Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-19
WOES OF sTEyoGRAPmERs.
Amusing Experiences of Long Ago Re-
lated by Old.fimers.
low orleans Times Democrat /

l'N Vtl'huA lHNfH- bfHn'fhlal
II suppose every shorthand writer
looks back at some painful first expert
encc," said ah expert New orleans stem.
ographcr. chatting last evening with a
party NJ friends. Mine was peculiarly
narrowing. 1 had learned the system
alone anu prao,lccd steadily Tor three
months. dropping M at courtruomr. at
tending public meetings. goinE to lee.
lures ana all that Eort OF thing. 10 I
let perfectly confident ! couid Keep
ABREAST of nny speaker wnen ! KOt M
nfnt JuD. A WAS IRON "a cnufvh commit
tee. Nnu wanted report ui the Hcrinua
of ~ new minister preaching on trial.
ANA was greatly pirarcu, b.cauae,aH a
rue ministers tax slowly and arr easy
| to follow.
wed, was on hand with my little
notebook, aud for about thrce minutes
everything went beautifully, Then the
pafson made some reference to Ncluuh.
adnczznr, and jumped aa n had been
proddcd with sword bayonct. Written
out IN shorthand, Northumberland ~
| perfect nightmare uf curves and nn-
| Elcn, II resembles a boa constructor
with the cole, ana while / was bump
INK over II like a hicyeliHt trying to
Hcurch on Canal street pavement the
entirely different train OF thought. II
seemed To mo that u Was an hour be-
fore got "a chance To slip Ia again and
catch the drift OF hts discourse. had
| dotted dawn perhaps forty words and
was beginning 10 breathe easier when
he said
This teaches NJ. dear friends. as Il
taught NcbuchadncEEar. that
- groancd. when I got tho con-
founded name down the second time
| | was completely at sea I had no idea
| what the man was talking about. but
| I dashed biindly into the middle OF
sentence Just In time 10 get q third
Nobuchadnekzar straight between tho
eyes After that ! was like a TrogEy
pugillst In q prize iight, trying dcHpcr-
ntely to stay for pa many rounds ana
| getting knocked down every six sees
| onda. I know tho Hlmllic N inelcgant.
but II htu the ease like a glove, | have
nn lndlrtinct recollection NJ a series
NJ wild rcramhlra In which ] would
noundcr through four or i've lines. when
bin wcuid come another Nebuchadncz-
znr and over I would 80. When I re-
covered my reason they were singing
the doNoloRy.
"My report was holy terror--lltcr-
/ ANY. My notes were an lncoherrnt
| tumble without the falntcHt approach
a. sanity. TO say nothing OF CON
neciipn, and all through the wreck
] ~ sentences those hideOuH Ne
huchadnezxarE stuck M like telr-
/ graph poles ON the scene ~ rail.
/ rad collision. I managed to patch up
something that bore about the same
I Wrirt resemblance % the discourse that
bluo-noHed habnon bears 60 an edu-
cnted gentleman and handed Il IN. The
! committee promptly diHnlnWcd my hin
/ They said they had hired me To report a
sermon, not 20 write AN original essay
on N'huohadnoztar"
1--WE an have had odd experiences At
the start on" said lady stcnogrnpher
| In the group, "nnd one ~ my lint adj
! ventures Wun very curious, II occurred
here In New orleans IN the winter VI
1879. ! had learned the principles Of
shorthand thoroughly az "a commercial
college, but ! needed practice 10 gct the
speed and I worried my folks half In
death making them read 10 me-like
David Copporhold, you remember. sun,
reading wasn't exactly the thing
what I wanted was dialogue everyday
speech such ns people use naturally
AMI ordinarily,
Finally, il occurred 10 me that the
thoater would be- the very place FOR
such practice ana that very night
slipped on In the opera house. whore u
new English society drama happened
10 be- on the hills Ny idea WAS Ia hold
no dlHagreeuhle attention, but | got 80
Interested | suppose | forgot Ia take
care. IL tho middle NJ the second act a
big dark man tapped me on the shout
der, iie said gruiily he wanted 10 see
me outside and IN my howildOrment |
followed him To the door, Then 1 SAW
that he was boiling over with anger.
"'Mho hired you2' he said abruptly.
Nobody I replied, ready 10 cry.
"'ohl here. now, he said. none III
that I'm not after you, I'm after tho
folks that sent You here, and " you
want 10 avoid serious trouble you'll
give me their names at once
"'Ilut there was nobody | walled. =