The Polynesian., 1841-11-20

'aoor Is IKE that OF SlSyphus, the moment
the "huge round stone" is rolled to the
top of the hill it "lalls numbering back
again" There is no end to his labors.
lie falls to work, inrita .Ninerra, perhaps,
and produces something which he thinks
is worthy of being loaded article for the
paper, and when it comes out, his readers
pronounce it leaden matter, instead of de-
serving to be leaded. So for his exertons
''to please" he receives nothing but ours
es. Still there is no respite. He must
go to work again. The next days paper
must come out, and there must be at all
events goodly quantity Of editorial; and
it must be furnished forthwith, or the pa
per will not be issued in time for the
mails. If he docs not suit his readers one
day, why he must try again; "better luck
next time," as Jacob Faithful says. He
exerts all his faculties ''to please His
pen comes nearer to perpetual motion
than any thing which has been discover
ed yet, for it is never suffered to lie still.
His readers expect that he will know
every thing in the world, and more too,
and that he will communicate all his
knowledge, every day, to the whole world
and more too. If he blunders in any one
particular which some one knows or
thinks he knows more of than the editor
aforesaid, he is compensated with more
kicks than coppers and finds he is accus-
ed of telling more ''fbs" than he receives
"fibcrts."
He thus goes his wearisome rounds;
sometimes he happens to write an article
which suits all parties, and how hattered
he feels when he receives the compli-
ments of his readers, that his paper Of
this day was very spicy and spirited, with
what zest be goes to work next day,
hoping to get 'reward Of merit for
another spirited and lively paper.
Were it not for these occasional wind
falls, an editor would be entirely dscour-
aged. But we believe there is no more
thankless Office than that of editing a daily
paper. The editor is almost sure of tread
ing upon somebody's corns at almost
every step, and is equally sure never to
please every body, and some times to
please nobody. But he still pursues his
wearisome never ending round, and takes
his chance of success in his endeavors
'to please and he who succeeds in pleas
ing the most persons, or perhaps dispIeas-
ing the fewest, is the luckiest man. We
are generally pretty good natured, and
mean to suit our customers as far as we
are capable. Those who know the roub-
les and difficulties of an editorial life, will,
eli course, excuse venial faults, and will,
we trust, give us credit for doing the best
we can.-Boslon Transcript.
The above is quite as applicable to a
weekly in the Sandwich Islands, as to dai-
" in the U. S. The way we get news here
would puzzle all caterers for the public nav,
elsewhere. At times it comes in torrents,
quite enough to overwhelm our little page,
and all must be condensed, pared, and fitted
to the dminutive container, in which it is
again to make its appearance. Perhaps
when all this has been completed, and put to
press, another budget makes its appearance,
contradicting all the former. And thus we
labor on, sometimes right, sometimes wrong,
pleasing and displeasing-one says, you are
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