The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-04-24

cording 10 'he supply he sueaessiselv receives
, 1,iees i.quentl, and necessarily printed 10
uisefent papers. of the hour OF hnd publication
the preceding day, guard the interest of the
ne" spnpef proprleiors from the sluggishness oil
tie indalent, aud quicken the diligent newsman.
Yet, however skdfal his arrangements may be,
they are subject 10 unlocked for accidents The
late arrival Of foreign journals. parliamentary
debate unexpectedly protracted, or an article OF
importance IN one paper exclusively, retard the
printing and defer the newsman. His patience
well worn before he gets his tdd papers,
must be continued during the whole period nc is
occupied IN delivering them The sheet Is
sometimes half snatched before he can draw il
from his wrapper, he is often child for delay,
when he should be praised for speed his eK.
cuse " III the papers were late this morning"
IS better heard than admitted. for neither giver
nor receiver has time TO parley, and before he
gets home to dinner. he hears al one house that
Master has waited for the paper these two
hours : AZ another, " Masters gone out, and
says II you can't bring the paper earlier, he
wont have IL at all, ;" aud some Unconditional
master perchance, leaves positive orders,
" Don't take IL in. but tell the man TO bring the
bill, and will pay II and have done with him"
Besides buyers, every newsman has readers at
so much each paper per hour. One class supu-
lates for Journal always at breakfast another,
that IT is to he delivered exactly at such a time
third al any time. that II is left the full hour,
and among all Of these there are indictments,
who permit nothing of time or circumstance"
TO interfere with their personal convenience.
Though the newsman delivers and allows the
use of his paper, aud letches it, for stipend not
hall equal to the lowest paid porter's price for
letter carrying in London, yet he finds some, with
whom he coyenanted Directing when il IS called
for" have not had my breakfast, -" The
paper did not come AT the proper time. -" I've
not bad leisure to look nj ityet, j." II has not
been letf an hour, '--or any other pfetence c.
qually futile or untrue, which were he to
allow, would prevent him from serving his rea-
ders in rotation, or atall. If he can get all his
morning papers, from these customers by o.
clock, he is a happy man.
Soon after three in the afternoon, the news
man and some Of his bows must be at the offices
oftbe evening papers : but before he can obtain
his requisite numbers, he must wait till the news
men of the Royal Exchangehav received theirs
for the use Of the merchant. on Change.
Some OF the frsthe gets are hurried off TO coffee
house aud tavern keepers. When he has pro-
cured his full quantity, he supplies the remain
der o' his town customers. These disposed OF,
then comes the hasty folding and directing of his
reserves for the country, and the forwarding of
them to the post Office in Lombard street or in
parcels for the mails and TO Other coach offices.
The Gazette nights, cvely Tuesday and Friday
add 10 his labors,- the publication of the Sc
cond aud third editions of the evening papers is
"A super-addtion. On what he calls regular
day he is lortunaiei fine finds himself settled
within hi, own door by o'clock, after ID hours
"t running 10 and fio. IL Is now only he can re-
view tie business ofthe day enter his fresh or
Ipt ton. IT
require on the morrow, arrange his accounts,
provide the money he may have occasion for
cat the only quiet meal he could reckon upon
since that of the evening before, and " steal
few hours from the night for needfHl rest be-
fore he rises the next morning to day OF the
like mcessant occupation; aud thus from Mon
day to Saturday, lac ldbors every day.
The newsman desires no work but his own to
prove - Sunday no Sabbath" for on him and
his brethren deyoyeS tie circulation Of upwards
ol 5o,oO Sunday papers III the course ofthe
forenoon. His Sunday dinner is the only meal
he can ensure with his family, and the short re
malnder ofthe day the only time he can enjoy
in their society with certainty.
The newsman's is an ont of door business at
all seasons, and his life is measured out 10 TN
ceaslng tod. In all weathers, hail, rain, wind
and snow, he is daily cons rained TO the way and
the fare of a wayia ing man. He walks, or ra-
ther runs, to distribute information, concern
ing all sorts circumstances aud persons ex-
cept his own. He is unable to allow himself or
others, time for intimacy, and therefore, unless
he had formed friendships before he took to his
seryltude, he has not the chance of cutivating
them, save with persons of the calling.
lie may be said to have been divorced, and 10
live separate aud apart from society in general /;
for, though he lakes with eyety body, it is only
for few hurried moments, and as strangers do
in crowd London PaPer