St. Mary's beacon., 1858-05-13
A Lady's Visit to a PRINTING omce

$50 YOU set there all day and cut pieces
from the newspapers | think / should like
that it is much like patch work"
~ cs madam, we cX>ci>Srris" some. thn,1ph
we arc Obliged to weave considerable C!ot!, orr
selves. Suppose yom orcupv our chair, and
give the public your icaS Of editing a paner
Me goddess ! wouldn't sit down here
and write, whore everybody is writing. alone
for the world; wiring makes a person 50 cross.
Besides your table is I'll ink. il would sill my
new dress. Why don't you have a nice ma
no2gany table, and NEE white curtains ~ tl,r
win'"wS What makes You hang up these du>-
~ old papers in the rn'In? If was obliomlt,
stay here. The floor shoTid he washed. and =
carpet laid down; it must br dreadful 70 live
in such n.anEcr.'
'Oh, these arc our files: we could not dis
pense witt. them very well and a.; for car.
pet, we fear II would irightcn away our cust.,-
mCrS.
pear mt; tie gentlemen are 50 careless
about everything nice That don't think tErv
are comfortable un less thcr rooms are Uttered
up. Did you write al these sheets to-day?
Certainty, and We are not hall through vet.
Why 1t takes mc :. Whole day to compose
and copy letter. rope you don't scrawl
and blot 50 wien y"u write to tie ladies =
We never bad tina pcastIrc ma1am.'
'N", you don't write fnr them. either. or Won
would not write such dry, stun rs YOU d..
Don't You put any thing NOR" in your paper
ahont Kansas or Congress, will vcu? it is 50
dull
But what are these men doing in the room,
with their sleeves rolled up and making mo-
tions as though they were going to fight some
body?
These are our comrtsitors, sitting type:
you sec they have stick in one hand, and
they place the type in it with the other.
i don't see any sticks, unless vou call those
little pie,cs Of iron ST. What names Won
have i always thought stick was TO walk
with.
Well ours make the words walk thoso lit
tie boxes tla; we call ras.< contain the letters
and the printer put: them together into words
and sentences by the aid Of that little piece OF
iron you speak of.
well, declare. Do, tors and LAWYERS T
knew had cases, and hard cases too: but |
never know that printers had before
Certainly. madam trey sometimes are fJiI
Cases, anCs hard ones too; but what can be
expected of those who lead Tie iiic of devils ??
'Why, Go they
DO tell me what that man is filling that
trough with water for?
lie IS going to wet paper
oh, yes, Thought YOU sprinklci vo"r ra-
pers and ironcd tiIen to make them look So
Smooth ami suppose this ga!ows locking
machine is Your mang!e ?
That is the press madam, and this is tls
lever which ToVcs the earth. just notice its
power You perceive its broken lever
why don't you have il mendcd. What are
those things like picture frames
Those are orr galicys.
You have galleys, nave YOU? | dill not
know printers were 50 much Ike Romans be-
fore.
Look yonder, what is that boy doing?
lie Is distributing some piei
l should thinkit was not much apiece among
so many.
What are you going to do with those strips
of paper.
These. madam, are proofs, and we have to
read them. Won't You sit down and assist
us:'
No. indeed can't bear TO read any kind
of proof, except sometimes in trials for breach
of promise don't think we women would
make good printers.
Pardon us, madam but we think the reverse
Their tiny fingers are the very things for pick
ing up caps, nonparciL agate, and niaion; thev
might even set fast 6n long primer
PsLaw don't mention it ! cannot bear il
since Ma rscd 10 make me get the catechism
ont it. Oh, good gracious, if havn't ruined
my gloves by touching some of your types
What had thing it would be for me 20 get
NIX on my hands! Good morning.