The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-10-15
The Free Horse.

Joe Pryor, the.Local of the Gales
burg Free Press, thus describes some
Df the trials of an editors life, and
we can vouch for his accuracy:
1t is truly astonishing how every
man thinks his special hobby must
interest an editor or reporter
Hardly day passes that we have
not an example of this, and that we
are expected to exhibit deep in
terest in . matter that we don't
care button about.
Scarcely are We seated to COM
mence writing before some sanguine
parsonage bounces in with a patent
revolving churn, rat trap, or some
thing else; We are generally enter
tanned with a couple of hours dis
QUESTION on the merits and advan-i
tages of one or all of these incom>
parable machines that are bound to
create a revolution. We have to
submit patiently to this system of
boredom, and rarely ever receive
any compensation for it.
Another fellow comes in with a
"pome' as he calls it, and is in
clined to be indignant because we
cannot appreciate its beauty and
pathos. 1t is almost invariably
wretched stuff, and you cannot but
be impressed that the author would
meet with far better success in cul-
tivating corn and potatoes than in
writing grotesque doggerel. All
things must have an end, and at
last the poet makes his exit. We
heave a sigh of relief, and again
commence scribbilng. d4
Enter genltemanly individual IN a
high state of excitement Is the
paper filed up? 1t is. Are we
aware that Jereboam Jones, the
champion trombone player, who al
most blew out his brains at the Gin
town jubilee, is coming to Clinton?
No, we did not happen to be adYis-
ed of that grand and important fact.
VI ell, he was coming, and the gen
tlemanly individual handed us two
pages of big foolscap, laudatory of
the blowing Jereboam. The trom-
bone must be trumpeted in pufs,
but we couldn't see it, and declined
to blow. m
The trombone eulogist is succeed
ed by a long-haired, wild-eyed and
Iong-legged chap. He has plan
for reforming the world by electrici,
ty, mesmerism, spiritualism and
other agencies. He has invented
wonderful pill that he guarantee;
to cure everything. He offers us a
dozen boxes to give him column
puff, and we decline the offer. He
walks out moodily, something after
the style of very heavy tragic ac-
tor, after informing us that editors
nowadays don't give valuable in
formation to suffering humanity
and that he considers such con
duct shameful.
Still another gentleman comes
in. He give US lengthy descrip
ton of the late temperance conven
ton, with his views and opinions up.
on the same; how temperate, hov
moral, land how good he is generally
He thoroughly conyinces us that
ike Master Wackford Squeers, h
sis next door to a cherubin," ant
that all he lacks is pair of wing
to be ready made angel. At las
he futters away in very good hu
NOR with himself, and leaving US tC
mourn what a wretched and sinfu
mortal we are in comparison will
him. He has promised to write &
ten column communication for oul
paper at an early day, defining his
position. It shall be inserted-in
the stove.
He is succeeded by three or four
gentleman, all with notices" of this
that and the other thing, but al
tending to benefit somebody OF
someth1ng. OI course; NO m0n0J
flows into our exchequer for all this
Are we not publishing newspapel
for the "good of the community
Of course we are. Don't we want
something to "fll up the paper p
Oh, of course we dot is altogeth.
er immaterial about getting any
thing to fill our pockets. Our prin-
ters work for nothing; we get oul
printing paper free- and potatoes
are cheap. 500
Thus tits almost every day. The
publisher is made the victim of eY-
cry fellow who wants labor performs
ed for nothing. He is sponged up
on, squeezed or bored as occasion
suits. He is the free horse that Mr.
Everybody mounts and rides to the
green pastures of plenty and pros
perity, and then dismissed with a
kick, to be used by another rider,
We don't grumble at this-it is the
common lot of all miserable mortal;
who, under the blighting destiny o.
some evil planet, consider it their
destiny to run country newspapers
We do not pretend to ask fol
cash-all We solicit is sympathy.