Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-03-07
A TERN At, CASE.

II has often occurred TO us that 4 term
of service in printing Office was about
one Of the les: things that parent could
secure fol his son, no matter what busi>
ness or profession he might ultimately
pursue, Were it practicable Thing, it
should form a branch Of tho finishing
department oflhc education of all our
youth, and We are convinced that it
would conducc a moro enlarged and
practical view of humanitys than any
other field Of action.
a newspaper printing Office always
contains something far beyond The mere
mechanical tact and skill Of the type
setter; there is always more or less of
genius and talent-an invariable leaven
of originaliy-powers of 1iscernment
and habits of discrimination-prompt-
ness to distinguish between merit and
humbugiana, the real and the melrecious
-keeness of observation, and celerity
ofjudgmenl' Add TO this what is rarely
absent, years of fexperience in the vicis-
STUDIES Of life, much practical knowledge.
and, over all, the scintillations of san,
ever.ready wit from oneisou, ce or anoth-.
er, and we'll directed printing Office
will prove 10 be "a capital antechamber
70 The ureai= IiIsIlL W
I we venture to say, who has ever passed
through it on his way to the great world
of action, has, found cause 10 regret The
time so spent. &,
4 There are so many illustrations 10 the
point, especially at The present day, that
i, would be formidable task 10 colale
Them. But the value of such proba-
tionary season, no doubt, proves greatest
to those whose future life. is devoted 10
authorship, or engaged in public service
Of any kind. It's advantages, however,
in relation to any CT the pursuits of life,
are scarcely secondary to those derivable
fom any other source; and as the press
daily advances in Importance and use
funess, they will be propotionably aug
mented.
The following paragraph from an ex-
change paper contains at once llluSlra-
tion and testimony:
/ "N. P. Willis, ESQ.,, this distinguished
editor Of the Home Journal, very justly
observes, 'i( there were an apprentices
ship to the trade of authorship, il would
be as essential that year as compost
tor in a printing Office, as that future
sea captain shouId.makc voyage before
the mas Mr.. Pcrlcy, Of the Boston
Bee, cvcn goes further, and contends
that washing rollers, bringing wood, and
carrying newspapers, arc all necessary
to the education of ii good wri!er,' and
he gocs.back, with n good deal OF gusic,
TO The good inc he used TO have, when
in the morning he got a-great piece Of
warm gingerbread at the bakers shop,
for his promptncss in supplying the sub
scribers at the shop with the paper.
Willis says his grandfather and father
were printers before him, and 'ha, he
served TWO years at the case. He adds,
'whalever may have been the merit OF
our own style OF writing since, We are
convinced that We owe, at lcas! its free.
dom from ltaia G.fccts, to ,hc training
we received while so small rs 10 stand
pcrchcd upon two type boxes at a 'b'c.
vicr case. '"-BaHimorc ,SMn.
LAMAnrlNE.--TIis great man thus
replied 10 some of the French Deputies
who essayc,l TO display their vii by call
ING him The Poet Spokesman: LAS to
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