Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1893 — Life Had No Charms. [ARTICLE]

Life Had No Charms.

When Charles Dudley Warner was the editor of the Hartford (Cohn.) Press, back in the “sixties,” arousing the patriotism of the State by his vigorous appeals, one of the type-setters came in from the composing-room, and, planting himself before the editor, said: “Well, Mr. Warner, “I’ve dpeideij to enlist in the army.” With mingled sensations of pride and responsibility, Mr. Warner, replied encouragingly that he was glad to see that the man felt the call of duty. •* “Oh, it isn’t that." said the truthful compositor; “but I’d rather be shot than try to set any more of your copy.”