Telegram-herald., 1886-09-12
rUeENE rIFLD'S LArrsr DnrAM.

have been in town loriy eight hours b.
said Col. Lloyd Breeze. editor OF the Grand
Rapids fFLEsRsN -HrGaIu. last erenino
and in thar iinie ] have done powerful lot
Of business. came down % bug press
and shall take back 10 Grand RaIids with
me tomorrow the hpsai perieeane Wash.
ington hand-press ever seen Ia MICHIGAN
IA press eaPable q printing. foldine aud
delivering 10 local subscribers ss 90 paners
per hour
"of ooune you took in the game Of base
bali todas?''
No. sir. said Coi. Breeze. harshlr. ana
then moderating his tone s0mewlai. he
added. Perhaps you are not aware fhaf
ara unalieraoif opposed Go base hall'f
No. II thc truth must le isIf fhsf e..ri.
ous intelligence has not fei been made s,.4b.
lic.7
Well, it happened in this way. e,-
planned Col Breeze. y have two .,a-tn.r.
ID The proprictorslip Of ihe Grand Eaa..ls
paper one oi them is Fred Berger ten
you perhaps remember as business rp,ra.
ger Of 81 smith Russell ihe Boston pnb-
Usher and actor. Bereef Is one of fsnr
humorous fellows. always ready Cor Ioke
yet, Withai, gentle whole -souis.l nan
whom ] have been glad % encourae. ts
the extent of my limited ability. Wien
bought the Grand Rapids talsr 7 la R.r-
ger no on The deal. but before doing 80
bad a serious talk with him aad sxactra
rom him solemn promise that as long a.
he was associated with men in iaur-
nalism be would abstain from aIl
grauhcaion Of his humorous t.ra-
pensit es- idc gave me his assurance
that be would make an earnest "a sft fa de-
port himself With dignity Wei things
r-n along smoothly for s while. and Ne haa
al begun 10 remark how much Beussf lad
improved. But about three weeks ato Sol
smith Russell said 90 Berger Fired
they re after somebody 81 90 down a. ffe-
troui @ umpire game uf base ball sur.
pose. just FOR lark. VOC let me fske r6u
np and send YOU down there a. a. ursi,irs
of long experience and aerides ability
Unfortunately Berger fell in Wifh tie
scheme AZ once Russell fe.egraphes fo
Hanlon, The captain Of the Detroit rluh
that Fred Berger of Grand Rapids was nre-
pared 60 umpire az short notice ETC.. eic
Back came dispatch une.nr Mr. Berfer %
come At once. Wei. Russell troifed ou
his stage wardrobe. his vig- and h-s fsoe
| paints, and fake6 up q great disruI.s fs-
Berger. Aou shall be barber said R1s-
sell
a barber
les. just think 81 it-one Of tie editors
! Of the 6rsne Rapids TEFsnts ts-Hr rnsfn ass.
| guised a. = barber cnei Colonel nr4sef.
| Yet in this odinus disEa.se B,rrer did in-
deed % Gown 90 Deiroii Hs madc effIt-
/ BODY believe be- was "a barber huf te didn't
make anFh 1ay believe be- pas an ufnfare
] n ben the game was over fhe Detroit nt.8-
1 PIE ran hifn out ul town -hisfsrisInf.. e..fr
SO rank. Sd. @mith RnsspIi though. t aas
great Joke and 80 Did Berger himself hnf
/ t'n can 'ei was very snErv shpsI if
/ don know when have been - frrf.iI fsi4f
I as was when ! beard of fIio re,suaie 4
/ saw only one way oul ~ The trouble and
/ fhat was 90 claim thai the umpire nlrrrr
was not mV berErr bai snufhrf Refefr 81.
when the tfanl kapiis people questioned
me shout ne matter J stood rrtf ur lac a
/ revised edition of AHauias and fna.Is.N
/ them inil uf fhe easi uind lnfi 4 Ca frr
/ soai rroaniag beneath The peiaal of fhr
reriures uttered lt has beer sn aefii
eslerience. ard J have suffered a. keenlr
that if makee me almost slid Or bear fe.I III
base hai-aarn fbe miserable nid cana
] anyway
Ime may heal TIE wound resumed
Col brezee ailfr moments pause hri I
fear not frolIre ~ fbi- chararser nrs st,i
- iDlnre man = eoctsi sfaodinf nsf-afiai-
/ iy in town a. smal and ola iashioneI ~
Grand Rapids 2 feel sorry ff Bs-eer he-
cause be- 0as doing welI ard 7 really irs..I
o. make 0tgnihei journalist ~ ffrn-n-f
= great one. yon unnersr sni. hlf aignifil..I
and rspuiab'e-one of these dress .f.sra1s
| counting rpom ianrna 'ists who rles. 20 old
subscribers impress rsle. and write rr nef-
sonals ard rufs for friends she hriae IN
coravood and garden truck f0f that sl.t,r
h1f wt9 iesve f uiih the fellow down
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