St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05
CROWDED OUT"
A Tramp Printer Who Was ''Left
Over"

"A tramp ffsnter w no w as 'AelC
Over"
New York World
The other day tramp printer of the
real old s0rt-dead broke, thirsty and
ragged, hut with cheek all right-struck
the information bureau of the World
Office with:
well, I'll be hanged! What sort of
a dodge do you call this anyhow? Met
a comp in Buffalo who said that you
fellers in New York were getting ex-
elusive, but l thought he had been
drinking. l want to see the old man. "
What old man?"
There isn't but one old man around
a print shop. | want the editor, of
course. Just struck the town after
working my way from Kansas City, and
l want Sit"
"Have to send your name up, SIR"
''What! I've tramped this garden
patch from Portland to Galveston and
back. and | never had to swallow any
red tape to see the editOrl Getting
mighty fine here, amt you"'
That's the rule, sir"
''Rule be hanged! Just whistle up
that tube and tell him that old Sam
Anderson is here and wants to sub for a
week or two. Also wants a couple of
dollars in advance to straighten up on"
You'll have to send your name up,
SIR"
Not by a stickful! You just whistle
up and say that old Sam is here, and if
he doesn't come rushing down to see me
he'll at least ask me up. know him.
He and l stuck type together in Elmira
thirty years ago, and | am the man who
learned him how to fly the frisket on
a hand-press. Ask him if he's forgotten
how to cast a rollerr
The young man in the bureau sent
the name up, and old Sam went out for
a nip. When he returned it was to find
a mot in" OH his card.
"Then I'll try the city editor" he
said. USED to know him in Syracuse
when he first began picking up items,
and he used to come to me to correct his
grammar. He could describe dog fight
or runaway equal to Dickens, and it
always made him proud when l praised
him. Just whistle up that straw-carrier
that old Sam Anderson is here and
wants to Jeff with him for the beer.
He'll catch on to that otf-hand."
1.-The city editor isn't in at this hour,
SIR"
"Oh! He amt! Taking things
mighty easy. isn't ne? Well, | remem-
Der now he was always a little slack.
The boys used to call him standing
galley in those old days because he
moved so slow. Very bright in the
head, but slow on foot. ! guess IIl see
the foreman"
'Send your name up, please"
mot muchl Pm no governor or big
man that l've got to be announced in
Dim inc mi al So
Anderson, who can write a leader on
the tariff, make up form. set up an
auction bill or work 800 impressions per
hour on a hand-preSS. L remember him
well. Names Tom. He was roller-boy
for me way back twenty-five years ago
in Oswego. l learned Tom the boxes of
his case when he didn't know the
sheep s-foot from a Side-stick.
1.-The foreman won't be in until this
evening, SIR"
"Whew! Things are changing When
| was foreman of the EImira Gazette,
Portland Argus, Galveston News or
San Francisco Call l had to be OH deck
from to 6. Just got on your Velveteen
trousers here. haven't you? Got too
fine, perhaps, TO want to shake hands
with an old print! Well, I'll 90 up and
look the comps over, and Pll find ten
Ut uOLeu VIII ii Dc Rldu W Sco Hlc.
Just whistle up that old Sam is coming"
mot allowed, sir"
mot allowed! Do you mean to tell
me that there is a composing room IN
America which keeps the door shut
against an old printH'
/. That's the rule, sir"
swell, Pll be hanged! This Is indeed
coming to a pretty pass! The next
calamity will be to refuse US circus
tickets! Say. young man?'
Eyes, SIR"
"You are not exactly printer"
mo, SIR"
"But as an employee of print shop
you feel more or less OF the fraternal
spirit that binds the craft together.
Feeling thus, lend me d couple of para
graphs till get Oh my feet"
Money!"
Eyes Two dolls"
Couldn't possibly do it, sir"
"You refuse?"
II must"
editor Quietly editor out-foreman
out-comps out, and the devil has no
confidence in my integrity" moaned
the stranger as he struck pose and
looked up at the ceiling. ''All right,
boy-aIl right! I'll just drop around to
the basement and see the pressman.
Name is Jack-old triend-used to work
in CASTLE tOgether-nO whiStling to an
nounce me-two dOllars-gOod-byW