Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1852-12-30

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laF lie, bal IN aoln this ] threw lHyselfiblp
The tsse and slamaph II Squire efumplon,
who Wss.eamln 81 ihe tnn, speeling tho In
jlRs Was { niasacfclng The Whtl0 family The
collision threw him down llll aud followed
sui, heels ever head 10 the bostans Here
1 received my understanding, and without
aay8pologies. o. even ward, struck
bee hne for home just as | vas in ny native
purity, At q speed hat splitstho winds, my
toeAails striking Are 0utn the fints every
jump. But b'hoys never went within 4
quarter Ga milo q Saune Eransptens after.
yards, nor did ever east sleeps eyes at
Betsey again, let alone gallant her homcs
PRINTERS.
Mr.. buckingham, in bis recent work,
I. Personal Memoirs and Recolleesions ss
EDITORIAL Life. makes the following nention
of JourGeymen Printers. most worthy
class of mechanics who always found n FREUD
in the author of this pleasant book
The "reminiscences of joarneyman prin-
ter will not be esteemed Us very valuable
contributions TO the literature Of the present
day If written, out ii full, mine would be
volume composed Chiefly Of notices of hard
laboriug contemporaries-vof privations and
suffering rs that the world knew nothing Of
Of physical and mental toll By day aud BY
night, which brought neither wealth nor
reputation 20 the lalorer, though il trans
formed many an illitcraie production into a
shape fit for the public eye, which would 9th.
erwise have been east aside as diScrcditable
to- its autaor Many persons who eondes
.secnd to illlmins the dark world with the
sparklipgs Of their genius through tito col
umns of u newspaper and others who pab-
lish sermons end Tracts, religious, moral ard
political, little think Of the labor of tho pr;n-
ter, who perhaps nearly sulFoeated with the
smoke Of lamp, and with nm aehing head,
audeycs infamed and cnfecblcd from Intense
applicaiionit sits up till midnight, or sill
daylight, to correct Ills false sramn,ar,,bbd
photography, aud worse runctuati0n.
have seen the argumeuisof lawyers who
stood III high lspaieas scholars, sent TO the
pgittt n In tlteif own hand. failng-4 cbiFog
rapliy which would defy the sdgaeity Of the
most jnyglerate iIyestigater OF anerHt lie.
roglsphies and Astounding with technical gnd
foreign terms abbreviated, words mfsspelgaA,
and few tornp) points, aud those few entire.
ncnt scholars aud dtyincs sent to the press
without psiuts or capitals to desig6atot5e
division of sentences, sermons which, Ii
published with Interpretations Of the man.
uscript, would be a disgrace ID any appreu.
ticG IT he were the uatltor Spme writer's
use no points whatever; some use comma
for all occasions some prefer 'dnsl. aud
use 1t III plne1 Of all ether rpints ! ouc-
slw the manuscript Of a sermon in the hands
of pribter which was entirely without
points, aud every limo bpgaft With capital
letter, rs II il bad been tgttty satposJ
these productions had btel Printed al Ihey
wofa written The disgrace. would have
fallen upon the PRINTER HI would have
lean called an illilefafd hlpeklload, better
fittad Zoe II wood sawyer thanA printer, md
she author wpuld sliIi enjoy hIsrepatallaa
as SCHOLAR end feedipa tie sympathy If
bis readers rs q man injured BIZ Tho priuter's
Ignorance Nuboly would believe That such
gfots and palpqble faults were owing to,the
carelesspess ofihe antA1r-4anl ao oaT bat
a practical printer, knows how Iisany T01irs
q compostor, after him, u proof reader,
lis compelled to spenl in reducing to u
readibie condition, manuscripts which the
writer's themselves would be.pazz!el 10 read
with propricty.
After an experienced Of more than fifty
years, hold this truth TO be self evident,
ih;at there's no class Of workingmen So poor.
~ paid as printers, For az. who makes
himself rich BY printing. disconnected with
the business Of publishing, ffty barely Use
above poverty, and die il tile possessionaof
little more than % pay the joiner for coffin
and the sexton for grave This is--or icus.
peculiarly the lot ofjoarneymen, There
are probably not many ia tic large towns,
who have not been called on, somo time in
the course Of their lives, TO esatribnte por-
ton Of their earnings for the relief Of a sick
brother and lis fiiiily, or 10 ray the expense
OF his funeral know il may be said--for
II has often been said that jourueymeu
pligs,crs aTeinrr5yident, addicted to enpea-
size PLEASURES, aa1 i2dulge in hagtful a.a
destructive habits
danot deny that they have their faults
and are saljsct to the same propensities as.
other men Let il be admitted that ipdi-
vilual eases III poverty and sickness have
been produced BY improper and even ii
c:ous Indulgence still l deay thai, as
. class, they are obnoxious q the reproaell
fu! elarge They mere A0t, forty or fifty years,
ago, nor DO / stGsiese tl.cy are now. + :
II, LereafieE.I slIouEd relate tie downward
career aed me.aile holy eud Of two or three
printers. let their characters and fate Be to-
kea as erasptioaS 10 the general character
aHi practice Of tli7s4nasof flat period Or
diaariIy,sthey are temperate industrious,
prudent, and ambitious to aegsirc and sneS
taia good reputation and devoted to 4lte.
niaintsnauce Of tie profession should be
sorry if supposed that thereis aay degen.
eracy among their successors
Now Now i tlle constant ssi'able
tickling from the clock u uuie. NoW i
the watchword Of fhe wise. No@ il on
the banner Of The prudent Let Us Keep
this little word slya5s "a orr n;s.d and
whcneysr anything presents jtse % u IL
the slspc Of work, whether nleissi OF pigs
ical, We should do It With II atlr might Is.
menibefiDg that Now Is tAc only time lsr
Is. Its. indeed, i sorry way u get through
tic world 81 putting OF til te-morrow. saY-
IND Then / will do H. No THIS viii
never answer. Vow Is ours .Tlsn' may
never Be-
NJ stolt sislelnan and isls wife were
gazing asa pair u twins relsiss il tae ga
die
JIIfe.- Do laok at thons. hnsbahdl Aint
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