The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-02-12

Sp1cE-"The Printers Toll" related
POLITICALLY by some poor, unrequited dis,
ciple Of the cart Preserratiye,"" whe
"stood the Storm singing with the poe'
1T won't last long" and whistled for his
pay till the end, we insert firstly, as ar
entering "wetge.'" The ''form", Of this
martyr to hope deferred, long ago put
aside as "dead matter hasstumbled inte
'pi,' and now his spirit bfeathes in be-
half of the living, who week after weet
make impressions which last. not lon
ger than the telling. We drive this
wedge" with the old "mallet" into each
obdurate .delinquent's heart, may,it spli1
them clear open, 'seiah: -,
Blow, ye stormy winds Of winter, - :.
= Drive the chilly, drifting snow,->', -,~
Closely housed, the busy printer, =
Heeds not how the winds may blow. - -
Click. click, his-type go dropping, - >
= Rere and there upon his case, ~: =.
As he stands for hours popping
EVeryeletter in its place. --~-'..- -:
Heaven send the useful printer - =, = =
Every comfort 10 ortals peed, 49,.
For CUR nights were duh In wiuter
Had we not the news TO read =, = - -
Sad would be the worlds condision 1s,.'
IF NO printer boys were fOund;,
Ignorance and superstition, - -
Sin and suffering would abound. ; =,
Yes, it is the busy printer -
Rolls the Car Of knowledge on,
Andsa gloomy mental winter
Soon weuld reign if he were gone. -..
Moneys useful, yet the winters 49, -
- Fiji not half SO hieh,a place d.
As thc busy, toiliBg printers, .[~--'.-.-'. =
lingering type before the case. 49,.
Yet while the type they're busy setting,
Oft some thankless popinjay, = ;.'
Leaves the1eountry, kindly letting
Printers whistle for their pay. - - -
Oh l lingratitude uDgracfous! = - -
Are there on enlightened soil, ,.,-:,:>.
Men with mindsso incapacious
As to slight the printers toll - - =.
See him how extremely busy. -. ::
Nngering type before the case, .-
Telling, till he 9 almost dizzy, =
To exalf shehuman race, ~ s,>,--~r-, :, =,
An editor.who occupied a room in a
hotel not a thousand miles distant, ab-
:scntcd himself from town for a night.
The: house being crowded with guests,
the obliging landlord pat a stranger in
the EDITORS bed, This kindness the !un-
grateful fellow requited BY scrawling
upon a piece of paper, which he left on
the table the following rhymes: :, =
."I sleptin an EDITORS bed last night. =
, And others may say what they please:
say there's one editor in the world
Who certainly takes his ease. Z.
When thought Of my humble cot away :. .
I could not suppress sigh, = -
But thought, as rolled IN that feathery nest,
How easy editors LIE" -. ->''S,,>> : Z"
josh Billings says there,is lone cold,
blue, lean kiss, that always makes, him
shiver to see. Two persons, (ov the -fe-
mail persuasion) who have Witaesst o
great many younger and more pulpy
daze, meat in some public place, and not
having saw each for twenty -four hours,
they kiss immegiately-thea tha <tork
about the weather and the: young man
who preached yesterday, and then tha
blush and larf at what tha. say to: each
other, and then kiss again, immegia.ely.
This kind OF, kissing olwas put me in
mind ov tew old fiints. trieipg to strike
fire. - = - -.
A very unfeeliag western editor has
placed over his marriages cut represent.
ing large trap, Sprung, with this motto
1.-THE trap down-another ninuyham:
mer caught" :. -~.-.' :.
While-another with as little sentiment,
says that woman is. composed of 248
bones, l69.muscles, and S96 pins. Fear.
fully and wonderfully made, and to be-
handled with great care to avoid scratch
es.
A few of the very popular errors of the
day are thus classified:
That editors keep public reading rooms.
That they have plenty Of time to talk to
everybody. That they are delighted to
get anything to fill up the paper with.
That every mans own special axe is a
matter of "public' interest.
Mrs. Jones, a farmers wife says:
II believe I've got the tepdcrest heart
ed boys in the world. | can't tell one of
'em to fetch q pail of water but what
he'll commence cryin."