Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-01

n. J. BugDErTE.


habit that night has between the hours
of sunset and sunrise. During those
hours TIE sun rarely shines in our Isti-
tude. and night hss everything its own
way. with clear field to itself.
Godfrey Stieblpen 81. at his table in
the sauctum Of the morning TdDs5or.e.
his Idle penril in his .istiess fingers, aud
his aching head resting upon one We ry
hand The solitary bell in distant
sfeeple has Just toiied am. There was
a famine Of copy on the hook. and the
echoes of the clansrs Of tins IN 4pgsasa-
Die coInpositors came nlmblIug Ia ghost
IL cadences dovn the speaking tube. and
once the saTc sstic tones o: the fore
mans voice penetrated the dismal sauc-
iarn. conveying To Dir. stiehlpen the
entirely superfaous information that
this was not an afternoon paper, and
Furthermore, that tie would like 10 go
to press before the men went 10 dinner.
DIR. Stiehipen sighed heavily, and IA al
distracted manner fGTned over the
closely written pages Of his note book
For twenty-five years he had sat ~
that table, and praised everything tina.
ever came within fifty miles Of shaw
neetown. Horses, bird dogs, new houses,
minstrel troIpes, new goods, lectures,
eminent citizens, big radishes, tall corn,
long jumps, speeches, brass bands, i'm
ported cows, fine walters. new road
wagons, fancy gates, concerts, fairs,
hops and debating societies. He had
noted the uprising Of the eminent citi-
zsn. and observed his Is down: he
watched his coming and going. and to-
night he was weary. He had writ en-
up two speeches, q socia, hop, nine
h1ndred-doilar horse, an imported pig.
4 new fence. q big egg, seventeen
pound tumOr, a lecture, and here was a
concert 10 bs written up.
He knew what a delicious matter this
WAS. He knew that woe waited upon
ais footsteps If he failed To- notice each
performer at length and In perfect de
tsIl. Wrath and deuunclatIOu lowered
above his head, ready 20 fail III one de-
stroying deluge II he said anybody sang
or PLAYED better than anybody else.
How could 40 meet the father OF the
young lady who wore the expensive
dress Oh the stage, aud yet got notice
four lines shorter than the shoemaker s
daughter, who had nothing III the world
but her voice to commend her 70 public
notice? How could he look Miss Upper
cea in the facs when Ill his description
Of her exquisite rendition of Monastery
Bells" he forgot, or perhaps with malice
aforethought Intentionally omitted, to
mention the cost of her diamonds! He
sighed as he remembered how often he
lad been through all this, and here 1t
WAS one O'Clock III the morning, his
hand was tired, his head aehed, aud the
notes of his one hundred and eleventh
concert were still echolng i'll his brain,
and were waiting On the pages of his
own notebook for his own transcript
ton.
He rose, ard dragged from its dusty
shelf Rn old bound volume of the paper,
looked over some of ms old reports,
with view Of changing the dates and
names. and using then. over, TO save time
and trouble, ~ he hal often doae be-
fore. But his head Was heavy, and the
concert Of the preyioUi evening differed
IN 80 many respects from all its prede-
eassors that he Was forced to abandon
his labor. saving scheme, SO dear tn the
heart of tho ambitious and pains taking
reporter.
II have praised people for twenty-five
years." 6e muttered, again seating him
self at the table, and am tired Of 1t.
am not in tie praisin2 humor tonight.
sigh for something new. My longing
soul aspires To originality. l had rather
abuse Il man a column than pull him
ton lines. | Will write up these notes III
style that Will have at least tie merit
of originality, and will please every
body who doesn't iind his name III the
paper tomorrow.
dis pencil flew over the sheets of pa
per iiks aw llking match; the sarcastic
ut.erances of the foreman ceased, the
distant claInor of she Intelligent Com
positors WAS hasDed, and only now and
then the muiilcd groans that came sad
iy down the speaking-t told that
sonle printer was trying to decide
whether blot. long waving line, two
dots and a dash WAS commencement,
Communion" "ieineration." or ''eman-
cipation."
Mr. S.iehlpea laughed hoarsely as he
heard the gtoans.
''iiosl for copy, will you?' he chuck-
led deiiantly. IN give You copy taat
will make your hearts sick
And no wrote more wildly than ever,
anl only said, "Ha, hsr' when word
C lme tnat the distracted proof reader III
the next room had hanged himself.
Mex. morning. while Godfrey Stiehl
pen slep,, the Tan'boree was opened AT
a thousand happy breakfast tables. and
Joy Was turIied To mourning rs. amid
weeping and wailing aud gnashing of
teeth, the frs. thing tie subscriber read
was as follows:
A PHANTOM Uoss.-Ben Harri gan
came all tho way to our Office last even
ing to tell Us that he had just received
An imported inyeFtebrate thoroughbred
from ENGLAND, magnificent stnpper.
With record of 30. that cost him nine
hu,,tl-ea dollars. Warupcs, NJ whose
Stables this matchless wonder il housed.
infornas Us that IL Is Maxsii County
horse. seventeen years old, and worth
about ta-nty doliara for iady's driving.
Ii seems that Harrigan lies worse as hu
draws nearer the grave.
After this came ito annexed para.
era )h:
Cahar TIa.-Farmer Thistlepod yes
terlsy dragged US seven blocks through
the scorohing sun dawn to freight de-
pot to 500 his new two-hundred- d ,llar
Imported pig. Marshal Henry after
wards told as II WITS pig THAT had been
in pound 10. three weeks. and Thistle
poa only paid two dollars for il. 1t Is
Qua OF the genuine ps,.lrie-schooner
breed, with "a snaut thirty eight inches
long, and oan jump a sttke-and-r. der
feaoo without touching hoof. This
tlepod has always been notorious Tor
keeping miserable stock.
The usual eulogistic personal" para
graph was supplemented by the follow
ing:
PEgsosAL.-Old Archie Mcintosh left
town last evening % the great delight
of his acquaintances--he has no friends
for a trip to Mad Lake. He left a
note fot Us. stating that he was going
for his health. This means two
weeks drunk. We wonder who lent him
snough money 10 get out Of town?
But the crowning glory of the paper
vas tho concert notice. II read as fol-
owa:
GRAND CONCERT. regular annual
sxh,oition Of good clothes and bad
music. that has grown TO be a feature OF
The musical world in Shawneetown.
same of last evening AZ the Opera
House. Every scat in the hall VAS taken.
Tor our patient community has btcsme
to this affection. and sub
nlts tn It without murmur four or i've
lines a year, very much ~ they take
lulnine in the spring.
ate, as usual. after the Shawneetown
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