The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1851-12-27
TILE MIN .tS, ,TIAN.
81 30lu, I;Mneso Il.
Saturday, &C p, 1851.
The Newspaper Business.

The Newspaper Business.
There is no voc llion fo'lowe in the civ
i'ize war'd that is. 10 those unacGu!int-
ci with il, 30 allurirg as conducting Il
pubic ournl. Dreams Of i;me. wealth,
honor. posii. n. crowd the infatuated
brain o. Ire great multitude who are af-
fcc'cd wi II Carehes scr lendi in cHch
SUGGEST i've generntior and they sccrif;ce
hem ewes 'oife VI ''och ofncwsp per lii
era'urc /, EccatcmlS. The :mbi ions me-
c.; RE. the hri, f,>s |; W, err. he unskie
ply>ici n. The broken mere, ant. arI the
unsuccessful clergyman. seize tie potent
quill iiorial with Tie sturdy grasp of
the misar c!u'ching his gold b;gs, and
crowd the paths to the printing oflice as
crows to carton feast. If they can on'y
become an editor. their fortunes, polite. Il
AMI recuniarv, are made. Tie entrance
to .Aad,iin'S C We is di cvered; II GEM
OF he ring stan Is before II en- h. v have
bu' TO command. AMI god, and precious
s'n $. AMI all he powers cr"vcl ly the
hum n ear, ARE at their ct. AIS.
tht the posone circle OF the bol,on upas
sh,nld surround d, m in 50 81 tering!
Mkt Thursday VIII compete he
eighteenth YER since we were first ar
ra'gned tie ore primers IS and" to
learn tie = boxes" prep ratory to ini.ia-
ton mo the art and my> cries o. the
printing business. We're we TO ennmer-
e the tria's an vic ST m.les-lhe priv :
Lbs and care: j f !ai'ulcs in | eal h and
poke, among tie various editors and
publishers will whom we have persona
ly had in e:course since then, the c,ta-
logue alone would be iormi liable
rne. And our p,h has no. been among
the mo oLscu OF The era ei,Ecr. 1t
has been in E,ree cities and opulcnt COM
mun,ti,s. Bu we hive seen, "manv
time an =! Of - the young and vigorous,
s p iva', ly dreams of i;.meard influences;
&c 'uced by fair promises of men who
ware to pit e reward of his tolls. en-
bark ! is al in w>r;T.r enterprise. 10
lind lin. e.. perhaps, at the end of tie
fir year. bankrupt in purse and health !;
his enc GIGS L!nnttd and lis hopes slip
W. ecked; and OF EN- driven from Il e
scene OF operations ~ the anatEemas Of
the very men who had enticed him into
the snare; ANA who are ever ready in such
emergencies, to lay pleny of reasons at
the door OF the poor editor why he HIS
failed. Ii is fact notorious, 10 ali who
hive taken the trouble o! Investigation,
thu 'ewer fortunes are male at this bu J..
stress than AIRY other lat cn,i>ts the en-
crgirs o. man. We viii venture the as
ser ion. although, we do not know the
fact, Il a out OF the en- ire number of
n wp lcrs now published in the five
no h-wes.ern States, and this Territory
i"c'udCf-, nd TIL re must he rising two
lurdrel ;.nl fly in all-not over TWEEN V
give promi c If certain v of wealth to
the proprie,ors; not over fry hold out
-. in JUDGMENTS Of iuure wealth; no, over
ven'!-tve insure Il com ort;b'e living
to those connected with them; AMI not
over hundred yield such support as
most men would be willing 10 endure,
if they had any be ter C ances OF SUCCESS
in lie. The others stay in the world
no one but God and poverty-stricken cd
itors know how.
, We confess there are some THINGS. MR.
ticular'y to a man ambitious of worldly
power and applause. pleasant and agr.ca-
!, be in an editors lie. 1t is pleasant 10
do g'oi among our fellows, by speaking
, wi h thousand tongues. 20 thous md
different reop'e, sen iments Of truth and
IN orality. which inculca,e lessons of hon.
or and usefulness. Ii is pleas mt to fee!
ones sell the oracle o! Thought Tor the
party or communi y among which he lives.
: ana to know that his opinion is regarded
e ny ire great m SIS as OF more importance
/ than that oil any other man, although it
3 m not be worth half rs much. It is
p!easan. TO know you hive the bower of