The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-11-27
AN APT COMpOSlTOR.
WHAT SOME !SyIyI'LU 3y{.S-
TAX E.S COSI'.
a Warniln to all Printers, from Toro
man to De vii.

A Warniro to all Printers, from Foro
man to Devil.
from TIE Boston (0,i,pclc;M R,liclin
"From the sample trunks in the
Railways of tho hotels, we should
judge the drummcrs from Now York
houses havo arrived in town. WAS
tho innocent paragraph Western
editor wrote for his papor.
When he returned from dinner,
the grinning Office boy announced
to him that four gentlemen were
waiting to sec him.
"Who arc they ?" asked the quill
driver.
"Woll,' said the imp, "t'cy'yc been
smoking in the composing room Till
the compositors have Sncczcd all The
type out of their sticks, n They've
sent me out six times for beer, n
now they're playing draw poker with
tho foreman on Tao imposing stone"
every wcll,' SAID the editor,
bringing II large club in tho corner
more into view, replacing the paper
cutter with Il bowie knife, and half
opening 4 drawer in which repoScu u
revolver, "show en- in."
-Four gentlemen in very plain suits,
with very large diam"ud pins an,!
worry large watch chains, with Rockets
ut tho ends as big rs dollars, entered,
the foremost laying II card on the
desk inscribed,
''Sl[,KP, CIIISEL Il CO.,
1O0l Bcckman Street, New York,
Hardware and Cutlery
in small letters, and
''Prescntcd by
GEORGE GoUGE,'
IN very large ones, asked:
Care you the editor 2
The journalist looked ut tho party
quietly, us i! calculating The cost OF
their grave clothes, and answered,
II am.
'EIore is a little paragraph about
commercial travclcr,,' said Mr..
Gougc, pulling Il paper from his
pocket, which mo and my friends,
who arc members Of the 'rcmplc Of
Honor, "nd belong to thc loung
Mems Christian Association OF New
York, would like explained"
The miserable man took the paper
mechanically, and gazcd ut his para
graph, Which the printer had set as
follows :
"From the simple drlmks in The
Railways of hotels, we should Judge
tho drunkards from New York
houses have arrived in town."
Quietly taking up his revolver, the
editor strobe up stairs-two sharp
reports and heavy falls were heard,
and the journalist returned nnl
pleasantly remarked to his visitors
"Gentlcmcn, there arc not many
entertainments in this town now,
but II proof-rcadcr and compositor
arc to be buried Tomorrow, and, il
you care for that sort Of thing, I
should be pleased to sec YOU at the
funerals"
And ho sat down to write an
obituary notice, while that night,
"through tho cold and heavy mist, "
four gentlemen bought railway
tickets for Chicago.
-sse----------
The telegraph polo nuisance is in
process Of abolition in tho United
States. According to the postma<;.
ter.gcneral's annual report lust
issued, there woro two thousand
miles of underground wire in OK
lstenco in Great B1itain at the time
of the transfer Of tho tclcgraphs to
tho postofficc, whic on tho 3Ist Of
March last there wero moro than
eight thousand miles. The appears
anco of tho streets Of London is
already noticcably improved by the
change, to say nothing of the do
croascd danger to life and property
in the neighborhoods where tho aerial
wires have been Placed UNDER
ground, and tho less liability to
tolegraphic interruption when the
frosts and SHOWS OF winter set in
Dom Pedro, Emperor Of Brazil, is
again at homo, after IN abs onco of q