New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-16
BUDD ISDIGGING Nv THE RUINS
HE THINKS HE WILL SAVE 100000 OF HIS
PAPERS.
THIS is MORE THAN oNE-TIIRD OF THE STOCK
WHICH HE HAD BEFORE THE FIRE-"RAcK

THIS is MORE THAN ONE-T1IIRD OF THE STOCK
WHICH HE HAD BEFORE THE FIRE-"RAcK
N,-MpER" NOT MUCH DISCOURAGED
"Back Number" Budd the colored man who
gained his title by collecting back numbers OF news
papers and magazines. IS probably the only man
TO whom the epithet has been applied without sar-
casm. few weeks ago Budd met with great
misfortune Fire got into his stock OF Ola ana
valuable papers in Long Island city and played
sad havoc indeed. For several days the nTe
smouldered and burned among the 5000" news
papers and magazines stored In Budds warehouse.
But although the building was total loss the
stock was not and Budd Will probably save more
than one-thr1 OF Il from the ravas's oil '"e "'c
and the tons OF water.
Rudd and his men were still working around the
ruins O, his warehouse yesterday. Budi stopped
long enough to greet the reporter. "lo jest ~"
de folks In your newspaper that X they thMN
Back Number Budd isn't still In de SWIM doY
make a great mistake. OF course lie hur'' ana
Ize had man wings clipped. but Ize stu IN De
ring as nah friend. Peter Jackson. says
How much stock have you saved from the hre7'
asked the reporter.
"Abou, 100000 newspapers" replied Budd "o'
course many OF them are slightly damaged around
the edges. l haven't got 'em all dug out YET l@e
waiting for the sun to dry em. Paper am s''"'
ting 10 stand the FIRE and water
Budd mad saved one treasure. which he showed
to the reporter. 1t a copy OF The Vicksburg
(Miss) Daily Citizen OF July q 1863. II consisted
OF a single page Of four columns. printed on a
sheet OF wall paper. The paper had been set up
in type by the rebel printers, and contained glow
ing accounts OF the success OF the Confederate
arms. II said:
General Lee is coming. eated with success, en-
Ing to and across the Rappahannock. defeating
Hookers right wing ana thence throuSn ,ne
and capturing 500 men ana atge er,nrn ~,
valuable stores Of al! descriptioms Wash
inrton city and within few miles Of baltimore
onward and upward their war cry.on bra'e nle i
under Lee are striking terror to the heart OF an
Yankeedom.
Blu, before IN. rebel printers could get their pa
per run of on the presses Vicksburg was captured
bv the Yankees-and the paper with IT. There
mus, have been some compositors IN that Yankee
army ard characteristic American humor as well
Instead 0. "peins" the form. II was decided 10
print the paper just as II was found Ana this was
done with thc exception Of the addition 10 the DOT
tom OF the last column OF the following paragraph
NOTE): 49,.
Two days bring about great changes. TIE ban;
Grant has caught the rabbit" he has dinea IN
Vicksburg and he I'D bring his dinner win nm,
abpear r'' on wall PAPER No more win # eulorze
the luxury Of mule meat and fricasse.a N, Zen
This is the last wall paper edition ana s eS tpd
them It will be valuable hereafter as curiosity.
Rudd has n mass OF letters which he had re
ceived since the fire. in which the writer's onered'
for "A consideration. 10 help him repensh MS STOCK
woman has few papers OF no particular Va'ue
which She offers 10 sell Budd II he will also buy
n caul IF YOU buy this" she says In tho letter.
'vou Will never have trouble or damage
man writes: II have 30 copies or newspapers
containing accounts OF the assassination OF LIN
coin and Garfield. the Chicago fire. the Brooklyn
fire and the burning o. the Brooklyn TheaFe VIII
you buy them?
get
dav Here's one for thousand copies OF one
paper Most oh de plates which had MADE Cd
dc old papers not burned. so can have copies
pr,nted from them. 80 | doan know what dat
man wants wild dat thousand papers. Most OF my
customers for old papers are lawyers, VINO want
,hnro IN proye old cases. Here's subpoena which
7 lust got TO 20 ter court and swear dat paper
| sod a lawyer is true copy. often has ter
do it, Here's paper that has an account ,6 OF
folks send TO me for accounts published in De news,
papers oh deaths Was e hn Could aer her
fathers death. Dat scrapbook was ble ing, ,a ~
SoT pages three columns wide. got de clippings
from every paper Of consequenGCe IN d &c hook ''
Jack Aston he's De boy, ! made scrapb LOOK
for him after his %eddng OF ~hat ne cnsph foS
$50 when he got de book. De As'ors am " very
mn "urrres s25 dat lady sent dis morning She's
one Of nv Oldest customers she heard Of NAH
great los and Sc ie"Gn line ,he Wayhnsion and am
iii,erarv Nah friends should all hep me now
70 rehiild nah warehouse. Dcy VIII be sorry II
should hab 10 go out Of the business. bu, acre
no fear Folks are telling me sn9uij nul'u Il
apenroof house What de good OBJ dat? II fire gets
among de papers dey would burn ai any one
man vas here TO see me yestsriay' ne han some
stun in a bottle. and ne SAID Dat II j DouShi "
and poured IT on nah papers DAT dey cou;uh burn,
Nv orscious, How dat man couli taIH. Lot OF
people want to 80 into business win me, o bc Sy
,a"nrs I'm re afraid OF dem big stock companies
guess ia big man al iirst' bu, ailcr VIM"
10 "Ize been going II alone ebci "hce sod
naners 10 de sojers down south Inrnr de wan,
nrn! guess ! a continue until de las Dise hoin
sounds"