Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-10-25
K Newspapering
g OUR Can Be A Very
"a foWN Funny so.'"s..

A;d foro bo;no time-consuming, tense, unsung ana
sometimes frustrating profession ne"spapels Of
ifs amusing side Were it not for the amusing dspeS
h hnnss newspapering would be pretty miserable IN
most respects. But the human SIDE Oh ue ea 90 t;,aS
from entire drudgery and makes it llvabe anu ae @
o oraho We herewith cite some of the humorous IN
cdents which have kept going and which nave OIL 'e
served to restore our faith in human nature -
Newsboys ARE human whether anyone thinks 50 S OF
not Once one of carrier boys was put on the spot Wy
lady who elephoned to say that the boy had mt me -"
the paper" Concerned with this report we sheu e aI
cusnces of such dastard deed and f she S and
walk to the house and place the paper oeninq ee ~
door This he has refused to do SO today, as was
mo off he porch this little soandso rode up on the yro
and threw the paper striking me on the Ioos. LOON
swing at him with my broom but missed AND wa1 40 you
be tnrned around and THUMBED HIS NOSE AT Me-
Please fire him immediately! eve SAID we Woulo anu
nromntlv forgot the whole business until now However
It's too late as the little urchn graduated from coege ast
JuneD
Another time we received hurried call from sub
scrber who said II have taken your paper Tor great
many years but want to cancel my suoScrp'lon ieo
atelyv
Knowing that such statement is not without some
deeply underlying reason asked eve sorry to lose
you as customer What is it that has caused the trouble e.
After short pause the lady the other end sald /
was reading the classified ads and the advertisement
for milking shorthorn bull just who DO you think
you're foolngT
We explained that the ad was perfectly proper and
that there IS such breed and that the male of the species
is of course bull Without further ado the LADY gasped
"Well | never :" and hung up. We weren't able to find
out who she was and far know she's still taxing
the paperD
Names can cause trouble especially when two peo-
pie have the same Once upon time fellow called
and threatened down and beat collective brains
out explaining that had written article accusing him
of wife-beatng mayhem and various other quaint Amerl
can customs We admitted that such article had appear
ed i'm our pages and asked him if the article truthful
and correct Turned that another by the same
name was the actual cuprt and told friend He
sputtered and spumed and then blurted WELL mebbe SO
. but have damned good notion to come down there
and take a crack at somebody-JUST ON GENERAL
PRINCIPLES" He then hung up and we went merrily
back to work.
Sometimes called upon to either referee or take
active part in certain personal and social difficulties
Never week goes by that with to grind
doesn't bring it in grindstone. We remember well
the time lady in and told that shoe merchant
had Cheated her She stated that of pair of shoes
she had purchased for her little girl had nail in it. Didn't
the merchant make it good" we asked He did not she
countered e offered to pound down the nail give
but he wouldn't give it to met! Dipomaticay possible,
suggested that the shoe had been very fair but this
brought forth bitter philosophy The lady fairly yell
ed "Oh you're just like all the rest give chance to
do public service and turn out to be the side
of the ENEMY $50 saying, Sheherazade perceived the
light of day and ceased saying her permitted say)
But probably the best we've heard (actually we
overheard it elevator this by cute young
have against newspapers that they always print what
you don't want them to - and NEVER WORD of what
you DO want them tor