The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-21

the time. The idea Of having two
editors was not for the purpose ot
giving variety Of volume to the edi
torIal page, but it was necessary fol
one to run the paper while the other
was III Jail. In those d4ys you
couldn't sass the King, and then when
the King came into the Office the next
day, and stopped his pnper AMI took
out his adj. you c9ulIn't put it off on
''our informant" and go right along
with the paper. Yo1 had to 60 to
| Jail, while your subscribers wondered
why their laper did not come, and
| paste soured in the tin dipper in the
sanctum, and the circus passe1 by on
the other side
How many Of Us to-day, fellow
journalists, would be willing to stay
in jail while the lawn festival and
kangaroo came and went2 Who OF
all our company would go to prison
cell Tor the cause Of freedom, while a
double. column ad. Of sixteen aggre-
gated circuses ard eleven congresses
Of ferocious beasts, fierce and fragrant
from their native lair went by us?
At the age Of seventeen Ben gol
dis@usted with his brother, and went
to Pnilale;phiI and New York, where
he got chance II sub for a few
weeks, and then got regular "sit. "
Fran1lin was a good printer, and
finally got to be foreman. He
made an excellent loren an, sitting by
the hour in The composing room and
splitting on the stone, while lie cussed
the makeup AMI prezs-work Of the
Other papers. Then he would go into
the editorial rooms and scare the
editors 10 death with Wild shrek for
more copy. lie knew just how 10
conduct hinseif Is foreman 50 that
strangers would think he owned the
paper
Tn 1890, at the age Of tweuty>four,
franklin married and established the
Pennsylvania Gazette. lie was then
regarded as a great man, and most
every one took his paper Frank I'm
grew to be a great journalist, and
spelled hard words with great tluency.
lie never tried to be humorist in
any Of his newspaI er work, aud every
body respected HIM.
Along about 1746 lie began to
study tie construction and habits OF
lightning, and inserted local IN his
pap, III which he SAID that he would
be obliged to any Of his readers who
might notice any new or odd spocI-
mems Of lightning, if they would send
them to he Gazette for examination.
Every time there was a Thunderstorm
Franklin would tell the foreman 10
edit the paper. and, armed with a
string aud old fruit jar, he would go
out on tue hlls and get enough light
ming for a mess.
In 1853 Franklin was made Post
General Of the colonies He
made a good Post naster~Gencral, and
people say there were. less mistakes in
distributing their mail than there has
ever been since 1t Il man mailed a
letter in those days. old Ben Frank
lin saw that 1t went where it was ad.
dressed
Franklin frequent went ever to
England in those days, partly on busi
ness and partly to shock the king.
lie used to delight in going to the cas-
tie with his brooches tucked INTO hi,
boots, fgurative'y speaking, AMI at
tract a good jeAl of attention. L
l1oked Odd to the English, ot course
t. see him come into the royal presence
and leaniug ais wet umbrella up a
gaiust the throne, ask the king, "Iow'
tade? Franklin never put on am
fri :, hut he was not afraid Of crown
ea head. lie used to say that a king
was 40 more than n seveu-spot.
lie did his best to prevent the rev.
olutionarv war, but he couldn't do il
PatricG u@nry had sail War was in
evituble and had given it permission t
come, ans. it came. lie also went t
Paris and got acquainted With "A fe'
crowned heads there. They though
good deal Of him in PARIS, and oflel
ell him Il coruer lntlf lie wou q bui.
there and start paper. They ale
pr 1mised him the county printing, bu
lie s.i 10, he would 20 back to Ame
ica cor his wife would get m.eas
about him.
Franklin wrote Poor Richard
Il, Almanac in 173257, and it was re
| published in England. Benz mi
! Franklin had but one son, and Il
ma ne was William. William was Il
n lesilimete son, and though ne live