Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-10-18

patrons ct Newspapers are such unmercifni
| paymasters, that those who furnish smuse-
ment or instruction from the press. are sci.
dom able to keep library, and not even ms.
lures captain and the bibles lieutenant, a
Shakespeare. The merciful patron of news
papers pay readily and willingly. The
quality of his payment is not strained. SIT
droppeth like the gentle dew of hea5en2e a,
printers income pours not in showers; cit
droppeth. Reader, thou hast seen the
parched earth suffering from the want @
rain.-After long dearth q cloud .passeth
overit. Perchsnce few scattering drops
falr |; bat NOT sufficient to lay the dust. Eve
ry six months the printer expects shower
few STAINED" drops only fall. He opens
his mouth to catctsenough to allay thirst;
his wife does the same, and his children
his editor, (if he is not his own) his fore
man, (if he is not too poor to have one) his
pressman, his clerk Gf not his own) his
Ijourneymen his boys, and carriers; and
wider than all, HORRIBLE vIsU! his paper
maker. The printers devil, or ruhnef, re-
turns WITH afew " strained dollars" They
have lifted up their eyes in torments, but
no cup of water has cooled their tongues.
1t is one of the most distressing scenes in
the world, yet such as often occur. And,
If trials aud tribulation, patience and long
suffering under I'M uries, fit us for better
state hereafter, Old Nick has but few sub.
jects in his kingdom who are printers Of
newspapers. The other day money was
wanted for the paper.maker. Bills were
sent out in the neighbourhood to the amount
of $500. The runner spent the day; re-
turned at night with fen dollars and seventy.
fve cents.-The crimes which we occasion
in others must be atoned for at the last day
by ourselves: For the printers sins of un.
avoidable blasphemy how many patrons Of
newspapers will have to account. Who can
behold such scenes and not feel wrath Who
can suffer in such scenes 'sand keep the
nat'ral ruby of his cheek, nor have it blanch' 4
with cursiugs?" After long meditation on
the subject we are fully convinced that
punctual payment for papers, if it covereth
How many have been ruined by the want of
payment! How many, connected with a
printing office, from the absence of cash to
purchase good clothes that they might go
regularly to church, and keep good compa,
ny, have forsaken the house of worship,
been shut out from respectable society; have
associated with the most disreputable, be-
came, perhaps hard drinke rs, turned vssa-
bonds been guilty of theft or suicide, or
have died in poor.house: all which evils
would have been prevented by bunctuaiity
in payment for newspapers. The soul sick
ems at the thought of so many evils bro't up
on society, which might have been so easily
prevented.
Some of our patrons, alas for them and
for as too few-let the glazing truth stand
in capitals-TOO FEW-have reciprocal.
ted with heart rooted Inference the pleasures
ofpayment.-
1t blesses him that tays and that receives
such know the best feelings of existence
their bosoms are never rent with the dis
tress of being dunned-They anticipate the
claims of justice. They know beforehand
and prevent the possibility of enduring the
grating sound of IS pay me that thou Quest"
Such know how to live know wherein con.
sists the genuine enjoyments of human ma.
ture.
Sometimes we are asked, !" Has Mr. such
enc paid you far this years paper ?-What
is our reply! Why we turn it off with
laugh, Poh, zuhy do you ask such CUES
ton! dont you kno1u he is ABLE, has due
sense Of JUSTICE, a regard for his HONOR
and a regard Jor the promotion q virtue and
federalism Thus do we say, being ten
der of the reputation of our patron, tho
perhaps he owes US for half dozen years
subscription; and has put us off with-"I'Nl
call shortly and settle my accounf"-a year
afierward-"M a fen days 4 shall Be in
junds and rviN honor your bN'-,wo years
afterwards" sphy really haze I forgot so
lang 10 pay Jor the pape, {? Vel 1veH, the