" Give us Facts."
It is said that the elder Jamei Gordon Bennett once sat down very heavily on nil chief editor. The occasion was something like this : The editor came to Bennett and Mid that a new man named Smith had brought in many " big points." The editor waf half in f*vor of employing Smith on the regular staff, " but," said he, "Mr. Bennett, the man can't write grammar." The man was lent for. He came into the awful presenoe. Mr. Bennett questioned him. The young man knew every politician, banker, merohant, and public man in the oity. He knew every steamship, every exchange, and every public ollice. Bennett was impressed. After questioning the young man for awhile he (old the. editor to employ him. " And his grammar?' 1 said the editor. Then Bennet thowtd hii greatness. "D grammar I Give vi faotfl I "
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1991, 11 April 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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144" Give us Facts." Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1991, 11 April 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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