The Trinity journal., 1857-01-24
Peeps from a Printing Office.
" Little drops Of water.
Little grains Of sand,
Make the mighty ocean,
And the beouteous land"

And the beeuteous land"
Ugh = exclaims some would-be delicate
lady the very sound reminds ore most for
cibly of the smell Of oil, and we shall hear
nothing now but the clanking of machinery
and tho clicking of type ?
Well, what of that, fair ladyY True, tho
oil we may use is not so highly perfumed as
that with which you smoother your ringets
but for all that it has the same basis-and
is applied to q far ncdler purpose. The
clanking' of our machinery may not DO
pleasant to your over-refined taste but to
the true Poet it has sound sweeter even
than tinkling of cymbals,' The clicking
of type NAV be even disagreeable to you but
zee had rather hear it and cause it than be
possessed Of the gift of jenny Lind, were
we to have our choice of the two.
Ours is q glorious mission, fellow crafts
men, Princes and potentates own our sway,
and there is no earthly power mightier than
ours. AS we stand up to the case worn
and weary though we may be, wo have at
least the comfort of the thought that though
we cannot find an acre of Gods earth that
we may call eur own-though we are poor
ly paid and heavily tasked-though there
may not be one to whom we NAV say Co.
or to another Come though we may we'll
know that we shall leave no mighty name
behind us, with our fame blaZoned on histo-
ry's page and sculptured in marble-yet We
are assured that our works shall not per-
ish' Long after we shall have been laid
beneath the sod the STILL small voices with
which we have spoken will go on with their
mighty work. accomplishing the good which
we have sought while living. With our nal
lets We are driving home wedges that shall
in time overturn 'principalites and powers
With shooting irons of more effect than
- Sharpe,s Rifles or Colts RevoNsrs,' We
march to the battle against Wrong, faNmore-
sure of victory than those who WELD the
sword
Oftentimes as we have stood at our case
mcrrily sticking the magical strips Of met
al which seemed MS 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 our lnbors-how
many hopes and fears hung on the mere ipsc
d,ta of the types--how much the leading
men and first writer's Of our day are in
debted to the humble but none the less val
uablc labors Of the Typo, And again our
heart would grow sad as we thought Of those
to whom VIC should be the bearer of evil ti-
dings. How many Of those who read the
dolorous headings Dreadful Disaster p
Fearful Railroad Accident and Great Loss
of Life J &c., are untouched by the sad news?
To many and many home do we thus con-
vey the sad intelligence and as we do so,
there wells up in our heart n prayer for tho
loved ones left behind aud a thanksgiving
| hymn that are were not Of those who were
so suddenly and SO fearfully launched into
eternity.
But we have higher and nobler mis-
sion than that Of mere messengers. Prn7
ters arc emphatically the Rcfmmers Of tho
age in which they live. In these dirty rooms
where few but mechanical sounds are heard,
n busy work of Mind is going on. Those
rough looking men standing by their cases
are even now, perhaps, giving to the world
their own great and noble thoughts speak
ing with metallic tongues words that will
cheer some fellow Worker, or spur up some
Dreamer TO works he never thought himself
capable of-sowing seed by the wayside that
in time will spring up and bear good fruit:
even an hundred fold'--planting a vine that
shall at some future day shelter the weary
Pilgrim OH Life's journey--striking rock
from whence shall gush fountain Of pure
water, refreshing to many faint and dis
hcartcned denzen Of this cold world of ours
No new measure is proposed--no new prin-
cipo in Science, Art, Politics or Mechanics,
is promulgated but these busy Printers
these ready ThinkcrS-scize upon it and pro-
ceed to cnlighten the public upon its bear
inrrs nd itx o,,Iino tinns for wnpHarfultxy
practical set are they. Educated, as they
generally are, in the sterrest Of all systems,
that of hard-won experience, they look at
life as u Reality, dvested Of false adornngs
and outward shows BY the time that they
arrive at manhood's years, for their Printer
life must needs commence earlyEthey have
won the right to stand among men many
years their seniors, and call them equals
The poor boys college has fitted them for
such life struggle as few outsiders know
of With brave heart but slim purse
often with naught but his rule in his pock-
et-many a typo leaves the scene of his ear
lier experience, to go forth to seek his for
tune in some distant section If everything
else fails him, you may rest assured his stock
of brass never will With this and an in
domitable perseverance and without par
ticle of greenness, you may trust the Jour.
Printer to make his way wherever he may
place himself. f.-Freeport (W) Standard.
SENsIBLE.-A lady who is modest enough
to say that her hoops are so large that she
cannot ride in the coach and therefore pre-
fers to walk. She thinks that if other young
ladies in her vicinity should do the same.
l., fho ,N,,tIN For tIe.
gentlemen to get home earlier atghts