Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-04-27
The EaSa@R.


Ia Is wDaha paakige master hand to sketch
With fidelity, that poof, abused class, known
as editors. As temporary truly remarks
| he may be the tresponsibls,n - the "foreigJ
the sDitsEaEy,sss sfsssals !" the sscpm msEeiai''
hin efeaief dspaf ftfdsHt he ~ the sdbiect oi
| laAdatiea, abuse, trials, and tFinmph -
! He must have q ready psa, remarkable
| versatility of knowledge, correct Judge
/ mehk, and considerable. nerve. IL you In
stkaaS apoa hAEA, you' wi8 discover hlm wri-
| ting, reading, seissoring. He viii talk,
but his pen does not seeR he Rpstters The
ink; be famhles over books; he hunts among
nsggsp&SaBs; be EkoMs savage In "leadeF, +"
~ he Es leagAe e ia a"rsglew." Politi-
clans want 10 bay hin; needy artists ask
his faYorahla noSieet inEentora have mod
els ss,ahow him, soale want 10 thank hifR--r
others desire to shoot him. he Is addrea-
ssd upSa naoEs subjects than % asas svsFfn
tended 3 angle mind shouH eompSeherd;
and, while his Journal IL called by some
influential" !" "Ealuabls,n etc, there ara
those whO biuntly psomsrass it "ssurri-s
loaas, and @psOx.n SssiaziiBg upon Aoods
Of excitement, battling, chafag, arguing,
eoEsanking, sXsItiag friends and crushing
foes, thinking, working u the sam and
substance Of an editors career. At hone,
be writes with bis wife at bis elbow, and
his child on his knee; 10 the streets, be
weaves out those ideas which In a fsw
hours, will stArtls the men who now jostel
aRd crowd himF in his sanetans be naakes
FA&ay tAanaaF hoAss moulded with : pen,
but lnprs powsrfur than any ever hurled
Erom love. lie dRlissEz lsetaIssl be ia q
politician; be holds Office; be 10 a traveller;
be givsA . EeEdiet HRpa manuscripts which
sremsra p8asi1aB than tRls. apple oe tAeir
eye to aspiring suthorsi be helps on the
opera, he holsters the dTamaI be pleads for
the poor, he snubs the rich; be eonciliA,es,
he dsfe 3 he aroasss natioRs, be asthf0hes
kiagss be 10 ths Eaar3ian et ibEEty, and
omnipotsnt.
Up in garrets in out-of~the-way places
sonstia@s f6baished Ike parlor, some
times worse than 4 pig-peR--is his sane
'tRw saas4sFxss, The tthelT of holessll AFs
Yoa patEial 10 ffogas2 Dlsregara the no.
dsss ofss EditoF's RooEnn s'PrlYsss,s 2 " No
Admittance,1 and enter The deH; you do
not know whether you are s4luted or In
guitsdg yaFr tongue proposes to speak, and
your legs incline you te run away; head
lifts itsslf; ! worn pen and linked GnEsrs
point you seat, Whichit takes you AL in
stant to reach, but, sgs yoR have done so,
the noasteE has his clutches 30 deeply in
an idea. that be has forgotten your exts-
taRes. There yoq aiti ysa Try 10 eoant The
pyramids OF heWsPapsrs, and wondsr 1t,
to bs an editor, 10 necessary 60 be saEage.
You see books and mapsi but you would as
soon Msadls witlI a cub bk a bear Ss any
thing Ia which the Wild sninsi before you
has an interest. Delegations Of DEVILS"
from the printing ofiee. come for "copy,"
and great many things going on which
are strangs to yea.. Other gentry come ia,
who glance consempteusIy at yeUssslf-'
They seat themsslEs, and you hear nothing
bat scratch, scratch, with gold pens, steel
pens, and goose guills; they pull st their
yhiskers; they clear their thrOAts; they
look up 81 the EsilingJ they help each other
when their ideas rtTi aground; they write
saa re wEFits{ tlay expauge aTld.amsnd; they
become cheerful, II Their productions please
tham, and erustyv IL thsy de not. Nav re-
member that this raantai toll maBt 10 on
by day and by night, when the head e diz-
" with sickness, and the heart weary with
sadness, that it aRtails study, research, and
thought; Lhat the themes are suggested, aud
must be discussed within the houFg and
yaa will understand why goa ere not wan
ted In 80 sditaF's saRctuRI. Presently,
however, be VIII talk to youg be will cut
Short your long spesehsB, be NiH bring you
directly 70 ysus businsssJ he viii dispatch
ii; and you viii at enea discover that He-
cessIty. IL BOT inclination, urges him TO re-
sums his pen. In sammeg, whea tbs aow-
ct are 30 tempting at midnight, with the
glare of aEtiGeial light pouring npoa htsa,
tAsTs be is-~-a toiting slave. He writ ss Of
youE plsasarss-~as hdde to your Joys. Do
you ever think Of bis exhausted bralny bis
Fading life, bis premature death LAtara-
ture was perhaps, passion Of bis bay-
hood, and he has pursued the wicked phats-
ton from yeaT to year, hnding, in the grati-
fcation OF refined ta sts, sSEaa aHaali re-
fined taste, some small reward for his paiR-
fqi infatuation,