Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-08

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 "Coup, Whn I,2S then in his days ui GO- rl!nV HS a Sh,'>, -iaH. was running a tent rNhis,illun wH!,l he rull.d Hn uuvuualCd rpUy>rtttE.vUjum have never s,tiI this name since hv us,d it, and l dent know just what il m,@,Ht. II had sumrtniug tn dn with hur~,,.. uf course, and his show was made up mostly uf them. hut his hip pUputAtnu> M.IS El~ pride and joy. and it's r'nHrkaiv qualtI,- wCro made tho chief feature uf htN advertising. Now, thvru was thrn in this town a sunday newspaper, slnrr dead, the puhli>hVrs of which wcrr uhtUt nS U,uT c'.' i&I ~,' nS WIS Coup. 50 clu~, ly haul ,d Nl,~ the ~L,vt that the .,tr,,,t slI', M,'r uur~'d CV,Iy sunday aS they hav" rarely h,N'n wAtcIi,,d un any other p"U,t for If tary tril hr!uw a crrtau tiR ur .!ny walk It would h' inia,>oijlv tu ral>r' ,""u"n uo''. Y In Ily f,rr the paper st'''". Hu" It,; ''. H.t I'r' Ul~tr ~,. This ,"'l.3'"n h.. t,>,t3c su s-riu,.- u!ld >u CAr'".r that Virr. .,..!,IIu..H night th" two H"'i...; pru..r:, t,.rS tu..h r"uu>rl tr-;,'tErr. and !. Ih.i' N,r' Uu r, ..l s'!llnE S,nsatiun III 2; t',y ..j iu iu>t ;t uJlv.
 .'tu0 SA:.l. !y Ul:hI thIr:,S I"ukrd I'rr!ly h'tlr u!.nut I,,v uluCr \uthIn:: at all W.., +! NIyN, ard il drd >,'rtn as if tlcru w,l> nh rhnurr whatever ut thV requisite numl" Uf l,..NrS hviuG sulG. At ahrut lU q, hn'k iH th,' evening one uf the pro prit.turs had an idea. He communicated it. [" the ether How, who agreed that it was a good one. Then thu man with the scheme went into little den that WAS shut Ulr from tho rest of tho office sat down and Wruto hard and fast till about o'clock, EVtry few minutes tho other pro priVtur would reach in through the httlo hulN in the wall and take what, vvr was finished of the story, rad it over, Cmbrl- fish it with suhhrlds and pivr it Ia tho foreman. Meantime tn" composing room door was lurkod, Sn that nn uno could get in or out, and the office SVrVrd the men with CO!lvV and sIndMIr IrhCS fra.
 'Thr paper wnS held an hour that morn ing, but when il did com" out II kicked up a liz sensation. On tho first page, leading everything, was a four column ac- count of the escape of tuup's hiWmp"ta mus-Coup had been showing here that w'rk-as the ,Vuv>rUCrivulun: Was hcInS loaded on the train tu lSu tu CauandaiGua. tho next stand Murr than half thv story was duuhIr lchdrd, and il Was all told in the most dotailvd and matter uf fact stylr. ThV copy had even been cut in four line takes su that the article should have the aprVarancN If having been got uut in rN- trCHo haste The big beast. according tu tho fake story, had rushed uH tu thv north east If the city after his ,~v;IVr had tuuI4d his MHy tn l!und, lu"it hay anal h;Id VluuG,rl into it~ WhlrI-. ufi,r destroy Il-. sunIr arr,> vt stAndtu.: crops and several apple orchards
 'Ihv lucIl regiment uf militia, tho story concluded, h,tI h'rn called out Aud had pursued tho IllILIl, hut in vain, and .l- d Ll>t rreurt a ten puundvr cannon had lV, n taken Iu the sppt and Was hViuE trained upon the hippopotamus when tho reporter had tO leave for the OIiicr so that the paper should haVO the story. All day long that Sunday tho people of Rochester strcamcd down to the hay. anxious to sec tho ruined crops and orchards and tO learn what was the result of the Cannouadc that was about to hCEin when the reporter loft. Tho home ward bound stream began pretty early. but tho tidu of those going down did not abato till long after noon. Meantime tho strCct sales of the paper boomCd as it was hoped they would and the old drum cyl finder press on which the sheet was worked was k,pt running till | o'clock, and then the stock of paper on hand ran out. Next day tho publishers got n telegram from Coup for i.uuu copies of the paiyr, and thU total financial returns wrrU sufficient not only [" pay for the paper stock uN,L, hut tho wages of the cuIupo>iturs as well. It's more than an even chance that thu after effects uf tLr fHhv were had enough Jn make up for the liitlr hnom tho story gave the paper, hut th,rC iS un question that it Was n success that day. ."
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