Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-03
NEWSPAPER FANCIERs.

FROM THE cLEvELANo CoHro) "PLAIsDzALsa.' Wv
We have friend who 10 most notable specimen Of this
class He is regular vir,uoso in "perishabe literature"
He takes twelve journals from different parts of the
country, and would rather be deprived Of his dnnerepcre
though be -han foego the pleasure of their perusa from
day day. He pays for them always in advance. He well
knows the precarous hold that they have upon public aP
prevail how the mistake of pen may lose them hosts
of subscribers he is fully that brain work is, and ever
has been, Of all kinds the most poorly remuneraed and that
editorial labor matter how much it may build up private
interests, is always undervaued by its greatest debtors He
is miss onary in the good He reasons with his
nsghbors often and at length the manifold advantages of
weegulated newspaper, and interests himself sometimes
to the neglect Of his business in the collection and for
warding of subscriptions.
always affords US great pleasure watch him while read
ing of his avorites his darlngs," be fondy calls
themthe Pldindear, for example. He first unods with
great places upon the stove and bends to nhae
the grateful odos that rise from its newly printed surface
He watches the drying process with almost schoolboys
impalience, and when all is ready, seats himself snugy
in capacous rocking chair posss his heels upon the table,
edge and abandons himself pages If the lender sps
ciay harmonizes with his views, he signifies his appro
val by frequent and noisy sappngs the left eg and when
his eye rests upon particularly ingenious point ne leans
back and, with glance at the ceiling fixes its import for
ever in his memory He carefully up important
items and keeps huge folio in which he pases all
sorts of marine Statistics for he is heavy shipowner, and
has been calculating table Of ks for the last twenty years.
He notes well the various fluctuations 10 stocks and markets.
and bis ample fortune bears witness to the good use that ne
has made Of his knowledge in that department In Short
nothing escapes his observation be negec the poets
corner he has hearty laugh for the funny stories he
charges bis mind with the acies jokes TO be used in next
days conversation and have heard him declare that
wewten advertisement pleased him more than any thing
else in the world He is stayahome universal traveller
be give you all the characteristics Of Kamtschaka scenery
and climate and with the discovery and Of
the South African tree" He familiar with every
invention home and abroad and knows the whole history
Of Paines light" and the merits Of the "paddle wheel
controversy" ,a~
You cannot catch him off his guard in religious
cial, political statistics and for United States history,
ne can treat you to complete abstract from the days of
Amercus Vespucus down to the receipt Of the last paper
You must he careful how you borrowed jokes in
his presenceas he may quietly put you to the blush by
tonng the date Of their first appearance in the Plandea.
he reads books, Of course but they are few in number
ne knows that in many Of them the ideas sparse and the
words nnumerable-an Of butter of bread
and he prefers to nd the substance Of the thing condemned in
one Of his newspapers.
To conclude, he is happy in all his domestic RELATIONSHIPS
beloved husband and father and the whole neghborhood
with perfect confidence his opinion He is their Nestor
and his hearthstone is well with the feel OF old aud
young He is in the decline Of life, yet he finds the
path easy and pleasant and when he looks back upon the
"years that fed, he finds little that can cause him re-
sre here, or mar his prospects for happiness eternity