The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-10
DAKOTA JOURNALISM.
HoW AN Unenterprising Editor Lost His
Hold ON the Community.

Hold ON the Community.
Have you a newspaper here"
asked of man who came over to where
we were camped on the edge of Il little
| Dakota town.
Yes. got one; did have two. but the
other feller pulled out last week" +"
Didn't it pay?"
Nav. he want no good-got out
the weakest paper yo1 ever seen"
What was the trouble with it?''
mo news. or least none to mount TO
any thing. Course. il something big
hanpened that he couldn't helm seein'
he'd git it in, but ev ry week there'd be
II whole lot o. spicy things that he d
keep stills a mouse about. an stick in
4 lot o pieces on free trade. or prntec-
ion. or mebby sometimes the tariF.
Bat the other man want that style
no blowin' pieces in his'n but all the
spicy an interestin' news that hap
pcned."
so you froze the long editorial man
man out?'
Had 10 do it. tell you-he didn't
know enough to pound sand. Wv.
irmme tell you little ease: Couple %
months ag1 I built mn new chicken
soop-nat very big un. cause only
rot six hens an fi.htin' rooStrr-but
! made il very keerful an put in two
round roDsts an whitewashed 'em. an
three nests. figured on half thr. hens
-eStin' AN scratchin' while ths. other
.hift was LAWN. au' nailed some SII-s
1 ttat. a hnv ie nuo f.f4,.uar ~ sf,s,t m sha
.rtters in an make 'ern quit their
monkey business. an fixed her mp n
>vle generally. Pretty soon old Coo;,er
hi- man that's gone. come along an
called him in an save :: .Jrs' get ont.
he now hem house | asen a-buildin.
That looks first-rlte. SAYS he. Wig
.le IT,. spvs l. H. wigglel l. i
pears solid. savs iIr. L claim it' : IT,
'est hen-honse in the city says /
Wuuldn't wonder SAYS he. Then he
walked off with his hea down. a-think-
bout il. Somehow didn't manage "a,
ee the other feller ts. tell him bout il,
sut LnrIy. how do you think it come
u;2"
Haven't any idea How did it9''
wv SIR. I wsnt over u Hank
;rnr Ee's an b0rrpr-ed his copy Of
'ouper's paper so.tI's it come out
Hank ha'ln't gnt ;.inok NJ it get himself
an took IL home an vadsd through
t. hut not line i,put my hen-coop!
Not = linei Not word, Didn't say
nothing bout tiny name wasn't In
the paperi went 80 fur aS To even
read clear through = long piece on Our
Common School system t1inkiu' meb-
hy that he stuck In so netliag bout ms
aen-housr in IL sunewheres bat he
hadn't Well. | was masl. an | think
had right to he throwei the pa
per down an didI't even take it bacs
10 Hank B It next m ,rniu' when
seen one of the "ther feIler's Paper-
down in the store. my eveS stuck out sc
Won could y hung your hat on 'em
Their. il was in his ps,ner bout nav hen
coop hig : a Mexican dollar! Ii rea,
Ike thi-. We hear thlt Uncle Abna
DDtv has ies' completed large an
convenient hen-hoIse for his fine fiocl
e Shan ghiS. BtamvS. Plymouth Rocks
IN 50 forth. together with his famou
| dghtin' roos er. Ben Butler. We hav
lot vet h; the pleasure of samplin
,nv ~ the ergs laii i'm this new he Il,
house. hut we know that Uncle Abn Il
is not the man II long forget We editor
That's the very way he had it. wnr.l fn'
word. name an all. Jes' soon's 1 reaf
it wen, ri sht ont an told ev'rybol,
we couldn't ford 70 support Oh CIop Il
no longer cause he was hurtin' tn
town 10y not men.ionin' the improve
/ ments. and jeS' ken up the talk til
what little business he dill havi
dropped off an nobody wouldn't hsv
nothing to do With lin. an he's left
Ton can see Yourself that we couldn'
very well do any thing else after tn
way he used me on that hen-house- =
f. H. Cdrruth. in Cg'tc 4go Tribune