Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-11-19
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A soliloquy by the Dispatch edi

A soliloquy by the Dispatch editor:
Ever since I was little child I
have always had great desire, when
1 grew to manhood, to become editor
aud proprietor of q little country
newspaper. Twas such deep think
er and so quick at repartee, that I
thought surely was cut out for an
editor. But alas! / have been in the
business now four years and with all
my experience 1 can't even write
five or six line local without my sly
posi- correcting it before it appears
in the paper. I have had to hire
someone to write all my editorials
ever since I have been IN business.
OF late 1 have been very unfortunate
in hiring editors and they have writ
ten articles that I did not know any
thing about(?) and have caused me a
great deal of trouble. I tried every
plan imaginable to make my paper
popular but have failed in every in
stance. worked the old soldier rack
ct, patted them on the back, and for
awhile made them believe L was an
old vet, and they elected me Comman-
der of the Post, but IN the course of
time they found out that I had de-
ceiYed them and had never been any
thing but a Keokuk lightning-bug
soldier and they boosted me out OF
the Post / then tried to make my
self popular with the farmers and
whenever 1 met one of them I would
shake hands with him and try and
convince him 1 was in sympathy with
the Farmers Alliance movement, but,
they seemed to catch on and just
laughed at me. I even went so far
as to send in my application to two
different sub alliances to become a
member, but they black-balled me in
both lodges. I then got mad and
commenced to abuse them in my pa
per- But 1 soon found that would
not work either, for they came in by
the dozens and stopped their paper
coaxed and begged of them to let
me send it few weeks longer, but
they all said they did not want my
dirty sheet; have heard that great
many more of them are going to stop
just as soon as they can get money
enough to pay up. When [ found 1
could not Join the Alliance, I then
commenced to work for the g. o. D.,
but there were so many of them that
did not appreciate my work and one
Republican candidate said 1 lost him
over three hundred votes, l hardly
know now what will become of me-
A great many of the business men of
Phillipsburg are down on me and will
not give me any of their job work. I
have lost the patronage St ali the eoun-
ty officers except one,s and he will
have TO go the first of January.
have tried to gain the good will and
patronage of the religious class, but
they soon found out 1 was not sincere
and was only a christian for policy
sake. I have Disguised every organ
ization ever went into, and they all
sit down on me hard. I now realize
that I was not cut out for an editor,
and guess L will have to saw wood OF
husk corn for living. 1hinkI will
go on farm and then I can join the
Alliance and get solid with them and
probably after awhile they will give
me an Office. Believe I would be sat
isfied if I could only get to be town.
ship clerk. However, experience has
taught me that 1 am not 1T to run 6
newspaper and to what few friends
have left, now bid kind adieu, anC
turn the paper over to my typos.