The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-12-25
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E-s'1orean, lisa !DafVegheaa'fao ARABIA.
- we lind 1t so SO. 'Tiis nov now Is o'clock at
might: All are asleep-sonnd asleeep-and
we have jiist looked over our last Exchange.
Through every newspaperin that huge pile
we've. strained our eyes, in. quest tof some
thing with which 10 make up a medley for
| the Advertiser & State Gazette Reader, we
are alone! Our principal editor has left us.
Gomniserate oar'condiion, will YOU? I'VE
are, now principal editor, news editor, proof
reader, type-ssetter, foreman, and general su.
pcrntendcnt of our large establishment.
Our editorial duties we perform at night.
When the labors Of the day ape through
witfg we repair to the post:office,i get our ex
changes, direct our weary footsteps home
ward, eat ha?ty supper, dismiss our better
halt and little ones, With. whom we are de-
MED tie pleasures Of. a fire,side chat, gather
!ouf pe,,, ink and scissors2G6d bless the
scissors they are our Sbrst friend --a,lti to
work we .gos untihthe growing of the Shan.
tssslai warns US that the. wee small hours oi
morning are approaching. ,...-:....-;...
y" Our candle has burned into The socket
ard the dying enbers mark the spot where
-aumerry fire blazediiu7 early, night BY day
a !sborer, and bvlnight AN editor! What q
klife! We occasionally see in our exchanges
murmurings at the laborious life of an edi-
tor. We would like to trot some of these
murmurers through the course Of life we
have to lead for about one week. 1lfitdidn'r
reconcile them TO their simple duties of edi
tor, and put quietus to their complaints
| Buchanan aiu't elected. Wii!e we write
our city cotemDoraries are costly eDsconced il
their comforters, and wrapped in the ;arrnl
OF sweet Morpheus. They think not of to
ihorrow-their faneies, are wandering abou
In dreamy landAthey re lotus eating, 'they
are. And te-'norfow, when We are delyincc
away st.ew ease,icothmitting our tlionghts
to type, or toling, at some other sdrudSery
MeyH be sitting back in their cushioned
cliairs, putting a Havana somebody has giv.
en- them, and giving ve,itto the exuberancee
of their spirits by tiie;happy intefchange Of
repartees about bonnets and the Hke.i OF
strutting about the streets in their broad.
cloth suits, associating with their Betters, and
passing themselves offias genteeli currency.
AL tins is gripadirg to as-. j. torturing to
our nice sensibilities.
we have Seen rough times in our che.
quered life; but thepresent epoch takes u.s.
| We have BEEN faithful follower of the
phantom Hope from our youth up to the
present time. We have hoped on, hoped
ever" for better tiinesaand better day
but, alas /! how vain are all human expec,a-
tions. We begin now to think that'n'a's q
| "We'wili'desrdfr," and b. 1t enmitv ~ .s'
| With cozeDing hope !: he is iatterer, r"di
A parasite. . keeper back of DEATH DEL
Johnson says that" Hope, is such A bait
it covers anyhookPs We'll now, we'd like
TO see it cover our hook. g 1t can't do it.
I'VE couldronce'be ,buoyea npdby hope
that imeahasi passed. = We have come to
the desperatsl conclusion that our fate is
sealed, and against ut we cannot hope.
| Hopes at best -, ..,. So,
A star tfat ieiids t6e ear Weary ION on T'''' 20
still pointing to- tlrc ldnpossess'd,' - %
And pailmg Whist it beams upoh." y q
Such Is our experience, sp' :" : -
These are Our reAections nj ~ O'clock al
night after our editorial tuties ara perform
ed and our gleanihgs lie before us. sItsW win
not alwass'Be 50 With us. Death, The great
leyeler, Sil come along aftcr awhile. AIIe
Will 2n oPep ' 9g-s t9 as ,lRsat- port sgo .o,r,,o4k
e,!. Is WHERE sltpaS refuge fnasns.J AJrs
;hsIph,fS Ihf end sti qf d labor en.sy aato rest sle
"a Place ,whera .alleyill be ,on.aieYelsrtwhere,
The .pspleceatywillljeIas lowsas khevhpmble,
Know Nothing. No exchanges these tol
,loek scysrsaad sabslfaass teissnake1 &C news.
NSlospassitto sstpap bg gaslighhnar bad
,pro9otstq aQsrsctz3 n Ne aJiy kpors to- hssntl
snd hayi 5lwit b sthsisrst epsd, nopsena.cslI