Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-12-18
Sf(ijstellaneous.
PEEPS FROM PRINTING OFFICE.
EY \ TYPO.
Little drops Of water,
Little grains Of sand,
Make the mighty ocean,
And tho hnnntnnmS lnn,l "


"Ugh' exclaims some would be "deli-
cate" lady-''the very sound reminds one
most forcitly of the smell of oil, andw shall
hear nothin. now but the clanking Of ma
chincry and the clicking Of type
Well, what of that, fair lady! True, the
oil we may use is not so highly perfumed as
that with which YOU smoother your glets;
but for all that it has the same ba>is-and
is applied to TAR mobkcr I'nr~'<". Th"
"clauking" Of our machinery may not be
pleasant to your ovcr-retincd taste but to
the true Post it has Il sound Sweeter even
than "tinkling of cymbals.' y The "cEck-
ing" of type may be even disasreeable to
YOU but re had rather hear it and cause 1t
than be possessed Of the gift of Il JENNY
LIND, were We to have cur choice of the
two.
Ours is glorious mission, fellow crafts
men. Princes and potentates own our sway,
and there is no earthly power mishtier than
ours. AS we stand up to the cease" worn
and weary though we may be, We have at
least the comfort of the thought that though
we cannot find an acre of Gods earth that
we may call our 0~n--thoueh We are poorly
paid and heavily taSked-though there may
not be one to whom we may say $50, or to
another "Come' though we may well know
that we shall leave no ''mi lightly name be-
hind us, with our fame blazoned on history S
page and sculptured in marble-yet We are
assured that our works "shall not perish" "
Long after we shall have been laid beneath
the sod, the ..stil, small voices with which
We have spoken will 60 on with their mighty
work, accomplishing the good which We have
sought while living. With our ''mallets'
we are driving home "wedyes" that shall in
time overturn principalitics and powers. "
With "$hooting irons" Of more effect than
"Sharpe's Rifles" or Colts Revolycrs," We
march to the battle against Wrong far more
sure of victory than they who WELD the
sword.
Oftentimes as We have stood at our ';ca$c,'
merily ''sticking' the magical strips Of met
al which seemed as things Of life under our
fingers, have we "laughed in our sleeve as
we thought how many would be anxiously
watching for the result of cur labor$--how
many hopes and fears hung on the mere
ip$c "i.ri Of the types-how much the
"leading men aud ''iirst writers" of our day
are indebted to TIE humble but none the less
valuable labor$ of the Typo And again our
heart would grow sad as We thought Of those
to whom We should be the Learcrs Of evil IT,
diugs. How many Of those who read the
dolorous hcadingS-''prcadtul DisaStcr. ~
"Feartnl Railroad Accident and Great Loss
OF Life &c., are untouched BY the sad
new>? TO many and laany 4 home DO VIC
thus convey the sad intelligence, and aS We
do 50, there wells up in Cur heart prayer
for the slowed ones left behind, and hymn
of thanksgiving that r" were not Of those
who We're so suddenly and 81 feartully laun-
chcd into eternity.
But we have i hishrr and noblcr mis-
sion than that Of mere messengers. Printers
are cmphatica!y the i''rlrm'r< Of the age
in which they live. In these dirty rooms
where few but mechanical sounds are heard,
busy work Of Mind is going on. Those
rough looking men standing by their cases
are even now, perhaps, giving 10 the world
their own great and noble th"u9hts--Speak-
ing with metallic tongues words that will
cheer some fellow Worker, or spur up some
Dreamer, to works lie never thought himself
capable ot:-SUwing seed by the waySidc that
in time will spring up and bear s'goVd fruit,
even IN hundred folds planting vine
that shall at some future day shelter the
weary Pilgrim on l.iFc'$ journcy-strkinga 4
rock from whence shall gu<h fountain Of
pure water, refreshing to mauy faint and
di>hcartcncd dcnizcn Of this celd world Of
ours No new measure is proposed-no
new principle in Science, Art, Politics or
Mechanics, is promul gatcd-but these busy
Printers-thc$c remedy Thinkcr$-sciZc up
on il and proceed to "cnlightcn the public
upon its bearings and its applica;ious-tor Il
wonderfully practical set are they. Educated,
as they generally are, in the stcrnest Of all
systems, that Of hard-won experience, they
look at life as Reality, divestcd Of false
ado.nings and outward shows. BY the time
that they arrive ut manhood's years, for
their Printer life must needs commence ear
ly-thcy have won the right to stand among
men many years their seniors, and call them
equals. The poor boys college" has fitted
them ior such L iifc struggle as few outsiders
know Of With brave heart but slim purse
often with naught buthis rule in his peck
et-manya typo leaves the scene of his car
lcr experience, TO 20 forth ''to seek his for
tune in some distant section. If every
thing else fails him, you may rest assured
his stock Of Lro&s never will. With this
and an indomitablc perseverance, and with
out particle of ':grecnness, you may trust
the "Jour. Printer to make his way where
ever he may place himself:-freI"H (W)
JOGTHH.