Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-11
A PRINTERS STORY.
A "Tourists' Experience With Country
Journalist.


Philadelphia News.
Several years ago was holding
eases on d Chicago daily. One day
nm old tourist who was distributing
type for my nearest nelghbor, related TO
"In the summer of 1880 / tramped
through Southern Indiana. One after
noon, after having completed pedes-
train feat comprising about twenty
miles, | found myself iu a town Of 2'Np
Inhabitants. ] had not proceeded far
when came upon a huge sign bearing
the words. The Champion. stopped
IN. A man with brisilmg hair and Will
his pants IN his boots was working OIL
the edition on q decrtplt hand-press, and
m unhappy looking urchin was munpu-
latlng the roller,
Are you the proprietor. sirr l in.
lie glanced at me without stopping
the press and replied lac0nichllyi Yes
] looked pretty tough, and ] realized by
his manner | had made bad impress
preston.
Sir said. these habiliments have
given yon wrong impression, ! AM
a gentleman. ] ain also printer Tho
| double role Is not infrcqucnt. Circuni-
staLces which could moi be foreseen are
responsible for my present condition.
My workmanship Is Of The highest style
Of the art. ] am at your service.
"When my speech was about hnlf fin
ished ne stopped the press and looked
al me with undisguiscd establishment.
This was succeeded by a smile, which
| though IL never reached maturity, ccn-
sderahly reassured me. When ! had
" Well. dr. I'd he ashamed to ask
/ you To work for what ] could afford to
pay. I'm just making bare subsistence
| here
"'what could yon anordT asked.
| I've got 10 have work.
couldn't give you more than 90
cents day and board, he answered.
Hard am | up ! replied and In the
hardness Of my upnoss accept the
| terms.
II washed my face aud hands and
brushed my clothes. He gave me- some
| copy, and went to work. ! had not
| worked ten minutes before man came
/ In and paid MIN 50. II was about 4
O'Clock. end before two more citizens
farmers paid their subscriptions and he
took IN two jobs 81 good prices. he
had lied 20 me about bis finances, Ia
| get my labor for half price. resolved
10 bring him TO grief, II possible. On
the way 70 supper The was boarding me-
a, his house aud lodging me NJ the ollicei
be remarked that bis printing. ink was
about out, and be had lnieuded 10 wrlte
for a key that day, but had forgotten ii
why don't you mike your own ink =
| asked SHOW u ANMhtl 81 fnNnlrY
j publishers who do 50, and when the pa.
per Is printed no one conld toll the dif
| ference
"He swallowed the whole abatement
and when | added 10 the fabrication thai
knew all the ingredients, and had
often made ink. his face bcamei Win
pleasure. and he said be would give nit
dollar for the recipe. l promised IA
write Il out for him. After supper ~
turned 10 the Office and IN about half at
hour bad finished The recipe. avoiding ia
gradients calculated 10 arouse biz sns
piciOn. IN the morning az breakfast,
gave II TO him with instructions for ID,
making Of the stun. aud he handed M,
a dollar. | told him Il bad 10 be hoilel
10 a kettle over q hot Gre, AMI etirret
constantly Tor three hours, ! knew this
with the torrldiiy Of the weather, woulf
make IL pleasant Tor him lie said h
would get the Ingredients aud have th,
kettle boiling inside Of an hour ! wen
to the Oilice and worked couple ri
hours and then returned 70 the house I,
see, ms ! told him how be waa eetiin.
along. lie had large Kettle oyer q m
10 the back yard. and was stirring IN
contents vigorously The combined hca
1f the weather and the fire under tbi
kettle was awful and the fumes thrown
oui b. the boiling combination caused ml
olfactorics 10 enter prompt protest
| Streams u sweat we're cnufring dow
his red aud swollen face into his dripping
whiskers. and the veins IN his heat
6io0d out until their course could b
narAed beneath his bslsflng hair.