Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-02-26
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"The editor, / prcslinc2" saidtAn s,.llosv
man with the real hair watch cl.Sln as he \
stepped over bundle Of exchanges ard
approached the careworn person at the
desk. f@$ .1
! "I'm the editor. What do you wantp"
! come, said .le sAllow man, = to offer
you some origina, matter for publication. F"
Poetry, suprosc?'' "a, sss5
Poetry! Not ut all. Verse has no COM
mercial value, and routine news no longer
ro,lses the tired reader. The matter that
offer you is of the kind that will call atten-
tion to your sheet. 1t is matter that will
be read aloud Mt the freside and given
place in the scrapbook. @
Original matter, you sayP" IS
Entirely SO. Now, if you have mo.
ment Of leisure will read you the first
thing that my eye falls upon in this manu-
script. For instance: .E
Francis Talbatson, q farmer residing
three miles southeast Of Collodion, O., has
q chicken that successfully initiates 2
knocking bird The chicken has q rich.
golden plurnage, and subsists entirely on
begonia seed, refusing all other kinds OF
food" G,: 8
WHO told you that?" demanded the
editor. ~ ,E>2.....
"Sir," said the stranger, with wave
Of the hand, II have already informed you
that this is original matter" ~.
s"Well, you don't expect any one to BE-
1ieve thatp' ~ VA. -. 55..s@GGs, - .4,,..
IT expect the publication to excite doubt
and wonder, possibly scientific discussion;
but, sir, there can re no successful contra
diction OF the stt 4 "....t-sT = ~
"Why not? Dol. youknow that half OF
the people of that town would write ana
contradict that story?" ...s.e..
"Impossible. sir. There is no such town
In Ohio''
"Then people will know the story is
My dear sir, do you suppose that
among all your readers there is one man,
woman or child who knows the names OF
all the postoffices in the state Of Ohioi II
IMAM residing in the eastern part OF Ohio
reads that item he will suppose, of course,
that Collodion Isl some town over In the
western side of the state, and vice versa.
It is, of course, advisable to print only that
which is true, but 1 ask you candidly isn't
story which cannot and will not be con-
~ tradicted and which will interest your
readers without in any degree corrupting
them or debauching their literary tastes
lust as valuable as if it were true?"
s'Well, here! How do you know there
isn't town Of that name In Ohio?" de-
manded the editor, who was becoming In
terested. %.-., .s.r.-1 .... .-
Because always work with q postal
guide ut my elbow. Suppose, now, that l
decided to tell story of a man in Alexan-
dria, IA, trapping a rabbit that weighed
SO pounds, and commonly mistaken for a
sheep when dressed and hung up in front
Of Henry Martins meat shop on Third
street, opposite the Baptist church. l turn
to the postal guide and learn that there Is
an Alexandria in Iowa. Very well. How
about Missouri learn that there Is no
Alexandria in Missouri, and 50 locate
" the story in Alexandria, Mo-, without IN
any way detracting from the artistic. effect.
Now, when you read something, about
Owen Breese Of Alexandria, Mo-, don't
s. you feel convinced by the very sound OF
the thing that there is man named Breese
and that he lives at Alexandria, Mo. r.
"Ill admit that IW0uldn't have my
suspicious aroused. = 4 f d a=s " 5E
"Certainly not, and neither would any
one else Suppose you print 9 special tele"
gram from Catherwood, Ind, telling how
Oscar Brennan, a well to do farmer resid-
ing about two miles from that place, has
applied for divorce from his wife Julia
on the ground that she has treated him
cruelty in compelling him to have cal
cium light apparatus rugged up In the
kitchen, and to throw the calcium on hel
while she is fitting about at her household
duties You never heard that story before,
did your
II never did, " said the editor decisively
"Do you think you can use some OF this
matterf''
"I'm afraid not. But I'll tell you what
can dol can recommend you to friend
of mine who wants to be United States
senator. He is now looking for the towns
in which there have been popular upris
ings' in his favor. I think you have some
of the towns in your manuscript there.
= ~ can give him any town that amt II
the postal guide"
"Well, those are the towns that are fo1
him. "-Chicago Tribune.