James Montgomery Bailey (September 25, 1841 – March 4, 1894)[1] was an American journalist who won an ephemeral popularity as the "Danbury News Man."
He was born at Albany, New York, and after receiving a common school education, learned the trade of a carpenter.
He removed to Danbury, Conn., in 1860, and worked at his trade for the two following years, but found time to write occasionally for the newspapers.
In 1870, he established the Danbury News, for which he wrote the humorous sketches, sometimes original, often simply descriptive of commonplace happenings, which won for him a national reputation and made his paper known throughout the country.
An example of his ability to humorously depict domestic situations is 'Putting Up A Stovepipe', in which he described the husband/wife tensions caused by an unpleasant household chore.