The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-24
THE HOBO EDITOR.

THE HOBO EDITOR.
''I'l never forgit," unused the re-
fined Hobo, "a winter / put in in
place called Shattagee, up in New
Hampshire. struck that town in the
early part of the winter in company
with one of the most affable geniuses
that ever gev the road a welt He was
a printer, an, say, by the way, will
youse fellers that write the newspapers
tell me what there is in the printin
part that sends the cravin fer adventure
an agony coursin the veins of the typof
Durn it, if l hahn run across piles Of
EN- on the road, all men of consider
able education an ability.
"Howbeit, this pal of mine what was
side tracked with me comm down f.
Montreal welted it inter this here town
l was speakin of. He proves to be one
of the slickest / ever saw. Talked like
a Chesterfield, as the Teller seq, an what
he didn't know about the fine arts-the
drama, books, paintin's an Shakespeare
WASH t categorical as culture. 1t was
BLOWN up stormy an we wanders inter
the 'lectric light station of the town fer
rebate m the storm that was a-brewin
outside
"Well, that pal of mine puts up the
ablest game of talk ever listens to.
The engine room was comfortable, an
we sits there soakin up the heat, me pal
drawin out what the engineers hob
bies was, an me a-backin him up
1.-THE engineer was crank on poetry
an plays. So, while the snowstorm
bowls outside, the night force gathers
aroun' me pal, the engineer, 'fremen an
the rest, an listens to treat SIGH as
they seldom he'd before. The typo gev a
readin on "A Midsummer Night
Dream an many others of the defunct
William. We all has supper tergethe1
an me pal an meself retires on the
touches they fixes up fer us about mid
night.
1--WE wakes about a. m. The night
force was goin home, but outside the
snowdrifts was in great heaps. The
manner in which we got over to the
town center battles description, as the
Teller SEE, but we makes 1t.
1--WE finds the only place open the
corner grocery an general store. The
engineer is still with us, an after In
with us in ter hav some apollinaris he
finds out what is the trouble with the
storekeeper, who, by the way, seems tel
hold about every public Office in town.
why, the engineer was saying, don't
worry over that, he SEE, this gentle
man is printer an writer of ability,
an his frien here, meanin me, knows
how ter run the press.
Then we learns what the trouble is.
The storekeeper had bought out the
weekly county newspaper few years
ago, an while he couldn't write para
graph without gettin nervous prostra-
ton, managed ter make the venture a
success financially. He hired lawyer
from an adjacent town ter come over a
few days week an fix up the news
gathered in the store by the clerks inter
readable shape The balance of the pa
per outside the ads was made up Of
boiler plate, which was bought in Bos-
ton. The lawyer editor had not arrived
on account of the storm, presumably
an only one of the printers was on deck
The paper was scheduled ter come out on
the morrow. SO we goes ter work.
1.-THE storekeeper sets up box of his
best cigars an some refreshments, an
while me pal goes ter work up stairs In
the printin room keeps down stairs an
interviews every one who come on their
OK sled all about the storm in their
neighborhood. Bein possessed of a sus-
ceptible imagination, adds some en-
bellishments of me own.
81 goes up stairs every once in a
while, an typo takes notes. Good, he
SEE, that's hot stuff. So goes down
stairs for more facts. 1 leaves him up
there wearin worried look for only a
moment.
1.-The man down stairs was blusterin
sort of fellow, but he was our cringin
suppliant, as the Teller SEE, throughout
that day Everything is proceedin love
ly, an the publisher is delighted. The pa
per has had an uninterrupted record of
comm out on schedule time since he had
taken it in charge, an sooner than miss
it comm out Tomorrow he would draw
on his bank account.
"The other printers, who were all
young women, strolls in as the storm
Gains down some, an the publisher in
forms them that me pal is editor In
chief, copy cutter an foreman. Every
thing is goin lovely. l comes up with a
rainbow story of how Zeke Snodgrass
become hero on account of his nigh OK
,teppin inter the creek on his way in
town, an Zeke himself, after he had be-
come imbued with the Importance of
his adventure, was brought up stairs,
where the printers was, an, seein how
his fame had preceded him, as the Teller
SEE, via me, Zeke begins ter believe
himself an goes over an over his har-
rowin experiences ter the new editor.
+" War type, SEE the foreman. for
that "A Plunge From Death story, an
put it away for First In Storm. Then
1 takes Zeke down stairs, an he buys
for the crowd 1t was a great day.
mo one leaves the printin office fol
lunch, for the publisher brings up q
great spread. Durin the evenin things
begin to quiet down. We has full re-
port of the great storm, an, ter cap the
whole story, typo composes an sets NJ
as the muse hits him dream of poem
called "A Winters Tale, which de
scribes the storm panoramalike. 1t was
a byrd All night I jerks the press
while the town plugs drop in an com
ments an admires the paper
1.-THE paper Is sort of family in
stitution, regarded so by the subscribers
anyway, an they are all aroun in the
forenoon next day when the mailiI
commences. The work is practically
off'n our hands then, but when they
has chance ter see the paper they al
most loses their breath.
1.-THE former editor was a conserva
tive, narrow, weak hearted sort of {
man, brought up on prejudices tina
I didn't exist in the make up of me pal
"The biggest type in the office wa
used an the paper was called a 'specia
storm number, with dispatches delay
ed in transmission, by special CORE
spondents from Rollin Creek an Shat
I tagee Junction.
I "Every vicinity of a subscriber
home was covered, an they were ticklet
ter death almost ter read of the new