Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-19
LIFE on COUNTRY EDITOR,
4 story With "A Powerful Horai.
Let Everybody Read

4 story With Powerful jiorai.
Let Everybody Read
Once upon time, about the begin
ming of the wear 1881, there lived a
lean and hungry country editor. All
through the wear 1880 he had worked
hard. and had lived for the most part
nu turnip,. dried apples and herrinSs.
Thanks iying day and Christmas day
had come and gone, ami on those oc-
.a>inus the editor had worked of the
,,-t lakgs he could get up As to :1fkes
and cranberry sauce. He got up these
Jokes mainly for the purpose OF making
tine. General public believe that he dln-
..1 -uruuruouSiv on those OCCASIONS
But the TACT OF the matter Is, the only
change of diet the editor had on each
of those Gavs, was that he mixed his
,lrlips and dried apples together, and
called tine mixture 10y beautiful
French name. 1t Is true that the
editor ,.aS unt able to eat much OF his
,ayy dish even after he had given II
q, beautiful name. But tins did not
matter mach. lie calmly ate his her
rim and congratulated himself that
rLi, French delicacv of his was dish
that Jew of his acquaintEces had ever
sat down 20.
Durzy. must 90 on with our story.
= We have remarked before, our mar
ratiy. commences with the beginning
of rb. y.ar 1851. OF course, that Is
"A lone. long time ago, and OF course
tb, editor about whom We are now tell
inc has long since died and gone to
heaven. But perhaps some among our
Oldest readers may have heard theli
.-r,.B-,,hrrs speak of the winter ol
1854 and 1881. How It showed and
blow-l and frozcd. and then took q
f,..l, start and froZrd and blowed and
showed How boats were frozen up
iu tha rivers, and railroad trains hloch-
al In the middle cf forests by lmpehe'
tr,Il- hanks of snow. and the cattle
ur.u Z: Thousand hills compelled To e'ti
straw UuG,r the shed, and yet 1t KEPT
an showing and blowing and freezing
VI.r.. lived about tins time weather
Braf.hat Iv name Nenuor. Many Peo-
iIa intending the editor, believed thai
y.5,.-.,r hal much 10 DO with creating
tI. miserable state Of the weather.
Whether Tyunur was responsible ioi
iI. weather, or whether It might nave
ssar.. properly been aScr'bed 10 herDef'
>r..r..r-~ AUTHORIZATIONS OF definite,
coherent heterogeulety, We ale MOI
..f.,.... f.!s time t determine. W nat
.....r Ina, i.lye been the cause o1 the
winter. Ne. VII simply state that II was
almost as bad a- any that had ever oc'
..grr.i within the memory 81 the "ldea'
iuhahItaH.
a., t.,.. ,,...rr.lu. on which our story
commences. the editor WAS sitting
r.anlil- iu ui, SauctHm. The deNll was
.l,5.syari.sy q, make the fire burn, lAsi
.s VII Introduced devil should. Bu'
m. editor WAS meditating. He was
thinking .f tae past, Of the present ahd
af tb. future. lie had Just finished
5.,.. KING ont "a long list Of bills, ana ne
,,-.- -i,ipL.u,. -Nectlv oi all those blessed
subscriber, who had paid hIm IN All
vance and against whom ne had no DIS
AMI "a. was thinking mournituiy, re-
.r..tfvllv. almost bitterly Oi those wiz
mint Vet squared mp And Yet he was
,1.l,,lirIa hap-fully Of this latter class,
f..,. r. was uriuciualiv upon them that lie
1.,..r,7.-l for his future ratlonS. lie
l-,,..,y f.5.r. were lots and lots ut good
,..rI..,,-- 4rn,u.s them. who would not lei
Kin. .t,r,a tn death while they could
,,,-.. au. dollar and fifty cents. Inc
.s.litar had spent all ms advance suo'
.,.riDt.uu- keeping MP hls rent, III nu!
frr his dried apples. iie turlils ana nl-
5,..rrirr5. iu paving i'r tine material 1iu
..-I..r ..,,,r af running his paper and III
.li,-., .r,.l clothing hIS devil Tn thl'
,...,-,.i-,., al, tine .tlitor sat IN his sinctulA
...,,D1,l.trlv nlnkrupted- That -
D.. .,,-..- ,..i- completely uaui1upted, -l'
i'll etc.. cents left. Butali his turnlp'
go. ..,rrs and ur only had tour p'uh"
If Irir I apples and nine herIlnsH re-
....,ir,s..r I'D ui- .auicr. The edltof '"''
.i. u.uri aul made calculation
IL f,gr pounds Of apples he c.ilculat
= ,,r...-I I1II.l would amount 1" Jus
sl,-l.,,-r,.r- Allowing himself - ga
-,.....l. ,T.--.. four bushels would las.
L5-a inst ta.rrv-two days bur a. II 'o"'
-. Z. r,.rriu-. a dIy. the ulue heiIllli
,-..,,I1 only last him uIue days. I'M
,.... .iaumy outlook. Ehe cdlio
..Igr....f ar his fer; and SAW tEat his toe
,...-.. L..Tuuiue o. show. and - IL
,r.1.rI.r ..i ,.ie cold weather, remember
.-Itslt I.e ought 20 have new pair q
-E..4 "a -l.irt. alotharpaIr "f stockings
r.r. ulster ay-rcaat. y the edlto
,fa-rft upon 'he-s Things, hiS MN
.--.,. .I..-r..rs.e. Iie jumped mp rgr
RI .- struck 60 theatrical aiii'ui'
.Er. .r. ..r. 1uI -iIrak Ei- ii-t "t III
F.,r This -,as,i is- devil a-ir''-,
f.-.f f.- q. flarsir flie edii"I iii
.f.-...,..-.i another t... .-sr.-piic.I 'r'
.- .a.r.-r Issue. Isn't when be- i"uii
,..,-r....Irtar u..- only ahuut T. max
-r...-s.. D.. -,aaI and listened, l'iSt I.
81. al Conducted devil should
S-fIrr. editor Have ! lot W"if
faithfully IuuL- tue past year.
,.,TI...f nd th. news uf tine county, an
d, -puI.n-. into brief form the pm,
I'D new. af th.. country. for the b"nel
II uur readers
Tho devil said. To the best 81 III
le,.ulsd.- and belief, you have.
It. : -.rt " aid the editor; '" lie
l,.,l- wee scare. have 4 aul ses @v'
upou this venerable char alia ln'ei''