Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-01
REMINISCENT.
EDITOR hughes Appointed d Postma ster at
heaver Dam--Learned His Trade
with Mart CulIaton.

Dam. He succeeds his old fellow
craftsman, Frank B Sherman. When
they we're boys they worked together
on The Citizen for Mart Cullaton.
That was along in 1857. But Culla-
ton was ambitious to publish a pa
per In metropolitan city, so be re.
turned to Watertown. where he had
formerly been interested in the pub
lication of The Watertown Chronicle
with S. B. Mcbride, who went from
here to MaustOn and commenced the
publication of The Mauston Star.
In January, 1853, Cullaton issued
the first copy of The Watertown
Transcript, the Office being located
over Moak & Peabody's store, where
Cullaton also ran the city telegraph
station, with Ed. Coe doing like serv-
ice at the St. Paul station (then the
Milwaukee, WATERFOWL & Baraboo
Valley railroad). In February of
| that year Sherman came here and
, did "jOur" work on The Transcript
! CullatOn was one Of the very best
! editors and printers who ever came
! to Watertown, but he could not
make enough money out of the busi-
ness to buy salt for his porridge. In
March following Cullaton removed the
outfit to Waukesha and commenced
the publication of The Waukesh Free
man, which was about As remunera
tive as his Watertown venture, and
after six-months' trial he sold out
to IL. b. Wright, who desired to
locate there on account of his health.
Wright was an old Cleveland printer,
and he and Cullaton had been Jour
neymen together when they were
young fellows. In 1859 Cullaton,
in company with Captain Meserve.
started a literary paper in Milwau-
kee, but as it was far in advance of
Milwaukee's needs Or appreciation in
those days, it did not have a very
long existence In 1860, CuIIaton, in
company with Elias A. Calkins, re
vived The Daily Madison Argus and
Democrat, and in August of thai
year they secured the state printing
contract. In those days the publ
cation Of the laws was q part of he
contract, but The State Journal, pub
lished by Atwood & Rublee, was on
its last legs, and in order to keepitin
existence the legislature Of 1861 en-
acted a special law giving the laws to
that paper. And here az hin we find
both Hughes and Sherman, working
for their old employer. Calkins, who
was book k-binder by trade, had con
siderable of a reputation as an edi-
torial paragrapher, and gave the
Madlsonians a lively paper, but the
| loss of the income from the laws
was more than the concern could
bear, and change became necessary.
Calkins retired from the firm Che is at
present on the editorial force of The
Chicago Evening JournaD and was
succeeded byJ. Y. Smith, who was an
old man, and who deluged the paper
with long winded articles on finance,
until finally it expired. Cullaton had
retired few months before its demise
and wended his way to Boston, and
did 'jOur" work on The Boston
Journal. The next we hear Of him he
is publishing The Michigan City lind }
Enterprise. In 1866 CulIaton was
at Lap Porte, Ind, engaged in newspa-
per work. From there be goes to
Fort Wayne, Ind, and again enters
the field of journalism. In 1868 he
is engaged by S. P. Rounds to take
charge Of his extensive job printing
office in Chicago. Later on he enters
the newspaper field at Rockford, ILL.,,
but in 1872 he settled down for good
at Richmond, Ind, where he owns
and conducts one OF the largest and
best job printing Offices in the United
States. But to return to the orig
inal subject. Hughes and Sherman
returned to Beaver Dam, where they
both finally became the proprietors
OF newspapers. Sherman, with w. G.
Goudy, established The Beaver Dam
Argus, while Hughes returned to
his first love, and fnally became
the owner of The Beaver Dam Citi-
zen. Success, Bro. Hughes, and may
your efforts meet with more remu-
neration than ordinarily falls TO the
lot OF the country newspaper editor
Rev. E. Edward, pastor of the Eng
lish Baptist church at Minersville. Pa.
-,