, 1885-09-15

An Extract From HIS speech to the
Wisconsin Editors.

oil what n young man hould study In
order to become a successful editor, he
gives some personal "reminiscences which
are made doubly interesting here by hay
ing their locus IN qm in Wyoming. He
says:
My first experience in journalism was in
a western town, in which | was a total
stranger, 1 went there with thirty-fve
cents, but | had it concealed in the lining
of my clothes, so that no one would have
suspected it if they met me. | had no
friends, and | noticed that when | got off
the train the band was not there to meet
me. | entered the town Just as any other
American citizen would. had not fully
decided whether to become a stage robber
or a lecturer on ~phrenology. At that time |
got a chance to work on a morning paper.
1t used to go to press before dark, so | al
ways had my evenings to myself, and |
always liked that part Of it first rate. |
worked on that paper a year, and might
have continued if the proprietor had not
changed 1t to an evening paper. Then a
company incorporated itself and started a
paper, of which took charge. The paper
was published in the loft of a livery
stable. That is the reason they called it a
stock company. You could come up the
stairs into the Office, or you could twist the
tale of the iron-gray mule and take the
elevator.
1t wasn't much of a paper, but it cost
$4,000 a year TO run it, and it came out
six days in the week no matter what the
weather was. We took the Associated
Press news by telegraph part of the time
and part of the time we relied on acopy of
the Cheyenne morning papers, which we
got of the conductor on the early freight.
We got a great many special kilograms
from Washington in that way, and when
the freight train got in late | had to
guess at what congress was doing, and fix
up a column of telegraph the best.I could.
There was a rival evening paper there,
and sometimes it would send a smart boy
down to the train and get a hold Of our
speclai teiegrams' ana sometimes the con-
uuc'or "ouiu go away on u picnic ana
take our Cheyenne paper with him.
All these things are annoying to a man
who is trying to supply a long-felt want.
There was one conductor in particular who
used to go away into the foot hills shoot
ing age mems ana take u eapiegrams
WIN MN, line tnre" 700 mucn strain
on me coulu guess al what congress
was uoing anu make WHY readapie re-
port out lorelgn powers ana relchstags
anu crowned heaus anu uynasues Always
mixed me up lou can look over
"nao congress uld last year anu y I
pretty gooo guess at what IL VIII DO
tnls year. Out you can rely on 4
dynasty OF III ene'e monarchy IN a pao
STATE OF preservation II may 20 into
executive session or II may 20 into Dank-
r"p'cy' 0ul' az one Tune we USED 10
nave e~ohslueraDle local news 10 I'LL up
WIN Inc Nortn anu Nhiuuie paiAS iol "
"Hhe useu 10 neip US gu. WHEN inc MIN
lug camps were new lhose were tue
u"yS "heh was consluereu pSriecuy
proper TO XIII on the board oil supervisors
Il 'ne'r action was uis'As'eiul' AT tha'
'iine " ne" camp generahy ioca'eu a
cemetery anu wrote an OBITUARY tnen the
Dogs would start out 10 una a man whose
name would rnyme win tne rest OF the
verse inose were 'he uays Mneh tne
cemeteries oil ooiorauo were sun IN their
iniaicy anu Tue sons vi tue slN-anooter
was heafu IN 'ne iahu'
sometimes Tue inu'anS "ou'u senu US
Il, '' i'eui' ~ was 'noS' geneiahy III 'ne
US n"1 VIM 'Ie '''"A ." 'ne
nor'h anu Tue peacciu' ties on 'ne SOUTH
we were pie''y sure o. solie Ai"u Vi news
uur'"H inc summer Inc p"'As uSeu 70
~ o'opi'u y "''e nie" "H'e'' "n"
lnuuus summers summer was roai'y
,ue p,e"sa"'es' uno - Ko ii'o Tue pulAs
'u' tue in"i"ns "au oeen III 'he nAoi' Oh
gong ine,e at .nat season anu 'ney were
50 eiannisn ,uA' i'ne "ni'e men Souiun
nave nucn Jun win them' 80 'ney ue'
c1eu 'ra' 1ney "oulu not go 'here IN th'
summer, 9c'e,ai u our pest SUBSCRIBER
were Alleu Dy tue peaceful otes' lher'
were Two ualy anu three weekly paper'
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ihere weio pe'",en @'Voo anu ''ooo peo
PFC auu oui 'oo'i o"VuA,io" .'" iio" i''
n.osnon,,s s,asod ,La, III saar,
~ 800 whn,ora. - - -,
n-a;vosso Co. c.ash nous hn, r. ,rar,
times when it was all we could do to ge
our paper ont on time Ont Of tho ex