Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-11-27
AYNE COUNTY INDIANA. NOVEMBER y. 1850.

HE I KIN NItR-o po' ttis u! paw y"
truly useful hack k-horse ofcivilized society.
a late number of the Boston Waverlev
Magazine thus eloquen,ly and ,ruthtully
discourseih:
A,ruc republican looks with sympathetic
interest upon all classes OF men who earn
their bread bv the sweat of the brow; but
of course there must be vocations for
which one has a particular regard. and
we confess that among these we know OF
none more important. nor OF class more
generally useful. intelligent. and al the
same time unfortunate. than that OF prn
iers.
From a long. daily and constant as
sociation with them. we have learned 10
look on them as one large family nervous.
lovial. thoughtful. witty. bilious. poor.
proud, wiggling. talkative.-in relation .
whom we stand as a sort of half-bro,her.
or second cousin on long visit TO them
There they stand at their caSes--bre attn
ing machines. magical automata--daguer-
reotyping. as it were. the passing scenes
Of life's changeful panorama. sending
forth into the world the worlds history of
itself. with such a generally accurate
minuteness-sucho order and punctualitv.
that the unadvised world conceive, if in
deed they think anything about their bene-
factors. that the toll is not only easy but
amusing-the printer has such fine
chance TO get the first news!
Favored race! the average duration OF
printers life is estimated at twenty
eight years. Agreeable and healthy must
be the occupation that has such an effect
upon the system!
a printer is literally a galley slave,
though he is nominally paid for his labors
What amount of wages will compensate
him for the loss of proper exercise. pure
air. and seasonable sleep. How much
gold will purge the lead from his system,
What ecs,atic enjoyment is there III his
employment which in the round OF his
abbreviated years. will compensate him
for the years he is deprived of He looks
upon the fair vista Of a ''happy old age
as Moses viewed the land Of pronse-a
vision of beauty not his fortune TO realize. !.
We really think, that if there is any
thing which an age Of intelligence like
this has to reproach itself with. il is It's
neglect of the printers. in view OF their
scanty rewards and their hopeless. re-
fugeless. unhealthy drudgery. Empty
praises may be bestowed upon them by
some artful. political demacogue; and they
NAV be toasted at fcstivals-in a con-
ward them. nor build an asylum for the
consumptve. nor put bread into the
mouths of the printer and his family.
when temporarily or permanently thrown
on, Of work by dull business. or the sick
II; I'll
lite, and ill-rewarded,
So much for the Jour. printer. but what
of his boss, Has he no privations TO en-
counter' If the former has tear and wear
of mind and Of body, the latter adds TO il
agony Of heari, The dreaded Saturday
comes round. He must find money to
pay his workmen, come from where it
may, even if he should go without his
dinner How few workmen
know this! They can, because they
don't feel it. They can only surmise it
But boss printer lives off the labor Of
his workmen ard gets rich, Does he7
Let US see how he does it. Place one
hundred men at the bottom of steep hill.
each with load of goo pounds weight
upon his shoulders Bid them ascend.
and if they reach the top in given time
there is a fortune for each OF them! How
many reach it! Perhaps one! This is
no idle surmse. Such has been the cal
culation. and figures don't lie.
This is precisely the boss printers posi-
,lon--a position not much to be envied
How. indeed, can it be otherwise in the
present miserable grab game of business2
And what does it amount to, after all
Only cup of water and crust Of bread,
Surely there is way out Of this desper-
ate chaotic state of things-Cn Times.
Mr.. Thos. Baker. brother Of Col
Baker. ex-meuber of Congress. was driv-
ing spirited horse on the prairie some
twelve miles from Springfield. Ill. when
he stopped 70 adjust the harness.-The
horse took fright and ran: Mr.. Baker fell
his leg getting fastened between
the springs and axle Of the buggy. In
this position the horse ran four miles
when he stopped. With broken limbs
and bruised body. Baker ey.ricated him.
self. and for two days and nights he lay
exposed. suffering intense agony. On
the morning of the third day. he was
found by drover. and relieved. He
fingered six days. and died He was 80
years old and a worthy and esteemed
citizen.
SINGULAR VALEDFcToRY.-The sub.
Joined moroccan. is attributed to one OF
those broad back pack horses ofliterature
''an editor out west