The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-11-06
MISCELLANY.
VERY INTERESTING .

VERY INTERESTING
Mercy is like paying sae Printer tor newspapers,
The quality of mercy is naf sfrG,ned-
II droppe,h like the gentle ds~ ef hsaren--
1T biesseth him that .ssves and that reeeices
Thus speaks Shakespeare thro' the mouth
OF Portia in the Merchant of Venice. More
about mercy the long robed fair one delivers,
but what cannot now be remembered oor
quoted for alas, the writer's FOR newspapers
DO hot wallow in wealth the. fanoHs OF
newspapers are such unmereifaf paymasters,
that those who furnish amusement or instruc-
ton from the press, arc seldom able to keep
library and not even Shakespeare. Ths
merciful patron of newspapers pays readily
and wiliingly.--The quality of his payment
is not sfraised. q II droffesh like the gentle
dew Of heaven" A Printers income pours
not in showers it droppeth. Reader, thou
hast seen the parched earth suffering from
the want of rain. After long dcarth, a
cloud passeth over il. Perchancc few scat
tering drops fall but not sufficient to lay the
dust. Every six months the Printer expects
a shower few strained" drops only fall.
He opens his mouth to catch enough to allay
his thirst his wife does the same, and his
children his foreman, (if not too poor to
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his own,) his journeymcn his boys, and
carriers and wider than all, HORRIBLE vtsu! |!
his f,oher-maker. The printers runner re-
turns with few 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 dssfvessinS scenoe in
tho world, yet such a. ofton occur. And, ii
trials and tributation, patience and long suf-
fcring under injuries, Il I US for better state
hereafter. Old Mic has but few subjects in
his kingdorn who are printers of newspapers.
After long meditation on the subject We are
fully convinced, that punctual payment for
papers, If it covcreth not, preventcth a
multitude Of sins" How many have been
| ruined by the want of payment
But what are We about Il is fact full
well known to the parties concerned, that
there is due 10 the printer OF this paper, sums
not inconsidcrablc for several years subscrip-
tion from some persons from how many no
mention shall be made, for we arc dcsirous
of having it 6eievsd that our patrons are
s;asfygl a s, Z, aap5,cstcsg: Mapy Of then hse At
hfeness is sent TO them, they are so angry a,
paying the postage of the dun, that they
think 1t quite enough to pay that and the
postage Of the papers without paying for the
paper itself 6nf sue printers differ in o1inion
from them on this subject.
Some who are indebted for several years
are seriously called upon by their honeur and
honesty, their a6iHfy 10 hay, and our e4vn nc.
cessify, 10 settle their accounts to the first of
Sept. uIt, or we may lose our temper and
give them over to be 6g5etd by lawyers,
sheri6s and consfa6tes.
1t is time epery man bad paid Mis years
subscriffion..-- -- Smile NOT, nor
think to quiet our claims by saying that we
know how to dun. II there are magistrates
and officers in the land, such smilcrs will
smile at their own COST, if they
Smile. and ssufe, and 6f---BRHIxp HAND.