The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-02-03
Making up a Paper.

One OF the singuIai charHctcrislics of hu.
manity is q partial ~ complete oblivious-
noss on the part Oi each individual. IA to
those matters about winch Others are EN-
ploycd. The butcher has little thought as
to bow his cattle are ra,sed aud made Tat,
the farmer but littie thought as TO What
process his tat cattle or his fine wool are
put through aiIer he had received - good
price for them. So ol other trades and
callings. except at rare intervals. oach one
has enough IA 0ind 10 he engaged about bis
own without speculation or gathering tn'or
nation as 20 Others il is necessarily so -
rich juicy and terd'r roast beet would
relish bur ily. il mas tica red during II vivid
vision oi lho farmer t cate aud he hutche, =
cruelty. A ncWsrap,r sonid hardly add 10
the relish OF The coifre aud toast in the
morning. or give added flavor TO tho cup
that "exhiIarates bot not intoxicates' in the
evening il read with real zlpg Wow Of the
nimblc hngors putting to their places letter
atier letter during the hours others devote
to s,ocp. So OF everything else almost.
But We have often thought how universal
the ignorance as to the editors labors IL
making up each number Of his journal -
Mos people never give them tbon2ht. *.
ctpi occasionally to utter some words Of
q Judging praise, or much moro frequently.
TO e'umbe and complain. There is no
mo,o comman idea, than that the selections
are made al random. simply 20 fill up space.
Hence people volunteer something 20 fiji
ny. MS though thereby they were helping, -
Yet. an editor never eGlCcts an article or an
item. except or deIiberatiop; and an idea
TO a desired purpose and as The result of n
.ettled plan. True. sometimes when the
cry OF 'copy" is furious, he may be careless
-as who is not! or may misjudge on the
spur OF the moment
What is true of the collections is true of
every line written. However hastily and
rapidly the editor may be compelled to
write. all his words are weighed, all his ar.
'ces deiberaied upon. Much OF bis dcib
GRAFTON is peculiar. a sort of idiosyncracy oi
he real editor. but that it is real ard care.
tul. CAP be proved az any lime when nov
ice takes up tho pom and runs tho machine.
A slap dash. raw hand, 10 set in as a local
zar. with every item of news-a fight. a
horse racc.a ruuaway--or mere local meu-
ion, would have whipping threatened get
an indignant note or Gtfond dozrn while
he pleased one. Even for "putf' the worde
must be chosen aud weiG he'd, or the deuce
will be to pay in short o, der.
But wo cannot elaborate. Ii strikes us
thai newspaper readers have got to be nu.
rnorous. everybody takes the papers
that the popular ideas IN regard to making
up" ought to be exploded pretty shortly -
They are in fac made up much as tho Jap
| aucse and Chinese mechanic work in ihoii
50 to 100 different pieces OF wood in'o tho
cover of a siugln small box-wih infinite
care. Jus, as we declare deadly hostilit,
to a family where we see books put to bold
ing up windows &c. so we feel towards
those who never so much as think or care
wha. a5or, what thought what weary wait
ng and watching. what weighing and esti
manng. what hopes for general good. each
single paper costs the iaithfui editor Ye
| tor il all OF all Others his labors arc still il
the main; lightest esteemed, and he is sub
jec,ed to an pncbarita bcncss, mover ap
piled to any other class But as the whion
unfortunate "pcdagoguo." is being trans
fOl med in these 'ast da>s into an bOporabl,
and well esteemed worker, taking rank with
The recognized profession. so we expect il
the good time coming. when newspape 81
readers know what it costs to make up
paper" even eGn Ors will be lifted up in tn,
popular estimation. and if they are faithful
oues rank at least with those who writ,
poor novels and produce tales OF blood apt
thunde'," raw heads and bloody bones, TO
order" .. ..