The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-02-01
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r. about the writer's arr learned in IN
+ college of experience. Ny first p!ec
= hat appeared in print was about III
B, sleepy snealiing grounding. Th'
editor headed the stun as follows
] The grounding is downod. We mad
, him again crawl in his hole A Ger
, tain tough old miscr Of the adjacent
timber who was often called Ground
hog Bill" took fierce exception to the
article and not only came nea strik
ing my boss. but he also tried to suc
the owner Of the paper for $1,000
damages Then the editor pgomptly
cleared himself BY stating that "our
devil played a hoggish trick about thar
F. sromihog business. Mr.. Groundhoa
Bill will please make the in,puicnt
ienderfoot in journalism retract Ou.
. esteemed friend of the woods is a
scholar; the young chap that So malic-
iously imposed on our readers during
ouI absence in our sail pasture is an
ignominous intellectual runt We
gave him the grand bounce from our
sanctum and our milk and honey heart-
ed spouse prevented us from throwing
the young imp out Of our office win.
dow"
Ny second literary production was
entitled. The life aad death of a cat g"
The short biography of Pete, Hoop
er's valuable maltese feline appear
cd in the 5tover Trumpet The six
teen-year-old nauser had been dashed
against a rafter in a barn by Frank
Trottnan. who, while drunk. was
sleeping on a pile Of green Glove. in
the barn, killed he cat 70 save himself
from being levcured. The car thoueAt
that sleeping Trottmar was dead an
therefore, it commenced gnaw.ng his
hands. which sotercd the frog catch.
er. anG the animals death took place
IN few minutes.
Trcttnan went wild over the cat
piece as it was blown by the s.oyer
Trumpet. because tho paper said that
he was badly afflicted with French
collie. when he was simply drunk. lie
finally suesiCed.
Next week contributed to he
Trumpet the following squib, Mrs
Bob Hayden presented her lord with
pair of bowling twins lest Friday.
Bob calls the little shavers af.er his
fayorite drink. Tom aad Jerry" Bobs
wife created 4 small earthquake in the
Trumpet sanctun, ;hrcc weeks after
the happy arrival of twins. She said
'You newspaper fellows never tell the
truth. These kids are gals and are
called Honey and Doyey." The chief
/ Trumpeter politely asked her forgive.
ness.
After that sorihbled considerable
for a little sheet that called its little
se'f "The switch" The editor was a
sc;apper from Scrarperyille. Posey
county. Indiana. His paper fairly
smelled Of burned birthstone. lie
never retracted. even when he called
the learned jurist II the village q
shcrt. cared doakey. He requested ne
to get up as many scraps as possible.
and never forgot to roast every drunk
Ell galoot that was not on the switch"
subscription ;ist
His written instructions to me
chiefly were, "whoop up any and all
OF our subscribers They belong to
The Switch family: the others are
mere interlopers. outlan .ers. Ishmaei.
ties. and must pay cash in advance
fc- every gooi line they get in our
sheet" Once he dispatched mo to at
tend a French wake. A very rich
bachelor had suddenly died. Tac astutc
editor eniclned me to make the mourn
ful occasion a grand success l guess
I did. found about forty mourners
drinking and weeping. aad three girls
were making eggnog in the deceased
Monsieur Ia ;IarPc's spacious kitchen.
/ went several times during the night
to the Kitchen for a drink OF water
{ had TO rush out mighty quick from
the eggnog hrewerIes or else the thick
Intoxicating smell would surely have
made me AZ least two-thirds "how
come you So" At early dawn next
morning. before left for the train. !,
took another lool, at the mou-ners
and essnos makers, aAd a last look at
the remains of the late la Harpe To
MS great surprise discovered tha,
ayself aud tie corpse We're the only
really sober personagcs on the prem
ises. Next year / wrote twenty chaps
egs OF the New Jericho Chronicles.
Those scribblings we've literary stun
ners; they stunnci me severely. also
experimental on puny sheet calle 1
the Erout Crescent, which, howeye-,
was generally called tho krout moon.
The editorial Jupiter Of the moon was