Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-07-03

A Tvpesatterss story OF News Gettias
THAT Beat the Telegraph.
sfn the summer Of 1881" said a com
nositor. Il was running paper 10 little
backwoods town ia Pennsylvania the
paper was not 50 metropolitan 10 its make
40 but that was able to do all the Work
znyself with the exception Of the printing.
Publication days / called in the services OF
q half ritted fellow, who, under my IN
rtrsction. had developed into an expert
roller. was the only man within q radius
Of twenty miles who knew how to set type,
and II 1 bad fallen sick tbs paper would
not have come out until ! was wen again
Naturally am not a superstitious man.
ami an incident occurred while had charge
~ tbat paper which cannot explain ana
nntil Il Is explained I shall believe that
ANYTHING is possible in the way Of ghosts
spooks, wraiths, etc. 80
at was the morning Of June 10. hau
locked up my forms the night before 50
that ] could begin printing early N tne
morning. / was pulling the Ola istel
promptly at 2. and at the local iist was "a !
The postofice Soon after the delivery h,'u
begun one Of the merchants Of the hanlie.
IA very intimate friend-came into 1he
Office. s.,.,,
allow did you come 70 hear OF shs .' e,ee.n
Of YOUR brother 50 soons SAID ne Ahnele
was no telegraph station within hl'sen
miles,
what do you meant said L
asdeang said he You ought to know
vvbat Il in YOUR own paper. Have you Tor
gotten that you heard this morning Ina
vour brother is deadi Have you forgotten
that YOU set up a notice Of it an hour o.
.s.Are You crazyf' said I. 7 swear thai
lido not know what you are driving at
"At this iuncture he opened the damn
abeet that / had so recently printed ane
folded. and pointed me to the following
Item az the bottom Of the third column
the local page. 80.
AtJohn Jones, brother Of William Jones
was killed at Peoria, Ills, at o'clock TIM
morning
'.Afy breath was fairly taken away from
me. The merchant was right. There wa
the notice OF my brothers death in m
own paper, and I had not set It up no
heard Of it.
lyon are right said /, but this is tn
fist that have known Of it. If there eve
was a mystery this is it,
II went over to the form There wa
the three line item. The moment ! saw
the tyne was more amazed than ever 1
was the type setting of my brother, who
like me. had been bred to the printer
trade. could tell his work from that o
a thousand. He was a marvelously eyel
spacer, and he carried his taste 50 far tina
be always put less space after comma
,sBut how were the lines put into tn
locked formi No item had been taken out
/ examined the form closely. Yes, ther
was some more Of my brothers work y
gain the space, leads had been taken iron
here and there just as he used to tax
them. He was a great stickler for goo'
looks in a page. and was very tasYdious a
to where he pulled his leads ltstruek M
right away that the notice the deaUi
would not have been so sic B0a9Itf h8v
ito - 81 fsFisBss. Dat for the FAC
that my brother did not wish to remoV
any Of my matter nor any lead Whlc
could not be spared as wei as not.
Through utterly skeptical about supel
natural visitations, from that moment
believed that my brothers disembodle
soul had made its way hundreds OF mile
mad entered my Office in the early dawl
had set up the notice Of his death ana p'
Il ia the form.
~I.ate that afternoon dispatch came
the effect that William Jones was killed
Peoria, ms. at 5 o'clock that morning. u"
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