Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-03
EsrksraisiSs

On. o, the BIS, literary jokes OF the
s..,ou has recently been inflicted upon
III. numerous newspapers OF thu Psciho
Cont. A shr.wd young schoolboy In
San Francisco. Who has got himself q
li,,l. posted in the mystsri-s OF manifold
latter writing by the h~skiosrsph style Of
unlimited reproduction. went laboriously
70 work and got up . letter OF "s.n
Francisco eorrsspond-nes" from himself
..& Co." He ran Oh numerous copies
Of Il In his own uuhsndsoms hand
writing and stroeious spelling. and sent
them to all the papers. accompanied BY
q printed circular. The circular cot
forth that the Aforesaid Vas . "bureau
Of correspondence" established In San
Francisco for the purpose Of supplying
interior newspapers With the current
news from the Bay City. written up In
''us.ful. rsoy and entertaining" style.
In order to secure this object. the 'bu'
rssu" (burro) ~purportsd to have ''ss-
cured the services Of experienced vritsrs
and nsvsgathsrsrs"-svidsutly himsslf
alone. He offered to furnish such letters
for the Low price Of only o dollar
each. calculating that II his offer Of only
one dollar for each letter per week was
accepted BY the various papers. he would
soon be - rich - John Maekay.
But the specimen letter which the
''burro" sent was enough to kill him in
the estimation Of all live journalists. 1t
was simply . sort Of lscksdsisicsl.
schoolboy letter, containing no news
whatever that had not already been
anticipated BY telegraph. or which could
not better DO taken from the San Fran
cisco papers In advance Of the ''oorre.
spondsncs." II consisted Of Ave written
pages, and would all about an ordinary
newspaper column. The News did not
consider IL worth the cost Of type
setting. but . few OF Dur California cou-
tsmporaries. including the Grass Valley
Union, Santa Barbara Press. etc.. having
actually published II in full. We don't
mind printing the commencement Of IL.
which 10 a. follows:
This 10 the birthday Of Warrington and
10 hapgs over the city like . summer Sun
day. The storm has blown over aud once
more the warm sunlight streams through
the streets Of San Francisco. There II
mud undsrfoot and the crossings are bad,
bat . sigh Of relief goes up from the com
munity. A thousand pent-up forces seem
oncs more TO have burst into life and
action. The small street urchin 10 more
vigorous and aggressive. the carts and
coaches 20 past with . spin and . snap
and the long Lanishea ladies' again troop
along the sunny side Of Kearny street
How sweet and fresh the air 10. aud how
intoxicating thu sunlight. The very dog
II the matter. and to have found = new
pleasure In simply existing. All day loue
your correspondent has been idling sway
his time ct . sunny east window overlook
Ing the city and the bay.
The balance Of the letter 10 Of simi
lar style. How intensely interesting
TO .Iciiabls outsiders to know all sbouI
the weather and mud Of San Francisco
aft.f II was . week old. or at any othst
time. Those "psnt.up forces" inolud
ing the "small street urchin" and tb'
"lons banish.d ladies'" no doubt lookst
interesting. bat they were liable to &C.
dsmorsliz-d by the "i~ntoIicsiiug sun
light" So. too. With the dogs ant
horses. But for q live. wid--awsk,
news ssth.rsr to DO all day long idlipi
away HE time ct . sunny east window
10 anything bat good newspaper work
The ''burro" won't do. He shOult
quit trying. and seek . mild situation OF
aohieken ranch a. soon a. possible.
Scores Of similar offsrs Of correspond
snos. accompanied BY specimen letters
from Washington. Now York. Boston
London. Paris, Berlin and elsewhere
find their way daily into the waste has
kets Of oil prominent and well REGULATE,
newspapers. but this San Francisco
proposition 10 . little the worst and mos
ridiculous OF all. The " burro " deserves
apex Of soaked barley for his amusing
effort.