 He learned the printing trade, and worked as publisher of the "Reynoldsville Herald" from 1876 to 1879.He worked in the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1884.He returned to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1884 and successively edited the "Punxsutawney Tribune" and the "Punxsutawney Spirit".