Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-03

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! fallen! why that fevered brain, thy lack-ustr(
eye-thy quvering and guilty frame lie there
surrounded by the ill-gotten paraphranalia o.
| worldly things,-knowest thou not that there
j is one unpaid bill, from which you have not
| been exoncrated! behold these poor feeble
| forms, these skin and bone, these printer:
! devils, the result OF your dishonesty now en-
! circlipg, yoq as the ocean surrounds the rock
There is no chance for escape until the equiv
slent for, services rendered. is paid. a.,..rs ~
But spirits come. we must away
4 il time. twill soon be dawn of day
-g The magic spell is working we'll - a-T ~ 4
H.. lie II pay-he II cash the printers bill s e
Put if. perchancc. he should delay. v
| Well haunt him them both nj sht and day (
? We II rack his mind we II tear h is framet
laA Come. strikef the blue, the briIn stone Aame
r. And they then gldsf swiftly out of the pas
slge lcaying 4 long due streak of, fire behind
,heIn-and gave thirteen distinct rfps on the
door. the last one as if to rivit it upon, m
mind was SO much louder than the rest2tlat it
Jared the whole tab:ici aYoke, and bounded
quickly from my couch. 4 found that it was
the twelfth lour of the night,-that the can
die was about making its finale, and cast bat a
fickering blueish light around the apartment
| verify thought that was beyond redemption. :.
However, but little time elapsed before was
once more restored to the scenes Of the world
(snd fearing lest the t,st four lines which the
ghosts of the typographical fraternity sung i'm
.mediately before the departing should be
ifed} resolved to tpay The printer his bill in
full-and also tolpay in addition to that sum,
one years subscription in advance and to urge
on all my acquaintances to 'pGy fle printer
whoin!ight happen to be in arrearages to them.
Accordingly as soon as light broke in, and told
twas morn, Withdrew TO my small counting
room and counted the true amount, and thro'.
tie course of the morning L dropped in ut the,
publication Office and fulfilled my two first res
olutions-attey having done SO related my
dream or vision TO stha publisher, who enjoyed
him self with snch hearty laugh, that verify
tfo't could hear his ria crack, Itold him the
-cnter-sign was given by thirteen distinct raps,
and the same number at departure l enquir-i
ed of him the reason that attthirteend distinctraps
were nude he stated that IT was uni-vocal
with spag the printer, that all persons who
were in arrears toi.Printers when they have
,shuflsd off this mortal COLI We're haunted
printer that worked at the Office, to which the
bill was dae, and that publishers, etc. in gen
eral were the last men TO push their bills due
by subscribers and advertisers, and to make mp
for the tardiness in asking for their money
they in some instances only accommodate their
deliuqa int subscribers with small specimen
in p prcs4ecius Of that which await them snbse-
qaent to their slipping7in TO the icy arms of
DEATH Thus thirteen raps are made, which
signifies 'pcy the priltsr;' that is, there are
thirteen letters in those words and after nom
paying subscribers have 'died-tliey join other
departed spirits and in the shape Of npublsh
.er editor, compositdr, or devil. anu liar1ss and
torture the living occasionally. until they pay
the money justly due to the proprietUfs OF
newspapers. =, '''' -
= Rea Ter! the above is the vision Of a ''nap"
which lasted but about ten minutes. it plainly
shows in bold relief, that the rapidty with
which the Imagination can be extended, is in
compatible with any, other earthly thing-7I
have always paid the pripter,--I have never
availed myself Of the nsolvent law-but being
irritated on the evening when the above trans
'pired, ,-froducei probably, the translation of
the matter, the fckle f4ncies of a distempered
BRAIN . 'E7' as.afIo $50 #t 1'a9~ -9aa 'i'i
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