The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-26
THE HOBO EDITOR.

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 welt. He was
printer, an, say, by the way, win
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 typo
Durn it, if hain't run across piles of
'em on the road, all men OF consider
able education an ability.
"Howbeit, this pal Of mine what was
side tracked with me comm down I'm
Montreal weltcd it inter this here town
was speal,in of He proves to be one
of the slickest ever saw. Talked like
a Chesterfield, as the feller sez, an what
ne didn't know about the fino arts-the
drama, books, paintin's an Shakespeare
wasn't categorical rs culture 1t was
BLOWN up stormy an we wandCrs inter
the 'lectric light station Of the town fer
rebate f'm the storm thai was a-browin
outside.
"Well, that pal Of mine puts up the
ablest game Of talk | over listens to
The engine room was conceivable, an
we sits there soakin up the heat, me pa
drawn out what the GulIueGr's hob
bies was, an me a-baCLin hjn up.
"The engineer was a craua On poetry
an plays. SO. while the snowsto1u
howls outside, the night force gutAors
aroun me pal, the engineer dremcn al
the rest, an listens 10 a trent RiCh at
they seldom he'd before. The typo gev a
readin on "A Midshmncr's Night
Dream an many others Of the defunct
William. We all has supper tergether
an me pal an meself retires on the
couches they fixes up fer us about mid
night.
"We wakes about u m. The night
force was goin home, but outside the
spowdrifts was in great heaps The
manner in which we got over TO the
town center battles description. as the
feller sez but we makes it.
"We finds the only place open the
corner grocery an general store. The
engineer is still with ND, an after in
vitin us in ter hav some apollinaris he
finds out what is the trouble with the
storekeeper, who, by the way, seems ter
hold about every public office in town
why, the engineer was saying, don t
worry over that, he sez, 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-
tion, 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, 80 we goes ter work.
'"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 sus-
ceptible imagination, / adds some en-
bellishments of me OWN
~ goes up stairs every onoe In a
while, an typo takes notes. Good. he
sez, that's hot stuff So goes down
stairs for more facts. I leaves him up
there wearin a worried look for only a
moment
"The man down stairs was blusterin
sort of fellow, but he was our cringin
suppliant, as the feller sez. throughout
that day. Everything is proeeedin 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 1t in charge, an sooner than miss
1t comm out termorrow he would draw
on his bank account
"fhe other printers, who were all
young women, strolls in as the storm
calms down some, an the publisher in
forms them that me pal Is editor in
chief, copy cutler an foreman. Every.
thing Is goin lovely. / comes up with a
rainbow story Of how zeke Snodgrass
become a hero on account Of his nigh OF
'teppin inter the creek on his Way in