. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . h which she peered into the dark-ness, up and down the street, when, discovering the string,she applied the flame of the luminary, and we shut upshop for the night. When speaking of the printing-olSice boys with whom,both in and out of working hours, I found companion-ship, my pen drifted into some other current, or I should have mentioned besides Tom E , another brother, Alex., more steady-going, more correct in his deportment,and altogether more reliable; who in later years becameone of the proprietors of the Pittsburgh Disp
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . h which she peered into the dark-ness, up and down the street, when, discovering the string,she applied the flame of the luminary, and we shut upshop for the night. When speaking of the printing-olSice boys with whom,both in and out of working hours, I found companion-ship, my pen drifted into some other current, or I should have mentioned besides Tom E , another brother, Alex., more steady-going, more correct in his deportment,and altogether more reliable; who in later years becameone of the proprietors of the Pittsburgh Dispatch Tom,at the outbreak of the Civil War, went south, joined inthe rebellion, and may or may not have survived it. Thefamily to which they belonged was in humble circum-stances, their father being a poor but industrious me-chanic. His shop and residence in one was in a diminutivebrick building on Ferry Street, near Front, and I was afamiliar guest in their household. Alex, was quiet and A Caper. 117 reserved; Tom active, impulsive, and but little given tothought. WHO DAT KNOCKIN AT DE DOAH. I remember a caper in which Tom and I once night in the printing-office we had a picnic all toourselves. After the repast we took the bones of achicken we had eaten, and twisting them into some 118 Taught to Set Type. resemblance of spectacles, fastened tliem about the eyesof a bronze bust of Franklin, with which one of thepresses was ornamented. On the following morningwhen the pressman began work, the bones by the jarringof the machinery fell and caused some derangement. Itwas at once suspected that I was the author of the mis-chief and on being accused, I did not deny the fact, buttook good care for a while to keep at a safe distance fromthe pressroom. The printers in general were kind and friendly; withsome I was a favorite, and they taught me very early toset type. Among the selections which I put into typeand ran through the press, were the song Rosin theBow, and the famou
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