Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-07
II. j. Burdette,s "Reminiscences,

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
"Did you ever start daily paper: No Well
you ought to it. Falling down stairs with a
stove top Of you is nothing to be compared TO II
In point OF excitement. The name OF that paper
was The Rerie1o. and it was started to I'll long
felt want Jerry Ccchrane was my partner. There
were several very comforting things about that
paper. For instance. Jerry and always knew on
Monday that we wouldn't have enough money 70
pay the hands off on saturday, and we never
did. The hands knew f., too, ana SO their
nerves were never shocked 10y a disappcint-
ment We ran that way for awhile. getting
more deeply In debt ell the time. At last, one
morning, 1 entered the once and found Jerry
looking rather solemnly. Jerry says l. you want
partner Yes, We need new ole. Bob he re-
joined. "A business man. said |. zone with ex-
ecuttve ability said be-. a financer.' i observed
"A man who can take hold OF the thing and turn It
into money! he concluded. Then I've got the
man you want / said, and Introduced Frank
Hitchcock, the sheriff. Jerry said Frank was the
very man he had been thinking OF. so we Installed
him at once. Sir, Ia proved 10 be all we had an
ticipated, and he ran the paper with the greatest
success until he had turned IL entirely into money
When we wound up the concern there was moth
Ing LEFT but two paSses.one to Cincinnati and one
TO Burlington. We divided them and went in dlf-
ferent directions.
81 got TO Burlington feeling pretty bad. Twas
about two hundred thousand miles in Gebt. having
managed TO owe everybody knew. would have
used the strangers too only had no way OF max
Ing their acquaintance. one day 1 remarked 10
Mrs. Burdette that believed I'd 20 over aud see If
couldn't get a job on the Hd,ckfye. postponed
IL ioi Willie, anu Jay the BUSINESS Manager
came over TO of1er me place. could have Rugged
the man. but didn't want to be delnonStrative,
SO held back rather coyly. He asked Inc II had
anything in view, and told him did. Ii was the
truth, as had an idea or going out to the poor
house, II could get ride on the cars l was to6
proud to walk. Well, he urged me, and finally
agreed TO take the matter into consideration. was
to go In at six O'Clock the next afternoon and bid
him chilly good day. For fear I'D miss the train,
was down there at a quarter 10 four, but when
entered the Hdtrkeye Office walked In like lord
and called the business manager CHARLEY, slap
ping him Familiarity on the back. 1 tell you
his Offering me the place gave Inc great moral
advantage, and / used IL, the result being that
was allowed the usual p1ncely Salary or reporter.
IL worked along for while, and finally got an
interest In the Hdckeye, which then increased Its
circulation. A curious thing happened after a
while, which has CAUSED me To laugh many time.
There were four OF us on the editorial page, Frank
HattOn, John L. Waite and John Burdette, my
brother. Frank was the f1rst one taken from that
glorious band and he became First Assistant Post
master General john Waite followed by becom-
Ing postmaster OF Burlington, and my brother was
then appointed collector In the first internal
nue. district or Ohio. Frank was born In Cadz,
Waite Ia Rayenna, and my brother Ia Cincinnati,
all In the same state. 1 was from Pennsylvania
and didn't get anything. II takes ONO Inch for
Of1iceSn