The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-05-18
THE LATE COL. STABLE.
Whats Correspondent Says of the Veteran
Journalist.

Correspondent Says of the veteran
Journalist.
A writer to the Sunbury Daily writes as
follows of the late Col. Henry j. Stable,
the veteran editor of the Gettysburg
Compiler, and who was one of the leading
members of the Pennsylvania Editorial
Association:
When the Pennsylvania delegation is
reached in roll call at the National Con-
vention of editors at San Francisco next
week there will come no esponse when the
Secretary cries Henry j. Stable and a wave
of sadness will sweep over the boys from
the Keystone State. Col. Stable, who was
the editor of the Gettysburg Compiler, is
dead, died in the harness at the age of SO
years, when his fellow editors were speed
ing toward the west, and with his going
there is lost to the ranks of Pennsylvania
journalism a picturesque figure OF the old
school, q kind, courteous, learned old gem
tleman. l first met the Colonel at Harris
burg four years ago and afterwsrd iaunted
with him into the southland and learned to
like the genial old editor. He was n OF
the oldest members Of the Pennsylvania
association and was one of the delegates to
the present Convention.
There are a couple stories about the old
Colonel that may prove interesting and
that come fresh to my mind at this time.
He lived in Gettysburg at the time of the
great struggle in '63 and in the first days
fight the tide of battle ebbed and flowed
past the Colonel's door; as first the gray
and then the blue line had q momentary
advantage. In one of the dashes forward q
Colonel in the Iron brigade of Indiana
went down just at the old editors gate.
The Union forces, determined to carry
their wounded officers back with them,
fought like demons over the spot and 81
determinedly the line of gray pressed them
back. 1t was at this j%uncture that the
Chambersburg editor acted. Hurrying out
into the street he reached the wounded
man and dragged him into his home
Here he was, with the assistance Of Stable
daughters, nursed back to life, and he anC
Col. Stshle became warm friends. Thu
rescued man was Col. Dudley, of Indiana
he who afterward became famous will
"blocks of fire." 1t was after the Harrison
campaign that Stable met Dudley in Wash
ington and going up to the gentleman h,
said, Lock here, Dudley, if 1 had know
you we're going to turn out so mean
wouldn't have saved you.".
Think 1 csnfsafely cay that Col. Stahl
was the only man in Pennsylvania tina
ever refused a seat in Congress, but he di
it. The nomination had gone around an
both Franklin and York counties ha,
been represented by a Democratic Con
gresham. 1t was now the TURF of Adam
county to send a Jeffersonian advocate an,
q lawyer was nominated. II is impossibl
to tell just what the matter was, but it i
likely that the lawyer did not want to go t
| Washington, as the nomination wa
equivalent to an election, so he just die,
and left the party a few days before tn
election without a candidate. 1t was q
this juncture that the politicians met il
Gettysburg and decided to nominal
Stable. 1t was done and a committee wen
down to the Office to tell the old man. II
was fussing around with a hickory shiI
and specs on, and when the spokesma.
said, "Col., we have nominated you f,
Congress" he looked over his glasses an
replied, "Have, have you we'll I'll hav
t. see about that" "But, Colonel, 20
ought to take it," The old gentlema
looked up and said, Nov look here, II
see man about it and tell you after dinner,
and he went home. MAN, said tn
Colonel, they have nominated me 70
Congress" "Well, Colonel, you can't co.
"Now, nam, why not ~ "Well you hav
a nice office here, with a comfortabl
living, and if you go down there they will
bring you home in a box. You can't g
and that settles it."
The Colonel returned to the office am
met the committee: Gentlemen" sal
he, 81 won't 60" why not, Col. p
"Well, nam says l shsn't 20 and tina
settles it," and the man who had a seat il
Congress in his hands turned around t