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Show EDITOR WHO IS USEFUL Versatile Journalist a Power In the Community. As proof that the editor Is somebody some-body In his community wo point to Prof. John Bcckloy of tho editorial staff of tho Connecticut Wostom News at Canaan, a Jo""allst whom his fellow citizens deli to honor. Ho Is n veritable syndic jf public offlcos, his titles run tho gamut from registrar of voters up to JtiBtlco ot the peace; ho has attqndod various political conventions ns dclogatn; he Is an actor, a poet, a musician and dancing master, and thcro Is no ovl-donco ovl-donco that ho Is not sklltiill and successful suc-cessful In each and every avonuo of f his varied avocations, notwitlistand- I tng Uio seeming Incongruity of tho 1 dancing professor reporting a dog I fight for his paper, tho editor holding court and weighing out Justlco to assault as-sault and battery culprits and tho Judgo teaching tho fancy steps of Uio latest dances. A further proof of Brother Beck-ley's Beck-ley's versatility Is rccordod in tho latest lat-est lssuo of his own paper. In his capacity as Judgo, ho presldoil ovor tho trial ot Julia McCarty Alton's husband for assaulting his wlfo. Tho Judge's printed report statoa that "as nolthcr side was represented by counsel, coun-sel, Justlco Beckloy conducted the enso for both." Happily, too, ho won ' It During tho trial Julia "appcalod to Justlco Becklcy to glvo her a legal separation from her husband," never dreaming that thero woh a limit to ' tho powers vested In tho editor, and she refused to bo comforted wbonlho sadly informed her that divorces wore out of his line. New Haven Palladium. |