The colonel threatened violence but the editor promised to admit his error in the next issue.
In the following issue, in large type, appeared: "The editor of this paper regrets very much an error in spelling in our last issue. In describing our most worthy colonel, instead of 'battle scared veteran' it should read, 'bottle scarred veteran.'"
That day the editor ceased to edit. His wife was a widow.
A country editor wrote: "Brother, don't stop your paper just because you don't agree with the editor. The last cabbage you sent us didn't agree with us either, but we didn't drop you from our subscription list on that account."
The girl reporter accepted the editor's invitation to dinner and when asked how she enjoyed it, said:
"Oh, fine, but I'll never go to dinner with an editor again."
"Why not?"
"Well, the dinner was fine, but he blue-penciled about three-quarters of my order."