Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . lllSiXJKV UI- McUOXOUGH CUUXTY. 701 large were in a fault-finding mood. They weretoo thankful to have a newspaper to be hyper-critical, and it took amazingly. Smith was aborn editor and printer. He made his ownwood cuts; manufactured his ink from soot auuoil, when the roads were bad and communica-tion with Beardstown impossible; and, whenshort of paper, which was not an infrequentpredicament, he bought from the merchantssuch as they used in business, thus maintain-ing his reputation for regularity. Mr. Smithdid the most of his own work at the case,neve
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . lllSiXJKV UI- McUOXOUGH CUUXTY. 701 large were in a fault-finding mood. They weretoo thankful to have a newspaper to be hyper-critical, and it took amazingly. Smith was aborn editor and printer. He made his ownwood cuts; manufactured his ink from soot auuoil, when the roads were bad and communica-tion with Beardstown impossible; and, whenshort of paper, which was not an infrequentpredicament, he bought from the merchantssuch as they used in business, thus maintain-ing his reputation for regularity. Mr. Smithdid the most of his own work at the case,never using manuscript, but simply picking uphis types and firing away. In a word, hewas one of the most versatile of geniuses; hecould run a paper, lecture on scientific subjectsor grind out poetry and prose with equal facil-ity. His partner in business was a young, dap-per little fellow, being a good compositor andgeneral office man. But the town was too slowand uninteresting for him, and in , he returned to his home and a mor
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