Show humor of newspapers the A merican journalist possesses a fund of dry humor which he knows well how to apply he is famous for insulting by implication few understand the art better A californian editor invested in a mule and the fact was chronicled under the heading remarkable instance of self possession said one milwaukee editor of another he few journalist who can put any thing in his mouth winfut fear of its stealing anything and when a western editor wrote we cannot tell a lie it was cold yesterday his rival quoted his remarks with the addition the latter statement is incontrovertible but the former said an idaho journal the weather has been hot again for the last few days the only relief we could get was to lie down on the herald and cover ourselves with the bulletin there there is a great coolness between them this kind of often brings atour an amusing interchange of in civilities A michigan journalist declared in his paper that a certain editor had seven toes the slandered man thereupon relieved his mind in a leader denouncing the statement as unwarranted and its author as devoid of truth and a scoundrel to boot the oT ending gentleman replied that he never wished it to be understood that all the seven toes were upon one foot and the victim of the sell was thoroughly laughed at when a western editor wrote we are living at this nt under a despotism his opponent kindly explained our means to say he has lately got married A newspaper writer asserts that his ancestors had been in the inabit of living a hundred years to which another responds that must have been before the introduction of capital punishment the proprietor of a western journal announced his intention of spending fifty dollars on a new head for it do not do it a rival sheet better keep the money and buy a new head for the editor implied a great deal |