Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-01-23
Broke up the Rerlral Meeting..

could you give printer little
job OF work to help him alongsr asked
rather cheerful individual who
pulled into the HERALD office Satur-
day night along about dark and who
informed us that he bad gotten into
town ria. of a Northwestern box car
and that the sum total of his finances
on hand was just three cents.
His clothing linen barred-was
fairly warm and clean. In c0nse-
quence of the inventive genius of some
bright printer bringing into our trade
a type-setting machine a few wears
ago which has thrown out of employ
ment fifteen out of every twenty men
who worked at the cases in city offices
at setting type by hand. better class
OF tramp printers is now found on the
road looking for employment than in
former years. Having made this last
arriya! comfortable in body BY feed
ing him and contented in mind by as
signing to him good sleeping quarters
he grew communicative on mis- life
and travels and among other things
said:
Possibly you are acquainted with
printer named Patten His folks
live across the Wisconsin river from
Boscobel in Crawford county. and he
married a Boscobel lady named Car
son-a sister to Miss Beck Carson and
a sister to Mrs. John Miller. wife of a
merchant OF that name in the firm of
Galloway, Walker & Miller. just be-
fore his marriage, Patten and | pub
lished paper in new town out west
Wind was. plenty and cash was scarce
We patched in little shantv on land
owned bg the Town Site company and
were often in distress for want of the
necessaries OF life. | remember that
very tall, angular and ugly specimen
Of the feminine sex, who worked at
the hotel and who had been nick
named ssThe Great Eastern was in
the habit of coming out after pan
OF milk on certain DAYS. Watching
our opportunity when the fierce winds
had blown her scant skirts all awrv
in tangle about her. we suddenly
stole out, pounced down upon her
and Wrestling the pan from her con-
fused hands, poured half of the milk
into our own pitcher. In this way we
got our milk, and it was all we did
get too. on some unlucky days Our
subscribers had no money with which
to pay subscriptions, and when our
patent sides-printed in the East
came to us marked C. o. D. howl
of lamentation went up from our
camp that could have been heard on
the other side OF the Mississippi river
Then We went out and begged quar-
Ter from every one we met until after
three or four days hard work we had
scraped together the five or six dol
lars necessary to get our patents
out of the express Office.
Il used to preach on Sunday and
Patton was working deacon III my
church. Our temple of worship was
out in the lumber yard with the sky
above for frescoed dome and piles
of decaying lumber for altar. seats
and sidewalks One time we thought
it advisable to hold protracted meet
ings and accordingly went to work.
To make the affair bowling success
it was decided TO have music. There
was only one musical instrument in
the settlement cranky old organ
that one OF our wealthier citizens had
brought from the East This we Sc
cured by paying so night rental.
The first night went off like a down
cast Fourth of July celebration; but
the next day when the man came
rround to get his dollar and half.
there was a heap Of trouble on broth
er Patterns mind and / didn't feel
over cheerful myself We succeeded
il raising fit Y cents which we gave
to che man and he took his organ
away from rs. Next evening the re-
li2ious performance fell flat on account
Of the absence Of those inspiring notes
and we were forced to abandon the
project. Thus it is that the rich tyr
anize over the poor and even bully
the Lord. If / was God | would give
my servants victory once in while
if had to kill all the bloated organ
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