Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-31

e., ana the IKE. All Ot them come a
long. and all of them kick
Do the aditors kick much !?
Not so much as some of the resi-,
but they talk about politics and tariff
reforms, and sometimes get excited in
expressing themselves, but they're
harmless
Why harmless p
oh, they don't fight any they on
ly abuse each other in their papers,
and take it back when they go too far
What makes the reporters kick 2
i only get few of them, and they
seem to he the ones that hang around
the police stations and write up the
murders and suicides; and sometimes
you'd think they had waded through
gore up to their knees to hear 'cm
talk about some crazy man who want
cd TO get out of the world, and per-
haps, endeavor TO have somebody keep
him company on his trip. The report
ers each describe the affair in their
own way, and then compare notes and
kick cause they wasn't suited exactly
in the arrangement Of affairs by the
fellow who furnished the news item.
Either he waited too long for them to
write as many columns for the morn
ing paper as they would like, or else
he went to some out of the way place
where they had trouble to find him.
And your printers What do they
kick about?'
Their kicking is mostly Greek to
me. They get together in little knots
and talk about fat and lean, just as
though they worked in n packing
house among the names and sides.
Then the takes whatever it is, are too
in BREWER, or minion, or nonpareil, or
agate, which | have found out means
types of different sizes. They talk a
bout the ad. man. and the bonuses,
and seem to regard that fellow as
monster into whose insatiate nav ev-
erything good falls, while to them on
" comes the crumbs from his table
The telegraph operators discuss
their grievances, l suppose, as we'll as
the rest p
Yes; they are generally worked up
about crossed wires, electrical disturb
ances, switches out of order, and the
number of words they wire. All of
them act as if they'd done two mems
work and were mad about it. Then
the amount of knowledge the bcardless
Youths have about the effect Of atmos-
pheric conditions on the tclcgraphic
business, Judging from their talk,
would astonish you
What do the policemen find to make
life black, and induce them to kick? ?
Everything; it's either too wet or
too dry, too cool or too hot; too many
drunken men on their beats, or such a
surfeit of quietude that they fear they
will be bounced for not running in
somebody. If none of these things
can be brought forward, there's the a
mount of drinks and cigars from the
various saloon keepers and the sports
and if these are not up to the standard
and sufficient in quantity, there's a
frst-class subject for a kick. These
guardia rs of the peace have lots of
things come their way that nobody
thinks of, you see. The gamblers too,
though usually the most happy GO
lucky individuals to be found any
where, are willing to take any sort of
risk on the turn of card, have their
moments of GUINNESS, and kick to
each other in low, soft tunes about be-
ing 'whipsawed,' and the luck some
happy devotee of the green cloth has
had during the nights play in calling
the turn thus depicting the banks
exchequer to such an extent as to make
the bankers unhappy
We'll, you still have the musicians.
What is it that disturbs them 2
They have been forced to play too
long for the money paid; the refresh
ments have not been good enough, or
the quantity of wine disbursed has
been entirely too limited to satisfy
their cravings
Then you are convinced that night
work makes chronic grumblers ofmen?
1T does, unquestionably, and it's
time for the reformer to rise and be-