The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-20

Cory O'Lanus, "a writer on the Brook
lyn Eagle explains how the strike in
Brooklyn affected his interests:
DEAR EAGLE:-I was much distressed
when / heard of your family troubles
that your compositOrs had gone OFF on
a strike.
l recollect when our cook struck,
some years ago, the family got up and
found no breakfast waiting for them,
and the picture flashed upon my mind
of the CONSERVATION OF the people of
Brooklyn suddenly deprived of their
Eagle.
And was my weekly epistle to be
cen no more. and joy vanish from Sat-
urduy nights henceforwurd
The thought was not to be endured
You know how l came TO the rescue,
and advised all my personal friends to
rush TO your assistance.
O'Pake was out of Jown-but, as he
don't know how to set type, this was
fortunately of no consequences.
O'Blique who was born type stick
er, went to work with manly devotion.
And it was touching to behold our
eX-Postmaster pull otf his coat and do
square days work.
1t is said that his feelings were un-
necessarily lacerated by having TO set
up the advertisement for proposals for
Nicholson pavement.
This must have occurred through n
mistake in the hurry ofgiying out the
copy.
Not expecting this emergency would
ever arise, 1 never learned to set type;
but man don't know what he can do
till he tries, so l asked your foreman.
J. Buckley, to let me have a chance, as
L wanted TO get my letter up.
He said l could have "sit," told me
to take Il "brevier case" and "lead my
matter" so that it would fill up.
He then gave me II "stick" and "rule, :"
which set me up in the printing busi.
ness.
Except that didn't know the differ
ent boxes where each letter Is kept, and
occupied some time in finding themi
got involved in the spaces; didn't find
any stops, got some OF the letters up
side down, others sideways, and the
capitals somewhat mixed; got along
first rate, considering the practice had
had.
/ pied the first stickful 1 set up in try
ing to enp PITY il on galley, and had to
set it up over again, when bribed the
devil (printer's) TO empty it for me.
Mr.. Buckley thought 1 would make
printer in time, and advised me to go
somewhere and learn the business, then
come back and he would give me job.
As want the readers OF your paper
to see that 1 can set type, the foreman
said that he would put my take in
here.
printers sHoulLDn'ot Put ON ANY
airs
anyBodY can Sc type WHO Hnows
ALI Yo'Ve got to DO is to Pick up
The LEtters, And set Ihe5 UP In A
row, WITH SpaseS and Stops. :.
its JUst as EdSy--wHen you
know how To do It......aS any Thing
Else
you have Got 10 look OUT and get
the letters RIGHT sIpA Uc-. WhIcl As
You SIT THe5 UPSIDE uoMN' is A
htTtLE diFiCUlt Al first.
BsuIg like trying To read II HeJlSps-
Pc r sIanDlng on Your Havdi whioh
very EsE TILL you get Used To 1t.
then you haAe aOt To make ALI yOurE
LINES
sven ann LIgHi In the ooluEn;
The PriN,eRz Call "-eEjtslstf-
LINes Are SometiMEs as Hard to
JUSTIFY as SoKe mems Conduct
-whiCH May refer 10 printers, who
go on + strikes tsUddenlY fss
have Set AL this UP in 2 Hours
q a half!
sths foreman said he would like to
get the paper out this week, and he was
afraid II I kept at the case all day there
he couldn't get IL all in, knocked OF
and called it half II day.
But shall not give up the printing