Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-01-11
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THE YOUNG PRINTER.

"By Gutenbur.. the great Inventor nf priu
! ting, tas e tor re1ding is of nn Master
! Is nJauine. Why should printer want to
read! Answer me thar, Master BENZ Iulin
The place where these words were uttered
a printiug office Ia Bosrnn the speaker
oil .uau. busiIy occupied In coinpus-
rns type. while he addressed slight, pale
/ looking ;ai of fifteen. whose head was bent
>tujIJusly over buck, but who low looked
up he replied:
YOU ask me Thomas. why should priu
ter want t" read? l answer, in order that he
tnss avnI.i mlstaks in priariug-"
What 10 mistakes signify to us?' asked
the compassion; that's the authors affair -
Reai ali that, We prinE, indeed. that would
! snon siup'ty cur heads
Be- jdinn gave roguish smiie, and then.
without Thomas pcrceiviug it. be wrote few
lines on a .crap "t paper. aud placed it on the
top "f the advertisements
Have you dated the newspaper, Thomas?
B son J,a"pry 17fh. l72I My birth day.
saih Benz ,'niu- L III fifteen to-day Thomas
But gn om with your composing, aud let ne
finish my book
Que word more, Master Benjamin. You
who LEARNED. ought TO hslp IN. to fnd
"us ;he mysterious mat. demon. who every
day puts article iutD The editor. box
| Ian sure | shant try, said :he boy, pet
/ ,,sliy
It's very strange. Last evening, at nine
"cl'"-k the x was empty; left the Office
tor five nioutes. AMI when | returned the pa
per was there f'u were the only person
mere, aud 'tis III uauI ed of you hot to tell
| who comes III. for your brother promised
IA dollar If could discover the author of
these writings. which have set b ,stun in a
flame Have You read them VI ister B.nja-
'ni"! People say they're fne. but srr my
part III lay wager they don't equal the
splendid puem you composed
Don't call 1T spiendii pcam. Thomas
It's but poor stuff
,.pUor stuff, Master Benjamin. BY the
i'Dninrtal Gutenberg. the inveUtor of print
lug
''Thorhas may as wol correct an error
into which YOU aud others continually fall -
Gutenberg was not the inventor of print
ing"
.-Oh. come Master Benjamin." said the
oil man, Struggling his shoulders, you're
laughing at me now. Why. that the great
Gutenberg the sole true inventor of print
ing is as we'll known a fact, as that the moon
Is the suns wife.
The boy smiled s.Amony the stars.
l. tuSIS arc HOT wives
Bat return to your favorite hero Printing
was invented at Haarlem, in Holland, by
man named Lawrence Caster; it was perfect
cd BY Gutenberg, who established priutiag
press at Mayence."
How do you mean perfected, Master Ben
jaunp?'
This La@renee Custer, Thomas. employ
ed letters carved IN wood. fasteded in lines
with pack thread; method as you may judge
quite inadequate to keep them firm, and even
the slightest movement of the press,
the letters were apt To seperate. and produce
a very defective imprt ssion Gutenberg en-
tered iuto partnership with goldsmith named
Faust, who bad apprentice. Peter Schef-
fer; this latter in the year 1852. Invented the
art OF founding metal types The three men
joined in establishing press. which 81 eediy
sent forth the Latin Bible. the Ps4lter, and
other books whose titles. you. Thomas, would |
not comprehend"
Il know I'm only Ounce. Master Benja- |
min, but still can understand that these I
three Immortal personages must have been |
prodi ,iously houored in their day.
'.On the contrary Thomas; the first man !
who introduced the ant into Paris. ran the |
risk of being burnt alive. would tire
you f"
'Oh by no meauss dear Master Ben; it
would amuss me much more than wsschip2