Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-06-20

publish notice for the 44th company Of 18th
Reet. Gre nader Light Dragons to meet next
Saturday," Very well sir, 81 s'pose you don't
charge for such things-it helps to fill up the
paper" Yes, helps 10 fill up--very interesting
too--sGrenadier Light DragoOns' -smoke that
A tap at the door---it is opened, and in steps a
lovely girl of II. "Sir, will you be so kind as
to print nv name in pretty little border as
you did Miss Sarah James the other day?"-Cer-
tainly, Miss, it shall be done directly. 81 will
call forir sir, in halt an hour" Shocking dis
appointment! fancied TO myself the little an
gel would larry Till her name was fnished--&
then, o, then, to have kissed the dew drop,
Vacations! Here, Bob, print this name--hang
me ifI'll be plagued with it. Another rap
Come in. "Good morning, sir'--,cah aH the
prosperity Of British Lord. "Mr. Editor, l
wish you 10 announce me candidate Tor the
Assembly, and continue my name IN the paper
till the day of sale--election | mean" Very
well sir No thanks for that. In bolts Peter Cut
tape without knocking--"haloo, Mr.. Printer,
see you've made mistake in our advertise
ment---you've got only 40 bales OF Cotton, where
it ought to be 400" Ila, wide mistake, In
deed Tom, get the copy. Here il is, slr--"4o
tales Sea Island Cotton" DWELL, well, it's my
own mistake after all--put it 400 ifyou phrase"
Yes sir, 4OO---suppose we add another aught &
make it 1000. "Very well, do SO, Mr.. Printer,
we merchants are allowed 10 blo,c htlle." 1000
bales Of Cotton--mum--w who'll fh0nk us Tor that
49,? Another rap. "Mr. Printer. | make you
acquainted with Doctor Hard. fiat" How do
YOU do, DR.. Hard.tint: Take seat sir-7(hand-
ing Mree-legged- STOOL --best we have sir. MIR.
Printer, will you 90 me the favor, sir, TO give
notice in your next paper, that have opened
an office on - street for the practice oil me-
dcine, where will vaccinate persons gratis!'
Yes sr-all persons gratis, sir! AYE, poor
people-such as are not able to pay" Wen
attend TO it sir IA good woy TO gel introduced
inio practice ,cithout either money or thanks. J.
Next comes The village lawyer, MIR. 7sHsfrnih-
"Mr Printer, think it would be as well for
yos to give notice that there will be a special
court Of Oyer and Isrminer, SC. &c.-by that
means good many persons will be present,
and you will have fine opportunity TO increase
your subscription list" Humph--thnks how
will it affect your docket? Thus we might go
on for an hour to,euumerate cases in which an
editor is frequently called upon TO render SER
vices to others without enjoying he gratihca-
ton of receiving so much as Mank-es for his
trouble The lawyer and the cobler, the doc
tor and The sergeant, the tinker, the parson,
the brewer and the fcdler--al, they all want
something Of the poor printer; and in return
for which, it is too great boon, to say
thank you SIR" Verify, an editor has the
most unthanklul office upon the earth. Even
his brethren Of the type, from whom some.
thing like felow-feeling might be loked for,
give him no better treatment than the rest OF
the world Poor dog, he is every ones slave,
and receives no,hanks from any. A few days
ago, after pointing out in quite friendly
way, as we supposed, some inconsistencies in
neighboring print, we were told it was "aAo-
ge,hey gratuitous" -nobody thanked us for it,
Indeed il was even limited tina. We were the
stumble onjederates' of johnny Randolph. Now
John says he suffers no fool to make friends for
him"-but we don't saw that. Editors must
submit to every thing, oblige every body, serve
every body, and get no thanks at last.