The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-01-21
XIII.
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AM EDIToR,S TRIALS.


Editor, the following, by Kate Neville, which
~. we elm from the Home Journal" is in our
isopinion one of the best.s Gentle reader, peruse
it. sandeextend to,gus and Jour contemporaries
your sympathy % 10
How often We think when reading the news,
An editor could please if he choose
sdBut such paper as this, why, all must agree,
That thing of less interest they never did see
But, Sir Critic, reflect, ere you make a noise on,
- That one mans meat is another mans poison;
And, lest you persist your steady dsnials,
wen give you a few of an editors trials.
First,ea pretty young lady, sprightly and fair,
With paper in hand, waltzes up to chair
And hastily glancing DER all that she saw,
- 8 She thrust it aside with a muttered "pshaw?'
ssa5.@sss No marriages here 3s
Ithink it is queer. ,-.,.r sss Etsl
s.s,,ss,.a When there's eyer so many, Za
They don't publish any. e
yiie Here's poetry, Es5f And battles, .
Sketches, Il. .... And sieges,
And tales, And law suits,
s'aF Without cniing,aa soy A pending;
But no picnics, or. concerts, or parties for me-
y Such trash on paper, Inever did sea
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Then nice young man, with cane and
moustache, : .s.,...s. ~.,f,s,5,,aa- q
who certainly thinks he is cutting dash,
Looks over the list of plays and sorees,
AS If sainly trying his fancy to please, So
In theatres, s..4s ;ass In races, races, :.
circrses, And chases,
1;st,o Operas s.so sssss,siasA ~ In banquets,
r And lis
!. And finally wonders what editors,mean =
BY printing a paper not fit to be seen. 9
g Sentimental young lady next picks up the
paper, -. 49, ii
Ana reads by the light of dim burning taper
e And wonders if lines addressed to Miss Relic
Were not written to her BY some clever young
Fsxairp fellow,
= WHO'S pFetty ana rttt witty, and learned and vise
But She stops in at the .-dark hazel eyes,
t.i'a s.. .s.'ss For hers are blue :. -. {
= sss4 What pity Ills truei
And now, Mr. Editor,
fis al Blanled on you. '.7'
- g What speeches, And llawing,
And dsermons, And jawlng' 8
~ Andnews. And clawing,
.eslr, BY despatch, s.. To match
- Tut no sketches or tales that can see !
!. What kind of man must the editor be! S
Next grave politician who with dignity glows,
Adjusts his gold .spectacles oyer his nose,
Takes a huge pinch of snuff before he proceeds,
Then opens the paper and leisurely reads
= OF breaches, So OF senate,
s, And speeches. ,j.s.s. a OF house,
81 And foreign s OF railways, =
- Reports, And conr-s,
And says as he. reals the last column OF war,
What strange kind of people these editors are'
These rhymes and these love stories to print.
?. II stwould do any good, would give them a
Now i prin old maid the paper espies,. :
And holding it carefully of from her eyes, +.
And frequently muttering "la!' and .du tell!i'
She manages some way tosread very well
~ The marriages, = "a isn, The robberies /,
Accidents, s.9 s, And murders {,
Suicides, ALI in Is <.
ss1us~Deaths.- A breath,
And fuishing, wonders what sort of a blunder
The whole of the. community is under,
To support d paper whose print is so small,
y She wonders how some people read it at law
Next, an angrycontributor eager for fame,
Rushes into the sanethm, to loudly complain
4I'm ruined, sir, ruined-my success, sir is DER,
So many mistakes were meier heard Of before,
.as look here at this aSonnet addressed to my
zsass hDLady,"s sss 47atsas +
You've made it "A Bonnet and Dress for a
Baby i'' - Z AE'4's-s 7'Ss
Don't talk Of my writing and say it was that
You're an editor, sir but no gent-that is Hat
1.-The farmer complains that his crop is neglected,
While SO much time is spent in guessing who'll
be elected: -sE
The minister says it should be more sedate
And not SO much wasted in matters of state
And thousands of other complaints are made
esrstk known, ,sfss sli3 re ssstf3
e6Which the editcr's back has to bear all alone;
sBatthe worst of it is, that they all join in saying
Such paper as this hs can print without paying.
{ ,ss,.,,.s -, b NAMES. - Esss
s7ssiWhat queer names some unfortunate
ssfr,ortals are blessed with! Ne heard Of a
family in Detroit whose sons were named
One Stiekney, Two Sfickney, Three Stick
"a ney, and whose daughters were named:
~ First Stickaey. Second Stickney, and So