The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

Ter from their hidden windows ladies full
of liquid hot lead onto the heads ef tn,
! Orange men," by which name they des
! ignated the soldiers.
years old and had never done any won
when the first lithographing press VA
| introduced into the United States. soos
after. this advertisement appeared In tn.
New York Sun. then managed by Nose.
s. Beach, brother-in-law to Henry Ware
Beacher:
.'wANTED-A bright intelligent boy
with a thousand dollars to learn
the lithographing trade. Will be re-
quired to work for three years without
pay. No Irish need apply"
Sister" said Matt Langan. Il am 20
ing to apply for that position
"Ah. 30 along with you." replied the
sister. where are you going to get q
thousand dollars and who besides. Is go
ing to keep you for three yearsr'
Well. that's all right" replied the boy.
I'm going after the job
It was position much sought" de-
clared Mr.. LanSan In telling Of it. THE
business was new and there were plenty
OF boys whose fathers would put up a
thousand dollars to get their boys into
business. Artisans were OF the best class
in those days. Well. 1 went on foot to
the Sun Office. There was a long lire OF
applicants drawn up waiting TO get a
chance to get the position and 1 worked
my way into the line and before long
was shown into the ONCE Of Moses Beach.
He sat in chair and when 1 got inside
he looked at me for a minute and then
said, Well, what do you want?
I want that job
Have you got a thousand dollars. p
No
Where did you come FROM?
Ireland
You look pretty small to do this
limo Of work
Well. I'm mighty smart II I am
small
over at the table sat a man by the
name of Perkins. He looked Up and
Beach met his eyes. He looked at me
and after awhile said:
What's your name?'
Mat Langan. SIR
'At this, Moses Beach walked around
the table and shouted down the STAIR
way to the crowd:
I've got a boy
.'For four weeks I worked for him
without getting a cent and 30 one satur-
day night, while he WAS fooling around
with a stencil. said: Mt. Beach. would
like to have some money
" You want money! Why. IL was the
understanding when you came to work
for me that you were to work three
years for nothing. Just to learn the trade.
There were plenty who wanted to pay
a thousand dollars for the same chance.
You want money!
Yes; can't live on air.
well. ne got me dollar and half
and that was better than nothing. Fin
ally he put me on the press and bound
me to him for five years. stayed with
him for nine years and never had better
time in my life. The boss and his men
in those days were like happy family
and they went In each others houses
like they were brothers,"
Mr.. Langan talks very Interestingly Of
the panic Of 90 He tells Of the time
when banker and iaborer went to work
together to tear down the old burned
court house In order to get q ticket from
the city. valued at a dollar to keep star
walton away from the door. Many 10
the time I have gone without food for
days." says he.
When the Fenian's troubles in Ireland
we're at their worst just before the re-
oelIion in America, Mr.. Lansan with
sevaral others went over to the old
home to help their countrymen In their
Efforts to establish their own parliament
so they might make their own laws
Smith O'Brien was the commander In
chief and Wichita's dyer declares that
here was never a greater fraud.
MY cousin. who had q rich estate out |
If Dublin. was an aeitator and he or
iered me and FIVE other cousins to meet !
Town in a certain cabbage path. We !
net but the police Immediately arrested /
IS. They're not cute enough for Eng I
and. She knows every move they make. !
Frey threw US into prison but my uncle !
rot us released on bail. Just as soon as /
Ye got out of jail. he got us aboard the /
-rited States battleship Lorenzo. and We /
allied for America"
Mr.. Langan was never in the dye busi- /
less till he came to wichita and then he
vent into il because the new kind OF
machines threw him out
# work. His uncle was dyer to Her
aajesty. Queen Victoria The profess
ion has existed in the family for ten