The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-10

ti' i''1t'l l''iNt
Why. he just took tie llfa'h a~ay
from that aSsemhiAgc, and VI hen n" lett
the hall Sell-appointcd committee of
sweet "iil operatives cot ducted him
back TO his hutc, Ior fear he might Get
lost
The New York 71a,,x had no rcprescr.-
tative at the scene Of the Labor trouble,
but that night Howard sent that news
paper long teiegrarhic dispatch giving
4 very striking account ui the an ~.
Next day he received IL mrs,lg" !.un
Mr. Raymond asking him il he could not
remain i'll Lynn and look after the lnj,r-
eSts of the Times He responded ia tie
Affirmative and dill not leave the team
for five weeks. II. took the kcruySt de
light il bis accidentally found work, hut
what gave him the greatest pleasure was
the fact that al! his dispatches that ap
peared iii the newsp per had his name
"HowaId' at the bottom. This was
great mystery to him, foI you must un
derstand that Il newspaper writer must
reach an enirence in his pref, sSiou be
fore he can have lis name on even ui-
tlalS printed at the bottom of his writ
lng' Tor great newspaper. When tEr
Lynn trouble WAS ended Howard went
to New \ ork. and, S&unterlng ii.tu the,
Times office, presented himself to Mr.
Raymond. lie was warmly received,
aud was asked for his bill of charges
ooh, S"u owe the nothing he said, with
an unw0r.dly contempt Tor lucre that las
never possessed him since. We don't
do business that way, Mr.. Howard, said
Henry j. Raymond, and, turning u IA
bookkeeper, he added: Make up Mr.
Howard ) account at five dollars a 60!
umn and allow him twelve dollars week
for expenses This looked tn the loung
man like Law ISL pay.
lie inquired Of Mr.. raymond huw he
had happened t" sign his dispatches
"iEoward." III WIS rather curious"
| responded the great editor. Il had i'pul
special men away at different points. all
Snbjecls. naturally wished 10 lnhiyid
| nailzc them by signing the ir!lia! let
| ters Of their last names, but they ali be
gan with H In this dclcmuia | signed
William Henry iiurlbelts dispatches
" gave to ilajplne the name Miles
o Reilly, which lie has signed to some
magazine stun: | called another fellow
'HlIston, aid " Ken got tr Yea vas
tired OF creating names, auG 50 Sou go.
your pr. per title. In thu, accidental
way did the brightest Letter writer III
America come 10 ad"pt Sign ttu!r that
has become famous throu ghout the la, d.
by the way. continued Nj. Raymond.
ARE yon do1n- anything. Nr. Howard"
'Nothing at all, was the response
We'll, how would you like to go to
Rhode Island Tor us during the pcncing
pc iticAl contest. Thu long haired
young fellow said: don't mltd hin III.
a try at it, and thus il was that he
st.rt,d inr P.Gl iderre 4 tut. Hecs Ell
newspaper mln. authuriz II to represent
one of the greatest newspapers IA the
word
| When, within ii:tccn minu rs at i he
had wlittcn his name al the hotel re.is-
ter, Chairman Chase, 70. the Il publican
| State Comm tee, aud iIeury r. S.onton,
the husband ot Elizabeth Gladly Stanton,
we're making rroruund obriSarccs to
/ him, Howard iiGat rra!iZ-d tie impur
tance OF has position. let ma adI-.nd
| | want all cwsparer iiadgiinSs to btal
this i'll mind-lhat lie has lr@cr since
forgotten OF allowed others 10 forget the
dignity attaching to his nu!k W her
obtaining from a loudly statesman his
views uprn public question, lie has the
| injmitahc faculty Of makiu. the Ioliti-
cal pnteuCate feel that his interviewer i,
nleiring an inestimabIe favor Upon
him 10y giving publicity to his opia;ous.
| Tdat is putting the shoe on the other
| 70 Il with a ven2 eance, but it is putting
1t on he right feor.
S,oce his cement " NJ. Ray
mund, neatly twenty-six yeais $50. How
AID has led Il most active life. lie
Il hievt Il success as d war correspondent
for bp;s the Tines md T;,g, t. being
| on the latter newspaper for bi ief pe roC :;
lie Travelled with the Prince of We
when he visited this country; lie became
man gia& editor "i the brooklyn Eag'e.
mt No 4 l,.,- I -,
coin PROCLAMATION that ecrred for h1u
an incarceration of sixteen weeks as
political prisoner III Fnrt Lafayette, il.
returned To the Times, hu H. 1868 IrtJ !.
to start the D'mpri"t OF ''tb.l"'' pm
roy; the year inllnnjng he t"nnI Il Il,
New York stir, that vas under his c,n
troll for seven years, bringing Mm 20,
four years an annual income of from
$40, 900 to $50, 900 a year, and in the sue
ceeding three years requiring him to
pawn his watch for 5000 every wee, in
order to pay his assistants. releasing the
timep &c every Tuesday whcu ,hr thea
tres turned in their pay i"r advertise
meuts; he joined TIE Htgaji in 1Iit; AID
became the most famed cont il Utor Ia
the columns Of th.t Journal, remaining
with il tor ten years: he ioincd the io,ja
staff last February an next sun lay e
will, i'll addition to his other tasks, be-
gin address lg IA Philadelphia audience
through the medium of tie Saaday
N"c$. At tif1y-two years of age he ii"ds
himself stIll y uag in thoughts, ter,lie Ii
fancy, agile as four year-oid cot with
pen as versatile as it vas a quarter OF
century ago ana possessing aS full
need OF money and fame as nun can
wish.
Lucky boy, isn't h'9