The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-18
SCRANTON. MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1892.

hat season of The year, that ac.
repted it; not TOO hurriedly. bni
after counting 100 in my mind.
and giving the impression that
was not too prompt 10 aval! my.
.elf of the offer.
The Sentinel was a morning pa
per, but used TO be able 10 wash
up about seven o'clock in the
evening and attend Alexander's
Theatre while the boys went TO
press. The performance on the
stage at AlexamCer's was moi Ol a
high order. The talent was not
great, and the performance far
from merl, orlous, but in the audi
ence il was more thrilling. II took
me five weeks 10 heal up the scalp
of my roommate so that the hair
would cover the iurrow made by
bullet one evening at the theatre.
Finally the paper was left almost
entirely in my hands, and be-
came more enterprising, till at last
we got to press sometimes as ear
ly as five or half.past five o'clock
in the afternoon. Then we gol to
horoscoplng the theatrical news
up to eleven o'clock, aud printing
it as fact. This was dangerous
business. Fore.casting The even.
ing news and going to press at tea
times are always hazardous. II
used to be done very successfully
in Washington, d. g., but l was
never successful.
Once we had concert for the
benefit Of The church, for | was
quite 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 il and Ioster.
ed 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 l wrote it up in an
unbiased way, and then dressed
for the evening by removing my
trousers legs from the tops of my
boots. and having The wrinkles
ironed out at Boards tailor shoL
while | waited.
Among the features of the con
cert l wrote up a young lady who
was on the program tor piano
solo. She could play first rate
was fair to look upon and | gave
her wha, The London Times woult
call rafting good notice. Bu
she did not play and so wa,
| jeered at a good deal by both 0
our subscribers.
l remember her especially be
cause as one of the entert ainmen
committee l had to move her pi
ano to the hall. She could no
use The one that belonged to lh'
hall, but wanted her very own in
slrument, a holIow.chested ole
wardrobe Of a thing with deform
ed legs.
1t cost five dollars 10 move {
piano in those days-fve dollar
each way. So l paid that to car
The old casket over 10 the hal. l.ant
five dollars 10 cart il back, maxim!
as The ready calculator will see al
most at a glance, ten dollars 70
the round trip. She did not pla,
at all, but when l had the machin'
taken back, she ordered it deliv
ered at another house. The fami
ly had taken tins time 10 move
and simply moved the piano TO
them.
Even now cannot read witt
dry eyes the fulsoMe description
of her playing which ! premature
ly wrote, and which, in The light G
more thorough knowledge Of mu
sical terms, should have been edit
ed by our home band.
: At this time the Indians bega
TO become restless, and 10 hol
| scalp ''letes chanpetres" along tn
, road TO The Black Hills. Sitlin
: Bull had taken a firm siani an
! thirty eight milch cows belonein
5 10 a friend Of mine. He had ais
! sent into the post his ultamatun
lie sent il in, l believe,to gel it re
\ filed. War was soon declared
, l remember writing up the firs
[ Indian victims. They were a Ge
9 man and his wife and servant VIII
/ were massacred on The roadside {
town, and buried at Laramie.
I. was not pleasant experience.
At this time was asked b
A Charles De Young of lhe Sa
b Francisco Chronicle to join Genel
}. al Custer on the Rosebud, and I
: write up The fight which it wa
r presumed would take place yer,
p shortly. Mr.. De Young was
pass through our place at abor
Q five o'clock in the afternoon, an
a | was to report to him then. at th
| train. This was great PRONE
o ton, but feared that it would b
e loo sudden. From The pasly it'll
think. room OF the Sentinel to
|, bright immortality beyond ih
:. grave was ioo trying 10 the lung
II | feared. thought it all owe
9 however, and had decided To 60 {
n five o'clock. l bade goodbye
9 all those friends to whom l WI
t noted, and resolved 10 commun
s Gale with the others by mail.
k could have reached The train m,
!. self, but | was too late to get IN
r trunk checked, and could not 4
l on the war path without my trunl
/ So I remained on the staff OF III
I Sentinel, and went through som