Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-09
Starting a Newspaper.

Did you ever start paper, MOI
Well, you ought to try IT, Falling
down stairs with stove on top of you
is not hing to be compared to it in point
of excitement. The name Of my paper
was the Reciep. and it was started to
"fIl long-felt want" Jerry Coohrane
was my pardncr. There were several
very comfortable things about the paper.
For instance, Jerry aud | always knew
on Monday that We wouldn't have
enough money to pay the hands oil ON
Saturday, aud we never did. Tho hands
knew it too, and SO their nerves Wee
never shocked by disappointment. We
ran that way for while getting more
deeply IN debt all the time. At last.
entered tho office one morning and Jer-
ry was looking rather solemn. Jerry,
says /, "you waat n pardner." 'Yes,
we need one, Bob" he rcjoined. ~
business man, said he "a iinancier -
| observed. "a man who can take hold
OF the thing and turn it into money"
he concluded. "Then I've got tho nun
you want, said and introduced Frank
Hitchcock, the sheriff. Jerry said
Frank was tho very man ho had been
thinking of, so we installed him at once
sir. He ran the paper with the greatest
success until he had turned it entirely
into money. When we wound np the
concern there was nothing left but two
passes es-one to Cincinnati and one TO
Burlington. We divided them and went
in different directions.
81 got to Burlington fesling pretty
bad / was about 200, 900 miles in debt
having managed to owe everybody l
knew. would have owed strangers,
too, only had no way OF making their
acquaintance. One day | remarked to
Mrs. Burdttte that | would go over and
see il | couldn't get job on the Hack.
eye. put 1t off for while, and one
day the business manager came over to
offer me place could have hugged
the man, but didn't want to be donun-
strative, 80 | held back rather coyly.
He asked me ii | had ANYTHING in view,
and told him had II was the truth,
had an idea Of going to the poorhouse,
ii could only get ride on the cars;
was too proud to walk. Well, he
urged me, aud finally agreed to take
tho matter into consideration. | WAS
to go in at six o'clock the next after.
noon and bid him chilly good day.
For fear I'd miss the train, | was down
there at a quarter to fonr, but when |
entered the Hatokeye Office | walked iu
like lord and called the business mana.
ger "Charley," slapped him flmiliariy
on the back. tell you his offering me
place gave me a great moral advant-
age, aud | used it, tho result being |
was allowed the usual priucely sslury
of reporter"
81 worked along for while, and
finally got an interest in the Hapkeye.
A curious thing happened after while,
which bas caused me TO laugh many "A
time. There were four of us on the
editorial page, Frank Eatton, John +.
White and John Burdetts, my brother.
Frank was the first one taken from that
glorious band, and he became FIRST
Assistant Postmaster General. John
White followed by becoming Postmaster
of Darlington, and my brother was
then appointed collector of the first
internal revenue dis rict of Ohio. Frank
was born in Cadiz, Waite iu Ravenna
and my brother in Cincinnati, all in the
samo State. | was from Pennsylvania
and didn't get anything. 1t takes Ohio
men for offices. "-Barlcttc.