The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-27
The Daily Bulletin.
Just as All Editors Write,


A charming little story Of the way in
when Bjornstcrne Bjornsou, the great
Norwegian novelist, turns of his liter
AIRY work, il floating through the news.
papers, This is the paragraph;
"BjOrnsternc Bjornson is an easy and
rapid but ttful writer, Sometimes hi,
pen will be seized by an inspiration and
reel of whole chapters in a few hours.
The forenoon is his work time. and he
does not care if bis desk Is surrounded
by visitors talking or by doaon romp-
ing children at play Nothing short Of
an earthquake can disturb his flow Of
thought"
We've always admired Mr. BOrnson
and have passed many happy hours
reading his stories in the original; but
now our heart warns toward him with
a warmth ii never knew before, for we
discover that this great man and we
have tastes in common, which is the lot
OF few persons to share, BjornStcrnc!
you're just like Us, my dear fellow!
Were just like you only little more
so, We, too, delight in beiug surround
ed by the laughing prattle OF children
az we toll AS these desirable sur
roundngs are not easily TO be had in an
editorial sanctum, we usuallJ write our
heavy articles in our lowly cottage, with
ne little romping darlings on our knees,
in our aSms, in the midst Of our hair
and whiskers, and riding to Danbury
Cross on our in-step, lfpossible, We
send out for few Of the neighDors
children, and as the racket grows mcr-
rier and the little prattler1 grow more
humorous the faster flies our pen aud
the more Irresistible becomes our logic.
Perhaps our readers have noticed that
some OF our most brilliant articles have
appeared in the green apple season, In
the jubilee Of colo and stomacn-lche
we are inspired with our sublimest IDEAS
and write with a rapidly and ygor that
drives all witnesses aghaSt
Yes, we're happy to have a score Of
visitors talking and chattering around
our desk, rs we write They give n
light aud airy grace to our style, make
us crisp and epigrammatc, and our
work seems but pastime. But a writ
er for q provincial newspaper can t az
ford 10 hire twenty 10 forty people to
talk TO him every day Of tae week, and
that's why the public don't get more Of
that class Of work from rs. When we
get hard pushed for a stimulus OF this
sort we order in the foreman Of The
composing the office boy and the
pressman, whom we have trained 20 re-
peat one Of Joseph Cooks lectures back
ward, in three different languages, ut
the rate OF sevcn,v-fve word, per min
ute together and at the same time We
have found this cXpcdient exceedingly
useful and economical, ~ last resort,
Brother Biornsou No, not even an
earthquake can disturb the How OF our
thought. On the contrary the tlow Of
our thought has often disturbed earth
quakeS The flow OF our thought reach
es its flood in the midst Of earthquakes,
volcanic eruptionS, tornadoes, thunder
storms, watcrspouts. boiler explosions,
Fourth OF July celebrations, upheaying
foundations and totterng walls, The
earth NAV yawn but the torrent Of our
thought rolls on in all it, dignity and
grandeur The flow ot our thought was
never disturbed but once; and that was
when the tidinLs reached Us, at the
minute Of going to press, on the day az
ter election. that the elevator had
busted and two forms pied. 80 Have YOU
ever been there, Bio,nson? -Lewj>toH
NE JJurnaL