The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-06
TIE JOURNALISTIC FEVER.
r,TRfORDTNARY CASES or THE PECr-
liar DISE.iSE IN THIS CITY.
4. ur,,,innt Graduate Of Amherst College the
Jrr, victim 1--WE Brother. Catch the Fe-
,rr-A. r.. stewards Doctor Attacked
a, y,uocent Lawyer In the Last Stages.

,,r-A. T.. stewards Doctor Nttnckcd-
An Innocent Lawyer In the LIZ" stages.
Tint pc,.uliar disease. thencwspapcr fever, |
Il raging i'm this city. So many cases are now |
ur,lor treatment that the contagon is attracting
universal attention. Its incipicnt siagos are Il |
It, rarv eruption and II bullying Of the forehead. |
An abnormal arrangement Of the ccrcbcllum
tr,ws. splcmc,ic pconnsm supcrvcncs. and
er,cntilcrou- prolapsus finally carries the vic
,i-,t,tlic journalistic Poitcr's Field. Taken in
,ir,c the nilmcnt may he cured: but allowed to
49,, without decisive treatment. the patient
v,a.t,s ava, with nil the symptoms 81 Brights
di-,nse of the kidneys. He may last for years
In, his suflcrngs will he terrible. and end in
absolute dissolution. Pure SUNiight il highly
recommended to those not beyond cure. The
,roscri,tinu is cheap. and can be obtained at all
uers .tAnds-pricc two cents.
one Of the most remarkable cases OF the fever
f. now approaching fatal termination. About
fourteen wears ago Charles II. Swcctsrr gradu-
o,.1 from Amherst College. lie WIS n bright.
J..hirc Young man. fond " books and maya
zines. and ambitious of literary prciermcnt.
p,z,d by the glamour of newspaper life. lac
,,i.lly caught the journalistic fever. He came
=, thi. .iiy about 1866 and launched an evening
,r.faitr. He had barely enough money To- set
,l,,pt,rrrI-o unOat. hut was full Of nerve, vim.
md yslr. and fancicd that he could success
ttly,.trr 90 the public taste. Tholustrou- rep
u,.iU,- ~ Henry j. Raymond. Manton Marble.
t.l,thrr brilliant Journalist excited his nd
ruAt,u. aud he determined TO win a niche mt
ihc.r sides. He called his newspaper The Eret-
aJ Ga.,Ye. 1t was fresh. crisp and cpigram-
matte. and crawl"d into public favor until it
STAINED daly clrcuiauoh OF t'uuo or o"ou
rorics The would-he dilc,tanti 1ourishcd il
10 .or-. cars and steamboats,. II was peculiarly
b. ti,,t, f.,v "A nj
or 'ri,t..n.- euarkled with personal gossip
and society news had w,ll-writtcn Wall
street olnmn' ana pald no attention VI 9ohee
courts and l1.Yd politicnl matters
rt.it,h ,i.l., of ,yar nricrs had not suraidcd
lr -" "''' " w" p''''' ,"' No. Vs.
and ti" young collegian soon found himself In
rn.n.ial strait Mr.S.J Ahorn. n well. known
croker caught the fever from Sweetser, anu
wls Induced 10 take an interest in the gazette.
The usual Demonstration Of the ccrebcllam
l"iowed. ana he was soon induced 10 'nKe tn'
-. .',,,..I ,t'' - ,,,a,',r,a1 a,,i
,"'''s't r'.l'"e' vi" "''''' "iu ",nV'',"'' "'''
luu he'd u literary shallnp called Tie Ersnitg
Mail Mr.. khcrn to,cd his Fr,nng Gdz,Hf oyer
h. Tie ori,.' OF Inc Journr,msn Printers
Gao; miiye Association. and issued il regular
IS lur me- weeks. Splcnetic pleonasm Sul'r-
lr''t, III tie -,lit "n, mdyertiscd tnn Nail and
Inc Wall street gentleman went Ia tho wall
H. rati nj Hid ~ nrgrntifcr1us prolapsus
md tho GGz.,is was ensnendel
MphuN nile the foyer WAS rgEing in SWpetgpr' :
veIls Wis skin became pnrchrd and his dry
url Wild Eve, tol, the story of his snfrrrings
Tic Va could not bee run without money. lie
revisited Amherst. and raisrd enough from his
avn Ind hi1 wif,'s r,lnt vs. 10 keep the thiui.
