A REPORTER'S EXPERIENCES.
A tsori-eapondent 1 6f^ 'ifi© ; €ahte f fMry Press, who lately cpntribu|«6^^.,fcxt^a/)rdinary account of his experiences as a reporteij, gives ..the 7 folio wing further de- , scription of his brief professional career: — I will now describe perna^s^oife ir of sllhe5 llhe mPsi pjunfnl my, reporting career." I went to^.. the Board or Education in the afternp'on^and to the Magnet Troupe in the.evgningj^ after the fete. I wrote, as I thoughtj^refclly nice reports of ,e,a.ch;.e:Vent. , .Spme^.mbtjake^mua^h^ve ' becuirpd aomewhere, .for' the, fbllowing paragraph will'ahW- tMt -somi' breast (excuse me) must have tanipered with my copy» Whether the compoa'itoriSr/blokeß s -.^ho set lUp-the.njatter/qr/jthej^ph vU|§in who'made up tnepaper, was to blame. I result of what would have been two journalistic : triumphs;; : r - r "-^j letters w«greceived jErbm v the chai|roian of the locar^; comoiitte ( e, of the' ißatlyhooly school, ataiiioigltliat jtenders,-would . ■ahortly- r he-re^ ,ceiyed ;ipr, jaßu.extraord jnary e^bjbjtipii'of grace and agility on the part of the lair performer, Tendering iit difficult for the spectator to imagine-that it was necessary [to ,. erect ,a put^p< on ,the. school; premises, as Frank, hanging by the UDper ;barj,sustained on his toes the whole weight of the rodf of the^as^s hb'uaeywMcffre^ired a new cppkjng rangeiOithus. enabling the -fair Lottie to achieve her daring flight .fifom thg galloryi, jiQ;#[eiqaarlejpJWW"*ection reseryedibjßJiher.CiQiffernmeat foßjhe use pi the Magnet Tro>upe.< It^as also state^ that the master 'had resigned his appointmenti« f in^coHßeqbence of . Mias Fanny Sara having- received, a quadruple encore for her iriitrifeible^reriae'ring of 1 Good-bye; -Charlie'.' -"^ahoWof QQUqueta rewarded the/efijftfts Qft the graceful snhnnlmagtfir, wlin>st.afftd that, he should sue- the local committee - for- - his- -last quarters* j salary^ the^l- consequences qf which would be -that the master would repeat' Jh^'rmai?veilPUtff'pes4eiilaPi|^ce, subject of coufte M''tWßfr(%Wtt. o«he Board of, lEduc^tibrfi BAffSr some dischssidtt* the opinion of ithe^ Inspector #as -■VkeSs iififtt state*«nSa* in*dfiaSff«§n^of the.admirable time they^epiJ^'wM loi'rdsaibfefVlay^Ketfeb^e 0 formeK-ty^ not' "'^Sjto l the'eitra expense of providing a-fsaßtitig£jaek for the master's house; Vas entitled to *i»i;#?#iqftajry ceriificate, as over 150 children were educated at the 4??F Sj t arQ "?^ which . a, dense, crowiwaa adadmbled- ]ong^b^foreythey 'were |p|n. He was happy to Be able to state tfiathß ifiadr-HfelyJ M&ftffl# tyWe appointment M^acfifjoimistfess, whose ganeralL'efficiency : wa^bfe aqthsj^character as to stamp her ast the first female acrobat IdnJ^h© wbrjdi''^^ *'><> & «y>an<'bL ff".",'_> Oan you imagtn^^feeli^W^riiiljng -the foregoing paragraphs, after theirbeteg relifpned .to mefc'by) ttie sjraoe permit I could-giv'effufth^r specimenVof Kmy^ife'potti^ Jexperietfdes^ flbdi'ljfaiifey | the above wilFlM^jMte enough to mm Vince the impartial reader that my talems did not receivfe^haVnteedof commenda- • -entitled. Mf\ *■*'- ->™f:--'\?-J ' !iT J .
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1465, 15 April 1873, Page 2
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419A REPORTER'S EXPERIENCES. Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1465, 15 April 1873, Page 2
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