Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1879 — A Poor Scribe. [ARTICLE]

A Poor Scribe.

In a recent debate in the Peers, Lord Denman scoffed at the reporters of the press as a nuisance, and is repaid by the publication of his reasons for disliking newspaper people. It appears that his Lordship once wrote to the editor of a morning paper, complaining that he had been imperfectly reported, and supplying in a postscript the purport of what he said, which he desired should be published. The editor politely explained that Lord Denman had not been reported because he was inaudible in the gallery, and that, while he had every disposition to do justice to the noble lord, he could not print his version of the speech because the printers were unable to read his manuscript. The following carefully-prepared table shows the chances professional men have of catching fish when they go fishiDg: Doctors, 7 in 56; lawyers, 3 in 50; editors, 10 in 50; artists, 2 in 50; architects, 12 in 50; book-keepers, 8 in 50; merchants,*l3 in 50; professors, 1 in 50; unknown small boy with straw hat and broken suspender, 49 in 50.