS, met the appreciation of
those who take Lincoln green as an EN-
blem to emulate fraternity, providential
motives, and true sociality, making the
advent of each emulating annual an
oasis in the prospective, in the advanc-
ing history of the court"
In America the reporter is chartered
libertine, licensed to misuse old words
and manufacture new ones at his discre-
ton; free to be grandiloquent, funny or
slangy, at his own wild will. He is
great at fires. This is his way of de-
scribing the bnrning of grocery store
" The steam and hand engines rushed to
the scene of the confagration, but it was
too late. The flames enveloped the en-
tire structure, the Doric columns were
tottering to their fall, the iron balconies
were melting, the noble buttresses were
heap of ruins, and the French plate
glass in the magnificent windows was
cracked and twisted by the fervent heat.
The blaze roared through the halls, and
the mauresque ceilings, the jewelled
chandeliers, the purple velvet tapestry
succumbed to the furious element; at last
the roof fell in, the heavy walls fell out,
and nothing was left of the majestic pile
but its ruins, reminding the beholder of
the ancient palaces that line the Tigris,
the Euphrates and the Nile" When
the wall of burning bank came down
with crash we are told that, "the fire.
fiend danced with malignant joy in and
about the rear portions of the stores and
offices ;" and when a similar fate threat
ened an Oswego homestead, "the red
flames danced in the heavens and flung
their fiery arms about like black fune-
raj pail. until Sam Jones got on the roof
and doused them with pail of water"
Down Iowa way the appearance of a
newspaper paragraph beginning, & Yes
terday morning winter and spring kissed
each other in the sunrise, and each
spread its choicest favors on the purple
air." evoked Il report that the journalist
had just popped the question successful
ly, while a counter statement attributed
the poetic burst to the authors having
been bitten a week before by dog, "the
exact condition of the animal not being
known at the time" Taste i'm Iowa in
cined rather towards the brief and sug-
gestive style of reporting. of which we
have two good examples in-'' The de-
ceased, though bank director, is gener-
ally believed to have died Christian,
and was much respected while living"
case of John Flanders yesterday. He had
an interview with a few friends, and it is
perfectly certain that John will never
burgle any more
SLIGHTLY SARCAsTIC.-Thep printing !
business is the most fascinating and en-
trancing occupation that man can follow
for a livelihood. 1t is not only an ex-
cecdingly pleasant and highly respectable |
calling, but, also, a very lucrative en-
ployment. Large fortunes are contin-
ually being realized by newspaper pub
fishers without the slightest effort, and,
take it all in all, it is the easiest way to |
gain subsistence one can find. Print |
ing debts are almost self collectable |
You never have to ask for your pay |
only once. Everybody is so kind and |