The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-07
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iho' ,"arn ntr'sad 70 nrintnr,s how who AN.
nooroJ a, Tho TrJ,o,s nf,icr and hofnrnthe ,JudGe
9Th "Is Toncy in >"
81 nra.umn Won wish to see tbe Chief .Jus.
trco 81 tha I'nitnd Statns"
~ dan,, ,,,ro 80, ,hou, hin, I've rnt
somo nroofs for Tonrv -
81 o ~ thn Ian Rog.rR T,,ovu
"ynm,ra Tonov aren't Won ~,
uI nn, ma, foIIow am rho Hon ROGER r
Tono,, -
.eTLop tbe nroofs are not for Won and the
upcoromopiors messen per would have gone off
With them if the ,JnIro had not admitted him.
self IN he Tapev simnly,
ON q certain occnsinn Edward Everett Wis.
,ted the comnosinp room of the Boston ldrer-
mar at a late hour 10 read proof of an ora
lion which he had failed 10 see at an earlier
hour Extremely particular about his style,
hn was ,ltnring SENTENCES and making addi.
tiops while the forms were waiting, which so
irrtated the foreman that he roared out, Cut
il short Everett-confound il Gu, it short there
,sno time now for patchinrup bad English. 3"
l.. ,pI; ntnJ ,,,,tl,
one Williams, a newspaper bore-he was
known typographically AS the Great Artesian
who was constantly sending poor articles to
the dallies and haunting the Offices to inquire
if thev had been used He went into the of.
flee of the Ptcayune in the morning, nobody
being present but a compositor, rather mud
died from drink over night, who had taken pos
session of one of the desks.
as the editor M"
II an-swer-to-that- replied the
typo, who was very exact and deliberate Of
speech, and who recognized the bore at once.
v-I-be-per-mit-ted to-inqure-the
nature of yourIbuslness ."
II want to know if an elaborate poem of
mine entitled The Rose of the South has
been acceptedn
"Mis-ter vii liams. allow me to say that
when I first SAW Won formed the impression
that Won We're "A .cOn-Sllm mate anu al
though have met Won since on a great many
occasions and under a variety of cir.cum-
stances have never seen ANYTHING in your
conduct to cause me to change my opinion
which I then formed Good morning. Mister
Williams,
From that dov Mr. Williams ceased 10 infest
the office of the pjcoy,,Df in which after this
incident h, was called the Artesian Tswcl}
4 typo who has made some absurd blundcr
IN Savannah will learn. on entering an Office
in Milwaukee thai his rundcr has preceded
him some lldicrols incident of which he is
the subject or object will cross the continent
almost rs rapidly rs he can 4 GOOD thing on
him ~ il is STYLED will take nm its residence
in the news rooms Of every large city, and re.
tusc to he eyncllcd He cannot put a uuietus
unon his mistakes either professional or per.
sdnni Thn, will cnncrnrt him AGAIN and
o~ain ot unrynectcd seasons and in 0ut.ofthe.
wnv nIoccs In nrintinp office all DAYS are
inigmcnt DAVIS. nrintore are condemned Iepeat-
ccdly for fine same oilrnse and each time nun.
ishSd with new tnrtures At first they are
roodcd nearly to frenzy nv this worthless iter,.
lion. hnt thev GET nse1 to if rs ecls are pre-
sumad ia get used tn heinC skinned Al last
they assume to he Gallons and to seem callous
is TO crinule criticism. | have known 'sensi.
tive vonth to snffrr terribly in their tvpograph
icoI ;ritio,ion and IA Inc 4hliped after heroic
rndnroncn tn rclnuIsh an adyocation in
which the bed of pr0crustes is so unremittng.
~ nmnInvnd
harn ~, irs,opoo stilI vivid in my mind
nav an liio'',nOI sun -" - -. ~,
young PRIMER ilau come 10 INC clty IRON an
interior town, and a take ON acrltlque nad
written on EDWIN Boom 5 "llalhlet leIl 10 MS
lot The melancholy Dane occurring III a
sentence, he set 1t up the melancholy Dave,
and, by an oversight OF the prooi-reader SO II
appeared i'll the morning issue Inc error,
which occurred by W. gettlhS mo the II
box, was no indication OF his intel!lgehce' Out
1t was too ludicrous to pass unnotlceu.
When the unfortunate wight entered thG
composlng-room the next day, he was greeted
with, Here comes Hamlet
"Ilow are you, DaveF'
ii don't care much for Booths Hamlet.
This evening will be presented the sublime
tragedy of David Hamlet jun
oonunurum; why Ii' iiaiilieI hll I qls Gil.
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