Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-24
WILD AND WOODY JOURNALISM
Literary Gems From the Provincial
Press of Nebraska.
ENGLISH WITH THE BARK ON.
Some Truly Remarkable Compost
tons of Which Even the Arizona
Kicker's Able Editor Might
Well Feel Proud.
Rural Thought Mnnldcrs.

paper puDllSheu IN Greeley county,
that is to say the subject of his dis
course was He'll and it was handled In
a very interesting manner The au-
diencc was large"
"All styles are admissible except the
heavy says Max O'Rell in writing Of
American newspapers.
Whatever else may be said of the
frontier journalism of Nebraska it can
not be called heavy. The treatment of
current topics is distinguished by the
vigorous and picturesque style OF the
Arizona Kicker.
I'VE are pleased to announce that
Mr.. Frank Ketchum while practicing
one of the star parts of his new comic
opera, suddenly became tongue tied
which necessitatcs n postponemcnt of
the public rendition OF the play. Those
who have heard him sing will be graft
fed with this information is the way
a Dodge county daily nounc an ac-
cident to n local virtuoso.
Another journal which grcets the
rising sun six days per week in Otoe
county in announcing the death of II
lbihSi Alii' oihi - " NtA9N'tNiAN
added: He is the mar J.. X. Young
tried to swindlc out Of some land and
for which he is now in the peniten-
tiary,' The next day it was discovered
that Mr.. Young had never been in the
penltentiary but was running a grocery
store in the city. The following issue
of the paper contained this amende
honorable: MI. Young was tried on
the charge mentioned but honorably
acquitted and discharged. He is now
in business in this city, with many warm
friends who naturally felt hurt at our
blunder, as did Mr.. Young himself"
The Cyclone, Il weekly published at
Kenesaw, occasionally edilies its read
| ers with a column headed The Cyclone
Would Like to See In a recent issue
the able editor of the Cyclone takes his
readers into his confidence by stating
! that among eight desirable events he
would like to see 1.-THE Nebraska legis-
lature adjourn for once without carry
ing off the spit-boXes and everything
else portable Miss Reta Villers APP
pear from under a cloud long enough to
| pay this Office 81. 50 for job work, and 30
cents for damages sustained by our rep
u%tatiou, which will not stand much
tinkcring.'
~ paper printed at Schuyler, which
displays on its first page a crude
reproduction Of the frontiSpiece of
Mr.. Dana's great organ, ana
calls itself the Sun, appeared one week
with the first and last pages devoted to
plate matter. "How did you like us
last week with our inside on the out
side?' was the query which appeared ut
the head of the editorial paragraph in
the mex issue.
\ journalist who has found time
while moulding opinion in Knox Center
and vicinity to exercise his inventive
genius, thus presents to the public a re-
CEN product of his skill. IN a double
loaded paragraphs: I'VE desire to call
the attention of our readers to our ad-
vertisemCnt in another column of our
| patent necktie and collar. They are
marvels OF neatness and comfort"
Another ingenious member Of the
profession publishes a paper in a section
of Howard county in which the great
majority of the settlers are Danes.
Being unable to present his ideas to his
constituency in their native tongue, he
has started a night school, where he
teaches them to read English, BEGIN
ming with such simple sentences rs
Now Is the time to subscribe"
Commenting on the unusually mild
winter which the state thus far has en-
joyed, a Norfolk paper remarks that
the man who would kick on Nebraska
weather would find fault with the tone
of his harp if he were fortunate enough
TO get to Paradise"
A travelling man recently visited
Edgar in the interest of Il New York
house, which had. in some way not eX-
planned, obtained a consignment of
English-made trousers duty free, which
they were enabled to supply for IL short
time at SO per pair. Several citizens
invested, among them the worthy post
master. a local exponent Of protection
thereupon took occasion to depict the
evils of free trade and point the moral
of p%atroni2ing home enterprise in an
editorial in which he observes: "a
young man, dressed in such a style,
would never be kicked from the pres
ence of his sweetheart by an irate
father: for said father would have
TO kick so near the ground that he
would be afraid of stubbing his toe.
And while we think Of it, we call to
mind n young mar who clothed himself
in just hat style. His name is G.. f..
Cook. Charlie used to walk erect and
manly, but, under the influence Of pants
that has no tariff on them, his walk is Il
kind of whopple-jawed wabble. j. w.
Carson, our hOnored postmaster. is an
other whose lOngings were gratiiied by
n pair of pants from first hands, on
which no duty had been paid. But he
frankly admits that his bargain was too.
good. He would prefer more duty and
less pants"
An Otoe county weekly thus records
a local event: There was an odor
Thursday morning about the home of
c. +. Secord, not so pleasant as new
mown hay, but decidedly stronger. 1t
resulted from trapping a pole cat"
when a person gets married" OBJ
serves the editor of IA society paper in
the southwestern part of the state, sit
is a general rule to set up the cigars to
the boys, but VIII Denman has been
setting up the cigars this week because
his girl, whom he was engaged to, went
back on him"
\ journalistic Ward McAllister at
Wymore, in the course of his decrip-
tion of II recent social gathering there,
took occasion to criticise the MANAGE
ment for failing to send an invitation to
one OF the young ladies of the city. The
next number of his paper contained the
following communication: Mr.. Editor
We notice in last weeks issue OF the
Reporter that Miss Mary Lutes had no
invitation to the party. The reason is
that the parties who gave the party
a,a not oa,nttal ~ thn .,-fIan,n ~