The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-12-29

h desk, totally absorbed in ritng or in his
= papers This desk is very high, reaching
Z nearly or quite on level with his eyes, and
=: his arm rests upon it, the elbow higher than
g hi. head. We believe he invariably writes
: in standing position, and his desk is 50 con.
structed (as We have intimately that he looks
7 up rather than doua to his paper He is 50
constant at his work end go near-sighted
withal, that he is obliged 10 follow this hab.
il, or bend quite double. There are papers.
pamphlets, and book or two on his desk.
and quantities Of the former scattered over
the floor.
"The distinguished Editor does no, notice
Us as We enter the room, nor wonld he ap-
prehcnd that lie was ntruded upon were we
70 remain all day and not make curse yes
known. If we are strangers, and it is appa-
( rent that VIC "Grop in'' out Of mere idle Curl
= osity, whe n he has nodded his head 10 Us, in
response to our Interruption he resumes HE
/ labors, and We may as well clear OUT frs,
as last for We shall receive no further atten.
tion from him. Those unacruaintcd with
his business might we'll consider this "hardi
usage but The reasonable reader (whom we
are presumed to have in our company will
recognize this course OF conduct as a rule !
His daily visitors may be reckoned by the
hundred, and were he to play rhe agreeable
TO each and every one, the sum total of his
days work would count all insignificant foot
ing. On the other hand-if we happen t.
be particular friends politically, he will give
Us due attention, and we shall get posted up /
OH the state Of things,' and very likely re.
ceise come excellent practical advice, touch.
ing our future pubic events
"Mr. Greeley has been through life en-
pko,icaliy great worker. Otherwise, it is
plain, he could neve; have accomplished the
immense amount Of work he has done. A
friend Of his, at the time when he first inde.
pcadenty ventured into newspaperdom, has
assured us that he closely applied himself
from fifteen TO eighteen hours per day. Since
he has become firmly established, he has in
degree, relaxed his efforts, but we know Of
no larde! working editor, at this day-and
that is saying good deal for Mr. Greeley's
industr: and perseverance.
"Mr Greeley is quick composer and a
rapid writer. Printers pronounce his manu-
script decidedly worse than that of any other
editor in the land, which is setting it at ye-
ry low match indeed In putting it in type,
they declare they take it for what it ought,
sther lhan what it seems to be. Lines on
paper are Of no use to him; he persists that t
the pen should be a free agent, and, to De
consistent. let's it take pretty much its own ,
course. The 'ac aimle Of Byion's chirogra- !:
ply in the large edition OF this writer's works
is really reasonable, compared with Grceley's !
ordinary manuscript. {
I'VE have. perhaps, deviated somovha, :
from the object % our visit; but, as we have {
described, we claim to belong exclusively to
Greedy and his sdnctum Sanctorum This t
last is perfectly plaia, unpretending room, {
and the only article in il having anything the q
air OF luXuriousaess, is good ol-lashirned q
lounge, upon which, it is said, he sometimes
takes a snooza. We are told that this re- a
man has the very convenient fac. 1
ulty of working as l1ng as there is anyt ng &
to be done, and then sitting down in chair, t
Or reclining upon his lounge, and finding re- ''
ireshing rest in sleep. Truly, rare and /.
habit, and admirably adapted to p
he necessities of such a man, h
"Dut, having exhausted our knowledge and
said cur say of the room and its occupant, 0
remembering that we treat ofone, with whom il
he corner sloCe of all rhetorical virtues is 10 Il
io9 rlen goU are done, let US take ourselves
,h:-casting back lingering glance at the b
orn Of our friend, at his work, with brain, n
ind quill, and nose converged and conc.n,ra- h
cd--lnd sending up our earnest aspirations
hat he may live to stand at his Old desk and y
lrive his powerful and faithful pen for the q
Truth and Right-and SO 'leaye him alone in d
lis glory
In 1880 and 1891, he worked as as ap-
prentice in printing Office in Erie, Pa, for II
fifty dollars year; out OF that sum he saved d.
'nough to buy his father yoke of steers
s25 or S30--clothed himself, and la BY h
What paid his expenses to New York. His Il
athcr al that time was very poor, living on h
small piece OF rugged hemlock land, near h
he line of Crawford CO., Pa, and Chatauque
ounty, N. Y. Tie whole of the worldly b
.ear of Horace, when he started for the city in
o make his fortune, might be summed up in Dc
short scheduled suit of blue cotton Jeans
wo brown shirts, chip hat, and brogans, and
ass than five dollars in money. "
And now, at this moment, he is welding "
n influence greater than any other man in 81
merca. He is the edtor-in-chiei of the b
lew York Tribune. AIR. Greeley is model "
'orker. temperate, economical, Industrious, bt
nd ready writer. He will make a mark OF
pom the world, and he numbered among the pc
,ading spirits Of the NINETEEYTH CENTURY. st
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