NJ, At. But with all this ail H. ran hci lni.
r,e Go,,Ns II foun,l , - ,,'ly s"i. b"..,,,...
TITLED gap not covered hy any OH evening
IL, ~, 49,. ,,,'r.t III r',,',i ,,i,t !, a. fl .
snmriimr If wanted "A man al the centre noir,i
swrrisrr ,rird To- stror craft and unna.,o M
hui a moor maung1r In Aurl lSGs. he had
sunk ali his im"m.v. and was .tar ..,.r ns a'"n..
% W hno Ggt 2i s l%t' I'M r. w,f h.
H. went To- the rooms of the Union L"n-u.
were suwn in the veins OF \. II. aud Col. !. A.
Almy ol Wal street. They udVan .cd him s. 600
md took his notes for -iX months. Th" notes
became due In October. II they w"r" not
paid within twelve months the Almy broth
ers had tho privilege of taking the urH
notes were not paid Tie Amy brothers gave
the fever 70 iw1@i, rnrothgts lhry i".' atri
The sale ot N" Ma I" % brother Of Robert John-
stone. its late pub l-h"r. The brothers John
stone stO krd Il for s2uuNOl Rob 'ri hud been
clerk in bankin- oiii.e down town. ana biz
Tor the Errimg Post Both wer" good busin -
men, hut neither laid any claim to rdiioriH
qualifications. lhcy appear To have had NOR
fever than money
An editor was found in MAJOR ). VI. Bundy oil
orl-lnalIty tlht hau MrWrHed IL inner tn'
swecls'r management; me poor coll'Sihh ~"
leit the cry hinKeh IN heati ana p"kl. T. u
am tn" newspaper lusih"7s iad LOST " ga
mNuF All tuhl nillii.Hl u'lNr, hllI 'h1N-
.rious young man c"ud 40 To ma 4''tSs
lhd been done lie hhd l"-i over sbauVV, an,
Ne Standing on the threshold 81 an. ih. rWofil
II went I, Minnesota. alii nnaly died VI con
SUMPTION.
Nh"n the Johnstcne brgthers TOOK me hnf
Sas not paying us Wecky rAp"neeSo o l'nl
sW'ei-rr 5 dents, u IN" amount y sZNul' Wrr'
hanging uIon It's rhlris., rue broth'rs hur
-lrdly rak'd NJ a iair advertising lHtruhhsr
vrih'iphy IN III" Insurance u'paiui"Ht ",l
le lohrna soon Sot on On even Keel IL!
Ar Tweed re- m II was nlleu WIZ
Tunns from IA" Iaminhy thpe' II r.,
% yea hrHnF sums, Tor ,'"tl'lHtl"t 70
grti-inG. without W,Sr Wgni Ito' 'i
1y nave e"n" !" thr bouqn Shr.wu POI
u'.tn-.N il Hli gt rom thriN 70 lofty ~,
.l' ''I '.n"' NJ 'h' cialh.9 ~ W 1tNi'
sai' f"tifel ny ths owner. o. W. va, itu.
t.Nr h'.h 20 hSldrihbly over sl"V'Wu. - i',t
hes "dV'rtiSr M"hts' N litp'r mHnutiu'u ~
tA-tl' ', am MAJOR nun " s'!iu ll'l IT,. -
nun,ip1l reform ana Inc tlliAehs Asso'i"'i"l
le Ahd som" r. hd'f-. ,, o .
-nr Ne trst tlnr IN iler history po9r 9Mtot
ser nun. lit'rarS slhlup lit, sui p'us Ia u
a. N.f- Sh' " - hhrgrl me y, s'.linyhri III,
,tort"l h9T rH ~. Dul II, uho ~, o.,
h'I 'rurl nov ne ms, '',,N' "i ,'i" I,,,
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SOON "ii'INtt,! " iuN'i "a, ~ IN W ~ ~ a, y
sW' IS ri'u anu u W, ~ Il , ,i',
ru'h ~ IT, There WIS dIiliruIS h,iwe'