The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-04-14


bread by reading-ay. and reading slow
~ and carefully, Cor he must follow and
put the works We read into type, let |
Ter by letter; he must daelI awhile upon
every sentence. Does the merchant know
the prices Of cotton and other goods in
distant countriesl-the intelligence is Pc
rused BY printer before : merchant
touches il. tiOes the politician discuss
the affairs ofnations!-he owes his know
ledge to the printer, Win Is always ahead
OF him in point OF information. DOes the
physician study the work Of some pro-
found Escnlapius.-let him look TO the
title page, and he will see that he owes
the work to printer, who has read il
over and over TO see that not letter is
wanted, not comma ont Of place. The
same may be said of the lawyer, the mi
mister. and the scientific mechanic. lie
printer stands at the door of all their
learning, and holds the keys which open
It. ~.+-
The printer is a great traveller. There
are few printers in the United States who
have not visited every stste in the Union.
ihes are sure Of timing printing Office
in e, cry village, and conse. inentl, 40 not
hesIIsie TO travel herever their fancy
NV lead item, sure OF finding in their
brother ispogrsphers frientls ready to as
sist item. give them work, or obiain a
situstion for taem. The printer is con-
sequentis thoroughly acquainted with his
count, in general AM in detail; none
en- Know better or speak Of il more cor
rectly. Sometimes ne crosses the Atm
tic; AMI willie I've prints Biographies and
hooks of travel, re takes occasion to view
with his own eyes every part OF the old
and new world.
The printer is always n good gramma-
rim; an il fire ,uently hsppens that men
whose Productions sre esteemed by the
public, owe il TO the printer that they are
not written iown sses. i'fien. very of
ten. does il Happen that manuscript is
put into the IN s Of tie I, pe-setter full
OF gross grammatical errors, sentences
de- old # sense, anu without a single
paint OF capt. letter. When this has
passed through his hands. tie errors are
s1pTected, the punctuation and capitals
y&e al set in their prope pieces. Inc
~conceited aut,or 6nis himself Ill at once
"a grammatical ami logical writer. and
basks in the sun Of popularity, which he
owes to some un0hTusiye son of Got
temherg. lie tases Gre not TO give Gre
dit to the proper person; but on the con-
trary. should some OF his hlnnders re-
main uncorrected. he is sure to lay them
all TO the charge Of the " ignorant prin-
ter;" such is the f,lse and unjust phrase
ignorant writers frequently use.
! No rae, class. or profession. except
those OF LIS AMI physic, haS furnished a
greater proportion OF learned and distin-
guished persons than the printers craft.
From tie day OF Franklin to tine present
time. our legislative halls. our places OF
honor, have been ornamented by talent
ell printers. The har lis often indebted
to tie printing office for some of its ablest
members; in this CITY we have living and
prominent examples OF the fact.
ne printers. wherever they can unite
sufficient force. generally form them
selves alto society for their mutual pro-
tec;ion. and for the purpose of assisting
each other in cases of need. These so.
cieties fix the rates Of wages, the hours
of work, and provide for the sick and un.
fortunate. they hind themselves by the
st-ictest and most honorable rules to pre-
serve the dignity of their art, and to de-
fend each other against the injustice o.
grasping employers. If a printer should
dishonor his trade, or work under wages
he is Immediately stiglnatized and dis
owned. 1t is very rare that printer car
be induced to hishonor the pledges hi
has given to his fellow-workmen.
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