Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-02
journalism In Deadueod.

JouTnalism IN Deadweed.
.I'm an editor myself said he, Is
he planted his feet on the Eagle EDITORS
desk and Lit that functionary's pipe. az
throw ink on the Up-Gulch Sho5er at
Deadwood, and you Bet 4 maka come
reading matter for the boys. Take the
Shorter on exchange here?'' "a :
= think not, . replied the editor.
I" Don know that / ever heard tof itt''
You ainst been long in the ink btisi-
ness, have YOUR asked the stranger,
quickly. "You don't seem %. be up in
the literature of the day. The SnortIT
throws more influence to the square
foot than all the papersin Dead~0ods
Let me show you the style of that peri-
odical," and hee drew q fil6 of buck
numbers out of bis pocket. ~ See Mem
advertisementsgs All CASH. MSeting of
County Board; fist fight "a the Common
Council; mine caye1 - m nineteen
men; four women lSH6hef, Mayor of
town convicted Of bufgaefy raid II IN
dians-all live news items. SEES the
editorial? Tbieis Mat Isay sbout the
Rapid CITY HakfiPrise Tie distinz
gnished ccn6d Iteration in which
we hold the tAree-ply jackass who
edits our noxipus contemporary is only
equaled by thesrspidfty with which the
tumble-bugs win roll him ont Of town il
the spring. Spicy, en-? You betI
There's ssome poetry Wrote it MY
self Made it up out Of my head.
HoW's this?sa
The opposition have noniiuated
ss19lat lousy, drunken, dis5ip4teds 80
Cock eyed horse thief. Jim Mck4ddcus
Our candidate is Fstty Maddenl
Sand we elected him, too, Tor old
stock! We go in for poesfy out ourrsys
from way back" ~
1--WE don't do it in just that way
here,'' said the Eagle editor, with a
smile. "Our folks IA
"That's where you're off. You
haven educated your folks up to high
TASTE Where / live we re cultured clear
to the root. Here's my remarks about
the editor of the Vermillion Repeater,
when he wanted to split the territory:
I'VE don't want to reflect on the press, but
we are compelled to say that the editor
of the Repeater has stolen Government
mules so long for living that he begins
to fiatter, himself that he too is an ASST
That busted his business" 81 ~
Now here's little criticism on our OPP
era-house that was regarded very high:
Manager Whitney is giving high
tonder performance than our citizens
have right to expect for two bits. He
has engaged the beautiful Gambetta for
two weeks and her standing jump shows
careful thoughts and study, and her toe
whirls are unprecedented in the history
of the ballet. Mr.. Whitney has stored
up the east end of his minstrel troupe
with the Justly celebrated Patsy Magin-
mis-, the bones of modern eras. We are
sorry to chronicle a row at his temple of
Thespian virtue last night, and we rec
ommend Manager Whitney, if Shang
johnson comes monkeying around there
again, to crack his nut with bottle
And he did it, too. 1t shows the power
of the press.
81 suppose your paper is confined to
local matters. You don't do much in
the way of general literature" said the
Eagle, by way Of keeping up the con-
versation.
"There's where you're on your back
again. 1t comes high, but our people
will have it. See this story. from Har
per's boiled down to half column, but it
gives all the facts. Then here's poem
by my OaugnCer. ones powerful
singer when she's fed up to it. Boiled
beef sets her going, and a bottle of beer
fetches the balance. How does this
strike YOU? This is hern. It's called
ode To Night = ~.
The Evening for her bath of dew
Is partially undressed. =
The sun behind u bObtail flush
Is setting in the west.
The planets light the heavens with
r1lSS f1QSI n IF fhai In
The sky has put its nigh shirt on,
And buttoned it with stars.
love this timfd, shrinking Night,
Its shadows and its dew;
/ love the consultations bright,
So old and yet SO new; 8 g =
love night better than the day,
For people looking on,
Can't see me skinning round to meet
i 5 My own. my darling john
"You don't get any better truck than
that in the East You see, our people
have got to have the first crop or bust,
It livens a paper up, too, this poetry.
and it's fat for the printers. Here's a
little thing dashed right off ON the
Yankton, Tindicator for claiming that
swindled the government on a hay con-