Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-09-04
For the Lerisburs Chronicle.
THE CREDIT SYSTEM-N0. Y.
The Printer.
BY MRS. SARAH II HAYES.

The Printer.
"flow dreadfully late you are,my dear"'
said Mrs. Grayson, the wife of the printer,
as he entered his own door at halt past
eleven q, night. 81 have watched and
watched for you so long, that began to
feel une sy.'
"Uneasy-I should think you would
have become accustomed 10 irregular hours
by this ,ime," replied he, seating himself
upon the chair she handed, with sigh.
You are wearied OUT" said his wife.
mournfulIy, as he pressed his hand TO his
throbbing temples. "you are working your.
self TO death, and what it is for can not
conceive"
al wonder how can help it," he replied
in that desponding tone which procIaims
one miserable alike both in body and
mind. IL nm half dead with fatigue, that
is true, hut there is no remedy hich can
perceive. Tor with all nv efforts am behind
and have been utterly unable to get the
paper ou, to-day"
1.-The job Of advertising you did yester-
day, | presume is the cause of your being
so late" said she. "Pray, did Mr.. Q. pay
you for it-fve dollars. was it not :"
''Yes, but he said | must trust him
awhile. as money was so scarce"
odd you ever hear anything like it l''
cried Mrs. e., indignantly" money so
scarce! why. that is the hue.and-cry from
one end Of The country 10 the other. l
wonder how the people think a printer is
10 keep up the expenses Of his office-type,
ink, paper, fuel, rent, workmen-and sup
port his family. if every human being
thinks the plea, Money is SO scarce a
sufficient excuse for deifauding him of his
hoo& dues."
"Defrauding is hard word" answered
the husband. musingly, I" and yet, to put
man OH wi:h promises to pay a: an indef-
nile rerlod. TO forget those promises, and
perhaps never pay al all unless compelled,
seems very like ibid Mr.U. bring grain
to-day p he enquired, suddenly changing
this unpleasan, subject.
"No, saw him hauling a load 10 MIR.
-'s, but he brought none here. You
were in hopes that advertising for necessa-
res would have the desired effect, but you
see there IS nothing more easy than to be
mistaken"
81 think was mistaken when selected
my occupation" resumed the printer, Bit
terly. "Half the talent and energy (not 10
mention the labor expended in any other
pursuit, would have placed me ere this on
the high road to independence. Ny lie is
one Of never.ending drudgery, and yet how
little do those Of our patrons who are roll
sng in wealth ever reflect upon the printers
actual wants-his many privations. or the
shifts he is obliged TO resort to on account
Of their want Of punctuality in making
payments must not sit here talking
all night. as shall be obliged to arise
betimes in The morning, in order to get the
PAPER out as early as possible"
Il wonder what's the reason the paper
don't come ?" said old Squire Burley, the
Cresus Of the village Of NJ, as he sat
toas.ing his feet on the polished fender
before huge fire. ut is pretty near tea
time. and it SHOWS SO fasl there is no getting
abroad. | wonder what that lazy editor
can be about, TO day."
This is abou, the twentieth lime this
afternoon you have wondered the same
thing, Father" said his daughter Hester,
who sat al the window occupied with her
worsted work, II never knew before that
newspaper was so essential to your
comfort"
Essential TO my comfort, Miss :" re.
Pea.ed the Squire, turning towards her, with
some asperty,"I wonder who ever said tina,
!. was! There is some difference in a
things being essential to your comfort, and
being puuctual yourself and a lover Of
Punctuality in others"
Just 50 | think, my DEAR" chimed in
Mrs. burley, speaking from the depths of
cushioned chair where she satiike comfort
embodied, her feet half hurled in the ,ufied