Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-12-07

mO4t oI0tueIy hSsthk WV" 49,
IN . crowd be would pass for insignia.
cant clerk, or. perhaps. q wiry. cheeky
drummer. lie IL slight man. With
narrow shoulders. small bead aud smooth
face. When he talks his eyes twinkle
and half close.
"Bob." said the Record. fsmiiiarly.
"how did you happen to be ne~'paIu
man"
Bob ehewed the end Of bic cigar for
moment. settled back In his chair and be-
gan his story;
"when I graduated from the High
School Ia Peoria. H.. land was |. glad
10 get out 80 the teachers were TO get nd
Of me. I though, ! W. cut on, for an
artist. Ipie,urd to my'slf the position
Of q celebrated sriist-his wealth. bic
splendid sehie,smsn's. the applause OF
the multitude and ell ,ha,--snd started
for New York to make my fortune. ]
Vas very young then. and had a boys
cheek Well. I hsdn', been In the big
city Of New York long before found out
how little I knew Of ii-how VAS mis-.
taken. began TO realize tks, Instead
81 becoming . distinguished arts, Was
destined 10 become living skeleton. !
was = long way from home. had no
money and fe~ friends. and Was in what
nigh, be called iigh, FIX. must do
something 10 keep from starving. Sud-
denly l thought Of the local paper In Pc
ori.-,he Tran,eript. knew the editor
and Immediately So, do-n and wrote
him some cosby letter. from New York.
They we're published and I ksP, on.
Shortly AFTER this the editor seq, for me
and gave me = place in the Office. be-
gan here to all GU, ,slsgrsphic skeletons.
putting 10 and and the Thi. ~a. my
dr, real newspaper work, 90 you see |
driftsd into |, merely by chance. {. al.
most every nsw'paper man does.
"Bat | didn't like this kind Of work.
| VI. ambition. and wanted paper OF
my own. ~ Jerry Cochran. ro~ q the
Cincinnati Commercial Gaf,iie. ard :
started oai Ia business for ourselves We
started daily paper aud called u ih.
Peoria Rsrie,s My. how Ne lo.. moaey.
We Tan along a. bs,, We could fof some
time. but RAINING IN debt fnshifully.
Dee day cat In the ,fiiee hooking very
di.eonsol.is. when Ia walked Jerry. 'Jsr-
~ ,.id I. 'our fS rmitds me OF the
story Of the Hib.fnian member Of the
C.lifofnia Legislature. The distinguished
me inter from Cork ~. very srxious IA
&c, an appropriation for bis io~n. M.
msrou. Other appropriations had teen
made. the treasury Was getting low and
the session drawing 10 close Patrick
aro,e aud addressed he Chair "Mis,hs'
Chairm.n. how much money j. there In
the treasury" The Chairman rsplisd
About $1,000" Then. Misihsr Chair
man, | move 10 i,ks her" Jsuy. lsid,
Il move Ne r.ke her. But jerry didn'l
sgr,, with me-. ard 49, wen, from Bad "a
~one. Finally krs~ the ers,h ~s'
coming .oon. and began TO look aroord
for job. though, Of the Burlington
HrWk,ys. and determined 10 sPply fof .
.itus,ioa-,o beg for eAe. II nteesafy.
"one morning ! MAS sitting i the
brskfs. ,.blsthiskins over how ! might
bet apply Coz I. place, -hen the door
bell rang. and in walked Mr. C.l Wheel
,r q the Hark,y, | bad never me, him
before. bu, he knew me.
"'Mr Burdeue. .ald be. Il hear you
are in fil-in hard vay on your pa.
pr. VIII you take aPo'i,ioa oa the
Harksysf
81 Eel, Tor a moment s.if ,hundsrboll
h.d struck me. bu, saw that ,hi, va. 10y
opportunity.
"'Mr Wheeler. you have taken me BY
surprise you mus, give me time 10 con-
.id,r H.. | replied eoolly. when all The
time | would have Rugged the man add
started rishi Oft With hin. lat you see
be va. after me. aud 'Av good oP.
por,uniiy TO assume importance. Afisl
long consultation. finally accepted. and
Wheeler left. ! promised TO be IN Bur
ling,on the nes, day. How ! 20, ,hsr'
don't know. for | didn', have none,
TO pay my fare. | remember the ,r.ir
left at 6 IN the morning. and think
vi. there q, I. 80 afraid was iha, ,k'
train would 10 ~iihou, me.
"wsll. ~htn reached Burlinsion,
walked into the office as II | o~ned ,h'
e.,sbli.hmen,. II Mr.. Wheeler bad
waited two day. would have entered
the establishment, with my Ia, over ny
eyes. aud talked NEE ky over the counter
hut. as !, was. I cooked my Ia, on on'
side. walked night behind the counter
elevated my fee, on the table. 'Pi, al
over the stove and called Mr.. wksele
'Clarlsy' lie looked a, me in perfsc, a.
constituent. but said nothing Three
yeap afierw.rd Mr. Wheeler said to me
Bob. II ha. taken me all this time TO tn'
OF, ,hs, YOU arc the eheskies, man in ihi
Offics, but you are 80 coufOundei mesl
ABOUT It."
This was In 1879. Iwss pat on lOcs
work At nfsi, but Was transferred 10 ih'
editorial end of The of'iec soon Afterwards
aud In this curious way. The paper sdl,
orislly was conducted In q dry. conserve
tive Way by Dr. Bssfislsy, who was ihsI
State senator. Iwss told that the docto
Was o v.ry msitsroffact old m,n 'wh'
never enjoyed fscstig, as be expressed II
| lie thought that fscetious editorials wer'
sadly out % place. AZ this time he wss
bitter political opponent OF Gov. Csrpents
whose message Ia The legislature hsppsne'
10 be on the wires one night when the doc
tor VAS absent from the once. Possesses
by somsthing. I don't know what, 'llppe'
Mp into N. editorial rooms, Glanced ~ III
message. which was an unusually long on
so 900 words or more-sat down am
ps nnesi Q most esustic editorial, mskinl
Iuu OF the Governor and his long msssse
by saying that a carpenter IL known by hi
chip-,' aud other ssucy sentences. Th'
next morning the doctor picked up the pa
per, eyed the intruding editorial, stsri d Il
ct msi, then burst out aushlng aud s-ke'
Who wrote IL. when came Ia him, IL
pecting To b. discharged immsdi,,-ly, b
said 'Burdeite, did you write thsir
"'Y.s, cir
"'w.ll. I rather think We neei you a
this end OF the ofii;c hersansr'
Ever after IN. doctor vas very fond o
'fscste when there wss purpose to IL.
..Thr,s wear. AGO n len The u1pkeye an