Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-09-08
WEEKLY TRINITY JOURNAL.
"AngIfng in Inkstands for some Gudgeon
Thoughts"

The process of composition is undoubtedly the
most unequal labor to which man, by the fall
was condemned and Insist, at the outset
and forever that it is not only superior from II
acquisitions upon the faculties, but that it is A
severer test than manual efforts, the average be-
ing taken to decide the difference. 1t is UNEQUAL
as respects the individual, and the whole frater-
nifty of writers. Into the comparison we admit
all who aspire to a habit of thinking and of pub
fishing their thoughts for the cdifcaton or
amusement of their fellows.
1t is great consolation to be able to lift one ;
eyes to the most eminent authors and hear them
recount their experiences up the hills OF difficult
ty. Orators, poets, philosophers, novelists when
they have alluded to their labors in detail have
represented that they are incapacitated for DAYS.
when health was good, and the wish to complete
a paragraph or page was constant This * not
Nature forced respite, for the tax is more wea-
rying when there is strain with temporary un-
success
Tom. Moore said that he had something on his
mind for two weeks, and that the result was
eight lines in LaIla Rool,h 1t was not the seec-
tion of the words that troubled him but, he
averred, it the sentiment thar wouldn t
come out Sake, who will be recognized as the
author OF our caption, once remarked that, Oh
the birth VI an exquisite couplet of his after a
days drive in the air, lie called in his wife and
children to congratulate him on his safe deliy-
cry.
Park Benjamin related an anecdote which
proves that two of the clcyerest fellows of the
quill that ever joined hands and heads on any
one publication in New York City may be at
fault, and that. too, at time when their services
most needed. Benjamin and Greeley were
issuing the NeW World. 1t nearly the hour
for their paper TO 90 to nress. and both editors
happened to be in the Office at the moment.
They were informed that the printers were cry
ing for copy, and there mutual surprise that
so little had been written. The associates repair
ed to the sanctum, determined to make up FOR
deficiencies in short order. They had desk
which inclined on each side, and they seated
themselves facing each other, ardent for ther
tasks. Pen and paper in readiness wait
ing, and they were duly equipped with materials
for making impression But not a single
stroke made by either party for full twenty
minutes. There wcsat,' said Benjamin., - like
n couple OF stupid boobies, but we were too seri-
ously anxious for an idea to appreciate at once
the absurdity of our position. BY and by the
foreman came in and made third starcr, bat he
saw our dilemma, and being Il kind man. and not
given to rude oaths, as foremcn generally are
he quietly stepped out and left US alone in our
glory. We peercd intenty into one another
faces for five or tea minutes more, hen Greeley
jumped up and shutled of his white coat, as if
he suspected there was vermiu in the lining. |
ventured to say, Hod., think they want some
copy immediately Give 'cm some, then, was
the sharp and uHcjyI rejoiAder. ! bent down
over the desk and held my pen in 4 threatening
ATTITUDE, re..ly to poUnce upon any scmblancc TO
a thought or hint Of q subject that dared to enter
the portals Of my cranium. But not a solitary
suggestion poked its head within the trap 50
carefully set. wrote my name with the corrod-
ing instrument of torture, and then rubbed out
the marks with the little finger Of my right hand
| was disgusted with myself, and considered the
blot as an emblem of my emptiness. cannot
tell how long it was before looked up, but when
| did, there sat Greeley like Il statue, with a |
phiz like a weeping Madonna. Good God : /
exclaimed, this won't do Hod. Sji4ultane
ously we dipped our pens into the douhle-nouth- /
ed iukstand and began to write. We did not
pause until we had flushed respectable sized
leaders, and then learned there was re-
markable coincidence in the choice Of our sub
jects. Greeley had a crusher on 'Procrastina-
tion, and had n remarkably bitter denouuc:a-
ton of those persons who were guilty Of Haste.
When the battle fought and won, Partner
round and shook hands with me before he
put on his coat, and went out and took drink.
The fact is, that stuff was curdling in our brains
all the time that we were 50 nonplussed. "-GoH
HU NcwS.