The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-22

- From the Ne0 \ orr Tribune.
1t may seem passing strange that though
the world obtains by far the greater part
Of its knowledge of the lives of It's men and
women from the ne Rspaper press, 50 little
is ever heard of the makers themselves Of
these same journals. This may. perhaps, be
accounted for on the ground OF modesty,
the journalistic worker being loath to lay
the story OF either his trials or triumphs
before the careless and hurrying multitude
But sometimes it happens that the veil is
lifted momeatarily, and the public catches
a heeting glance at the inner editorial
life. Such chance is just afforded by
little episode in the existence Of our valued
friend of 1.-The Mlliiin Center penny
Bldde.''
"We have not" he writes in his issue for
Nov. 80. ''had more vexatious experience
since we began to WELD the editorial
tripod" The account goes on to state that
miles north Of Mifflin Center, had taken
the Blade twelve years and never paid
cent, or, rather let US say, never paid
stick, for the original contract with Mr..
Bundy was that he should deliver
one half-cord of sawed and split
wood each year; consequently Nov.
l found the delinquent gentleman
owing six cords of good stove wood. Re-
peated duns having failed to move Mr..
week, served formal notice on him that
unless the fuel was duly delivered inside of
forty-eight hours, legal proceedings of the
most robust nature would be begun. This
had the desired effect and the next day
Mr.. - Blndy unloaded the wood
at the editors house. scattering it
around considerably, and maxi * a
number Of loud and apparently irrelevant
remarks while doing so. and ending by
shouting in high key that the editor might
stop bis dodgasted paper, anyhow, as he
(Mr. Bundy) had never made any use Of the
dn-dssted thing except to wad his shotgun.
ave were glad" writes the editor, ito
compromise on this, and dropped his name
from our extensive subscription lists"
But the end was not yet. The next
morningn-we again quote the Blades o wn
words-"we put a stick Of wood in our
stove, and sat down to breakfast. Wewere
just Flushing our second cup of coffee when
we were started by loud report. Hurry
ing to the scene of the explosion, we found
one end of the stove blown out, a wind w
broken, and tne family cat badly scorched
on the left side. We could not account
for the occurrence, neither could our wife,
but we decided not to be disturbed by
tri1es, so replenished the Il e with two
more sticks, and returned to olr me Il. We
had barely finished another cup of coffee
when we were again startled by an explo-
sion. Examination revealed the fact that
the other end OF the stove was shattered
and several yards Of plaster were torn from
the wall. We now sus pected the wood, but
determined to give it a fair trial, SO tossed
in a half dozen sticks and continued
our breakfast. We mad possibly fn-
ished two cups this time when there was a
terrific explosion, which shook the house
Rushing to the kitchen we found the stove
in I agments, the furniture broken up, and
the cat blown out OF the window and badly
singed all around. We now decided to
forego our usual last cup Of coffee and set
about investigating the cause of the dis
turbance. Tnis took some time, but suffice
it to say that we discovered that that viii
famous and illiterate Bundy had plugged
an ounce of gunpowder in hole in every
stick of the woodr
The Blade article here devotes several
paragraphs to the guileess Bundv, which
the Tribune has not space to quote. Then
1t continues: 'But we decided that we
could not afford to sacrifice all of that
wood, so going to Sterrltt Bros, the ma
chine dealers, we procured the boiler, with
fre-box combined. of a 6-horse power
our stove. 1t is made of half-inch
wrought iron, and so far has been
able to stand the peculiar Bundy style of
fire wood, though the fire and ashes which
are now almost constantly spouting out the
top Of our chimney annoy the neighbors
considerably. Indeed. when our chimney
is in a state of eruption, we suppose our
house resembles Vesuvius to a cert lin
extent, though in the night the sight Is
been nkened to rookie and other fireworks
We shall continue to use this wood during
the winter, notwithstanding. The reports
jar the house considerably, and are
somewhat surprising to visitors
Deacon White, who, as our rea iers
know, is slightly deaf, dropped in yesterday,
and after listening to several reports, re-
marked that his hearing must be inprov-
ing, a, he could hear the children popping
corn in the kitchen. The noise at the time
reminded us go ID deal of the second days
fighting around Gettysburg in 49,"
1t is seldom that editorial troubles like
this find their way to the ear of the general
public, yet they are constantly happening.
How true it is that the world knows least
OF its greatest men.