The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-24
GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
[Wm L. yisscher, in Denver Opiuio,


 [Will [. yisscher, in Denver opinion.l
 There is a sort of general idea that Prentice was a bad man with a gun" a duelist, and all that sort of thing. Moth. ing could be more erroneous. The fac, is he never fought duel, but was some times, from the nature of his business forced to personal and sudden rencoun- ters. He was frequently challenged, bu, always made fun of messages. Once he wrote his challenger that it only took one fool to send a challenge, while it took two to fight, and he didn't wish to be classed in the category. On another oc- casion he accepted the challenge, and having the choice of weapons, insisted that each man should be armed with a straw and cask of whisky, and that each should suck with his straw from his own cask until one fell, and that one should be considered vanquished and the others honor satisfied:
 Prentice was an exceedingly candid man, as the following anecdotes will show: Once Will s. Hays, the famous song-writer, in conversation with him said: suppose, Mir. Prentice, you have seen my last song r' With a sly and quizzical look at the minstrel, he replied !" Well, I hope so, Bill"
 Coming out of public building, one day, where there were double doors which swung in and out, young man, who was coming in, pushed against the left-hand side of the door in order to en- ter, while MT. Prentice was pushing against the other side of the door, try- ing to make his exit. The result was a ridiculously awkward halt. Finally, when the two had managed to get the door open, Mir. Prentice said to the stranger {: " My young friend, in making your way through the world, if you will only keep to the right you will never run against anybody but fool, and you needn't apologize to him"
 Somebody stole the unabridged dic- tionary once from the editoriai-room of the Journal, and Mir. Prentice, having occasion to use that valuable tome, dis covered the loss. Forthwith he ordered that another copy of the book be pur- chased at once. "For," said he, ano one but shameless egotistwould attempt to edit a newspaper without diction- arv."
 MT. Prentice's hat was one of his ec- centricities. He always had it more than half full of bits of paper not larger than a postal stamp, on each of which he had written a word or two, in the way of memoranda. Besides, he carried his pocket-knife, pencils, scissors, spectacles, and portemonnaie in it, and sometimes, in an absent-minded way, he would put well-masticated chew of tobacco into it instead of throwing the cud away.
 Many persons from abroad used to call on MT. Prentice when they were in Louisville, as though he was one of the curiosities of the city, or just for the pur- pose of being able to say that they had talked with such a great man, and this was peculiarly annoying to him, as he was inclined to be retiring and really never thought of comprehending his own fame. On one occasion an old friend called on the editor, and brought with him callow young man from some un- defined locality in the rural districts. This youth was particularly curious, and actually asked MT. Prentice to say some thing funny. The ludicrous remark was smoothed over as quickly as possible by the gentleman who brought the young man in, and shortly thereafter some liquid refreshments were ordered to be brought up to the sanctum. MT. Prem tice had chosen a mint-julep, and when it came he held it up and asked the gentleman why that drink was like his young friend? Of course the young man. feeling hattered by the attention, was eager to know, and begged for the an- swer to the conundrum. Finally, turn. ing to the gentleman, MT. Prentice said with a pleasant smile, "This is a green hornw
 Once MT. Prentice met an acquaint- ance on the street who was very much intoxicated, and he declared to the wit that he was all hunkidori." AWhat do you mean by hunkidori?' said Mir. P. "I mean, sir," said the inebriate, ssthat l am pretty drunk" Well" said MT. Prentice, "if hunkidori means pretty drunk, l think you are hunkidori.h In 1868 Hon. Henry Wattersou became editor and part owner of the IoxrsaL and Mir. Prentice, who had grown quite feeble, did very little work. In the course of six months the Journal was cunsoli- dated with the C0xsisy and became what is now known as the widely-circulated and influential Cogyis,- /oHynaL About a year after. Mir. Prentice died at the residence of his son, Colonel Clarence Prentice, few miles below Louisville, on the Ohio river.
 He was powerful editor, and was the | most brilliant paragrapher of the age indeed, the first one of any note. His wit was bright ard sparkling, his satire | keen, his eloquence grand, his poetry l beautiful his logic unanswerabie. Al deep thinker, profound reasoner | genial, hopeful, human, and, therefore, sometimes erring, he had the best of ! friends, the bitterest enemies, and he vas all in all, . great and gifted mana genius.
 Counterfeiting Valuable Article.
 The publisher of the Madisos Coxsty Peeeyd writes from Huntsville, Ark, as