The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1853-01-28
Flifnrs.

We know Of no state OF slavery on earth
like that attendsnt upon, the newspaper life,
whether it be as director or suboplinate.--
Your task never ended, your responsibility
never secured, The last days work is forgot.
ten at the close OF The day on which it appear
ed, and the dngon Of tomorrow waits open.
mouthed to deyour your thoughts. and suaI
up one morsel Of your existence. Be as sue
cessful as is the nature Of things 10 be; write
with the least possible degree of exertion;
be Indifferent to praise and lion,hearted
against blame; still will the human heart
wear out before lis time, and your body, II
not your mind, exhibit every symptom ol
dry-rot.- - Exchange -
DRY" fiddlesricks! That msn's Dime,
didn't digest; or the wind was .'dead east :
or his wife had astonished him with pair o
twins; or his boots pinched him.
III bet you new neck-tie that he is one
OF the cross-grained sort, and would 20 te
fstl-cuffs with Gabriel, and raise rebellion
in Paradise. There amt a word of truth il
what he says. I've been behind The curtain
and | will speak this time! | will tell yo,
That editors are just the fattest, slee kest ha D
pest, most frollicbscme. the cleverest, bright
est, most intelligent, loveable set of human
beings In existence, and the only reason the,
don't Gown up" is because they are afraitt
70 let the world in general know how man,
Hot! y '''
They go down to the office in the morn
llng-af!er careful toilet and co nfortablt
Ibreaktast-make up a fire in the stove ho
enough to roast and >lcelander, "herme ticall,
Seal every door and window, put on pail
fot old slippers, light cigar, dlaw up a huge
easy chair, stick their feet up twice as high
as their heads, and--proceed to '.busines.'(2'
i.e. to say, between the whiffs of that cigar
they tell excrutiating funny stories, poke
each other in the ribs, agree to Join the mu.
.ual admiration society, retail all the "wire
pulling" behind the scenes, calculate which
way the political cat" is going to jump, and
shape their paragraphs accordingly; tells who
| threw that huge boquet at last nights con.
cert, to Madam Fitz Humbug; shake hands
and make room for all the "hale fellows well
met" that drop in to see them; keep their in.
tellects.sharpened by collision with the bright
and gifted-in short, live in one perpetual
cloyer-field, and when they die, III the news.
papers write nice little obituary notices, and
give them free pass TO Paradise. I'd like
10 know IL that looks like a "yexed exist.
encep
Time would fail to tell OF the wedding
cake, and flowers, and fruits, and annua Is
embroidered purses and tasselIed smoking.
caps, pretty little notes, braided watch.
chains handkerchiels they get perfumed, and
gloves mended-lor nothing!
How everybody nudges his neighbor when
they appear at lecture, or concert, or opera
and say-"That's that clever fellow the ed
itor OF the Comet!' How he his season
ticket to the Frog Pond; how he has-but
there's no use telling all body knows!--
Christopher Columbus! Editors life "vexed
existence y"
"Let'those laugh no,c, who never laughed be-
fore,
And those who always laughed, now laugh the
m0rc.''
FANNY FERN.