Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-20
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Starting a Daily Paper.

Starting a Daily Paper.
A SCRAP FROM BOB BURDETT'S REMINIS-
CENCEs.
"Did yeu ever start daily paper? No.
Well you ought to try it. Falling down
stairs with a stove on top of you is moth
ing to be compared to it in point of ex-
element. The name of the paper was the
Revieeo, and it was started to fill "a long
felt want" Jerry Cochrane was my part
ner. There were several very comforting
things about that paper. For instance,
Jerry and I always knew on Monday that
we wouldn't have enough money to pay
did. The hands knew it, too, and so their
nerves we're never shocked by disap-
pointment. We ran that way for while
getting more deeply in debt all the time.
At last, one morning, d entered the office
and found Jerry looking rather solemnly.
jerry says I, you want a partner Yes,
we need new one, Bob, he rejoined. "A
business man. said I. 'One with execu-
tive ability said he. "A 6nancier,' OBJ
served. "A man who can take hold of the
thing and turn it into money he con-
Guided. Then I've got the man you
want I 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. he
proved to be all we had anticipated, and
he IAN the paper with the greatest success
until he had turned it entirely into money.
When we wound up the concern there
was nothing left but two passes-one to
Cincinnati and one to Burlington. We
divided them and went in different direc-
lions.
81 got to Burlington feeling pretty bad.
I was about two hundred thousand miles
in debt, having managed to owe every
body T knew. I would have used the
strangers too, only had no way of max
ing their acquaintance. One day I re-
marked to Mrs. Burdette that + believed
I'd 60 over to see if couldn't get a job
on the Ho,okeye. postponed. it for
while. and one day the business manager
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have Rugged the man, but I didn't want
to be demonstrative, so held back rather
coyly. He asked me if had anything in
view, and told him I did. It was the
trath, as had an idea of going out to the
poor house, if could get ride on the
cars. was too proud to walk. Well, he
urged me, and finally agreed to take the
matter into consideration. was to 60 in
at six O'Clock the next afternoon, and bid
him chilly good day. For fear I'd miss
four, but when I entered the Haackeye
office walked in like lord and called the
business manager Charley Shaping him
familliarly on the back. l tell you his Of
fering me the place gave me great moral
advantage. and used it. the result being
that was allowed the usual princely SAL
airy of reporter. 1 worked along for
while, and finally got an interest in the
HaaUkeye, which then increased its clrcula-
ton. A curious thing happened after
many times. There were four of US on
the editorial page, Frank Hatton, Jno. l..
Waite, and john Burdette, nay brother.
Frank was the FIRST one taken from that
glorious band, and he became First As
sistant Postmaster General. John Waite
followed by becoming postmaster of Bur-
lington, and my brother was then ap-
pointed collector in the first internal reve-
nue. district of Ohio. Frank was born in
Cadiz, Waite in Ravenna, and my brother
in Cincinnati. all in the same State. l
was from Pennsylvania and didn't get any
thing. 1t takes Ohio men for Office
Courier Journal.
People learn wisdom by experience. A
man never wakes up bis second baby to
see it laugh.
What rifles country postmistresses is to
have postal card come to the Office writ
ten in French.
A lady joking about her nose. said: 81
had nothing to do in shaping it. 1t was a
birthday present.
In the social circles Of the chicken yard
the lines are very distinctly drawn, for
each hen has her own get.
The Philadelphia Bulletin suggests that
graduates of female colleges he given the
title of ''Spinster of arts
Fashionable mother: maria, Pm al
most discouraged; how many times have
told you not to say later but pertater."
A white boy asked young negro what
he had such short nose for. 81 'spects
so it won't poke itself into other peoples
business -
The census proves that the number of
persons in a family in this country is a
small fraction over five. In some fami-
lies the husband is the smallest fraction
over.
A venerable Michigan e1itor attrib.
utes his long life to the fact that he has
never had money enough to pay his
funeral expenses, and couldn't afford to
die.
Eyes," sighed old Mrs. Jumbo, "that
accident was horrible. What read about
it exaggerated me SO that couldn't de-
compose myself for several hours.'
It is impossible for an actress to sshold
the mirror up to nature' without occa-
sionally peeping around to see how her
back hair looks.