The Red Cloud chief., 1882-10-06

Ye<se-dsy . man came into b Boz ~
erasg of5ce With the air of . man rho
Is tired II this earth aad wants 20 wing
his way % . land of foryeffulness and
plunge into the lothian depths Of oblis-
sou- ASfcr he had taken . seat on the
tcse-s~ssfe and hrng his hat on he es-
crifoir. he said:
I'm . newspaper man myself.
Didn't know but you might N . good
man On the stat, somebody % write up
the sal features Of life and furnish the
fearful wall. a. IL were Lie 10 full Of
woe. and in ms estimation every paper
should have q woe editor. ! am well
fitted for that position. ~ you will see
il ] may be allowed 10 go ON and detail
my " experience ~ you
Il went dawn into Kansas and START
cd \ paper in . small town M the Santc
Re Road. with the assurance that l
would meet with the cordial aid and
sympathy Of the people there. didn't
expect TO do a big bn.iness- but ! just
wanted to run n little modest sheet.
The Grs, week my paper didn't &c,
there. and | had To print that issue On
ON paper bags that I got from our
leading grocer. This was N afyant-
age. because his ad. wa already print
ed on the first pa &c and IL saved the
wear and ear Of display type. Still the
paper looked meager and did not at
tract the attention that l had hoped for
it, IL did not influence the Admins
tration nor boonLup the town n | had
anticipated.
The next week I wrote up . little
social party and gave the name of =
young man who vas drunk and frolic-
some and shot out all the lights. He
also shot an old man who was calling
or the dance.
81 thought the press ought to be fear
less and outspoken IL the occasion re-
quired. and / wrote it up carefully and,
rs I thought. fsirly. but the young man
came around the next day and con-
vinced me that l was wrong. was
writing as cathing article ON agnosticism
when he came in and knocked me under
the job-press with a chair. l didn't
know him nt all and thought il was
rather eccentric for a total stranger. so
when | got up again ] told him 20.
Then he jammed me into the wood-bOx
and poured q keg Of ink and a a Of coal
oil on me before I could have any under
standing with him.
Then he went away.
..That evening he came with some
friends and bought the goodwill Of the
establishment. and the whole Office and
subscription list Of me. He had the adj
vantage Of me. and bought it low. 1
felt that I was making . sacrifice. but
/ was afraid / might not have another
opportunity TO sell. so ] sold. The
price, of course. was nominal. but the
Inducements held out were not to be
ignored.
.'Since then ! have started three pa
pers. and had three large and holly
contested fights. Ny collar bone has
been broken in two places, and my doc
bills have always been bigger
than the other expenses Of the office.
The dentist has been pulling teeth ont
of my palate ever since | entered into
the newspaper business. As soon rs l !
got SO | could see with both eyes one of
them has been closed up on me. and
my nose has at different times pointed
around all owe my face.
"What l want now is a chance to
work on some paper IN cog. as ! might
say, and where ! will be by myself. /
can take most any current event and
tinge il with sadness. ! a give an air
Of hopeless melancholy to the occur
rences of everyday life that will make
your paper known all Over the world. l
will admit that this is an innovation in
journalism. perhaps. but it will take. 1
and l know that il / can succeed
in imbuing into my work that settled
air of gloom that l feel, your paper will
win for itself in n short time the name
Of being the most CHASTITY record Of dis
appointment and grief-stricken, horror
rcmorse in the known world"
The manager sobbed a few times and
then said. while his voice was choked
with emotion. that the Opaque gloom
was ably filled at present;
and the stranger went out into the cold.
hard. disappointing outer world. TAX
ing with him his leaden burden OF woe
and a silk umbrella that stood in the
hall.-Nyc's boomerang.
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