Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-09-23
A Distressing Case.


Daring tho las, two or three weeks,
several young gentlemen Of the typ"sraph-
zeal profession, from Ii nei gaaoring town
up the North Brluch, called 4. this Office
for employment. From appearance they
were quite young-too inma,ulc in years
ana experience to meet the 5uif.tiugs of a
cul and fricndirss world. Their boards
were III expectancy, and to them the age
Of .weniy-o was thing hoped for, hut
not yet realized We were not prepared
to afford them that foI WINCH they were i'll
search, but the hospitali,ies Of the estab-
lishment were extended TO thcm. Feeling
III in:cres, in the Young ,onturcrs, W.
inquired concerning ;bcir previous careers.
aui their future prospects. Tue intorma-
tinn We obtained from them, developed the
fact that they were the most abused per
svas that perhaps ever lived. For months
iacy had been the victims Ok heart,ess
masters, subject to their tyranny and inhu-
n,auity. But, rs patience is thing that
will not last forever, they al"sc III self
defence, asserted their unalicu.tie nights;
packed up their bundIos, and derartiug trom
the scenes of their early sports aud gah.eo.s,
left the tyrauts with disgust. sterner
hearts than ours would have been touched
.'y thc recital Of such wru:5S. We are
Not ashamed 10 say that VIC melted right
down. Upon inquirlng luto me pa. ticu-
lars of the oppression thcy had g'oaned
under, we welc horriticd TO learn tro:u one
Of them that his master had been "m'st
thunderin' sassy" Shame on tue wretch,
TO sass" a meek. innocent, iroiicnsive,
faithful apprentice boy, An endless cter-
nifty spent in writing putIs for u h,ii-pen'y
candle shop would be too good fate for
him. But what is to prevent masters
from treating their boys il an ungentie-
manly manner: Nothing, IN snort, but a
radical reform among them, brous IA, about
by the discountenancc of society. Why,
then, don't some refrrmer arise to anne
liorate the condition OF printer devils BY
teaching their masters ciyiilty: Why
aint there a big tent got up, aud tracts
printed on the subject Of r,torinatury
associations What's the use cf all that
stuff about Southern slavery anu free soil,
when masters are permitted 10 be - sassy "
70 their boys? Such conduct Is not in
tune with the endless caut about modern
civilization. The reforms of the nine-
.seenth century are but half effected, IT
editors and foreinen are allowed 10 address
the imp at the case without first making
their manners. There was 4 time when
boys were addressable in disrespectful
terms, but the spirit Of the present age
:cvolts against it. Is it proper that al
apprentice who can take rs big chew OF
t.baceo, smoke as long a n:ne as the
editor, should be told to cleanse roller.
or apply more color, in any other language
than that approved by the most polished
etiquette 1t is decidedly the most I'M
proper thing imaginable Such disregard
for the amenities Of society suited the
times when old ladies were hung for witch
craft, but it should not be tolerated with
the modern lights shining around Us.
American apprentice boys have feelings
that ought not to be insulted. Their fore
fathers did not revolutionizc that they
should be made the victims of impertinence
by uncivil and disrcspecriul MASTERS
,Sunbury Gusetie.