Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-05-28
Trials of an Editor.

The editor of the Fincastle Herald thus speaks
of his trials and troubles
IF there is one person in this world who has
to go through trials innumerable, it is the edi
tor OF country newspaper.
He never sees any peace
He has to contend not only with all the diff
culties common to his own profession, but near
ly all those of all others; and in some cases
where good results to others, evils come to him.
We are not an exception to the rule In fact
we believe we can testify to Its truth more than
any other editor In the State.
We have advertised for Yankees, and when
we sent for our pay, no such men could be
| found. We have lost our subscriptions from
rich men as we'll as from the poor, from the
honest as well as the dishonest. We have been
condemned by our friends as well as our enc
mics. We have been in debt and were afraid
| to show our face on main streets. We have
proposed to a lady and been sent up. We have
been whipped in a fist fight on Court-day, and
have gone through trials and troubles that
would have caused any other man to commit
| suicide, and have stood them without murmur,
but now we fear very much that we will have
to give up in despair Heretofore only the
men have conspired to render us miserable and
unhaDpy. but now the women, that sex which
is only too happy when they can get the men
| in hot water has turned against us and vexed
| us more in the last two weeks than we have
been during our life time.
| Picker the daguerrean man, has come to
town, and has placed his car Immediately in
| front of our Office All day long the young la
dies fthe town and the surrounding country
throng the street in our 'front.' and fill his car.
Having two doors facing the street, we could
look out of either and see everything that was
,.o;r,cr ~, For a while AniOvnd If buraIv =
But before very long the young men and boys
found it out, and our office is crowded to over
flowing every day. They come in and leave
both doors open They talk laugh and yell. =
They tear up our exchanges. They knock down
our type-and have finally gotten our office, in
such confusion that our foreman, who was a
good member of the Church up to the time of
Plecker's arrival, has been compelled to Law
aside his religion for few days and 60 to regu-
lar hard work fixing things up. These same
young men, (may their fathers keep them
home and put them at Work.) succeeded in
getting our devil so excited one evening, over
parcel Of pretty women, that he, in endeavor-
ing to look at them through both doors at the
same time, and failing; went completely crazy,
and is now hoDelessy beyond recovery
Did ever mortal man have as many m;sfor-
tunes to contend with as ourselves? What
with the surly looks of our foreman and the
antics of our devil, we are very much afraid
that we will have to reslg lgn our present position.
At any rate there Is some satisfaction in
knowing that we have determined never to get
married while things continue as they are at
present, and that some woman will be knocked
out of good husband for some time to come.
We hope, and confidently believe that this, if
nothing else, will cause the ladies to compel
Picker to move his gallery.