The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-13
Hob ohblug with Great Men.

Hob,Nobbing with Great Men.
ALlrrLE knot Of printers, justarrived
In Titu9vils, wore iudulNng in some
personal "Reminiscences, and an epitemt
Of the conversation will give the pubiie
an insight into the cosmopolitan life o.
the craft, and show how they often hob
mob with greatness.
Said Slug One: ~ tell you, Sam
Bowles vas q good one. Nothing small
about Sam. One day ! struck Spring
field, busted flat as tlat-iron. and bolt
I ed right for the Republican office. Sam
was writing an editorial on the Kansas
border law, or some Of those Old heavy
subjects, but he dropped every thing,
and made It nice and comfortable for
me. Gave me an order on restaurant
/ for something, and gave me the adj,
frames that night. 80 sa.w s..
"Did you ever strike Greeley when YOU
wanted a favor9" asked Slug Two
/" Greeley was always busy grinding out
that hQryihle copy,,0t III. but shsIasaly
allowed his work to Interfere with his
social duties. Il was present once, how.
ever, when he threw printer down
stairs, but never blamed the old fellow
much. The trouble grew out Of some
l1nsinuation | had made about the Mag
ara meeting" 1'--
Slug Three said he struck Louisville
once in George u. Prentice's time, and
the visit was always a bright spot in his
memory. ~ wanted to see the old
man and went right to his private Office.
He asked me if l needed any thing, and l
told 'hmsI didn't. I had two full weeks
work in my pocket, and told him want
ed him to come out and take something
with me. l remember it like it was
yesterday. lie was writing poem On
the death of = child-none Of your Phil
adephia ledger poetry, but the real
thing. George jabbed his pen into the
|desk and said, kind Of melan-
choly like: u don't often take
anything, but when / do, l have
noticed it il usually about this time of
dry He stayed right with me all after
noon. Never had such circus in my
life. r. The police knew George, or both
d us might have been jagged. Quote
poetry? Why, he would hang on to the
edge Of a bar likes ground squirrel and
iqilote the Greek and Latin poets till
YOUR head would SWIM" -
Slug Four was in Boston when Dickens
read there, and enjoyed the extreme
felicity Of a night off with the great
novelist. Dickens came into the office
one night to look over the report of his
lecture, and made some corrections and
additions in the proof. II couldn't
read his writing very WE'LL" said the
printer, ''and brought the proof out and
asked him what so and so was. He told
me and then tipped me the wink, and
asked me to correct the galley and put
on sub, and come and see him at his
hotel. When I got through and went
around to the fremont House, it was
about one O'Clock in the morning, bnt
I'm darned if Dickens wasn't waiting
for me. Well, l needn't tell you any
more than to say, simply, that before
We parted company he wanted me to
cali him Charlie. goa'f"n .ar ~, i~4A
And 50 the interesting personal remi.,
ndscences went on, One printer, q ?
henohNan, had set up sonnet from
Victor Hngp's manuscript. He cap
tered tbs ''copy's's and Aad it at bis
boarding house now il any one cared :.
to step around and see it. Another had
set'up q, sAate ? Of o, famous double
loaded editorial ON the abolition of slav- &
cry, wriessM Ay, the elder 'Bennett, and
Injected into it, ,surreptitionsly and with
cussedntsy aipfethpught;7 = quotation
from May . Little LIANT" ehewed up
the copy and managed the whole thing
with such devilish adroitness, that Il,
got into the paper and wcnt, through all |,
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