The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-09-14
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How n Past Reporter Mixed n Coup Ie
OF Articles

There is a reporter at the Times"
Office who writes with equal rapidity
with either hand. lie is an ambidex-
ter, aud a bold, bad one at that. When
there Is a rush Of work at the Office aud
the devil Is shouting ''coppee" like a
Gend i~ncarnate, the useful reporter sits
down Mt his desk In full company front,
and with n pencil In each hand, slings
of local happenings by the yard. He
writes on two sheets at once, and don't
let his right hand know what his left
hand Is driving at; but it's driving all
the same.
Yesterday he got q little OF his ment-
al base, and attempted TO write up u
dog fight and n wedding IN high life at
the same time. lie got things mixed.
His hands ran clear away with the gray
matter in his skull. and things became
terribly confused. This is the way his
items telescoped each other:
AT Grace Church last night, the
nuptials Of Thomas johnson and Miss
Julia Lawrence were celebrated in the
most magnificent style. A costly floral
horse shoe being directly overthe altar,
and when the yellow cur saw the flames
Of anger darting from the eyes OF the
brindle fyste, he opened with the i'm
p~ressive strains Of the wedding march.
As the handsome couple walked down
the aisle the excited crowd began to get
frantic, and there were yells o. Sick
'em, Bull at him now, Towser,' rs
the spectators became interested In the
fight. The bride was elegantly attired
In purse white garments Of the most
costly fabrics, and she wore the tradi-
tional white veil and wreath Of orange
blossoms, had him by the neck, and his
tongue began 10 loll out and his eyes TO
turn somersaults rs II In the customary
black suit, white gloves, ears cropped
close TO his head. lie was n disreput.
able looking dog In the beginning, and
ought to have been whipped for being
so homely. lie is OF good family, and
Is engaged in one OF the most extensive
manufacturing enterprises In the west.
But the yellow u seemed to be get
ting the advantage, as he had now sue
coded In securing n death grip on the
throat Of the big brindle, and when he
tenderly kissed the bride, according TO
the ancien. custom, his back was cover
ed with mud, and his of hind leg was
terribly chewed up. Among the costly
presents received by the happy pair
were a fine grand piano from the father
Of the bride, hair had been scalded from
his back and m eye seemed to have
been destroyed by an augur. After a
short bridal tour the happy pair will
settle down to N Of the hardest fought
battles the reporter has yet witnessed,
and II was difficult to tell which dog
had been punished worst. The fight
ended ut exactly ASS, after having been
bitterly contested for an hour and a
half were driven TO the residence Of the
brides parents, and he was taken to
".' " . hoth' WhecibshiiOW. lie
will probably never recover, and IL lie
does he will be totally blind. Besides
being permanently lame in the left hind
leg, the beautiful bride received the
congratulations Of n host Of friends.
The groom is n of our most promis-
ing young men, and his owner breads
the possibility OF losing him, as he fears
he a never replace him. The father
OF the bride is n Of u wealthicst
merchants. and the yellow fyste limred
of with n knowing look in his eye and
"A saucy curl in his tail, rs much rs to
say; Who else wants to try meP'"
The ambidexter was summarily
fired. "-Kansas City Journal.