Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
THE EXCHANGE F1END.
a CyanE Uhose sole Freshness Is to Make shs
Man of the Shears Weary Of Life.

managing editor or the man with q de-
NAL is to the city editor-nothing short
of holy terror.
And you never know when he is COM
ing, nor what shape he will assume
when he does come He is liable to |
appear as perfect gentleman, and the
EDITORS in the room will all smile ut |
once and see which one can make the
most favorable impression, thinking he
might be theatrical manager with his
pockets full Of passes, or press agent of
a circus, when to the utter disgust Of !
the poor devils present he will show
himself in his true celors by opening
his remarks with:
"Do you exchange with The Jintoac1a
Crower?"
The exchange editor tumbles to tho
racket, and pitches into his work with !
unusual vim, but the other fellows
punch him and call his attention to the
request of the stranger. Then he looks
up and says:
Nuat Gull 10 IOr you .4....=
"Do you exchange with The Jiaato,c,a
Cro,ver?"
sYes. You will find it in that pile.
Help yourself"
"Thank you. used to reside in Jim
town. Haven't heard from there since
I left some three months ago."
so+ -
ical editor has his mind once more set
on a big leader, and the dramatic critic
proceeds to ventilate his opinions on
paper, when the exchange fend opens
fire.
"Why, here's The albany Bladder!
I haven't seen it for years. Used to live
there, and was a regular subscriber.
Wonder if Jim Scott is the editor yet?"
"Don't know, snaps the Q. 9. "Take
it along"
"Thank you ever so much. Scott
was red-hot writer. Got licked
number of times for things he wrote.
He could write better than most Of
them, but wasn't worth hell-room in a
fight. Well, bless me. if here amt
The Jackson Bugle' Thought it had
gone up the fue long ago. It's ten
years since I saw a copy of it. Bill
Pullthrough edited it then. Why, he's
editor yet. See here"
call right; take it along"
"Don't Won naad r. 9n
"No; don't want it"
"tThank you. I'm ever so much
obliged to you. 1t does one so much
| good to come across these old friends.
You never met Bill Pullthrough?"
"Not as l know Of"
"Well, you ought to know him, as he
is certainly character-a regular ge-
MUS. Always hard up and borrowing
from everybody. Struck me for a 81
once. Well, blame me, if here amt
The Roseavood Rooster. Do you ex.
change with it?"
"Pm sorry to say we do"
"It used to be great paper when
Joe Skies edited it. But after he sold
it it kind of ran down. Skies was as
good on the fight as he was at writing
He came near killing man once who
called on him for retraction. Oncehe
was going to kill me. Wonder how
The Ronster is making it now?"
"Dont know. Take it along"
"Oh, thank you ever so much. But
you haven't read it yet, have you?"
"Never mind. Take any you want;
they are no use to me. Glad to get rid
Of them"
"Thank you. I will appreciate them
so much, and so will my wife, and my
daughter will just go wild over them.
She cuts out the poetry and pastes it in
scrap-book. She's got two filled al
ready, and the third pretty near. She
can write poetry, too, and some of it is
real cute.
Then, after selecting some twenty OF
thirty Of the leading exchanges, he bows
out with:
"Well, good day. I'm ever SO much
obliged to you for these. If you don't
mind I'll come up again and get Thu
Buq7er and The Rooster. You car
just lay them aside for me when yor
are through with them, and I'll be eve1
SO much obliged to yon. Maybe, if
think of it, I'll bring along some of my
daughters poetry and get your opinion
of it; you may want to print some of it
Good day."
"Good day"
Then the political editor drops bacl
into his chair and says: Hill" Thu
dramatic man sticks the point of hi
pen in his leg to see if he is still alive
while the exchange editor clips out
two-colunn article on "a Sure Cure TO
Cranls," and rehead-lines it "Societ.
Scandals" so as to be sure that every
body will read it.
FORGOT WHAT HE WAS ABOUT.
There is s. worthy clergyman who
, very absent-minded and has a shor