The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-10-07
Our Motto--Home Manufacture.
TJESD-AH.
An Editor on Editing.

The article which we publish be-
low, we find in an exchange under
the above caption.
Before YOU go for an editor, young
man, pause and take a big think :!
DO not rush into the editorial har-
ness -harshly. Look around and see
if there is not an omnibus t" drive
some soil somewhere to be 'illed--a
s. clerkship or some meat cart to be
fillcd-anything that is reputable
and healthy, rather than going for
an editor. which is II hard business
at best. We are not Il horse, aud
consequently have not been called
anon to furnish the motive power for
:. tireshiug machine; but We fancy
tina, the life 81 the editor who i for
ccd to WRIT. write whether hc feels
ri-hth or not, is much like the stee.l
in question. Ifthe yeas and ncighS
could be obtained, We believe the in
,cllieent horse would decide that the
,l,reshiug lnacltiue Is preferable 70
til. saucttnn editorial.
The editors- work is nevcs done.
He i drained incnss:.nily, ami no
wonder then he dries up pr"rnaturely.
other people can attend hanquets,
weddings, &c. visit halls of dazzling
light. get inebrin:ed, break windows,
lick IL man occasionally, and enjoy
themselves in a variety of ways; but
fine editor can,l"t. He must stick
DANGEROUSLY to his quill. The press.
like a sick baby. m,,sm t he left alone
for minute. II the press is left TO run
itself even for a day, some absurd
person Indignantly orders the carrier
boy to stop bringing THAT internal
paper. There is nothing in IL l
won't have it in the house ~
The elegant Man;alina, reduced TO
mingle turning, described his life rs
"a de,nn'a horrible grind" The
life of the editor is all of that. We
advise the aspiraut for editorial lrnn-
ors 10 pause ere he takes up the quill
as a means of obtaining his bread
and butter. Do not. n least. do 50
until YOU have been Tilted several do
zen times by a like number of girls
until all the gushing" feelings with
in You have been thoroughly eubducd
until, in short, vour hide il, OF
rlinoceros thickness. Then, O is
pirantS for the bubble reputation at
the press mouth, throw yourselves
among the inkpots, dust. and cob
webs OF the printing office, If You
will.
We find in the above, too much
truth And from experience can APP
preciatc the tenor of the article.
There is not an editor or publisher
who has been connected any length
Of time with the press, but has, ere
this. discovered all the imaginary
glory attached to the vocation, and
faithfully portrayed in the above.
Still, many like ourself, retire from
the pursuit in disgust, and in the
course of time find themselves again,
"llanuing the quill"
We have freed ourself from this
tenacious life, some halt II dozen diff
ferent times, each time with the de-
termination of never returning to il.
Only II short period however, would
.iapSe before we We're again mt it.
How to account for this we know not.
We have been comecced i'll the pub
fishing of no less than twelve differ.
ent journals, throughout this country +;
We are again in the business and
If we could succeed in again throw
in~up the pen," we viii devote our at
t,ntion, to almost anything in pre-
fcrcncc-even {; lone horse" business.
Franz iSoutheyR Nissonr5.-1'he Mem
phi> Appeal OF Saturday has the fol
lowing:
ooh -. c. Cross reached here yes
tcrdav, lirect from the ramp of Gen.
Hardce, at Pitnan's ferry, near the
Missouri line. and about l75 mile,
distant from this city.