The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-10
GATH SCOOPS 'ENI ALL.
And Creates a Sensation Among the
Columbus Correspondents.

Ana creates a sensation among the
Columbus Correspondents.
Newspaper correspondents in and
about Columbus were thrown into q
frenZied state of CONSERVATION last
night by the announcement that
''Gath" had surreptitiously entered the
city and was rigging up system of
telegraph wires to let loose great sem
sation-ten or fifteen columns of solid
nonpareil-upon terrified and appre-
hensive world.
A gentleman came in from Redwood
and said that a long-haired man with
a green gingham umbrella, who had
been kc:sns ing around that village for a
week, terrifying the women and chill
dren, had packed his gripsack and
come to Columbus with O tierce look OF
determination in his eye.
Who could this be but the veritable
and voracious ''Gath?'
A meeting of the correspondents was
Immediately called to take action upon
the remarkable visitation. Jim Boyle,
of the Commercial Gazette, presided,
and stated the object of the meeting.
81 have got onto the mission of this
insatiate monster Gath, said MIR.
Boyle, land he has big scoop on us.
So far as am able to see we might as
well resign at once, for our various old
men will hardly ever forgive us for let
ting it get away"
"What can it beP" mused Haley, of
the Cleveland Penny Post. ''Has he
got any fresh facts about Columbus
discovering America?" ..g..
"Oh, no; it's good deal fresher
than that, said Charley Bonebrake, of
the Springfield Globe and Cincinnati
Volks1rcund. 1T must be the bottom
facts about the crusades, including an
interview with Richard G. De Leon
old Dick was great talker, you
know" ,.. 1-.g r,a 81
81 know what it is" put in Joe
Smith, of the ,Stdte-Jour7,al; it is an ac-
count of Strongbow capturing Ireland.
Gath always had faculty of getting
hold of things of that kind fresh, and
crisp. and newsy."
MY opinion is" remarked Jack
Winship, of the Columbus Times, .'that
it is about the Norman conquest and
| Horse, and those old roosters whoused
! to drink barrel of ale and eat a whole
hog in The way of celebrating the orig
| inal and unreconstructed Fourth OF Ju-
ly." * a
81 would like to satisfy myself that
either of these explanations is the cor
rect one," said Mr. Meeker, of the To-
ledo Bee, "but he always gets into a
fresh subject. He is going to give the
life and labors OF st. Patrick in Ire
land"
i an al IL / rrnnh
TERMS" put in Jack Connolly, of the
! Cleveland Leader, ..and l have reason
to believe that he has got hold of the
particulars of C@sar's invasion OF
Gaul."
.He has gall enough to tackle any
sensation. interposed Mr.. Doane, of
the Cleveland Herald, ''and he in
tends to head US off by giving full ac-
count of the racket between Romulus
and Remus, and bald-headed des-
cription of the wolf that brought up
these celebrated Roman whelps."
Don't be misled by your fears and
hopes, suggested Fred Smell. of the
New York Times, "he's got the official
report of the battle of the Valley of
| Aielon, and the secret of the sun and
moon standing still under Gen. josh
ua's special order No. l."
II can tell you what it is" piped
Fisher, of the Enquirer: "it's contla-
gration-the burning of Troy, Helen,
biazes. Ulysses, Ajax, Troilus, Cres-
sida, and no end OF things"
"I'll bet anything its about Joseph
and Mrs. Potiphar, said Doc Shaffer.
OF the C. g., at Il venture.
at seems strange"-this from Sam
Flickinger, of the Eslquirer-'that
none OF you can get onto the real
! thing. It's about the flood-Capt.
| Noah's flood-not the little one-horse
flood that they had down at Cincinnati.
The regular first original flood has
never yet been written up as fully as
Gath can do it if he sets to work al
it."
81 regret" said Charlie Boyle in
conclusion, "that you are all SO wide oi
the mark. The fact is, our distin-
guished enemy, Gath, has got entirely
to the rear, and. rs paradoxical as il
may sound, has headed US off entirely.
By some means or other he has got
hold of the particulars of the early res.
idence of Adam and Eve in the Garden
| of Eden. You can all see what 9
| scoop he has in his exclusive possess
ion. No man is better fitted to write Il
up. No man has more of the old Adam
in his nature-he is man that doesn',
care Adam about the feelings of his
readers when he has a prolific subject
in hand. We might as we'll surrender
The most of us can get back to the
Tower OF Babel but the line is drawn
this side of the Garden of Eden"
can only say in addition thai
Cath can work the matter up here
as thoroughly as he could in Asia, and
have no doubt but that he has 2 per
sonal knowledge of the most of tho
facts. | have his own statement to the
effect that he has been the schoolmate
of all the Presidents, Senators. Con
grcssmen, Governors, and Supreme
Judges for the last twenty-five years
and. as he is relative of Adam, he has
no doubt in his possession great many
interesting scraps of family history fol
which the public are pining. CRcin
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