Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-05-03
PLEASURES OF A PRINTERS LIFE.

n Entertaining as we do, strong aversion
TO the too prevalent practices of annoying the
readers of public journal with special cx.
cuses and petty apologies on every deviation
from strict regularity in supplying the cur
rent intelligence of the day, we have chosen,
whenever IT has been our misfortune to be
thrown into such deviation, to let the matter
! pass over IN silence, presuning that the gen.
cros,y of the intelligent readers would lead
: them 20 make liberal allowance for such o.
eurrences, and they would be better satisfied
than though we were to thrust upon them
and weekly reneratc matters which occasion
ally and unavoidabv occur in every establish
ment, TO temporarily cmbarrass the regularity
of business.
! There is scarcely any branch Of business
carried on, of which such strict regularity is
required, and such underwriting promptitude
looked for, as in the publication OF the news
paper. Your tailor promises you n coat in a
week, and it you get in t,co you are satisfied;
your blacksmith agrees to do you job of
work to- morrow, if it is done in a week, you
consider yourself lucky; your shoemaker
promises, without fail, to finish your boots in
three days, and if, after booiless probation
of three wecks yon are fortunate enough to
get shod YOU thank God and the shoemaker,
and are contented; the farmer agrees TO de-
, liver You wood by Christmas, if he lets you
go on freezing to death until New Years
before he makes his appearance, you joyfnlly
pay him an eXorbtunt price and wish him II
happy .Nt,p Year to boot! And so in relation
to every body else but the printer; for him
there is no leniy asked; the elements may
conSpire against him, he may be beset by
"Ratting storms with arrows barbd with fire."
| War, famine and pcsience, sickness and
death, with their train of ghastly horrors, may
hang breeding over him; old "C1ortn Ciootie,"
with his seven worst and most ardent spirits,
may enter into his workmen, and cause them
to "run suddenly down steep pitch into
Canada! he may be unable, with love or
money, to procure sufficient help in the ut
termost need; his paper. maker may neglect
to furnish the requisite supplies; he may have
his newspaper form just ready for press, when
in stnmblcs a sauntering BOBBY and tumbles
It into pi-G Ills patrons may forget to pay
him iarthing for years Of toll aud trouble
and expense. and yet, notwithstanding all this
formidable array Of horrors, treading, like the
furious plaques Of Egypt, upon each others
pected to go regularly forward, and to be
puncfual to the hour. in dispensing the news
to his patrons, and in the iulfilment of every
other engagement Loekport Balance.
Mr.. MADrsON's woRks.-We understand
that the correspondence and other writings OF
Mr.. Madison which have been selected for
the press Exclusive Of Debates, Sc.) will
contain matter sufficient TO form six volumes,
at least, Of equal size with fuckers Life Of
Jefferson. Three volumes (among them the
Constitutional one, are ready for publication,
and part Of others, to one entire volume,
have been transcribed. Three will be of al
historical nature, Legislative and administra-
tive; and including of the former, proceedings
Of the Virginia Legislature before, and Of the
Congress from the commencement ofthe new
Government, till the close Of his service in
these bodies; tracing Republican views of,he
events of the latter period and running
through subsequen. administrations. The
subjects of the residue Of his writings are po-
lltical economy, law of nations, iurilical, &c. :,
aud rniscellaneous.- Richmond Inquirer. T.