The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-08
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Cheyenne Tines
When you come to think Of It, II Ia sur
prising TINT 30 many newspaper men writ,
40 that any one but an expert can reaL 1t
Tho rapid and voluminoua work, es
pccial}y Of daily journalism, knocks the
beautiful business college penman, as
rule, higher than kite. srTf
! still have specimens OF my own hand.
wiling That a total stranger could read.
l 10 not remember newspaper acouajrt.
ance whoae penmanship Is 80 character.
lstic OF the exaCting neatness and share.
clear.cut style Of the man as Ia that 81
Eugene Field, Of the Chicago Neps Al thn
",.Nonpareil Writer" Of tho Denver TriLunr.
u was mystery TO mo- when he did Tho
work which the paper showed each doy AZ
his own. You would sometimes and him
At his desk writing on large pIleets oi
print paper" with a pen aud violet ink in
a hand that was as delicate M the sto al
plato Of bank note and the kind OF work
that printers would ekirmish for. liz
would ask you to sit down in chair oppo.
site bis desk, which had two or three oll
exchanges thrown on it. He would nrob.
ably say, "Never mind those papers. Tvc
read them. jug. sit down on them II VIM
want to-" Encouraged by his hearty man.
ner, you would cit down, and YOU would
continue to sit down till yon have uro.
!3Taded, about three.idirthz OF your syslem
through that hollow lnocl:ery Of chair
Then he would run 10 help you ont md
curse the chair, and feel panied because he
hrd enormously given you the ruin with mo
seat 10 1t. lie always felt panied ovsr su"h
thiDgs. He always suffered keenly anu
ielt shocked over the accident until YOU
had gone away and then he would SIN
heartily and 'tset" the chair again,
Frank Pixley, the editor OF tho San Fran.
CISCO Argonaut, is not beautiful, though tho
Argohnut is. He is grim and rather IN
the Moses Montefore style Of coun,enapce
but his handwriting docs not convey tie
idea OF the man personally or bis s.vIe Of
dealing with tho Chimes question, Il is
rather young looking, and has the unccr.
tain manner Of an IS year. old boy, 4.
Robert J. Burdette writes n small lint
plain hand, though he sometimes eufIeys
from the savage typographical error that
Steals forth at such moment as We think
not, and dittigures and mangles the bright.
eyed children Of the brain.
Very often we read mans work and
imagine we shall find him like If. CHEEKY
bright and entertaining, hut we know him
aud find that personally he is refrigerator
or m egotist Or a man with n torpid liver
and nose like q rose geranium, You will
not be disappointed in Bob Barte.ta. how
ever. You think you will like him. md
you always do. He will never be 100 fam.
GUS TO be gentleman.
George W. Peck's hand is Of tho free
and independent order Of chioyraphy. II
is easy and natural, but not handsoma. He
writes very voluminously, doing bis edi.
torial writing in two days Of the wetk.
generally Friday and Saturday. Then be-
takes rapid horse, JEALOUS bird dog and
an improved, double.barrel duck DESTROYER
and communeg with nature.
Sam Davis, an old-time Californian and
now in Nevada, writes the ireest oi any
penman l know. When lie is deliberate
he may be betrayed into making q da,or,p..
ed letter and q crooked mark attached to II,
which he characterizes as word, Hs
puts lot OF these together and actually
pays postage on the collection under he
delusion that it il q letter, that it will
reach it's destination and that it will &C.
eomplish lis object. lie makes up for his
bad writing, however, by being an uupub.
!!shed volume of old.tins anecdotes and
funny experiences. 81 -