New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-04

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the liquid he knows that he holds short measure in ms
hand and be knows too 20 what extent il is short De
cause. says he, "a haipnt ha pint iehgth "aysoT
brt adth ways, and no mistake aoou' H.
But we cannot waste our time upon beer we labor on
with the utmost expedition and in the course OF few
hours from the OF composition bnhde OF
.hees of first proofs have accumulated on the oNeseei
desk and he now dispatches them WIN inc cop! !. 'e
several readers whom the volume has been allotted
After an interval of no great length the PROOF snee's
ed with corrections begin to eiu n 10 the respective
As they arrive the sheets are delivered
bv the ceker the compassion whose matter
the first page he Immediately sets about the dlsageeaoie
business OF repairing hs own bunders and ina! done,
passes the proof 10 the companion whose name Is
NJ the head of the nett taking and on until the
whole IL corrected when the man who comes last locks
Up the form and carries i; 20 the press Wnere seeoha
proof is pulled for the presseader Inns PROOF oes CON
pared with the fret and the forgotten corrections re
10 read with careful deliberations and then correct
ed again by compositor with equal care ater wncn
i. is sent down to be worked of and while IL is MAKING
ready third proofs corrected If necessary on the press
or the machine Surprising the work to have commenced
at twelve o'clock in the day before eight IN the evening
all the operations are going on together ana me whr,
hustle and Baby onsh din OF apnntng once ere u 'ne
HIGHT The banging of maets the saving OF furniture
the creaking of the old pres the shutting ieet OF esseh
gers the bawng Of twenty voices ana the endless gao
Bic of reading BOYS in the little closets which aou upon
the composing rooall together form concert oil sweet
sounds which tells unfsvorsbly upon the labor OF MN
who has not sufficient power OF abstraction TO concentrate
his attention upon what he is about. -. -.
supper and the old stagers knowing the eecis oi nsh
work upon the system careful to vicua their garri
for the siege they have to undergo fos coae
smoking sleeps heads in halves pork and mutton pies,
" slap bang or boiled beef and spotted dog very
marty species Of plum pudding, from the cook shop To-
ceiher With oaves of bread pats of butter and Jumps oil
Cheese and the nd ensable pos of foaming beer Inc
temrtaton prolcng this repas 70 an inconvenish
le myth dssipsted by he vision OF the overseer lifting
The outskirts of the party by the sound of his voice
IN an adjoining roO-si which the relies OF the meal are
went aside AND the work resumed. Toward midnight
tbere another vision OF the pewter Gsnymede who
walked completely oil his legs BY miles OF burdensome
stair climbing declares himself dead beat ana hsvhs
nsed the last allow of nectar vanishes with the
Je,ermnston to go in for the horizontal in less than no
time Under the impetus of supper the work now pro
raidy For three four hours there is neither
$50 or rels, alton bu; towards two three in the
morpiug-the hour when deep sleep faleih upon men
though there be no delay, there is marked change IN
,hs tbayacter of the scene The conversation al h'sI
and general has tagged by degrees until every
il hushed into silence, and the only sounds TO DC
are those produ ed by the various operations OIL Ia