Printers, it is said, die at an early age. This doubtless caused by the noxious effluvia rising from the types, want of exercise, constant employment, and the late hours to which their work is prolonged. There is no other class of human beings whose privileges are so few, whose labor is so continuous, whose wages are so inadequate as printers. He knows nothing of sociability, and is shut out from the world as a convict in a prison cell. Truly he is in the world, but knows not of it.
Printers are universally poor men, and for two reasons.
W.B. Tebo was the editor and remained at the post until 1845 when H.M. Youngblood took over. The Watchtower had the responsibility of keeping up with the legal notices, police warrants and minutes published by the County Board of Supervisors. In this way they were able to communicate to the people the political happenings of the day. Few copies are said to exist of this publication, and the only information available is from records kept in the county courthouse. In 1869 the Chronicle was sold to two gentlemen named Paddock and Culley.