St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10

BIMBLE'S NEWSPAPER.
Euripides Bimble had been keeping
school in a northern county of New
Hampshire, way back in 1.-The days
I before the war" He had been re-
Igarded as a man of wondrous learn
ing; and, truth to tell, he had man
Jagged to pick up a goodly stock of
Igeneral information. He had pre-
|sided at town meeting, and had
in the religious meeting, and
he had kept school credita bly,; but
the crowning peak of fame was
when it was found that
'Euripides," who had written those
STIRRING political articles for the
p atriot, was none other than the
xeritable Euripides Birnble of the
Great Interval. Bimble was proud,
and vet Bimble was modest. Bimble
felt his dignity, and yet he was unas-
Stunning. Bimble could write most
bitter things in his far-away garnet,
but face to face with his political OPP
ponents he was mildness and good
mess personifed. In short, Euripides
Bimble was a great man upon the
d rustic banks of Lost River, and his
unsophisticated admirers doubted
not that he would weigh heavily
anywhere.
E One autumn day, in the eos,
E Walter bingham came home from
T. the far west, on a visit to his rela-
& tives upon the Interval bingham
81 had performed wonders out west.
L He had bought land and built mills
81 and made money, and he was loud
in the praise of the great West. He
and Bimble had been schoolmates in
the other years, and were friends
still
"Bimblel' cried bingham, slap
ping his friend on the back, Il have
Just the thing for you at ScalPers'
Bluff. Come with me and publish a
paper"
Euripides caught his breath at the
idea Did bingham mean that he
Bimble-Euripides Bimble-should
edit the paper-should have sole
management of its columns?
Yes, bingham meant just that
thing. A few of the business men of
Scalpers' Bluff had bought type and
presses, and all necessary materials
for good printing Office. They had
capable printer already at work
81 on Jobs; but they wanted to start a
Z paper-a paper that should open up
s. knowledge to the world of the i'm
ii mense resources and natural advant-
81 ages of Scalpers' Bluff and Wild Bot
81 tom country and to that end they
s. must have competent editor. Bim-
II BILE snapped at the bait, and when
Walter bingham returned to the
West, Euripides Bi1nble accompanied
him.
81 The paper was quickly started, the
business men of the place furnishing
capital, while Bimble pledged the
necessary amount of brain, and it
was called the Scalpers' Bluff Bulle
tin. The season was at the opening
of an important political contest,
and Bilnble's sympa thies quickly led
him to espouse the right. Among
the political opponents was a man
of Wild Bottom, named Cutter Wop-
per, who was candidate of the
disruptionists for represent alive.
Bimble learned, from reliable author
itv, that Wopper was a drunken,
worthless fellow, who had been twice
convicted of horse-stealing in
neighboring state, and whose only
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10 IuOiiS lawn was
that he spent his ill-gotten gains
b from gambling quite freely among
his lawless companions.
BImble learned all this, and
straightway he gave Cutter Wopper
III the benefit of an article just one col
81 umn in length, in which said Cutter
I'll Wopper was served up most elabor-
ately-served up with about as much
dressing of spice and peppery, pun
II gent condiment as it is possible to
Fl plaster upon the character of a single
II individual. Bimble had learned the
81 trade in New Hampshire.
The article created sensation.
eff Bimble's got the pluck to back
/ that up, it'll kill Wopper sure" said
an adherent OF the right side
Bimble didn't know then exactly
what backing up meant in the
il Scalpers' Bluff parlance. He knew
Y that in Northern County he would
have backed up the article by SUBJ
stantiating his charges; and this he
was prepared to do now He was a