Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-20
with wife as presiding genius; in the
watahinv of ha growth of what DeODle call

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watching of the growth of what people call
his daughter, but who to him is angel in
the mysterious intercourse with the one he
never names even to his nearest friend,
man learns to love and reverence woman.
The boy never forgets the mothers pray
er--the vagabond never refers to his moth
,er but with respect; the libertine will nev-
er mention lightly the name of his sister;
the veriest clown will strike you down
Care you breathe one word against his
sweetheart.
Those govern best who are most loved;
so women rule men as they can never be
ruled by kings and princes. And men are
willing captives. Women guard them
from dangers they never tell. They are
our Guardian Angels. When ladies are
present in any assembly there are no wrong
doings-no foul-mouthed absurdities spO-
ken-no cigars outraging propriety. One
lady will come to a room crowded with
men, bringing calm, softness, that has
something of the angelic about it.
The imprinting of kisses is something to
be practiced, and not talked about. Print
ers are like other men. Numerous cases
could be cited to demonstrate that they all
do, or would like to do, a big business in
this kind of Is printing, business. Allhse
:. Every heart would join in saying, " God
bless the Ladies.v ,-,-D aal ~ q ssaiT
9th. The Printer's Depil. .s-- .-t.-r.,.t-
Responded to by J. st. J. Clarkson. 70
Mr. PRESIDENT: You must excuse me If
l fail to put in an appearance this evening.
Instigated by the very individual in whose
praise am expected to speak-the Devil
and not having the fear of the conse-.
the ice to-day to skate. He suggested that
l would be big thing on ice. [ listened
to his fiendish suggestions, and like all who
heed his words, and are not used to the
ice-I fell. Consequences: A shattered
constitution and ruptured breeches. Now,
mans constitution is not material, but
his breeches are. The poorest man may
get new constitution, but new breeches5
may trouble him.. eiis t.sI \
But. / forgot / was about to tell you
that because of the jar received this after.
noon by my voluntary sitting down on the
ice, and the manner in which L took my
seat-head first-I came very near not
coming here at all Tonight, and certainly
had all speeches knocked out of my cra-
mum. YOua will excuse me, therefore, If
in the present disordered state of my mind
and my wardrobe, 1 am weak in my praise
of the only independent cuss about a
printing office-the Devil. --...--.-. ar.as
We have all been devils. Some of us
have not recovered from it yet and hardly
need a word by way of description. You
have only to shut your eyes, and in imagi-,
~ UdCh w IuO uISb udy yOuI iCCb
crossed the sacred threshold of printing
office, and contrast your then innocent con-
ditiOn with what it was six months after,
ward, to realize what very devil OF devil
you were. - .,....-... ..-..agirs
One of the most useful and at the same
time most incOrrigible institutions about a,
printing Office is that august parsonage
Though there be no throne
of flame for his majesty, nor attendant de-
mons or demonesses, no hot bath of liquid
fire in which to cool his parched system
in short, though there be no hell for him.
it takes him a very short time
to raise one. In point of fact, 'sraising
hell"is his chief delight. II he can't get
shoe. and with it makes little one of his
own, into which he condemns broken and
battered types, valuable pie and the like,
It's a great saver of time and trouble to
your true devil, this old-shoe hell. 2 -s''s =
To be good Devil in printing Office is
to be very useful boy, and to fill posi-
ton from which have risen some of the
this festival. is given, Lord Clarendon.
Horace Greeley, Col. Green, of the Boston
Post. Ben. Shellibar, or, as he is better
known, Mrs. Partington, and our own
lamented comrade, Artemus Ward, all took
stock in the Devil business Poor Artemus,
nearly all of you who hear me knew him.
With all printers failings he had yet
printers heart-a heart that could feel for
and relieve the distress of his kind, and
more especially of his craftsmen. When
ever strapped jour" came his way, he
was sure of aid and joke. Dying, he
showed that he was printer still-that the
flattery of the great had not spoiled him,
nor dimmed in him that love of his profess
sion which he held during his life. He
evidenced this, | say, by his magnificent
bequest to found an asylum for decayed
printers. Poor Charley Browne! A tear
to his memory.
But am getting off the track. I was
telling how many great men-men "whose
names the world will not willingly let
1ie'-have filled the delicate and respon-
sible position of Devil. You can hardly
mention a man to-day prominently before
the people, either in politics, literature or
art, who is not graduate from ''behind
the press" oS
But have said enough; more than
thought could say when arose, not hav-
ing been able to make preparation for a
speech. Let our Devils then press forward
In their vocation, endeavoring, by strict
to business, to kick up more rows
than any two men in a printing off ce and
they can say with me, aess
~ What posts they will o-rs
- Let each man find his level-t
90 Let this one pray,
--.,. think I've raised the Devil.
Volunteer toast by Mr.. Coleman; "The
City Fire Department" es
z Col. Marrow was called upon but did not
appear. a.aa..4 "a % ....;
Mr.. Donaldson briefly and humorously
responded in his behalf, upon the call of
the company, alluding briefly to the print
ing craft, and the ability displayed by the
speakers during the evening, and finally in
a feeling manner to Franklin. e' @
Many other volunteer toasts were offered
aud responded to, by Col. R. P. Baber and,
other gentlemen; songs were sung and
good time generally was had. " sa1
C. B. Flood. Esq, offered the following:
The Pre- ident of tho Ecening- The oldest of
Printers as he IL the best of men.
Loud calls were made for Judge Thrall,
who, in response, said:
Rising in acknowledgment of the too
fattering sentiment you have lust eX-
pressed, need scarcely say to you, gentle
men, what pleasure it afforded me to re-
ceive your kind invitation to be with you
tonight; nor how much qualification l
have derived from participation in the
social festivities of your reunion. The oc-
casion carries me back in fond recollection
to the period OF my advent to the then in-
considerable village of Columbus, renews
my age, and restores my juvenility. That
period. measured by the standard allotted
to human life, is now in the long past
longer, my friends, than choose to specify;
but as data from which you may estimate,
1 will say, it was when Thomas Worthing-
ton exercised gubernatorial functions in
Ohio, and when Ethan Allen Brown was
inaugurated as his successor. Compared
with the colossal proportions it has now
taken on, that was "the day of small things"
in the typographical craft of Columbus.
Had the whole fraternity then in the town.
employers and employees, been mustered
on an occasion like this, they would have
found ample space for their accommoda-