Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-20
From, the Boston Courier.
COMFORTS OF THE SEASON.


ness Of the day, 10 lide few miles into The
country, and breathe the atmosphere pregnant
with health and freshness, and fragrant with
the Is sweet and whole some odour OF the new
mown hay,"-to promenade the mall and COM
mon, or to linger on the free bridge to catch the
invigora,ing salt sea gale; or even TO recllne on
ones own. parlor sofa, and dream OF rest, or
indulge imagination with an anlepast OF the
Joys Of independence! How happy ne, who
When evening kind with bushes cools the air.
The steer RESIGNS his yoke, the hind bis care,
The clouds aloft with golden edgngs glow,
And falling dews refresh the flowers below
can law aside his labor, smooth his care wrin.
killed. brow, restore the waste OF physical ana
intellectual power, and prepare to meet Inc ua-
ties and the emplaymeuts OF another day win
renewed relish aud invigoraed faculties. an
Aappv indeed, whispers responsive sigh, rising
from the Frustrated soul OF diurDal editor.
On ho,v hnppy, echoes from every compositor
in the printing Office, while pressmcn, boys and
carriers Join the universal chorus.
Our eomfor,s-we speak individually, but
,rust that we touch chord which vIbrates In
sympathy in other bosoms-our comforts,
,bank The Postmaster General ard those who
have made such sad Innovations upon the mail
are of quite diffeye character. Our comforts
during the Dog DAYS, with the mercury rang
inp from 80 10 100 have consisted, from three
10 five p. NJ. in endeavors 10 postpone an entire
dissolution of our materially, or, preserve The
ieIiv 70 which flesh, blood, and bone have been
reduced, from .ots! evaporation. AT hive, we
begin 10 look anxiously Tor the mails, and this
delich,ful state of expectation, suspense, and
disappointment continues ill SIX, seven, and
sometimes till eight O'Clock. From this time
forward 10 IN indefinite period; we sweat by
lampiight, with pen, scissors and paste; some>
times relieved by u, kind neighbor who comes
in to inquire il there is any news and g"oG-
natured,y TO protrsct our pleasant employing
to as late an hour.in the nigh, as possible. AS
TO the Operatives in the printing Office, they,
happy fellows. immersed in a compound OF
light and smoke, and hea', issuing from forty
lsmos-windows shut, TO keep the vino, II
breeze should be in motion from ex,inguishius
The bIaze,-aniuss themselves, with putting IN
TYNE what We may have manufactured by the
helm of the triple machinery above mentioned.
In addition this, which is POSITIVE recreation
10 them, they have comparative pleasure In
transla,ing the mysterious hyeroglyphics OF an
advertisement, or docyphering the pnt-hook
characters Of a commune alton, brought In at
nine o'cIoC k he author of which is very anxious
il should appear next day to further some object
in which ne may have an interest, but which is
no concern TO US nor the public in genersl.-
ant the superiat,rs comfoI, in enjoyed mex!
morning, when some wholc-soued customer
ma. discovered an error in his advertisement,
and comes to greet The whole establishment,
edi,or, composi,or, pressmen, and devil, with
few eratuitous damns, for figure changed, a
letter turned upside down, or perhaps for an
advertise ment omlrted, which on enquiry turns
ont to be inserted exactly according 10 his di-
reclion.
We have enjoyments, too, coming from an
other quarter The mass Of matter necessary
to be prepaIcd after the arrival OF the mails,
and The advertisements left about the same
time, have necessarily detained the press be
yond the departure Of the mails, & consequent
Iy the papers of the next morning lie IN The
Pos, Office twenty four hours, and this produces
complaints from subscribers, who think they
are neglected. Some OF them get vexed by
repetition Of what they are pleased 10 consider
as carelessness on our part, and send US letters
threateaing a Withdrawal OF their patronage,
and perhaps insnuating in a very gentle and
respectful manner that 1t we know our duiy we
have no desire TO perform l..
The contamination Of our comforts, not the
hundredth part Of which have we yet told, is
when the collector returns at - O'Clock, NJ.
with meagre and bsggarly account OF monies
colected-a profusion Of excuses from our best
subscribers, whose bills we thought would be
paid at sight-and handful Of bills good for
nothing but 10 be laid up as memorials OF the
scrupulousness with which some persons OBJ
serve The maxim "the laborer rs worthy Of his
hire II il should so happen, that we have
not a note to pay for rent, ink, types, or paper,
before the banks close, We lose for that day The
rare comfort of running, under seorching sun,
TO all our friends, to borrow the wh-rewiihal to
paw said noie aud the still rsser Satisfaction of
finding that most oil our friends are In the same
predicamen'
Sach, gentle reader, are some of the editorial
eomforts IF the sea ION. The colors are faint
AND the ske,ch Imperfect; and if you would
know the whole, you mus, become an editor
Yourself. Ifyou are an advocate sor be Amr>
riean system, You will 'sneak comfort" to our
wea.y hearts by subscribing for The Courier