The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-12-02
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On the day of my arrival in Lar
annie, Judge Blair had said to me
that the prospects for a young law
yer in Wyoming who had very lit
tie money, and no acquaintances,
were very poor but If / could do
newspaper work, he thought he
could help me to a place.
AS / saw right away that the
Judge was my friend, / told him
that it might be we'll to do that
while waiting for my library to ar
rive. He laughed, and led me to
the Office of the Daily Sentinel,
owned by DR.. James III. HayfUrd ,
10 whom / was introduced. DR..
Hayford was a keen-cyed man with
chin whiskers, who wrote with a
hard pencil sharpened from time to
time with a fiat file. lie wrote
with such carnesiness that one
could .read his ablest editorials on
any of the ten sheets OF blank pa
per under the one he was writing
on. The doctor was a good man,
and bis soul, / think, was as pure
as any soul l ever saw which had
been exposed as much rs his bad.
He said that If $50 per month
would make it interesting, he would
be glad to have me try it for thirty
days. Fifty dollars per month was
SO much better than the grazing at
that season OF the year, that ! ac-
cepted ii; not too hurriedly, but al
ter counting 100 in my mind, and
giving the impression that was
not too prompt 10 avail myself Of
the offer.
The Sentinel was q morning pa
per, but used to be able to wash
up about seven o'clock in the even
ing and attend Alexander's Theatre
while the boys went to press. FL
nally the paper was left almost en-
tirely in my hands, and ! became
more enterprising, till at last we
got To press sometimes as early as
five in the afternoon.
Once we had a concert for the
benefit of The church, for was
quito church worker at that time.
Even now old citizens of Laramie
City point with pride to their
church debt, and If you ask them
who organized it and fostered it,
they will tell you with tears in their
eyes that | did it. This concert /
desired to see, and yet wished 10
get the paper off my hands first, SO
i wrote il up in an unbiased way,
and then dressed for the evening
by removing my trousers legs
from the tops Of my boots, and hav-
ing the wrinkles ironed out al
Boards tailor shop while ! waited.
Among the features of the concert,
| wrote up young lady who was
on the program for n piano solo.
She could play first rate, was fair to
look upon and | gave her what the
London Times woulG call a ratlling
good notice. But she did not play
and so / was Jeereu nc q good deal
by both OF our subscribers.
/ remember her especially be-
cause as one of the entertainment
committee / had to move her piano
to the hall. She could not use the
one that belonged TO The hall. bul
wanted her very own instrument, d
hollow-chesled old wardrobe Of q
thing with deformed legs.
It cost five dollars TO move q pi-
ano in those days-live dollars each
way. DO I paid that to carl The ole
casket over 10 the hall, and five
dollars 10 cart 1t back, making as
the ready calculator viii see almos
at q glance, len dollars Tor ths
round trip. She did not play a
| all but when | had The machine
taken back. SHE orderedil il delivered
j al another house. The family has
taken this time TO move. and / sim
ply moved The piano Tor them