Telegram-herald., 1888-01-15

Lively -as the hair and the
& iorm II al Edi Tor that knew 10
Nm quiet httls to~a where nshsd
~ away ths Summer long ago he
h,a mind Aud a s0ul far aoOFs tie editing
Of tn. hstls country weekly $50 per year
wood and al kinds Of iarm produce taken
on subscripiioDl. which Fate had reserved
for him. re had = great heart-a heart
shat throbbed for all msnklnd, snd be tried
hard % make life perfect poem he had
40 head for business. however, and he Just
barely GOT along and kept up the interest
on his mortgage which was spread al over
hi. ittls oEsce Nearly t-enty years he
had faithfally chr0nieled al the little local
events Of the burgh. lie vas merry over
every marriage. happy a. every birth ana
fearful A. every burial that the town had
known. he helped elect the members OF
the LegislAfnrs from that district be pulled
All the lectures and concerts free Of charge,
and Whenever be attended any Of them he
vas surs to be greeted With:
''anllol Spozs. you KUN in or comp
= darned nice thing to be an editor, h'a-n's
itg''
He advertised the church and Its straw
berry and Ice cream festivals and never
Thought OF charsinS a cent. and when the
Dsaeons let him have So pew for SO per
year. they say: 'Spozs we've got tew dew
thls Ter editors don't never have no
money"
For the good OF the community be sup
pressed All the scandals that occurred and
80 be logged along year by year "trsdin'
ont the advertisements and subscription
price OF bis paper a. best he could
ID the hill Ia the quiet little chrrchysrd
lay Dis wifs--his patient, gentle wife who
had shared his poverty for many years
always hoping. hoping for the days that
never came. DO not believe that his
paper ever appeared without some mention
of oak Hill and the loved ones that rested
there.
The htsls town to which refer was situ-
A.ed near the border line of two states and
was In The first "local option" days The
editors county was 70 vote on local option.
Isss than a mile from bis otfice-in the
other sats-stood an old roadside inn
which the editor knew would be utilized as
a saloon the moment prohibition should
carry. Thus the little village would lose
the liquor tax and there would be free
whisky for sll less than a mile away.
And 50 he ventursd 70 oppose the meas
ure-
In less than a weeks time four hundred
Of bis seven hundred scascribers had stop
. psd tasir paper"
With every letter ordering stop came
n shower Of abuse. Il am nprised that
you should sell out to e rum-seller.
wrote one "Hs's bous' up by the saloon
ists.r declared snc sr on tbs streets.
Certainly be s." I'D Deacon Biaepenny.
They al take .paper e'vry last one on
'sn-T see's IA. Blodzets give him a Eve
dollar Dill topsy for two years the other
dsv." "Youar full Of whisky when you
write wrote another nan, "Your besotsed
brain Is s.at as TO be gsiding spirit in this
community
And THIS although all who knew the old
man were aware that be never drank drop
Of intoKicanis.
Even The minister stood up in the pulpit
and said. 1t panied him deeply 70 see the
unxod y course that the prsss-tbst power
fal engine for good oV ill-wss taxing upon
snis great question"
AL these things cut ths kindly old editor
10 The heart One evening. when the week :
edition hsd been rolled OF the press and
thr rapers folded addressed and mailed,
the editor was left alone in the Office, the
printer" and the devil having hais him
good night With weary Sigh he sat
down a his desk with shs intention OF sx.
planning his position.
some day Ne shall all know" be
vrote.
Next morning they found bis siivery
head bowed upon bis desk.
His hsad still bald tAs .tubby lttls
pencil.
ON The psper vas written. some day W
shsii all xnow'
His last "coDy vas IN.
He bad joined bis gentle. patient wifsL
he vas asleep.
How and shsn some day We shsn al
Know
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