Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14

ciseasf. However, 4 have, within tn0
last few days, had my potatoes again pick.
ed over, and Was eratiiied TO find that but
| a very small number were III any vat sf-
| fccted--not more than is commonly found
in large quantity when picked over. l
have further found tina, the potatoes have
kept remarkably sweet, receiving no dis
agreeable favor from the lime. The ex-
pertinent is worth trying"
I Printers, Authors and Newspapers.
Willis think, that all authors should
serve year in newspaper Office.
There is no such efiectual analysts Of
style as the process Of type-setting. As
he takes up letter by letter, of a loEg or
complex sentence. the compositor becomes
most critically aware Of where the SEN
tence might have been shortened 10 sav6
his labor. lie detects repe,itions, be-
comes impatient Of redundancies, recog-
nizrs careless or inappropriate use Of ex~
pleiives, and soon acquires habit Of put
ting an admiring value on clearness and
Jreuiiy. We venture to say that it would
alter the whole character Of Americas
literature, il the authors (of our very
fluent naticn!) were compelled, before le-
gatly receiving copy right, to have given
one year 10 labor a, the compo.iior's case.
We have said nothing of the art Of nice
punctuation, which is also acquired in :
printing Office, and by which . style Is
made IS much more tasteful as champagne
by efferve>cing.
Journeymen printers are, necessarily,
well instructed and intelligent men. His
part Of a proof. reader. duly to mark !
"qnery" against every passage in new
book which he does not clearly compre-
hend. Authors " ho know what is valua-
BILE, profit by these quiet estimates oftheif
meaning; and many a weak point, that
would have ruined literary reputation IL
left uncorrec,ed for the reviewers 10
handle, has been noiselessly put right By
o proof. readers unobtru,ive "qu" OF
mos' books. indeed, we would rather have
the criticism Of the workmen in the ofics
where it was printed, than Of the review
ers mho skim and pronounce upon 1t.
Mr. Bryant, in speaking Of newspapers,
said: Books are the precious metals IN
masses--news papers coined them fOf
general use, put them into the most con-
yenient forms, and passed them from hand
TO hand. Newspapers, he said, are the
,i>hers Of books who wotild know when
book was published, but for the friendly
infor nation of the newspaper de I'd
: del, that lie had been sometimes tempted
to regret that The wise, witty, or eloqucn:
!. things which appeared in these "folios o.
four pages" as they are called BY Cow
: per, should not he Inscribed On more du-
rahle tablets, instead Of going the mex
;. mornirg 10 wrap parcels or light The kiteh.
: en- fres hui lie yas r,lla .A,i-s.a, .,,iaI st
I. first been read by thousands, sno M
= whatever was good in them had passss
! into the general mind.
ii NoPLE Acr or GIEL.--Thc Baiti
n more Clipper states that few evening
h since, Just after dark, young female rs
o. siding on the railroad near Sykesyil!ei %
7 served that the rain had caused part of NJ
Vi emhankment to give way and entirel
.. cover up tie railroad track. KNOWN
that the train OF cars would pass along !
q short time. she hastily and alone prs
- cured light, and se. 10 work 10 remov
=, the obstruction. IL few minutes, how
- ever, SHE heard the train approaching at
a fearful rate, and abandoning her buma
=, effort TO clear the trace, she took her sts
i ton in the middle of the road, and 3
II waving her ligh, TO and fro, succeeded
. attracting the attention of the engineer
~ In few minutes more, had IL not been II
on the great presence Of mind. courage an
Il, ,boughtfnlness of this young girl, tn
a whole train might have been dashed
ch pieces.