The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-11-17

that a change was made, ne bowed
the pastor out and turned to meet ;
farmer subscriber who had just come
in.
81 left bushel of apples up te
your house." said that worthy, "anC
if you'll make a note of it in the
paper I'll call it square. Be sure anc
say I've got 'em for sale. And, by
the way, noticed your market re-
ports was short last night"
YES said the editor, I'VE had &
rush of news and had to clip the mar.
kets little"
"Mebbe it's good policy and meb
be it ain't," commented the farmer
''In my judgement markets is more
important than most of the news
printed. You could throw out about
two-thirds of what you git in and no.
body be any less wiser by it. Who
cares fer all the little things that's S
happenin' ? Let it go and give us
markets. They're business.
The editor wrote the notice of the
apples, made another note, stuck
them both on the hook and, after a
few minutes chat with the farmer,
who told him there wasn't any news
in his neighborbood, went back to
see the foreman. The foreman smil-
ed and nodded as the editor talked to
him, and then went over and took
several handfuls of type out of the
forms on the stone.
1t was now 1880 A. NJ, and the
editor went around to the postofice.
When he came back the big politician
of the town, the "Boss," was wait
ing for him.
"By George Haskins," he said,
coming to the point directly, "that
editorial you had on the situation
last night was plumb rot and no mis-
take"
81 didn't think so, protested the
editor.
"Of course you didn't, or you
wouldn't have wrote it. I give you
credit for that much sense, anyhow.
But what's the good of your editori-
alizing? Nobody reads editorials in
this kind of a paper. They know
it's you and that knocks the pith out
of them. You'd blamed sight bet
ter not have any editorials at all.
"Do you really believe that?" in
quired the editor cheerfully.
"Bet your life do. They don't
amount to shucks. "
but it takes time and brains to
write them
cts a waste of raw material.
Quit it. Give 'em a rest and your
self and your readers, too"
Then he went out and the editor
made another note and stuck it on
the hook for the foreman.
By and by a pretty girl came in
and the editor bowed and smiled and
scraped around just as any bachelor
would.
"Oh, Mr.. Haskins," she twitter-
ed, "I'm going to have pink tea to-
and write It up. I'tl' tell you what
everybody has on and you can just
spread yourself" ;"
"I'm sure 1 should be only too
happy" he responded, "but we are
going to have some extra market re-
ports tomorrow and Pm afraid I
can't give your charming entertain
ment as much space as it deserves.
"Oh, those horrid market re-
ports p she walled. II think they
are perfectly dreadful, and I've al
ways wondered what you had them
in the paper for. I'm sure I never
read line of them in my whole life. !"
"That has only been very short
time, Miss Fannie" smiled the edi-
tor.
ooh, you fatterer p she chirpped.
"But I'll forgive you if you will
promise not to have any more market
reports and have my tea take the
space they occupy"
The editor wouldn't promise, but
he made a note and hung it on the
hook, and five minutes after the pref
ty girl had gone the profoundest
thinker of all Worthwhile entered.
"You didn't get that article of mine
on The Correlation OF Concepts to
Concretions' in the paper yesterday"
he said with some annoyance appar-
ent in his manner.
"I'm very sorry" explained the
editor, "but at the very last moment
number of personal and society
items came in and we had to hold it
over.
personals and society !" shifted
the thinker. For the life of me l
can't see what you print that kind of
stuff for. Surely nobody wants to
read it. If 1 were you 1 would see
that it went headlong into the waste
basket. Hold my article if you
please until Saturdays paper" and
the thinker walked out severely.
The editor made another note and
stuck it on the hook just as real es-
tate improver and a town boomer
came in.
We've got a column about getting
the new factory located in Sylvanside
Addition that we would like to get in
the paper" he said by way of greet.
ing.
Isn't that rubbing it in just lit
tie ?" inquired the editor, who had
not so much as received deed to a
town lot in the new addition for his
manifold services in promoting it:
publicity.
II don't know that it is. You We
got lots of space and this is helping
the town"
Lots of space?" repeated the edi
tor.
"Of course. 1 noticed just while
ago two columns on the inside givei
up to lot of stuff clipped out of othel
papers that doesn't do the town any
more good than rain storm in Alas
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